LA JOLLA, Calif. – A total of 31 scholar-athletes from the UC San Diego fencing team earned All-Academic honors from the U.S. Fencing Coaches Association (USFCA) Thursday.

The 2023 USFCA All-Academic Team includes 558 scholar-athletes with 360 of those receiving recognition as a Scholar of Distinction. All-Academic honors are presented to those scholar-athletes at member institutions who had an in-season GPA of 3.3 or higher. Scholar of Distinction honors are presented to those scholar-athletes at member institutions who had an in-season GPA of 3.7 or higher.

UC San Diego had 22 Tritons recognized as Scholars of Distinction - 12 women and 10 men. 

In addition, both the men's and women's squads won Team All-Academic awards for their in-season GPA.

Overall, 22 women's teams and 13v men's teams nationwide received All-Academic honors.
 
Men
Andrew Graber UCSD All-Academic, Scholar of Distinction
Arnav Raja UCSD All-Academic
Brandon Kim UCSD All-Academic
Daniel Noble UCSD All-Academic, Scholar of Distinction
Daniel Wong UCSD All-Academic, Scholar of Distinction
Isaac Ive UCSD All-Academic, Scholar of Distinction
Jacob Levy UCSD All-Academic, Scholar of Distinction
Jason Chin UCSD All-Academic, Scholar of Distinction
Jerry Pan UCSD All-Academic
Justin Phen UCSD All-Academic
Larry Song UCSD All-Academic, Scholar of Distinction
Lucas Zeng UCSD All-Academic, Scholar of Distinction
Milan Rona UCSD All-Academic, Scholar of Distinction
Rhishi Ranadive UCSD All-Academic
Vedran Markota UCSD All-Academic, Scholar of Distinction
 
Women
Mia Wu UCSD All-Academic
Bella Balogh UCSD All-Academic, Scholar of Distinction
Christine Teng UCSD All-Academic, Scholar of Distinction
Emily Luo UCSD All-Academic, Scholar of Distinction
Janna Aboudaher UCSD All-Academic, Scholar of Distinction
Joanne Luong UCSD All-Academic
Kyra Wu UCSD All-Academic, Scholar of Distinction
Maya Desai UCSD All-Academic
Rafaella Gomes UCSD All-Academic, Scholar of Distinction
Renee Zuhars UCSD All-Academic, Scholar of Distinction
Roxane Cayrat UCSD All-Academic, Scholar of Distinction
Samantha Sayson UCSD All-Academic, Scholar of Distinction
Sarah Shen UCSD All-Academic, Scholar of Distinction
Seneca Yu UCSD All-Academic
Tean Brooks UCSD All-Academic, Scholar of Distinction
Zara Fearns UCSD All-Academic, Scholar of Distinction
 
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 has begun a new era 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 1,400 scholar-athletes to All-America honors. A total of 83 Tritons have earned Academic All-America honors, while 38 have garnered 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 90 percent, the highest rate among public institutions in Division I or II. For more information on the Tritons, visit UCSDtritons.com or follow UC San Diego Athletics on social media @UCSDtritons.