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2019-20 Fencing Roster

Columbia University Athletics/Mike McLaughlin

Violet Michel

  • Position SABRE
  • Class Senior
  • High School Buckingham Browne & Nichols
  • Hometown Cambridge, Mass.
  • School Enrolled at Columbia College
  • Major History

Biography

 
  • Second Team All-American (2019-20)
  • First Team All-Ivy League (2018)
  • NCAA Northeast Region Silver Medalist (2018)
  • All-Northeast Region honorable mention selection (2020)
 
YEAR-BY-YEAR STATISTICS
Season Dual Record Ivy League Northeast Regional NCAA Championship
2016-17 42-26 6-8 12-11, 8th place --
2017-18 43-17 15-3, 2nd place 19-3, 2nd place 10-13, 16th place
2018-19 33-16 7-5 17-6, 4th place --
2019-20 47-24 11-7, 7th place 13-10, 11th place Qualified-Canceled
Career 165-85 39-23 61-30 10-13
 
2019-20
 
As a senior, earned USFCA Second Team All-America honors in saber … Qualified to compete at NCAA Championships … Earned All-Northeast Region honorable mention accolades … Placed 11th at NCAA Northeast Regionals after registering a 13-10 record … Finished in seventh place at Ivy League Round Robins with an 11-7 record … Served as team captain.
 
2018-19

As a junior, tabbed a 33-18 regular season record ... Went 7-5 overall at Ivy League Championships (Feb. 10) ... Was the top finisher for the Lion's women's sabre squad at NCAA Northeast regionals, finishing fourth overall in the field with a 17-6 overall record.
 
2017-18
 
As a sophomore, selected as a First Team All-Ivy pick after a second place finish (15-3) at Ivy League Championships (Feb. 10-11) ...  Earned a silver medal at NCAA Northeast Regionals and qualified for NCAA Championships (Mar. 11) … Finished NCAA Regionals with a 19-3 record and 9-2 finals record ... Fenced in first-ever NCAA Championships, going 10-13 to finish in 16th place (Mar. 22-25)  ... Went 12-6 at Penn State Invitational (Jan. 14).
 
2016-17
 
As a first-year, made collegiate debut with 9-3 record at Penn Elite Invitational (Nov. 5) ... Finished off freshman campaign with 7-0 slate at Historical Meet (Feb. 15) ... Swept through NYU at Columbia Challenge Cup (Nov. 22) ... Went 8-7 at Penn State Invitational (Jan. 15) ... Tallied 4-3 record at NYU Invitational (Jan. 22).
 
INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE
 
Was a member of the 2014 Cadet World Team and 2015 Cadet and Junior World Team ...  Finished the 2015 season ranked first in the U.S. and fifth in the world (in cadets), picking up a Junior Olympic Championship along the way ...  Picked up three first place team sabre trophies at the Junior Olympics from 2014-16 and won a Massachusetts ISL team and individual sabre title in 2012. 
 

Historical Player Information

  • 2016-17Graduate Student

    Sabre
  • 2017-18Sophomore

    Sabre
  • 2018-19Junior

    Sabre
  • 2019-20Senior

    Sabre