Emine Yücel

Class:
Graduate Student
High School:
The Koç School
Hometown:
Istanbul, Turkey

2018-19: Earned All-MFC Second Team honors … Finished 20th at NCAA Championships (3/24) … Placed 4th at NCAA Midwest Regionals (3/9) … Finished sixth at the MFC Championships (2/23) … Placed sixth in women’s saber at Remenyik Open (10/21) … Finished 19th at Penn State Open (11/3) … Led all Wildcats with 12 wins, going 12-8 overall, at Elite Invitational (11/17-18) … Went 5-4 at Western Invitational (1/13) … Went 7-2 at Philadelphia Invitational (1/20) … Went 5-9 at Northwestern Duals (2/2-3) … Went 8-5 at Duke Meet (2/10) ... Academic All-Big Ten.

2017:18: NCAA Midwest Regional Champion in saber … Became the first Wildcat to win a regional title since 2012, the fifth in program history, and first to do so in saber since Courtney Wells in 2001 … Finished 18th at NCAA Championships (3/23) … Went 8-5 at the Western Invitational (1/14) ... Went 10-6 at the Philadelphia Invitational (1/20) ... Went 5-1 at the DeCicco Duals (1/27) ... Went 16-7 at the NU Duals (2/3) ... Finished 6th at the MFC Championship.

2016-17: Went 9-6 at her first NCAA Midwest Regionals and finished 6th ... Finished seventh in the individual sabre event at her first MFC Championships (2/25) ... Went 10-2 at the Vassar Invitational (11/13) ... Went 9-3 at the Western Invitational (1/15) ... Was the only fencer to participate in every dual meet ... Finished with 53 wins, the second highest total on the team ... Had a breakout season and fenced in 87 bouts after fencing in 27 bouts in her first two seasons combined ... Academic All-Big Ten.

2015-16: Went 5-1 at the Elite Cup Duals (11/21) ... Finished 11-1 at the Vassar Duals (11/15) ... Academic All-Big Ten.

2014-15: Went undefeated with six wins in the Western Open in her first collegiate season (1/17).

High School: Attended The Koç School in Istanbul, Turkey ... Helped team take first place at Schools' National Fencing Championship in Samsun, Turkey in April 2013 ... Placed third as an individual at that event ... Ranked as high as third in both Cadet and Junior women's sabre ... Represented Turkish National Fencing Team on several occasions ... Achieved Academic High Honors every semester ... Received The Duke of Edinburgh's International Award.

Personal: Daughter of Irem and Mustafa Ilhan Yücel ... Chose Northwestern over University of Toronto, Queens University, University College London and more ... Majoring in neuroscience and African American studies, minoring in psychology.

Yücel's Career Statistics

Season	Result	Pct.	Midwest Conference	NCAA Regionals	NCAA Championships
2018-19	37-28	.569	6th	4th	20th
2017-18	48-29	.623	6th	1st	18th
2016-17	55-34	.609	7th	6th	---
2015-16	18-3	.857	---	---	---
2014-15	6-0	1.000	---	---	---
Career	162-94	.633	---	---	---