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2025-26 Fencing Roster

Zander Rhodes

  • Position FOIL
  • Class Senior
  • High School Columbia H.S.
  • Hometown South Orange, N.J.
  • School Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science
  • Major Industrial Engineering & Operations Research

Biography

USA FENCING BIO | INTERNATIONAL FIE BIO/RESULTS
 
YEAR-BY-YEAR STATISTICS
Season
Dual Record
Ivy League
Northeast Regional
NCAA Championship
2021-22
29-6
8-6, 5th place
19-4, 3rd place
17-6, 5th place
2022-23
27-6
13-4
21-2, 1st place
15-8, 5th place
2024-25 20-8 6-1 20-3, 1st place 20-3, T3rd place
Career
76-20
27-11
60-9
52-17
 

2024-25

Tied for the bronze medal at the NCAA championship … Earned gold at the NCAA Northeast Regional for the second consecutive year … All-Ivy League Second Team … Competed at Ivy League Round Robins … Competed in two regular season meets.


2023-24

Withdrew from Columbia to train for Team USA during Olympic qualifying. 

2022-23

Second Team All-America … Gold medalist at NCAA Northeast Regional … Second Team All-Ivy League recipient … Went 27-6 in dual meets … Won 7-of-8 bouts at LIU Shark Showcase … Went 6-0 at Columbia Invitational … Began season with gold medal at Temple Open.
 
2021-22

Second Team All-America after placing fifth at NCAA Championships … Earned bronze medal at NCAA Northeast Regional … Placed fifth individually at Ivy League Round Robins … Registered 29-6 record in dual meets … Went 6-0 at Columbia Invite … Posted perfect 16-0 record at Western Invitational … Made collegiate debut at MG Open, going 13-2.
 
HIGH SCHOOL

A 2021 graduate of Columbia High School in Maplewood, N.J., where she fenced three years … Two-time All-America First Team selection in both 2018 and 2019 … Fenced with the United States Junior World Team in 2020 and 2021 … Competed for the United States Under-16 Cadet World Team in 2019 … Took Silver with her team at the 2021 Junior Team World Championships in 2021 … Won the 2020 Junior World Championships in San Jose, Calif … Took second place at the 2020 January North American Cup in 2020 … Placed seventh at the 2019 Cadet World Championships in 2019 … Ranked the No. 7 foil fencer in the United States and No. 88 in the world as a senior … Ranked the No. 4 foil fencer in the United States and No. 6 in the world as a junior … Named to the Academic All-American First Team in 2018 and 2019 … Competed for the V Fencing Club in Livingston, N.J. … Four-year High Honor Roll student … Earned National Merit Commended Scholar status as a student.
 
PERSONAL

Enrolled at the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science … Plans to major in Biomedical Engineering.

ARTICLES
https://villagegreennj.com/sports/chs-junior-zander-rhodes-selected-for-team-usa-fencing-world-championship/
https://essexnewsdaily.com/sports/sports-southorange/32077
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNhyi1iHD5c

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22First Year

    Foil
  • 2022-23Sophomore

    Foil
  • 2024-25Junior

    Foil
  • 2025-26Senior

    Foil