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2020-21 Fencing Roster

LeeAnn Choy

  • Position EPEE
  • Class Senior
  • High School Ridge H.S.
  • Hometown Basking Ridge, N.J.
  • School Enrolled at Columbia College
  • Major Economics

Biography

 
  • All-Northeast Region Second Team honoree (2019-20)
 
YEAR-BY-YEAR STATISTICS
Season Dual Record Ivy League Northeast Regional NCAA Championship
2017-18 26-13 2-1 -- --
2018-19 33-15 6-4 5-6, 18th place --
2019-20 24-14 3-3 9-14, 10th place --                                       
2020-21 -- -- -- --
Career 83-42 11-8 14-20 --
 
CAREER
 
Totaled a three-year 83-42 dual match record and 11-8 record in Ivy League Round Robin bouts in epee.
 
2020-21
 
Named team captain … Did not compete … Season canceled by Ivy League due to COVID-19 pandemic.
 
2019-20
 
As a junior, earned Second Team All-Northeast Region Second Team honors in epee … Finished in 10th place with a 9-14 record at NCAA Northeast Regionals … Finished 3-3 at Ivy League Round Robins.
 
2018-19

Finished her sophomore year with a 33-15 record ... Went 6-4 at Ivy League Championships (Feb. 10) ... Went 8-1 at the Historical Meet (Feb. 13) ... Finished 18th overall at Northeast Regionals (Mar. 10).

2017-18
 
As a first-year, put together a 26-13 first-year campaign for the Lions ... Went 2-1 at Ivy League Championships (Feb. 10-11) ... Notched 8-1 record at Philadelphia Invitational (Jan. 21) ... Tallied 6-3 record at Penn State Invitational.
 
INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE
 
Coached by Slava Danilov at the Morris Fencing Club … Finished 9th individually in women’s epee at the 2016 Junior Olympics … Finished in 14th place finish at the 2017 March North American Cup in Division I Women’s Epee.
 
HIGH SCHOOL
 
A 2017 graduate of Ridge High School in Basking Ridge, N.J. … Won three consecutive New Jersey State Individual Women’s Epee Titles as a sophomore, junior and senior … Went undefeated at 2017 State Individual Championship to capture title … Three-time NJ.com Girls Fencer of the Year … Finished with an overall record of 85-15 in high school including a 22-2 tally during senior season … Part of first place epee championship team at the New Jersey State Squads Tournament in both 2014 and 2015 … Earned second place in team championships during her senior season … Member of the National Honor Society … Also played soccer … Two-time Olympic Gold Medalist Tobin Heath also attended Ridge High School.
 
PERSONAL
 
Born August 3, 1999 in Basking Ridge, N.J. … Daughter of David and Lillian Choy … It was her dad’s dream for his children to have the opportunity to go to an Ivy League school … Older brother Phillip Choy fenced foil at the Air Force Academy and older brother Jason Choy fenced sabre at Notre Dame … Cousins graduated from Princeton and Harvard … Recruited by Notre Dame and Temple … Started fencing at age 9 after stints with dancing, soccer and tennis … Favorite athlete is Serena Williams … Enrolled at Columbia College … Majors in Economics.
 

ARTICLES

LeeAnn Choy of Ridge is the 2016-17 Girls Fencer of the Year

NJ.Com All State Team

Historical Player Information

  • 2017-18First Year

    Epee
  • 2018-19Sophomore

    Epee
  • 2019-20Junior

    Epee
  • 2020-21Senior

    Epee