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2022-23 Men's Fencing Roster

Hunter Martin
Hunter Martin

Raymond Zhao

  • Height 6-1
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Duluth, Ga.
  • Highschool The Westminster Schools

Biography

2022-23: Won 23 of 56 bouts, a .411 winning percentage … Went 3-0 against North Carolina at Elite Invitational (11/19) … Picked up eight wins at Philadelphia Invitational including a 3-0 performance against Notre Dame (1/21-1/22) … Won three bouts at Ivy Round-Robins including a 2-1 effort against Yale (2/11-2/12).

2021-22: Second-team All-Region … Competed in 17 team bouts in sabre, finishing the season 20-25 … Finished Ohio State Invitational 7-5 with at least one win in all four team bouts (12/5) … Went 6-5 in five team bouts at Philadelphia Invitational, including 3-0 against Ivy foe Columbia (1/22-1/23).

2019-20: Honorable Mention All-America ... First-team All-Region ... Appeared in 31 of 39 team bouts with men’s sabre, notching a 46-32 overall record … NCAA Championships qualifier … Won first collegiate bout, against Ohio State at the Elite Invitational (11/16) … Notched a 9-4 mark at the Penn State Invitational, earning first collegiate sweep against North Carolina (1/12) … Won nine of his first 10 bouts at the Philadelphia Invitational, going 14-6 and earning a sweep of #9 Duke (1/18 & 1/19) … Earned three straight sweeps (Brandeis, Hunter & NJIT) to cruise at the Sollee Invitational, going 11-1 overall (2/1) … Went 6-8 at first Ivy League Round-Robins, going 2-1 against #6 Princeton and #2 Harvard (2/8 & 2/9) … Finished second at the NCAA Regional to lead all Quakers fencers (3/7) … Recorded the highest finish at the Regional by a freshman and by any Penn men’s fencer since Sean Wilson in 2018 … All 2020 NCAA winter postseason competition was canceled on Thursday, March 12 due to a nationwide outbreak of coronavirus COVID-19.

High School: A member of Team USA’s fencing Junior Athletes … In sabre events, ranked second in the United States in Cadet rankings, fourth in the United States in Junior rankings, and 17th in the United States in Senior Rankings … Ranked 31st in the world in Cadet rankings and 250th in the world in Junior rankings…Won bronze at the 2017 USA Fencing Junior Olympic Championships … Won silver and advanced to his first Division 1 final in the 2017 July Challenge.

Personal: Son of Ellen and Roger Zhao…Enrolled in the Warton School of Business.
 
Career Statistics
Year W-L Pct. 
2019-20 46-32 .590
2020-21
2021-22 20-25 .444
2022-23 23-33 .411
Career 89-90 .497

Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20Freshman

    Sabre
    6'1"
  • 2020-21Sophomore

    Sabre
    6'1"
  • 2021-22Junior

    Sabre
    6'1"
  • 2022-23Senior

    Sabre
    6'1"