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2024-25 Fencing Roster

Nika Filippov

  • Position EPEE
  • Class Senior
  • High School Duchesne Academy of the Sacred Heart
  • Hometown Houston, Texas
  • School Columbia College
  • Major Economics

Biography

INTERNATIONAL FIE BIO/RESULTS
 
YEAR-BY-YEAR STATISTICS
Season
Dual Record
Ivy League
Northeast Regional
NCAA Championship
2021-22
15-11
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2022-23
12-2
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2023-24 7-2 -- -- --
2024-25 2-5
Career
36-20
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2024-25

Competed in one regular-season meet.

2023-24

Competed in two regular season meets … Went 3-0 in season debut at Brian Palestis Memorial. 

2022-23

Posted 12-2 mark in dual meets … Picked up seven bout wins at Kolombatovich Historical Meet.
 
2021-22

Went 15-11 in dual meets … Posted 6-2 record at Columbia Invitational in her collegiate debut.
 
2020-21

Attended Oxford University Gap Year Program in London, England because of the COVID-19 pandemic … Studied Cross-Cultural Communication, Ethics, Values and the Law, Film Studies, Philosophy of Religion.
 
HIGH SCHOOL

A May 2020 graduate of Duchesne Academy of the Sacred Heart … Fenced for coach Andrey Geva … Placed in the top-4 in Division 2 in 2019 … Registered a top-16 performance in Juniors in May 2021 … Placed second at the Under-14 level … Competed for the Alliance Fencing Academy … Member of the National Honor Society … President of the Women’s Empowerment Initiative … Robotics Business Lead and was a design and build team member …  Named the Most Valued Group member of the National Student Leadership and Engineering Conference … Earned the Critical Thinking in Engineering and Design Award … Named the Johns Hopkins Book Award and History Excellence Award … Member of the Honor Roll … Involved in a variety of community service activities including the Houston Food Bank and Star of Hope International.
 
PERSONAL

Enrolled at the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science … Plans to major in Mechanical Engineering.

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22First Year

    Epee
  • 2022-23Sophomore

    Epee
  • 2023-24Junior

    Epee
  • 2024-25Senior

    Epee