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2025-26 Fencing Roster

Samarth Kumbla

  • Position Foil
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown San Jose, Calif.
  • Previous School Valley Christian
  • College Columbia College
  • Major Computer Science

Biography

USA FENCING BIO | INTERNATIONAL FIE BIO

YEAR-BY-YEAR STATISTICS
Season Dual Record Ivy League Northeast Regional NCAA Championship
2023-24 20-4 10-2 19-4, 4th place 16-7, 3rd place
2024-25 34-7 6-0 16-5, 3rd place 14-9, 6th place
Career 54-11 16-2 35-9 30-16
 

2024-25

Earned All-America status with a sixth-place finish at the NCAA Championships … Earned bronze at the NCAA Northeast Regional … Competed in Ivy League Round Robin … Had flawless 6-0 record at the Ivy League Round Robins to repeat as Ivy League Foil Champion


2023-24

First team All-American after reaching semifinals of NCAA Championships…Won Individual Ivy League Men’s Foil Championship…Helped men win Ivy League Team Championship…Placed fourth at NCAA Northeast Regional.
  
PRE-COLUMBIA: Helped US Fencing Foil Team win gold and won individual bronze medal at Junior World Championships in Plodiv, Bulgaria in 2023 … Was member of U.S. Foil Team that won Junior World Cups in 2022 and 2023 … First-place finisher at December 2023 North American Cup … Finished third at October NAC in 2022.
 
HIGH SCHOOL: A 2023 graduate of Valley Christian High School in San Jose, California … Also competed in swimming, basketball and golf … Principal Honor Roll … Participated in over 100 hours of community service at local churches, food banks during high school career.
 
PERSONAL:  Brother Sidarth graduated from Columbia in 2022...Enrolled at Columbia College.

Historical Player Information

  • 2023-24First Year

    Foil

  • 2024-25Sophomore

    Foil

  • 2025-26Junior

    Foil