Chatham Fencers Part Of USA Fencing All-Academic Team

CHATHAM, NJ — About 1,000 fencers from across the country are not only being recognized for their fencing skills, but their academic performances as well, a number from Chatham among the ranks.

The All-Academic Team, according to a news release from USA Fencing, is the largest class in the organization’s history.

There is a “First Team” for fencers with grade point averages at 3.85 or greater. The “Second Team” is made up of fencers with their GPAs within the 3.4 to 3.84 range.

Chatham High School received a special honor for having 21 fencers within the two teams, with 10 fencers being the minimum threshold for this type of recognition. The high schools that were ranked second and third were Baylor School with 16 and Harvard-Westlake School with 10.

The First Team includes the following with Chatham listed as their hometown:

Aiden Bernstein
Jonah Blanchard
Lucas Clymer
Alexander Greene
Vincent Hong
Elysa Jordan
Sonia Julius
Raid Kahn
Amudha Krishnan
Lillian Morgan
Kailing Sathyanath
Samatha Serban
Yanchen Song
Pranav Venugopal
Mikail Wahidy
Katherine Xikes
Natalie Yen
Preston Yen

The Second Team has the following members who are from Chatham:
Michael Dwyer
Charles Gallucci
Archana Ghadge
Oliver Neumann-Loreck
Zaina Qureshi

Click here for a full listing of all of the fencers on the team.

Read more here from USA Fencing

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