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2022-23 Fencing Roster

Ricky Bassman

Ashton Daniel

  • Position Foil
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Cupertino, Calif.
  • Previous School Saint Francis H.S.
  • College Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
  • Major Computer Science

Biography

USA FENCING BIO/RESULTS | INTERNATIONAL FIE BIO/RESULTS
 
• Two-time All-American (First Team 2022, Second Team 2023)
• 2022 NCAA Individual Foil Champion
• 2022 Individual Ivy League Foil Champion
 
YEAR-BY-YEAR STATISTICS
Season
Dual Record
Ivy League
Northeast Regional
NCAA Championship
2019-20
17-5
6-4
13-10, 9th place
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2020-21
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2021-22
34-12
10-2
17-6, 5th place
16-7, 1st place
2022-23
41-13
9-2
14-9, 5th place
18-5, 5th place
Career
92-30
25-7
44-25
34-12
 
2022-23

Second Team All-American after fifth place finish at NCAA Championships … Placed fifth at NCAA Northeast Regional … First Team All-Ivy League selection … Posted 41-13 record in dual meets … Won 8-of-9 bouts at LIU Shark Showcase.
 
2021-22

Individual NCAA and Ivy League Champion … First Team All-American … USFCA Men’s Foilist of the Year … Defeated teammate Sidarth Kumbla for NCAA title … Posted 17-6 record at NCAA Northeast Regional for a fifth-place finish … Registered a 10-2 mark at Ivy League Round Robins for individual crown … Posted 34-12 dual meet record … Posted 6-1 mark at Western Invitational … Began season with a 12-3 record at the MG Open.
 
2020-21

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

As a first-year, earned All-Northeast Region honorable mention selection … Finished in ninth place with a 13-10 overall record at the NCAA Northeast Regional … Concluded year with a 17-5 overall record in dual matches … Finished 6-4 at Ivy League Round Robins.
 
HIGH SCHOOL

A 2019 graduate of Saint Francis High School in Mountain View, Calif. … Ranked No. 15 in the Under-20 World rankings and No. 3 in the National rankings in 2019 … Finished in second place at the Under-17 Men’s Foil competition at Nationals … Placed third in the Junior Men’s Foil competition at Nationals … Earned top-10 individual finishes at Junior World Cup in London and Sabadell (Spain) … Graduated Magna Cum Laude.
 
PERSONAL

Born September 1, 2001 … Son of Miriam and Arul Daniel ... Has one sister Andrea … Enrolled at Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Sciences … Majors in Computer Science.

Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20First Year

    Foil
  • 2020-21Sophomore

    Foil
  • 2021-22Junior

    Foil
  • 2022-23Senior

    Foil