2026-27 Fencing Roster
Roster
Tyler Chan
- Position:
- Foil
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Woodbury, N.Y.
- Previous School:
- Syosset
HIGH SCHOOL: A graduate of Syosset High School … Competed four seasons on varsity fencing squad, earning four letters and serving as team MVP … Captured individual Nassau County title as a senior after finishing as runner-up in grade 11 … Four-time All-County First Team and three-time All-Long Island honoree, including two Newsday selections … Achieved career-high national ranking of 14th in Div-1A points during 2025-26 campaign … First Team High School All-American … Guided Syosset to undefeated regular season and school's initial County Championship final appearance … Took third at 2026 Wang Memorial DIV-1A ROC and sixth at 2025 Myrtle Beach DIV-1A ROC … Earned top-10 finishes at March 2025 Division II North American Cup (10th) and October 2019 Division II NAC (9th) … Crowned champion at CFC Foil Open and Deland Open, earning B26 and A26 ratings … Secured C18 rating with top-eight finish at 2018 Austin Challenge Regional Cadet Circuit … Placed 55th out of 272 in Cadet competition at 2021 Junior Olympics … Earned B19 rating with 11th-place result at 2019 Thrust Div-1A ROC … Placed 39th at 2019 USA Baltimore Super Junior & Cadet Circuit … Also played table tennis, surfing, baseball, skiing, and tennis … AP Scholar with Honor … NYS Seal of Biliteracy in Spanish … Absolute Fencing Gear All-Academic First Team selection … School National Geography Bee finalist, DECA NYS qualifier, and member of World Language and National Honor Societies … Founded non-profit Rho Epsilon Iota Columbia Chapter to mentor real estate students … Volunteered with Yale Club NYC soup kitchens, spent three months building Andes schools in Peru through Visions Program, assisted Belize marine conservation with National Geographic Student Expeditions, and interned with Antiquities Coalition combatting illicit artifact trades.
PERSONAL: Enrolled in the School of General Studies … Intends to pursue dual B.A. degrees in Economics and Archaeology … Fenced internationally representing the United States … Great-uncle Peter Lee was a prominent international fencer for Hong Kong during the early 1950s … Paternal grandmother is the sister of Bruce Lee, whose martial art Jeet Kune Do adapted footwork and stances from Aldo Nadi's book "On Fencing."
