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UC San Diego

2020-21 Fencing Roster

Dana Chou

  • Weapon Saber
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Upper Saddle River, N.J.
  • High School Bergen County Tech HS
  • Major Speculative Design
  • College Sixth

Biography

AS A SENIOR IN 2020-21
Team's Academic Captain ... USFCA Scholar of Distinction ... USFCA All-Academic ... Diverse: Issues in Higher Education magazine Arthur Ashe, Jr. Sports Scholar ... UC San Diego All-Triton Academic Scholar-Athlete Team selection.

AS A JUNIOR IN 2019-20
Tri-Captain ... Tied for third in Senior Women's Saber at the San Diego Cup (10/13).

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2017-18
All-Western Fencing Conference ... Placed fourth at the conference championships (3/10) ... Took sixth in Junior Women's Sabre at Bladerunner (11/4-5).

CLUB
Fenced with Bergen Fencing Club.

HIGH SCHOOL
A 2017 graduate of Bergen County Tech in Hackensack, N.J. ... Posted a 118-8 record during her career ... Fifth in the state individually (2017) ... All-State Second Team (2017) ... All-North Jersey First Team (2017) ... A member of Bergen Tech's Hall of Fame (2017) ... A two-time team MVP (2016, 2017) ... Bergen County Women's Saber Individual Champion (2017) ... Third place Division II at 2017 Salt Lake City Summer Nationals ... Bergen County Tech was 2017 NJSIAA Team Champion.

PERSONAL
Born May 16 in Manhattan, N.Y. ... Has a younger brother named Stephen ... A speculative design major with an environmental studies minor at Sixth College ... Would like to pursue a career in environmental conservation and/or design ... A fan of the NY Yankees and the New York Giants ... Lists Mia Hamm as her most-admired athlete ... Ratatouille is her favorite movie ... Enjoys sushi ... A former second-degree black belt in Taekwondo ... A big helicopter/rotorcraft enthusiast ... Twitter is her go-to social media outlet ... Hobbies include photography, hiking, reading, and painting.

Historical Player Information

  • 2017-18Freshman

    Sabre
  • 2018-19Sophomore

    Sabre
  • 2019-20Junior

    Sabre
  • 2020-21Senior

    Saber

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