2021-22 Women's Fencing Roster
Chen, Alyssa
Jersey Number 8
Alyssa Chen
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- La Jolla Country Day School
- Hometown:
- San Diego, California
Bio
2021-22: Led Northwestern with 8-1 mark at Western Invitational (11/14)...Went 12-5 against LIU, Notre Dame and Denison at NU Duals (11/23)
2020-21: Academic All-Big Ten...Went undefeated in first-ever competition at the new Patten Gym (2/14)...Finished 3-2 in tri-dual with Lawrence and Notre Dame (2/22)...Lead Northwestern with a perfect mark in wins over Ohio State and Lawrence (3/10)
2019-20: All-MFC Second Team Honors...Academic All-American...Finished 3rd at the Remenyik Open (10/13)...Led Northwestern with a 54th place finish at the October NAC (10/21)...Went 7-2 at Elite Invitational as Northwestern defeated Harvard (11/17)...Grabbed a top-30 finish at the January NAC (1/8)...Her 8-1 mark at the Western Invitational helped Northwestern sweep Stanford, Florida, Incarnate Word, Air Force and UCSD (1/13)...Continued her strong sophomore season with a 7-4 mark at the Penn Duals (1/21)...Went 12-5 at NU Duals as Northwestern took down No. 1 Princenton (2/3)...Secured a top-eight finish at Midwest Fencing Conference Championships (2/22)...Finished ninth at 2020 NCAA Regionals (2/23)
2018-19: All-American … Earned All-MFC Second Team honors … Finished 12th at NCAA Championships (3/24) … Placed 6th at NCAA Midwest Regionals (3/9) … Finished 6th at the MFC Championships (2/23) … Placed 11th at Remenyik Open (10/20) in first collegiate action … Finished 38th at Penn State Open (11/3) … Posted perfect 9-0 record at Vassar Invitational (11/11) in first official collegiate meet … Went 5-2 at Elite Invitational (11/17-18) … Placed ninth overall at December USA Fencing NAC event in Cincinnati, Ohio … Placed 29th overall in Div. 1 Women’s Foil event and 45th overall in Junior Women’s Foil event at January USA Fencing NAC in Charlotte, N.C. … Went 5-4 at Philadelphia Invitational (1/20) … Went 5-4 at Northwestern Duals (2/2-3), including go-ahead win to secure 14-13 victory over No. 5 Ohio State … Went 6-5 at Duke Meet (2/10) … Placed 22nd in Junior Women’s Foil at Junior Olympics (2/16-17).
High School/Club: Fenced seven years at Los Angeles International Fencing Center … Fifth place at Cadet October NAC in 2016 … Seventh place at Cadet November NAC in 2015 … 16th place at Junior January NAC in 2015 … 28th at Div. I NAC in January 2015 … 31st at Div. I July Challenge in 2017.
Personal: Parents are Jane Wu and Chixu Chen … Chose Northwestern over UC San Diego and Cornell … Competed against fellow classmate Jerrica Liao and current Wildcats Amy Jia, Lucia Procopio and Sharon Chen … Anticipated major is Engineering.
2020-21: Academic All-Big Ten...Went undefeated in first-ever competition at the new Patten Gym (2/14)...Finished 3-2 in tri-dual with Lawrence and Notre Dame (2/22)...Lead Northwestern with a perfect mark in wins over Ohio State and Lawrence (3/10)
2019-20: All-MFC Second Team Honors...Academic All-American...Finished 3rd at the Remenyik Open (10/13)...Led Northwestern with a 54th place finish at the October NAC (10/21)...Went 7-2 at Elite Invitational as Northwestern defeated Harvard (11/17)...Grabbed a top-30 finish at the January NAC (1/8)...Her 8-1 mark at the Western Invitational helped Northwestern sweep Stanford, Florida, Incarnate Word, Air Force and UCSD (1/13)...Continued her strong sophomore season with a 7-4 mark at the Penn Duals (1/21)...Went 12-5 at NU Duals as Northwestern took down No. 1 Princenton (2/3)...Secured a top-eight finish at Midwest Fencing Conference Championships (2/22)...Finished ninth at 2020 NCAA Regionals (2/23)
2018-19: All-American … Earned All-MFC Second Team honors … Finished 12th at NCAA Championships (3/24) … Placed 6th at NCAA Midwest Regionals (3/9) … Finished 6th at the MFC Championships (2/23) … Placed 11th at Remenyik Open (10/20) in first collegiate action … Finished 38th at Penn State Open (11/3) … Posted perfect 9-0 record at Vassar Invitational (11/11) in first official collegiate meet … Went 5-2 at Elite Invitational (11/17-18) … Placed ninth overall at December USA Fencing NAC event in Cincinnati, Ohio … Placed 29th overall in Div. 1 Women’s Foil event and 45th overall in Junior Women’s Foil event at January USA Fencing NAC in Charlotte, N.C. … Went 5-4 at Philadelphia Invitational (1/20) … Went 5-4 at Northwestern Duals (2/2-3), including go-ahead win to secure 14-13 victory over No. 5 Ohio State … Went 6-5 at Duke Meet (2/10) … Placed 22nd in Junior Women’s Foil at Junior Olympics (2/16-17).
High School/Club: Fenced seven years at Los Angeles International Fencing Center … Fifth place at Cadet October NAC in 2016 … Seventh place at Cadet November NAC in 2015 … 16th place at Junior January NAC in 2015 … 28th at Div. I NAC in January 2015 … 31st at Div. I July Challenge in 2017.
Personal: Parents are Jane Wu and Chixu Chen … Chose Northwestern over UC San Diego and Cornell … Competed against fellow classmate Jerrica Liao and current Wildcats Amy Jia, Lucia Procopio and Sharon Chen … Anticipated major is Engineering.
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