PRINCETON, N.J. – Following the Ivy League Fencing Championships, the conference honored several individuals and coaching staffs with postseason awards.

Men’s Rookie of the Year
Yonjae Kim, Yale (foil)

Women’s Rookie of the Year
Sophie Liu, Yale (saber)

Men’s Coaching Staff of the Year
Columbia

Women’s Co-Coaching Staff of the Year
Columbia
Harvard

Yale’s Yonjae Kim was named the Ivy League Men’s Rookie of the Year after helping the Bulldogs secure their best finish at the Ivy League Fencing Championships since 2019 last weekend. Kim posted a 7-2 record at the annual event on his way to claiming the individual men’s foil title. In team competition, he clinched a key victory for Yale in its match against Princeton.

Yale’s Sophie Liu delivered a historic performance at the Ivy League Championships, capturing the individual saber crown with a perfect 15-0 record in her weapon. Liu tallied 75 total touches over the weekend while surrendering just 33, finishing with a +42 indicator — the best mark of any fencer, men’s or women’s, at the event.

The Columbia coaching staff, led by Michael Aufrichtig, earned Men’s Coaching Staff of the Year honors and was named Women’s Co-Coaching Staff of the Year after sweeping both the men’s and women’s team titles. Columbia is ranked No. 1 in both midseason USFCA Coaches Polls. The women compiled a 25-1 dual-meet record this season, while the men posted a 21-3 mark. At the championships, six Ivies earned All-Ivy honors on the men’s side, and five garnered All-Ivy distinction on the women’s side.

The Harvard women’s coaching staff, led by Daria Schneider, shared Women’s Co-Coaching Staff of the Year honors after guiding the Crimson to a second-place finish in the women’s competition. Four Ivies earned All-Ivy First Team honors on the women’s side.

In addition to the major awards, the Ivy League recognized 12 Academic All-Ivy honorees for their achievements both in the classroom and on the strips. The honorees include Brown’s Alyssa Sun; Columbia’s Zeyad Nofal and Madison Four-Garcia; Harvard’s Henry Lawson and Zoe Kim; Penn’s Joseph Wu and Grace Hu; Princeton’s Brandon Lee and Maia Weintraub; and Yale’s Vinni Yu and Amanda O’Donnell.

WOMEN'S ALL-IVY
 
Foil Champion
Carolina Stutchbury, Columbia
 
Epee Champion:
Ketki Ketkar, Cornell
 
Sabre Champion:
Sophie Liu, Yale
 
FIRST TEAM:
Epee:
Ketki Ketkar, Cornell
Yasmine Khamis, Harvard
Angel Xiao, Princeton
 
Foil:
Carolina Stutchbury, Columbia
Jia Chen, Yale
Jessica Guo, Harvard
 
Sabre: 
Sophie Liu, Yale
Zoe Kim, Harvard
Alexandra Lee, Princeton
Kaitlyn Pak, Harvard
 
SECOND TEAM:
Epee:
Hadley Husisian, Princeton
Tierna Oxenreider, Columbia
Nicole Xuan, Columbia
 
Foil:
Zander Rhodes, Columbia
Emily Jing, Harvard
Maia Weintraub, Princeton
 
Sabre: 
Emese Domonkos, Princeton
Tamar Gordon, Columbia
Isabella Carvalho, Cornell

MEN'S ALL-IVY

Epee Champion:
Nicholas Zhang, Harvard
 
Foil Champion:
Yonjae Kim, Yale
 
Sabre Champion:
Colin Heathcock, Harvard
 
FIRST TEAM:
Epee:
Nicholas Zhang, Harvard
Julien Lim, Columbia
Henry Lawson, Harvard
Simon Lioznyansky, Penn
 
Foil:
Yonjae Kim, Yale
Marsel Nagimov, Columbia
Roy Graham, Harvard
 
Sabre: 
Colin Heathcock, Harvard
Zeyad Nofal, Columbia
Will Morrill, Columbia
 
SECOND TEAM:
Epee:
Alec Brooke, Princeton
Alexander Liu, Princeton
Skyler Liverant, Columbia
Tristan Lumineau, Princeton
Joseph Wu, Penn
 
Foil:
Brandon Lee, Princeton
Samarth Kumbla, Columbia
Andrew Chen, Harvard
 
Sabre: 
Jack Pan, Yale
David Frumgarzts, Yale
Silas Choi, Princeton