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Moss Adds Four to Class of 2024
5/18/2020 12:28:00 PM | Women's Fencing
EVANSTON, Ill. – Northwestern women's fencing head coach Zach Moss announced four newcomers in the class of 2024 on Monday.
The Wildcats will add Sophie Brill, Levi Hoogendoorn, Sky Miller and Julia Yoon to the team ahead of the fall season.
"I'm very excited about this recruiting class," Moss said. "We have an excellent group of young women joining our program."
"They are highly competitive fencers who will be a great addition to our team. They are superb students and amazing people that will be tremendous representatives of Northwestern on and off the strip. I look forward to helping them develop a fencers and as leaders over their four years."
Northwestern returns 29 fencers from last year, including three All-Americans, after finishing the season ranked No. 8 in the CollegeFencing360.com poll.
Full bios for the signees can be found below.
Sophie Brill
Epée / 5-3
Los Angeles, Calif. / Marlborough School
High School/Club: USA Fencing All-American First Team 2019 ... Finished 19th in Junior division at 2020 Junior Olympics ... Finished 45th in Div. I at 2019 Div. I Championships ... Finished 31st in Junior division at 2018 November NAC ... Finished first in Div. II at 2017 October NAC ... Club was LAIFC (Los Angeles International Fencing Center).
Personal: Born Sophie Evans Brill ... Member of California Scholarship Federation ... National Merit Commended Scholar ... Great-uncle Donald P. Jacobs served as Dean of the Kellogg School of Management for 26 years ... Grandfather Michael K. Evans was a professor in Kellogg ... Anticipated major is political science.
Levi Hoogendoorn
Sabre / 5-7
Eden Prairie, Minn. / Minnetonka
High School/Club: Two-time USA Fencing All American First Team ... First place finish at Div. II 2016 October NAC ... Seventh place finish at Div. I-A Summer Nationals 2019 ... 30th place finish at Div. I 2019 October NAC ... Club was Center for Blade Arts.
Personal: Born Levi Hoogendoorn ... Four-time USA Fencing All-Academic first team ... National AP Scholar ... Gold Award and Seagate Emerging Scientist Award at the Minnesota State Science and Engineering Fair ... Twin sister Sterre will be competing for Cornell Fencing ... Anticipated major is integrated science.
Sky Miller
Sabre / 5-5
Durham, N.C. / Durham School of the Arts
High School/Club: Four-time USA Fencing All American First Team ... Eighth place finish at Div. I 2019 October NAC .. Won gold medal as sabre team in senior division at 2019 Summer NAC ... Won four gold medals as a team at the Cadet World Circuit during the 2018-19 season ... Won a gold medal in 2018 at Mödling, Austria during the Cadet World Circuit ... Won bronze in junior division at 2019 Junior Olympics ... Finished fifth in junior and cadet divisions at 2018 Junior Olympics ... Club was Mid-South Fencing Club.
Personal: Born Sky Paulette Hunter Miller ... Four-time USA Fencing All-Academic first team ... National Honors Society ... Father Paul competed in Track and Field for four years at MIT ... Anticipated major is materials science.
Julia Yoon
Epée / 5-5
Belle Mead, N.J. / Montgomery
High School/Club: Went 26-3 and was first team All-State in New Jersey in 2020 ... Won Girls' Fencing Award and was second team All-State in 2019 ... Finished second in state individual epee competition in 2020 and won Santelli Squad Champions ... 2019 State Squad Champions in epee ... Medalist at Regional Open Circuit (ROC) event Div. I-A in Jan. 2018 ... Finished 23rd at Div. II October 2018 NAC ... Silver Medalist in junior division at Thrust Regional Junior Cadet Circuit (RJCC) event in February 2018 ... Finished fifth in RJCC event in New Jersey in junior division at December 2018 ... Won gold medal in junior division at RJCC event in Boston in December 2018 ... Club was Medeo Fencing Club.
