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Career Accolades

  • Two-time All-America honorable mention (2019, 2020)
  • Three-time NCAA West Region foil champ (2019, 2020, 2022)
  • All-West Region first team (2020, 2022)
  • Three-time Western Conference team champions (2018-20)
  • MPSF foil champion (2022)
  • All-MPSF first team (2022)
  • MPSF team champions (2022)
  • CoSIDA At Large Academic All-American (2020)
  • NCAA Elite 90 Award (2019)
  • CoSIDA At Large Academic All-District 8 (2020)
  • MPSF All-Academic (2022)
  • Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll (2022)

As a Graduate Student (2022) •  MPSF Champions

  • 18th in foil at NCAA Championships
  • Went 9-14 at NCAA Championships
  • NCAA West Regional foil champion
  • Had a 9-3 record at regionals to win
  • All-West Region first team
  • MPSF foil champion
  • All-MPSF first team
  • Compiled a 55-28 overall record, including 35-11 in the regular season
  • Overall winning percentage of .663 was a program-best in 2022
  • Went 19-5 at the Western Invitational and 16-6 at the Northwestern Duals 
  • Phi Beta Kappa
  • MPSF All-Academic
  • Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll

As a Senior (2021)

  • Opted out of the season.

As a Junior (2020)Western Conference Champions

  • All-America honorable mention
  • NCAA West Region foil champ
  • All-West Region first team
  • Went 5-1 in the first round and 6-1 in the final round to win regionals
  • CoSIDA At Large Academic All-American
  • CoSIDA At Large Academic All-District 8
  • Most victories on men's team: 42-13 (.764)
  • Posted a 31-11 (.738) regular season record
  • Went 8-0 at the Western Invitational

As a Sophomore (2019) Western Conference Champions

  • All-America honorable mention
  • Won the Elite 90 Award for having the top GPA at the NCAA Championships
  • Placed 10th in the men's foil at the NCAA Championships
  • Won the men's foil at the NCAA West Regional
  • Compiled a 32-7 record in team dual competitions
  • Went 20-5 at the Northwestern Duals
  • Went 10-2 at the Western Invitational to help Cardinal win conference title

As a Freshman (2018)  • Western Conference Champions

  • Placed 20th at the NCAA Championships in the foil
  • Second in the men's foil at the NCAA West Regional
  • Posted an 18-3 mark at the Northwestern Duals
  • Posted 8-3 mark in Western Invitational

International Competition

  • Fifth in the 2019 junior foil at the World Cup in Sabadell-Barcelona
  • Third in the 2019 junior North American Cup
  • Ninth at the 2018 senior North American Cup
  • Competed in the 2018 Absolute International Collegiate Elite competition in Shanghai, China
  • Seventh in the 2017 junior North American Cup
  • Third in the 2017 senior North American Cup
  • Second in the 2017 junior team men's foil Leszno, Poland, World Cup
  • Tenth at the senior North American Cup in 2016
  • Seventh in the cadet Bratislava, Slovakia, World Cup in 2016
  • Eighth in the 2015 junior North American Cup

Prior to Stanford

  • Third in the 2019 U.S. senior championships
  • Fifth in the 2018 junior July Challenge
  • A 2017 graduate of Burlingame (Calif.) High
  • Trained and competed for the Massialas Foundation from 2013-17
  • Valedictorian
  • Competed for M Team (2013-17)
  • Competed in badminton, lacrosse and ultimate Frisbee
  • Earned top 4 (2017) and two top 8s (2016-17) in Division I National events
  • Placed in top 8 in 2015 Cadet World Cup in Germany

Personal

  • Born in Palo Alto, Calif.
  • Parents are Bill Orts and Merkna Chee
  • Has older brother, Quentin
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2019-20
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2020-21
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