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2024-25 Men's Fencing Roster

Nicholas Molina

  • Height 5-10
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Jersey City, N.J.
  • Highschool McNair Academic

Biography

2024-25: Went 14-9 on the year … Went 5-3 at the Elite Invitational (11/16-17) with a 3-0 sweep over Air Force … Won eight bouts at the Philadelphia Invitational (1/18-19) with victories against UCSD, Sacred Heart, NYU, Haverford, NJIT, and Yale...Posted 1-3 at the Temple Invitational (2/23) to close out the year.

2023-24: Won 15 bouts on the season … Went 2-3 against Ohio State, Stanford, and Notre Dame at the Elite Invitational … Finished 8-10 against Haverford, NJIT, NYU, Duke, Wagner, UCSD, St. John’s, Notre Dame, Ohio State, and Drew at the Philadelphia Invitational.

2022-23: Won 12 of his 21 bouts across two events, a .571 winning percentage … Finished Philadelphia Invitational 8-2, with 3-0 performances over Lafayette and Haverford (1/21) … Won four bouts at Temple Invitational, two each against Penn State and Stevens (2/26) ... USFCA All-Academic.

2021-22: Appeared on the strips in five team bouts in sabre, going 4-7 … Started season with 2-1 performance against UC San Diego at Ohio State Invitational (12/5) … Picked up a win over both Johns Hopkins and Stevens at Temple Invitational (2/27).

High School: Fenced at McNair for head coach George Janto ... Won the New Jersey individual saber state title in 2021, going 22-0 on the season ... Two-time first-team all-state (saber) in 2020 and 2021 ... Also lettered in volleyball and soccer ... In soccer, two-time honorable mention All-Hudson County Interscholastic Athletic League (HCIAL) Red Division ... In volleyball, honorable mention All-HCIAL White Division in 2018 ... APUSH Highest Average in 2018-19 ... AP Scholar with Distinction ... National Honor Society member ... Honor Roll student ... AP Physics C: Mechanics Highest Average in HCIAL. 

Personal: Son of Maria-Veronica Veluz and Geovanny Molina ... Enrolled in the School of Engineering and Applied Science.
 
Career Statistics
Year W-L Pct. 
2021-22 4-7 .364
2022-23 12-9 .571
Career 16-16 .500

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22Freshman

    Sabre
    5'10"
  • 2022-23Sophomore

    Sabre
    5'10"
  • 2023-24Junior

    Sabre
    5'10"
  • 2024-25Senior

    Sabre
    5'10"