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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

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)
  • 2nd - USA Fencing Division IA Summer Nationals (2024)
  • 8th - USA Fencing Division IA Summer Nationals (2023)
  • 1st - USA Fencing Senior Team Summer Nationals (2023)
PERSONAL
Born:
October 1 in Pleasanton, Calif.
Parents: Father graduated from Boston College, mother 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
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
Career 27 24

Historical Player Information

  • 2024-25Freshman

    Epee
  • 2025-26Sophomore

    Epee

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