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Career Accolades

  • NCAA West Region saber champion (2019)
  • All-West Region second team (2020)
  • Three-time Western Conference team champions (2017, 2019, 2020)

As a Senior (2020)  • Western Conference Champions

  • All-West Region second team
  • Placed fourth at the NCAA West Regionals in saber
  • Went 8-3 in regional competition
  • Posted an overall record of 33-14 (.702), including 25-11 (.694) in the regular season
  • Helped men's saber team to a 133-55 (.742) individual bout record and 15-1 mark (.937) in team competition
  • Went 14-6 at the Midwest Duals

As a Junior (2019)  • Western Conference Champions

  • Placed 22nd in the men's saber at the NCAA Championships
  • NCAA Western Regional saber champion
  • Compiled a 28-7 record in team dual competitions
  • Went 14-0 at the Western Invitational to help Card to the conference championship

As a Sophomore (2018)

  • Did not compete

As a Freshman (2017)  • Western Conference Champions

  • Finished first in saber at NCAA Western Regional Championships
  • Posted 15-13 record in saber at Northwestern Duals
  • Posted 12-0 record in saber at Western Invitational 

International Competition

  • Won a bronze medal at the Cadet World Cup in Konin, Poland, in 2012.

Prior to Stanford

  • Three-time U.S. champion.
  • Won three medals at the 2016 Summer Nationals in Dallas, Texas
  • Division I-A men’s saber national champion in 2016
  • Won a bronze medal at the 2016 junior men’s saber July Challenge
  • Won a bronze medal at the 2016 Division I men’s saber July Challenge
  • Won a gold medal in team competition at the 2015 Junior Olympics
  • Youth 14 men’s saber national champion in 2013
  • Won a bronze medal at the 2013 Cadet Junior Olympics
  • Was youngest male saber fencer to represent USA in 2012-2013
  • USA Fencing first-team All-Academic team from 2012-2016.
  • 2016 graduate of Gunn High School in Palo Alto
  • 4.0 unweighted GPA at Gunn

Personal

  • Son of Raymond and Emmy Kwong
  • Born in Pleasanton, Calif.
  • Plays the violin


 

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2017-18
SABRE
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2019-20
Men's Sabre
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