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2024-25 Fencing Roster

Columbia University Athletics / Josh Wang

Zachary Binder

  • Position Foil
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Armonk, N.Y.
  • Previous School Byram Hills
  • College Columbia College
  • Major Philosophy

Biography

INTERNATIONAL FIE BIO/RESULTS
 
YEAR-BY-YEAR STATISTICS
Season
Dual Record
Ivy League
Northeast Regional
NCAA Championship
2021-22
29-6
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--
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2022-23
41-19
4-7
16-7, 3rd place
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2023-24 38-21 6-6 16-7, 5th place 15-8, 5th
2024-25  29-18 2-1 8-4, 14th place --
Career
137-64
12-14 40-18 15-8
 

2024-25

Competed in the NCAA Regionals … Competed at Ivy League Round Robins.

2023-24

Second Team All-American after finishing sixth at NCAA Championships … Posted a fifth-place finish at NCAA Regionals …Helped men’s squad with Ivy League Team Championship, competing in all four dual matches …Participated in all eight regular season dual meets.

2022-23

Earned bronze at NCAA Northeast Regional … Competed at Ivy League Round Robins … Was 41-19 during dual season … Won 9-of-10 bouts at LIU Shark Showcase … Went 7-2 at Penn State Invitational … Silver medalist at Temple Open.
 
2021-22

Went 29-6 in dual meet competitions … Went 6-0 to close season at Kolombatovich Invite … Went 7-2 at LIU Showcase … Won 4-of-5 bouts at Penn State Duals … Registered 7-2 record at Columbia Invite … Made collegiate debut at MG Open.
 
HIGH SCHOOL

A June 2021 graduate of Byram Hills High School in Armonk, N.Y. … Currently ranked the No. 24 USA Junior in rolling points … Finished second at the Cadet Junior Olympics in 2018 … Placed second at the Cadet North American Cup in 2019 … Took 10th at the Mödling Cadet Circuit in 2019 … Placed in top 8 in Division 1 during the July Challenge in 2017 … Fences for the Tim Morehouse Fencing Club … Cum Laude inductee … World Language Honor Society member … Mu Alpha Theta inductee (Math Honor Society) … Involved in the community as he gives fencing lessons to young children in town.
 
PERSONAL

Enrolled at Columbia College … Intends to major in Political Science.

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22First Year

    Foil
  • 2022-23Sophomore

    Foil
  • 2023-24Junior

    Foil
  • 2024-25Senior

    Foil