Personal: Born Jeena Yoon ... Honor Roll ... Student Class Vice President ... Anticipated major is social policy.
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The Wildcats will add Sophie Brill, Levi Hoogendoorn, Sky Miller and Julia Yoon to the team ahead of the fall season.
"I'm very excited about this recruiting class," Moss said. "We have an excellent group of young women joining our program."
"They are highly competitive fencers who will be a great addition to our team. They are superb students and amazing people that will be tremendous representatives of Northwestern on and off the strip. I look forward to helping them develop a fencers and as leaders over their four years."
Northwestern returns 29 fencers from last year, including three All-Americans, after finishing the season ranked No. 8 in the CollegeFencing360.com poll.
Full bios for the signees can be found below.
Sophie Brill
Epée / 5-3
Los Angeles, Calif. / Marlborough School
High School/Club: USA Fencing All-American First Team 2019 ... Finished 19th in Junior division at 2020 Junior Olympics ... Finished 45th in Div. I at 2019 Div. I Championships ... Finished 31st in Junior division at 2018 November NAC ... Finished first in Div. II at 2017 October NAC ... Club was LAIFC (Los Angeles International Fencing Center).
Personal: Born Sophie Evans Brill ... Member of California Scholarship Federation ... National Merit Commended Scholar ... Great-uncle Donald P. Jacobs served as Dean of the Kellogg School of Management for 26 years ... Grandfather Michael K. Evans was a professor in Kellogg ... Anticipated major is political science.
Levi Hoogendoorn
Sabre / 5-7
Eden Prairie, Minn. / Minnetonka
High School/Club: Two-time USA Fencing All American First Team ... First place finish at Div. II 2016 October NAC ... Seventh place finish at Div. I-A Summer Nationals 2019 ... 30th place finish at Div. I 2019 October NAC ... Club was Center for Blade Arts.
Personal: Born Levi Hoogendoorn ... Four-time USA Fencing All-Academic first team ... National AP Scholar ... Gold Award and Seagate Emerging Scientist Award at the Minnesota State Science and Engineering Fair ... Twin sister Sterre will be competing for Cornell Fencing ... Anticipated major is integrated science.
Sky Miller
Sabre / 5-5
Durham, N.C. / Durham School of the Arts
High School/Club: Four-time USA Fencing All American First Team ... Eighth place finish at Div. I 2019 October NAC .. Won gold medal as sabre team in senior division at 2019 Summer NAC ... Won four gold medals as a team at the Cadet World Circuit during the 2018-19 season ... Won a gold medal in 2018 at Mödling, Austria during the Cadet World Circuit ... Won bronze in junior division at 2019 Junior Olympics ... Finished fifth in junior and cadet divisions at 2018 Junior Olympics ... Club was Mid-South Fencing Club.
Personal: Born Sky Paulette Hunter Miller ... Four-time USA Fencing All-Academic first team ... National Honors Society ... Father Paul competed in Track and Field for four years at MIT ... Anticipated major is materials science.
Julia Yoon
Epée / 5-5
Belle Mead, N.J. / Montgomery
High School/Club: Went 26-3 and was first team All-State in New Jersey in 2020 ... Won Girls' Fencing Award and was second team All-State in 2019 ... Finished second in state individual epee competition in 2020 and won Santelli Squad Champions ... 2019 State Squad Champions in epee ... Medalist at Regional Open Circuit (ROC) event Div. I-A in Jan. 2018 ... Finished 23rd at Div. II October 2018 NAC ... Silver Medalist in junior division at Thrust Regional Junior Cadet Circuit (RJCC) event in February 2018 ... Finished fifth in RJCC event in New Jersey in junior division at December 2018 ... Won gold medal in junior division at RJCC event in Boston in December 2018 ... Club was Medeo Fencing Club.
Personal: Born Jeena Yoon ... Honor Roll ... Student Class Vice President ... Anticipated major is social policy.
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