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2019-20 Fencing Roster

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Sam Moelis

  • Position Foil
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Hewlett, N.Y.
  • Previous School Lynbrook H.S.
  • College Enrolled at Columbia College
  • Major Biological Studies

Biography

 
  • Four-time All-American (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020)
  • Two-time First Team All-America selection (2018, 2020)
  • NCAA Championship Men's Foil Runner-up (2018)
  • NCAA Northeast Regional Foil Champion (2017)
  • Three-time NCAA Northeast Regional medalist (2017, 2019, 2020)
  • First Team All-Ivy League honoree (2019)
  • 2018 Winter Academic All-Ivy League Team selection
     
YEAR-BY-YEAR STATISTICS
Season Dual Record Ivy League Northeast Regional NCAA Championship
2016-17 35-15 6-6 20-2, 1st place 16-7, 5th place
2017-18 36-12 5-2 18-5, 4th place 18-4, 2nd place
2018-19 25-6 9-2 20-3, 2nd place 13-10, 9th place
2019-20 27-7 8-5, 7th place 17-6, 3rd place Qualified-Canceled
Career 121-40 28-15 75-16 47-21
 
CAREER
 
Four-time All-American including two-time First Team All-American (2018, 2020) … 2018 Men’s Foil national runner-up … 2018 NCAA Northeast Regional champion … 2019 NCAA Northeast Regional runner-up … Three-time NCAA Northeast Regional medalist … Four-time NCAA qualifier.
 
2019-20
 
As a senior, earned USFCA First Team All-America honors … Earned First Team All-Northeast Regional honors … Earned Bronze Medal and third place finish at NCAA Northeast Regionals with a 17-6 overall record … Qualified for NCAA Championships for fourth straight year in foil … Finished 8-5, good for seventh place at Ivy League Round Robins …
 
2018-19

As a junior, earned Third Team All-America honors … Finished ninth overall (March 22) … Earned runner-up honors at NCAA Northeast Regionals with 20-3 record and 8-3 final pool record (March 10) … Finished the regular season with a 25-6 record, including a 9-2 finish at Ivy League Championships (Feb. 10) won all three bouts against Harvard at Ivys... Earned First Team All-Ivy League honors.
 
2017-18

As a sophomore, claimed NCAA Men's foil runner-up honors at 2018 NCAA Championships (March 22-25) … Finished NCAA Championships with 18-4 individual record and entered final four round as No. 2 seed at NCAAs … Earned First Team All-America honors ... Placed fourth at NCAA Northeast Regionals and qualified for second straight NCAA Championship (March 11) ... Named to Winter All-Ivy League Academic team … Registered 36-12 regular season record ... Went 5-2 at Ivy League Championships (Feb 10-11) ... Put together 9-2 record at Philadelphia Invitational (Feb. 21).
 
2016-17

As a first-year, named Second-Team All-American … Finished in fifth place at the NCAA Championships with 16-7 record and +30 indicator ... Sole freshman to represent Columbia at the NCAA Championships (March 23-26) ... Earned Gold Medal at the NCAA Northeast Regionals with first place finish with a 20-2 record (March 12) ... Made collegiate debut going 8-1 at Penn Elite Invitational (Nov. 5) ... Went 6-6 at Ivy League Championships (Feb. 11-12) ... Columbia Athletics' Rookie of the Year Award Winner.
 
INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE
 
2017 Junior World team member ... Gold medalist in team men's foil at the 2017 Junior Olympics ... Bronze medalist at 2017 Junior Pan American Championships … 2015 Cadet World Champion in foil ... Finished seventh at the Junior World Championships and picked up a Division I National Championship in 2015 ... Spent recent summers running fencing camps and a program to introduce the sport to autistic children.
 

Historical Player Information

  • 2016-17First Year

    Foil
  • 2017-18Sophomore

    Foil
  • 2018-19Junior

    Foil
  • 2019-20Senior

    Foil