University of Pennsylvania Athletics

2024-25: NCAA Qualifier … First Team All-Ivy … First Team All-Mid-Atlantic/South Region … Honorable Mention All-America … Appeared on the strip 21 times in bouts during the regular season, going 38-21 with a .644 winning percentage … Went 10-5 at the Elite Invitational (11/16-17), sweeping North Carolina … Posted a 13-4 at the Philadelphia Invitational (1/18-19) … Swept Haverford at the Penn State Invitational (1/26) …Had a 7-2 record at the Ivy League Championship to place second in saber … Split the Temple Invitational (2/23) 3-3 … Placed first at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Region to qualify for the 2025 NCAA Championships … Placed 12th at the NCAA Fencing Championships (3/20-23) off an 11-11 record to earn Honorable Mention All-America.

2023-24: Won 36 bouts on the season … .522 winning percentage … Went 15-11 against Haverford, NJIT, NYU, Duke, Wagner, UCSD, St. John’s, Notre Dame, Ohio State, and Drew at the Philadelphia Invitational … Finished 5-1 against hosting school LIU and St. John’s at the LIU Invitational … Went 6-6 at the Ivy League Championships … Finished 6-2 against Penn State, Stevens, and John Hopkins at the Temple Invitational.

2022-23: Finished 6th in sabre at NCAA Championships, earning Second-team All-America … Led all sabreists with a .611 winning percentage, going 55-35 during the season … Won nine of 15 bouts at Elite Invitational including 3-0 efforts against Ohio State and UC San Diego (11/19) … Went 10-5 during Penn State Invitational, posting 3-0 marks against Haverford and Columbia (1/15) … Won all three bouts against Wayne State and Ohio State, part of a 13-8 performance at Philadelphia Invitational (1/21/-1/22) … Finished Tri-State Shark Showcase 8-4 including a 3-0 effort against Hunter (1/29) … Wrapped Temple Invitational 10-5, including 3-0 marks against Johns Hopkins and Stevens (2/26) ... USFCA All-Academic.

High School: Member of the Cadet 2020 World Team… Ranked 5th in the world for U17… Top 16 finish at a Junior World Cup in 2020.

Personal: Son of Anya and Oleksandr Kushkov… will enroll in the Wharton School of Business.

Why He Chose Penn: “I chose Penn because it is simply the best in everything. Unmatched academics, and the welcoming community was like no other. After witnessing the team spirit I knew I wanted to be part of the Penn family.”
 

Career Statistics
Year	W-L	Pct.
2022-23	55-35	.611
Career	55-35	.611