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2025-26 Triton Fencing Roster

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Nurzhan Abzhanov

  • Weapon Epee
  • Class Freshman
  • Hometown Almaty, Kazakhstan
  • High School Nazarbayev Intellectual School of Physics and Mathematics
  • Major Computer Science
  • College Sixth
  • Height 6-0

Biography

MEDIA
The UCSD Guardian (5/5/26)

ATHLETIC AWARDS
  • Honorable Mention All-American (2025)
  • MPSF Men's Epee Champion (2026)
  • First Team All-MPSF (2026)
  • First Team All-Region (2026)
  • Qualified for the National Collegiate Fencing Championships (2026)
  • MPSF Men's Newcomer of the Year (2026)
AS A FRESHMAN IN 2025-26
Honorable Mention All-American ... Qualified for the National Collegiate Fencing Championships, finishing 12th ... Won the MPSF Men's Epee Championship ... Subsequently named UCU Athlete of the Week on Mar. 9 ... Honored as the MPSF Men's Newcomer of the Year ... Also on the All-MPSF First Team ... Finished second at the NCAA West Regional Championship with a record of 11-1 to earn First Team All-Region honors ... The only Triton to be on the First Team at both the conference and regional levels ... Named MPSF Fencer of the Week on Jan. 19 after going 12-3 at the Penn Invitational, including a win over the top men's epeeist in the country by SPI ... Finalist for USFCA Men's Epee Collegiate Newcomer of the Year ... Won an individual bronze at the Costa Rica Junior Men's Epee World Cup in November ... Won the Kazakhstan Junior Men's Epee National Championship in November.

BEFORE UC SAN DIEGO
A 2025 graduate of Nazarbayev Intellectual School of Physics and Mathematics in Almaty, Kazakhstan ... Won a team gold at the Bahrain Junior World Cup ... Won team silvers at Hong Kong and Switzerland World Cups.

PERSONAL
Born: July 24 in Almaty, Kazakhstan
Parents: Both graduated from Texas A&M
Siblings: Has an older brother and a younger sister
Major: Computer Science
College: Sixth
Future plans: Working as a software engineer
Favorite fencing memory: Getting first place with his team at the Bahrain World Cup
Hobbies: Playing basketball, gaming
Roots for: Los Angeles Lakers
Favorite athlete: Lebron James
Favorite movie: The Hateful Eight
Listens to: Daniel Ceasar
Favorite food: Ramen
Favorite social media: Instagram
Did you know: Can solve a Rubik's cube in 20 seconds
 
CAREER RECORDS
Year Regular Season MPSF Championships NCAA Regionals NCAA Championships
W L Place Place Place
2025-26 25 15 1st 2nd 12th
Career 25 15

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