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2025-26 Fencing Roster

Ethan Xiao

  • Position Foil
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Birmingham, Ala.
  • Previous School Indian Springs School
  • College Columbia College
  • Major Economics

Biography

YEAR-BY-YEAR STATISTICS
Season Dual Record Ivy League Northeast Regional NCAA Championship
2023-24 28-8 -- -- --
2024-25 23-2 -- -- --
Career 51-10 -- -- --

2024-25

Competed in five regular-season meets … Finished with a 23-2 record in dual meets.

2023-24: Competed in seven regular season meets … Went 7-2 at Kolombatovich Historical Meet … Made collegiate debut at Columbia Invitational.

PRE-COLUMBIA: Earned gold medal at 2023 Junior and Cadet Pan-American Championships … Claimed bronze at 2022 Lima Junior World Cup … Placed in the top-eight in Division I Foil at the 2021 May North American Cups.
 
HIGH SCHOOL: A 2023 graduate of Indian Springs School in Birmingham, Alabama … AP Scholar … National Merit Commended… Also competed in cross country.
 
PERSONAL: Twin brother Enoch is also on the fencing team … Enrolled at Fu Foundation School of Engineering & Applied Sciences.

Historical Player Information

  • 2023-24First Year

    Foil

  • 2024-25Sophomore

    Foil

  • 2025-26Junior

    Foil