Fencing Earns USFCA Academic Awards
6/22/2023 2:54:00 PM | Fencing
The Lions put 39 members of the squad on the USFCA All-Academic Team
NEW YORK — A total of 39 members of the Columbia fencing team was honored by The United States Fencing Coaches Association after it announced the 2023 slate of NCAA Fencing Academic awards. All-Academic Team honors are presented to those student-athletes at member institutions who had an in-season GPA of 3.3 or higher.
Additionally, 22 Lions from the 2022-23 squad were named Scholars of Distinction, which are presented student-athletes had a GPA of 3.7 or higher.
Columbia's women were second in the nation with 23 All-Academic Team nods and 16 Scholars of Distinction. The men led all Ivy League teams with 13 Scholars of Distinction. Both squads received All-Academic Team recognition for their combined in-season team GPA. The women boasted a 3.417 and the men had a 3.526 for the academic year.
COLUMBIA'S USFCA ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM
Zachary Binder *
Nora Burke *
Evelyn Cheng *
Ethan Chin *
Audrey Chu *
Ashton Daniel *
Charlotte Depew
Chiara DiPerna *
Nika Filippov
Madison Four-Garcia *
Sofia Gaydos
Justin Haddad *
Bogdan Hamilton
Colby Harley
Nick Harvey
Michael Hilmer
Christelle Ko
Peter Ko *
Vera Kong *
Ethan Kushnerik
Karina Leung *
Anna Li
Megan Liang *
Skyler Liverant
Pilar Maldonado *
Ariana Mangano
Jackson McBride
Natalie Minarik *
Karolina Nixon *
Joon Paik
Zander Rhodes *
Daniella Timofeyev *
Juliana Weber *
Alanna Xue
Rachel Zhang *
Junlang Zhao
Andrew Zheng *
Vivian Zheng *
Zachary Zusin
* - Scholar of Distinction
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