2024-25 Women's Fencing Roster
Kwon, Athina
Jersey Number 4
Athina Kwon
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- West Career and Technical Academy
- Hometown:
- Las Vegas, Nev.
Bio
2024-25: Closed her junior year with a 25-11 record in dual competition ... Opened year with a 21st-place showing at USA Fencing's October North American Cup (NAC) (10/4-7) ... Earned a runner-up finish at the Remenyik Open (10/12-13) ... Went 3-0 at the Northwesern Fall Duals (10/27) ... Picked up seven wins at the Western Invitational (11/2-3) ... Finished with an 8-3 mark at the Schiller Duals (2/1-2), a win total that tied for the lead amongst Wildcats epeeists ... Posted a 4-1 record during the team portion of the Central Collegite Fencing Conference (CCFC) Championships (2/22) ... Placed 13th at the NCAA Midwest Regional (3/8).
2023-24: Posted a 26-15 record in dual action in the epee ... Tallied back-to-back podium finishes to begin the year ... Placed seventh at the Remenyik Open (10/14-15) ... Finished third at the Penn State Open (10/21) ... Came away with a team-high 12 wins at the Western Invitational (11/4) ... Went 6-3 at the Philadelphia Invitational (1/21) ... Added five wins at the Northwestern Duals (2/4-5).
2022-23: Finished 12-17 in dual action as a sophomore ... Opened her year in style at the Remenyik Open (10/2), posting a runner-up finish ... Placed 21st at the Temple Open (10/29) ... Picked up six wins in first dual action of the season at the Vassar Invitational (11/13) ... Finished a perfect 3-0 at the Central Collegiate Fencing Conference (CCFC) Championships as the 'Cats finished second overall.
2021-22: Placed 10th in collegiate debut at the Remenyik Open (10/10) ... Took 30th at the Temple Open (10/23) ... Led the Wildcats' epee group at the Penn State Open (11/6).
High School/Club: USA Fencing All-Academic First Team … 2020 Junior Olympics 13th in Cadet ... 2018 Summer Nationals 7th in Division II ... 2018 North American Cup Division II Silver and Division III Champion … Six years with Battle Born Fencing Club.
Personal: Parents are James Kwon and Aeran Min … 2021 National Merit Semifinalist … AP Scholar … Anticipated major is neuroscience.
2023-24: Posted a 26-15 record in dual action in the epee ... Tallied back-to-back podium finishes to begin the year ... Placed seventh at the Remenyik Open (10/14-15) ... Finished third at the Penn State Open (10/21) ... Came away with a team-high 12 wins at the Western Invitational (11/4) ... Went 6-3 at the Philadelphia Invitational (1/21) ... Added five wins at the Northwestern Duals (2/4-5).
2022-23: Finished 12-17 in dual action as a sophomore ... Opened her year in style at the Remenyik Open (10/2), posting a runner-up finish ... Placed 21st at the Temple Open (10/29) ... Picked up six wins in first dual action of the season at the Vassar Invitational (11/13) ... Finished a perfect 3-0 at the Central Collegiate Fencing Conference (CCFC) Championships as the 'Cats finished second overall.
2021-22: Placed 10th in collegiate debut at the Remenyik Open (10/10) ... Took 30th at the Temple Open (10/23) ... Led the Wildcats' epee group at the Penn State Open (11/6).
High School/Club: USA Fencing All-Academic First Team … 2020 Junior Olympics 13th in Cadet ... 2018 Summer Nationals 7th in Division II ... 2018 North American Cup Division II Silver and Division III Champion … Six years with Battle Born Fencing Club.
Personal: Parents are James Kwon and Aeran Min … 2021 National Merit Semifinalist … AP Scholar … Anticipated major is neuroscience.
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