Katie Van Riper

Class:
Senior
High School:
Pope
Hometown:
Marietta, Ga.

2017-18: Went 9-0 at the Vassar Invitational (1/13) ... Went 8-3 at the Western Invitational (1/14) ... Went 10-6 at the Philadelphia Invitational (1/20) ... Went 8-3 at the DeCicco Duals (1/27) ... Went 6-7 at the NU Duals (2/3) ... Finished 3rd at the MFC Championship (2/24).

2016-17: Fenced in her first NCAA Midwest Regionals and finished seventh (3/11) ... Finished fourth at the MFC Championships in the individual epee competition (2/25) ... Went 7-5 at the Western Invitational (1/15) ... Went 9-3 at the Philadelphia Duals (1/21) ... Went 7-5 at the Duke Duals (2/12) ... Academic All-Big Ten.

2015-16: Finished 12th at the MFC Championships (2/28) ... Went 9-0 at the second NU Duals (1/30) ... Went 8-1 at the first NU Duals (10/31) ... Academic All-Big Ten.

2014-15: Captured sixteen wins in eighteen bouts at the first NU Duals (11/2)... Picked up fifteen wins in sixteen bouts over the two days of the second NU Duals (1/31-2/1)... Finished her first collegiate season with a 31-3 record to lead epée in win percentage.

High School: Four-time letterwinner and team captain at Pope H.S. ... Three-time individual state champion ... Collected more than 200 career victories ... Had eight-time gold medalist ... Named to the Academic All-America fencing team ... High school team won team women's state championships in 2012 and 2013 ... Competed with the Dunwoody Fencing Club since 2011 ... Ranked 40th in Cadet National Point standings and 70th in Junior National Points ... Member of the following National Honor Societies: English, Spanish, and Science ... Class Salutatorian ... AP scholar with distinction ... National Merit semifinalist.

Personal: Daughter of Julie Newell and Bowdoin Van Riper ... Chose Northwestern over Brown and Boise State ... Competed against fellow Wildcats Courtney Dumas, Mandeep Bhinder and Helen Foster ... Won a silver medal in Junior Olympic windsurfing ... Father once held a post-doctorate position at Northwestern ... Majoring in history and psychology.

Van Riper's Career Statistics

Season	Result	Pct.	Midwest Conference	NCAA Regionals	NCAA Championships
2017-18	51-25	.671	3rd	---	---
2016-17	34-38	.472	4th	7th
2015-16	33-9	.786	12th	---	---
2014-15	31-3	.912	---	---	---
Career	98-50	.662	---	---	---