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2023-24 Fencing Roster

Anna Li

  • Position SABRE
  • Class Senior
  • High School Oregon Episcopal School
  • Hometown Lake Oswego, Oregon
  • School Columbia College
  • Major Philosophy

Biography

INTERNATIONAL FIE BIO/RESULTS
 
YEAR-BY-YEAR STATISTICS
Season
Dual Record
Ivy League
Northeast Regional
NCAA Championship
2021-22
13-8
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2022-23
21-9
1-1
2-4, 26th place
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2023-24 2-0 -- -- --
Career
36-17
1-1
2-4
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2023-24

Injured most of season…Went 2-0 in lone competition at Columbia Invitational.

2022-23

Competed at NCAA Northeast Regional … Participated at Ivy League Round Robins … Posted 21-9 dual meet record … Went 7-1 at Western Invitational.
 
2021-22

Closed season with a 3-1 record at Kolombatovich Meet … Went 7-2 at Columbia Invitational … Made collegiate debut at MG Open.
 
HIGH SCHOOL

A June 2020 graduate of Oregon Episcopal School in Portland, Oregon … Competed in fencing for coaches Ed Korfanty and Ian Farr … Competed for the Oregon Fencing Alliance fencing club … Finished in the top-8 at the 2019 Cadet Junior Olympics … Finished the Cadet October NAC in the top-8 … Placed in the top-16 at both the NAC Junior and NAC Division I … Earned three varsity letters in high school golf and served as team captain as a senior … Won individual district golf title while leading his team to the district title in 2017 … Led her team to the high school state championships for the first time in school history … At the state championship, team finished third while she finished sixth individually … Involved in a variety of community service activities … Worked a total 160 hours of service … Served as a co-founder of the food waste committee at OES, where she raised awareness and reduced food waste in her community … Organized and serve meals at Clay Street Table, a local non-profit that serves the homeless community and collaborates with the Asian Senior Living Home in Portland … Served as teachers assistant for the OES fencing class.
 
PERSONAL

Born Anna Mingyi Li on January 16, 2002 in Fremont, Calif. … Daughter of Sheng Li and Yu Liu of Lake Oswego, Oregon … Has an older sister Emma … Great grandfather Liu Gushengattended Columbia University as one of the first classes for Chinese International students admitted to study in the United States … Regularly trailed with Mariel Zagunis, a two-time Olympic Champion at the Oregon Fencing Alliance … Can speak Shanghaiese … Attended a golf academy while in the third grade … Favorite food is sushi seared salmon nigiri … Chose Columbia for the team dynamic in the fencing program, opportunities New York City presents, and her family legacy … Enrolled at Columbia College ... Majors in Philosophy.

Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21First Year

    Sabre
  • 2021-22Sophomore

    Sabre
  • 2022-23Junior

    Sabre
  • 2023-24Senior

    Sabre