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UC San Diego

2025-26 Triton Fencing Roster

David Bernal/UC San Diego
Derrick Tuskan/UC San Diego
Derrick Tuskan/UC San Diego

Dayus Gohel

  • Weapon Epee
  • Class Sophomore
  • Hometown Winchester, Mass.
  • High School Winchester HS
  • Major Biochemistry
  • College Eighth
  • Height 5-10

Biography

ATHLETIC AWARDS
  • Qualified for the National Collegiate Fencing Championship (2025)
  • Honorable Mention All-Region (2025)
  • MPSF Male Newcomer of the Year (2025)
ACADEMIC AWARDS
  • USFCA All-Academic, Scholar of Distinction (2025)
AS A FRESHMAN IN 2024-25
Qualified for the National Collegiate Fencing Championship, finishing 18th ... Honorable Mention All-Region after finishing fifth at the NCAA West Regional Championship ... Part of the team that won the first MPSF Team Championship in program history ... MPSF Male Newcomer of the Year ... Named USFCA All-Academic with Scholar of Distinction honors ... Finished with 45 wins, the most on either the men's or women's team ... Placed ninth at USA Fencing's Junior Olympics.

BEFORE UC SAN DIEGO
A 2024 graduate of Winchester High School in Winchester, Mass. ... 4.15 GPA ... 2024 National Merit Finalist ... USA Fencing All-American First Team (2020-24) ... USA Fencing All-Academic First Team (2020-24) ... Ninth at 2024 Junior Olympics ... Finished 21st in 2021 and 26th in 2023 at Division I USA Fencing events ... Five top-30 finishes from 2021-23 in junior NACs and the July Challenge, with his best result beings 13th at the 2022 January NAC ... 12th at Belgrade Cadet World Cup in 2022 ... Fourth at USA Fencing Senior Team July Challenge in 2024 ... Sixth at USA Fencing Junior Team July Challenge in 2021 ... Silver at Belgrade Cadet Team World Cup in 2022.

PERSONAL
Born: September 2 in Boston, Mass.
Parents: His father, Tushar, graduated from Carnegie Mellon University, where he ran track, and his mother, Shammi, graduated from Queen's University
Siblings: Has a younger sister, Brynne
Major: Biochemistry with a minor in political science
College: Eighth
Future plans: Law school
Favorite fencing memory: Competing in the 2024 National Collegiate Fencing Championships at Penn State
Favorite UC San Diego memory: Getting involved on campus
Hobbies: Watching TV and movies, cooking, reading, traveling
Favorite movie: Mission Impossible franchise
Favorite food: Pizza
Favorite social media: Instagram
Did you know: Used to be a black belt in karate
 
CAREER RECORDS
Year Regular Season MPSF Championships NCAA Regionals NCAA Championships
W L Place Place Place
2024-25 45 20 5th 18th
2025-26 13 5
Career 58 25

Historical Player Information

  • 2024-25Freshman

    Epee
  • 2025-26Sophomore

    Epee
    5'10"

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