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.Â
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.
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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
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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
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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 inÂ
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.comÂ
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