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2024-25 Fencing Roster

Ethan Kushnerik

  • Position Epee
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown New York City, N.Y.
  • Previous School York Prep
  • College Columbia College
  • Major Biological Sciences

Biography

USA FENCING BIO | INTERNATINAL FIE BIO/RESULTS
 
YEAR-BY-YEAR STATISTICS
Season
Dual Record
Ivy League
Northeast Regional
NCAA Championship
2021-22
15-15
3-4
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2022-23
32-15
4-5
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2023-24 48-38 5-7 5-7, 16th place --
2024-25 34-15 4-2 12-12, 8th place 11-11, 12th place
Career
129-83
16-18
17-19
11-11
 

2024-25

Went 4-2 at the Ivy League Round Robins … All-Ivy League Second Team … Finished 8th at the NCAA Northwest Regional … Competed in the NCAA Championship … Competed in four regular season meets … Was 34-15 in dual meets


2023-24

Helped men capture Ivy League Team Championship …Competed at NCAA Northeast Regional …Fenced in seven regular season meets.

2022-23

Participated at Ivy League Round Robins … Was 32-15 during dual meets.
 
2021-22

Competed at Ivy League Round Robins … Went 15-15 in dual meet competition … Made collegiate debut, going 9-3 at MG Open.
 
HIGH SCHOOL

A May 2021 graduate of York Prep in New York City, N.Y. … Coached by former Columbia coach Aladar Kogler and Misha Mokretsov … Ranked No. 2 in the USA Junior Rolling Points, No. 1 in Cadet in 2020 … Member of the 2020 USA National Cadet World Team … Won 2020 Cadet Junior Olympic championship in epee … Took seventh place at the Bratislava Cadet European Cup in 2020 … Took eighth at the January North American Cup Junior … Won Bronze Medal at the January Division 1 North American Cup in 2020 … Won Gold at the Cadet Pan American Championships in 2019 … Took Silver as a team at the Bratislava Cadet European Cup … Earned Bronze in the October Cadet North American Cup in 2019 … Finished seventh at both the Grenoble Cadet European Cup (team) and at the USA Fencing Junior Olympic Championships in 2019… Won three Gold medals in 2018 including the Klagenfurt Cadet European Cup (team), USA Fencing National Championships, March North American Cup and a Silver medal at the Cadet July Challenge … Fences at New York Athletic Club and New York Fencing Academy.
 
PERSONAL

Father did his graduate and post-graduate training at Columbia Medical School and Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center...Enrolled at Columbia College … Intends to major in Mathematics and pre-Med.

ARTICLES
https://www.yorkprep.org/list-detail?pk=155252
https://fencenyfa.com/2014/04/06/brooklyn-boy-takes-home-world-childrens-fencing-gold-from-poland/

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22First Year

    Epee
  • 2022-23Sophomore

    Epee
  • 2023-24Junior

    Epee
  • 2024-25Senior

    Epee