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2018-19 Men's Fencing Roster

Blake Xia

  • Position Epee
  • Ht./Wt. 5-10 / 176
  • Class Junior
  • Major Business/Computer Science (Leonard N. Stern School of Business/College of Arts and Science)
  • Hometown Beijing, China
  • High School Beijing No. 13 HS

Biography

2017-18: Team member, but did not see action…UAA Winter All-Academic…IAAC Spring Honor Roll.

2016-17: Compiled a 2-5 epee record...made collegiate debut by finishing 44th at the Temple Collegiate Open (10/30)...defeated opponent from Vassar at the Tradition Tournament (12/4) and from Haverford at the Eric Sollee MIT Invitational (2/5)...IAAC Fall and Spring Honor Rolls.

High School: One-year team member…placed 19th and 26th, respectively, in national tournaments as a senior…founded student Community Watchers group to raise awareness of local issues among students.

Personal: Concentration in finance…Stern Dean’s List student…bilingual in Chinese and English…charity work includes a book sale benefiting underprivileged schools in rural China, volunteering in a workshop to record more than 83 audiobooks for the blind and a campaign to clean the old theater district…enjoys playing ping pong, horseback riding, cycling, and studying history.

Historical Player Information

  • 2016-17Freshman

    Epee
    5'9" 190 lbs
  • 2017-18Sophomore

    Epee
    5'9" 190 lbs
  • 2018-19Junior

    Epee
    5'10" 176 lbs