LA JOLLA, Calif. – The UC San Diego fencing team has announced the addition of eight scholar-athletes that will join the program as true freshmen for the 2020-21 academic year.

"We are really excited to welcome our freshman class this year with eight new additions to the team," said third-year UC San Diego head coach Juan Ignacio Calderon. "Future aerospace engineers, marine biologists, economists, neuroscientists, communication professionals, and cognitive scientists will be taking on challenges on and off the strip with a strong team of Tritons around them to help them achieve their dreams. Simply, that is what this is all about!"
 

MEN
Name	Class	Weapon	Hometown	High School	Major	College
Phileas Auray	Freshman	Saber	Paris, France	Lycee Francais de Chicago	Undeclared	Sixth
Aaron Lee	Freshman	Epee	Las Vegas, Nev.	Academy for Learning	International Business	Seventh
Lawrence Song	Freshman	Foil	Mountain View, Calif.	The King's Academy	Cognitive Science	Muir
Nathan Wang	Freshman	Epee	Monrovia, Calif.	Aveson Global Leadership Academy	Economics	Muir

 

WOMEN
Name	Class	Weapon	Hometown	High School	Major	College
Janna Aboudaher	Freshman	Saber	Houston, Texas	St. Agnes Academy	Aerospace Engineering	Muir
Tean Brooks	Freshman	Epee	Boulder, Colo.	Boulder	Marine Biology	Muir
Tiara Kwon	Freshman	Epee	Las Vegas, Nev.	West Career & Technical Academy	Communications	Sixth
Anika Soin	Freshman	Epee	Cupertino, Calif.	Monta Vista	Neuroscience	Muir

In 2020, UC San Diego automatically qualified five fencers for the National Collegiate Fencing Championships. Unfortunately, the remainder of the season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic just one week before the event. Five Tritons earned All-America recognition from the United States Fencing Coaches Association. The women's team won its fifth Western Fencing Conference (WFC) title in the last six years and freshman Shawn Kim was the West Region Saber Champion. Overall, 11 Tritons earned All-WFC accolades. 

About UC San Diego Athletics
After two decades as one of the most successful programs in NCAA Division II, the UC San Diego intercollegiate athletics program begins a new era in 2020 as a member of the Big West Conference in NCAA Division I. The 23-sport Tritons earned 30 team and nearly 150 individual national championships during its time in Divisions II and III and helped guide more than 1,400 scholar-athletes to All-America honors. In addition, 83 Tritons have been named Academic All-Americans, while 37 have earned prestigious NCAA Post Graduate Scholarships. UC San Diego scholar-athletes exemplify the academic ideals of one of the world's preeminent institutions, graduating at an average rate of 91 percent, one of the highest rates among institutions at all divisions. For more information on the Tritons, visit UCSDtritons.com or follow UC San Diego Athletics on social media @UCSDtritons.