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2022-23 Fencing Roster

Nora Burke

  • Position SABRE
  • Height 5-6
  • Class Senior
  • High School Horace Mann School
  • Hometown New York, N.Y.
  • School Columbia College
  • Major Earth Institute

Biography

USA FENCING BIO/RESULTS | INTERNATIONAL FIEBIO/RESULTS
 
• 2023 NCAA Sabre Champion
• 2023 USFCA Women’s Sabre Fencer of the Year
• Two-Time First Team All-American (2022, 2023)
• Third Team All-America honoree (2019)
• Two-Time First Team All-Ivy League selection (2019, 2023)
 
YEAR-BY-YEAR STATISTICS
Season
Dual Record
Ivy League
Northeast Regional
NCAA Championship
2018-19
23-7
12-2
16-6, 8th place
13-10, 10th place
2019-20
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2020-21
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2021-22
39-16
7-5
15-8, 3rd Place
20-3, 3rd Place
2022-23
48-10
16-1
15-8, 7th place
18-5, 1st place
Career
110-33
35-8
46-22
51-18
 
2022-23

NCAA Individual Sabre Champion … USFCA Women’s Sabre Fencer of the Year … Columbia’s women’s sports ManiattyAward winner … Team captain … Competed at NCAA Northeast Regional, earning a seventh-place finish … Went 16-1 at Ivy League Round Robins to earn individual title … Racked up a 48-10 record during dual meets.
 
2021-22

Named Columbia’s Campbell Performer of the Year for women’s sports … First Team All-America after third place finish at NCAA Championships … Took bronze medal at NCAA Northeast Regional … Competed at Ivy League Round Robins … Went 9-3 at St. John’s Super Cup.
 
2020-21

Did not compete … Season canceled by Ivy League due to COVID-19 pandemic.
 
2019-20

As a sophomore, did not compete for Columbia.
 
2018-19

As a first-year, earned Third Team All-American honors in sabre … Competed in the NCAA National Championships, finished in 10th place overall with a 13-10 record … Finished eighth overall at Northeast Regionals (March 10) … Finished with a 16-6 record at NCAA Northeast Regionals … Completed season with a 23-7 record in dual matches ... Represented Columbia at the Ivy League Championships, winning 12 of 14 bouts ... Named First Team All-Ivy League (Feb. 10).
 
HIGH SCHOOL

A 2018 graduate of Horace Mann Senior High School in New York City … Sabre Fencer at Manhattan Fencing Center ... Finished third at Division I Nationals in 2017 … Ranked among the top 32 fencers at the Seoul Grand Prix in 2018 … Placed third at Division I Nationals in 2018.
 
PERSONAL

Born Nora S. Burke on July 11, 2000 … Daughter of Saeko Masuda and Thomas Burke… Has two brothers, Tom and William ... Also recruited by Duke … Enrolled at Columbia College … Majors in Earth Institute.
 

Historical Player Information

  • 2018-19First Year

    Sabre
    5'6" 130 lbs
  • 2020-21Sophomore

    Sabre
    5'6" 130 lbs
  • 2021-22Junior

    Sabre
    5'6" 0 lbs
  • 2022-23Senior

    Sabre
    5'6" 0 lbs