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UC San Diego

2025-26 Triton Fencing Roster

Derrick Tuskan/UC San Diego
Derrick Tuskan/UC San Diego
Derrick Tuskan/UC San Diego

Ben Kim

  • Weapon Epee
  • Class Sophomore
  • Hometown Pleasanton, Calif.
  • High School Foothill HS
  • Major Computer Science
  • College Sixth
  • Height 6-1

Biography

MEDIA
KUSI: UCSD Fencing team is aiming high (1/17/25)

ATHLETIC AWARDS
  • Second Team All-Region (2025)
  • Second Team All-MPSF (2025)
ACADEMIC AWARDS
  • USFCA All-Academic, Scholar of Distinction (2025)
AS A FRESHMAN IN 2024-25
Finished third at UC San Diego's BladeRunner tournament ... Part of the team that won the first MPSF Team Championship in program history ... Second Team All-Region after finishing fourth at the NCAA West Regional Championship ... Second Team All-MPSF after finishing third at the MPSF Championship ... Named USFCA All-Academic with Scholar of Distinction honors ... Finished with a winning record (27-24) ... Took home bronze at USA Fencing's Junior Olympics ... Selected to Team USA for the 2025 World University Games.

BEFORE UC SAN DIEGO
A 2024 graduate of Foothill High School in Pleasanton, Calif. ... Fenced with Bayside Fencing Club ... USA Fencing All-American First Team (2020-24) ... USA Fencing All-Academic First Team (2020-24) ... Second at Division IA Summer Nationals in 2024 ... Eighth at that same event in 2023 ... Won gold at the USA Fencing Senior Team Summer Nationals in 2023.

PERSONAL
Born: October 1 in Pleasanton, Calif.
Parents: Father, Daniel, graduated from Boston College, mother, Andrea, graduated from Knox College
Siblings: Has two older sisters, Sarah and Hannah
Major: Computer Science
College: Sixth
Future plans: Pursue a job in the tech industry
Favorite fencing memory: Winning gold at Senior Team Summer Nationals in 2023 against some of the top-ranked senior fencers
Favorite UC San Diego memory: Hanging out with teammates and traveling to meets
Hobbies: Soccer, playing the saxophone
Favorite movie: Top Gun: Maverick
Roots for: Tottenham Hotspur, Golden State Warriors, San Francisco 49ers
Favorite athlete: Lionel Messi
Listens to: Mac Miller, 21 Savage, Post Malone
Favorite food: Steak
Favorite social media: Instagram
Did you know: Can wiggle his ears
 
CAREER RECORDS
Year Regular Season MPSF Championships NCAA Regionals
W L Place Place
2024-25 27 24 3rd 4th
2025-26 13 8
Career 40 32

Historical Player Information

  • 2024-25Freshman

    Epee
  • 2025-26Sophomore

    Epee
    6'1"

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