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2019-20 Men's Fencing

Connor Mills

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Medford, N.J.
  • Highschool St. Augustine's Prep

Biography

2019-20: Team co-captain … Competed in 22 team bouts with men’s sabre, going 20-23 overall … Began the season by going 6-3 at the Elite Invitational including 2-0 marks against Johns Hopkins and Notre Dame (11/16) … Went 2-4 at the Penn State Invitational (1/12) … Turned in a 6-7 record at home for the Philadelphia Invitational (1/18 & 1/19) … Went 3-4 in the Ivy League Round-Robins (2/8 & 2/9) … Ended Penn career with a 144-103 record.

2018-19: Squad captain ... Led the sabre team with a 38-21 record ... Placed 18th at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South regional ... Posted a 10-5 record at the Philadelphia Invitational ... Earned 100th career win against Sacred Heart (1/19) at the Philadelphia Invitational ... Recorded 3-0 marks against Brown (1/19 & 2/9), Sacred Heart (1/19), Stanford (2/2), Cal Tech (2/2). 

2017-18: Team Captain ... Helped the Quakers to their third-straight Ivy League Championship ... Earned second-straight 40 win season ... Placed 18th at NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional ... Went 10-6 at Philadelphia Invitational.

2016-17: Second-team All-Ivy on sabre (fourth-place) … Helped the Quakers to their second-straight Ivy League Championship … Placed 14th at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional (March 11) … Led the saber squad in both wins (46) and winning percentage (.648) … Went 9-6 at the Ivy League Championships (Feb. 12) … Tallied a 10-2 record at the Philadelphia Invitational (Jan. 21) … Put together an 8-4 mark at both the Northwestern Duals (Feb. 4) and Temple Invitational (Feb. 26). 

High School: Four-year letterman and captain at St. Augustine’s Prep … Earned first-team All-State recognition as a senior … Part of District Championship team in 2012 … National Honors Society … Presidential Honors.

Personal: Son of Susan and Greg Mills … Cousin, Michael, fenced for Penn and won the NCAA National Championship in sabre (2013) … Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.
 

Career Statistics
Year W-L Pct. 
2016-17 46-25 .648
2017-18 40-34 .541
2018-19 38-21 .644
2019-20 20-23 .465
Career 144-103 .583

Historical Player Information

  • 2016-17Freshman

    Sabre
    6'2"
  • 2017-18Sophomore

    Saber
  • 2018-19Junior

    Saber
  • 2019-20Senior

    Sabre