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2022-23 Fencing Roster

Karolina Nixon

  • Position EPEE
  • Height 6-1
  • Class Senior
  • High School Notre Dame Academy
  • Hometown Los Angeles, Calif.
  • School Columbia College
  • Major Philosophy

Biography

USA FENCING BIO/RESULTS | INTERNATIONAL FIE BIO/RESULTS
 
  • Second Team All-American (2019)
  • All-Northeast Region Second Team honoree (2020)
YEAR-BY-YEAR STATISTICS
Season
Dual Record
Ivy League
Northeast Regional
NCAA Championship
2018-19
29-10
8-3
6-3, 13th place
14-9, 5th place
2019-20
15-8
7-2
14-9, 7th place
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2020-21
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2021-22
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2022-23
40-25
7-5
14-9, 10th place
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Career
84-43
22-10
34-21
14-9
 
2022-23

Competed at NCAA Northeast Regional, claiming 10thplace … Registered 7-5 record at Ivy League Round Robins … Compiled 40-25 dual meet record.
 
2021-22

Did not compete.
 
2020-21

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

As a sophomore, earned All-Northeast Region Second Team honors in epee … Finished in seventh place at the NCAA Northeast Regionals with a 14-9 overall record … Went 7-2 at Ivy League Round Robins … 
 
2018-19

As a first-year, earned Second Team All-America honors … Finished fifth overall at NCAA National championships with a 14-9 overall record … Had a strong start to her Columbia career with a regular season record of 29-10 ... Went 3-0 against Notre Dame at the St. John's Super Cup (Jan. 19) ... Competed at the Ivy league championships, winning eight of her 11 bouts (Feb. 10) ... Finished 13th overall at Northeast Regionals, qualifying her for NCAA Championships (Mar. 10) ... 

HIGH SCHOOL

Four-time First Team USFA All-Academic team member ... Placed first at the 2018 Junior NAC in Virginia Beach … Placed seventh at the Division I and placed second in the 2018 Senior team at NAC in St. Louis … At the 2017 Division I National Championships placed 12th … Placed first at the July NAC for Senior team … Finished sixth for Cadet at the 2017 Junior Olympics ... In 2016, placed sixth in July (Junior) and first in October (Cadet) at NAC … Finished eighth place at Division one National Championship … Ranked 11th at the 2016 Grenoble European Cadet Circuit.
 
PERSONAL

Born Caroline Laura Nixon in Los Angeles, Calif. on April 25, 2000 ... Parents are Lucyna Nixon, a former rhythmic gymnast at Princeton and Mark Nixon (CBS ‘92), volleyball and tennis player at Princeton, and later an assistant tennis coach … Has a sister Catherine Nixon, who is currently attending Princeton … Has interest in fashion, modeling and art … Auditioned for Project Runway Junior … Enrolled at Columbia College … Majors in Philosophy.
 

Historical Player Information

  • 2018-19First Year

    Epee
    6'1" 145 lbs
  • 2019-20Sophomore

    Epee
    6'1" 145 lbs
  • 2021-22Junior

    Epee
    6'1" 0 lbs
  • 2022-23Senior

    Epee
    6'1" 0 lbs