2023-24 Fencing Roster
Whang, Rebecca
Rebecca Whang
- Class:
- Junior
- Position:
- Sabre
- Height:
- 5-7
- Hometown:
- New York City, N.Y.
- High School:
- Westfield
Bio
2022-23: Posted a 9-1 record at NFC #1 (Nov. 20) and a 5-3 mark at the Brandeis Invitational (Dec. 4) to kick off the 2022-23 season … Finished 7-11 at the Ivy League Round Robins (Feb. 11-12) and took 13th at the NCAA Regional Championship (Mar. 12).
2021-22: Named Northeast Fencing Conference Fencer of the Year and Northeast Fencing Conference Rookie of the Year ... Finished the season with a 55-19 record in the sabre, posting the second-most wins in the sabre on the team ... Started the season winning 39 of her first 40 bouts ... Started the season with a perfect 18-0 record at NFC #1 (Nov. 20) ... Went 13-1 at the Brandeis Invitational (Dec. 5) ... Was perfect at NFC #2 with a 15-0 record (Jan. 22) ... Earned five wins at the Ivy League Round Robins (Feb. 12-13) ... Took home four wins at the NCAA Northeast Regionals (March 13).
Before Brown: Was a member of the 2018 gold medal team at the Junior Olympics ... finished eighth at the 2019 Sosnowiec Junior World Cup ... was 13th at the 2018 Sofia Cadet World Cup ... took 13th at the Junior Olympics in 2017 and 2019 ... had a peak Cadet National ranking of 6th, peak Junior National ranking of 9th and a peak Senior National ranking of 28th ... was on the US International travel team for six years ... 16th at 2017 Division 1 October NAC ... Gold medal at 2017 March NAC ... 16th at 2019 Junior November NAC ... 9th at 2017 Junior January NAC ... won the bronze medal at the 2017 July NAC ... is a two-time silver medalist at the Junior Olympics (2016, 17) ... worked with coaches Yury Gelman and Sergey Isayenko ... member of the National Honors Society and Distinguished Honor Roll from 2016-20 ... member of the National Mandarin Chinese Honor Society ... earned the President's Education Award ... was a member of the Manhattan Fencing Club.
Personal: Is the daughter of Douglas and Christina Whang ... sister Jessica fenced at Duke ... plans to pursue a legal career and major in International Relations and Public Policy.
Why Brown?: "I chose Brown for the academic freedom."
2021-22: Named Northeast Fencing Conference Fencer of the Year and Northeast Fencing Conference Rookie of the Year ... Finished the season with a 55-19 record in the sabre, posting the second-most wins in the sabre on the team ... Started the season winning 39 of her first 40 bouts ... Started the season with a perfect 18-0 record at NFC #1 (Nov. 20) ... Went 13-1 at the Brandeis Invitational (Dec. 5) ... Was perfect at NFC #2 with a 15-0 record (Jan. 22) ... Earned five wins at the Ivy League Round Robins (Feb. 12-13) ... Took home four wins at the NCAA Northeast Regionals (March 13).
Before Brown: Was a member of the 2018 gold medal team at the Junior Olympics ... finished eighth at the 2019 Sosnowiec Junior World Cup ... was 13th at the 2018 Sofia Cadet World Cup ... took 13th at the Junior Olympics in 2017 and 2019 ... had a peak Cadet National ranking of 6th, peak Junior National ranking of 9th and a peak Senior National ranking of 28th ... was on the US International travel team for six years ... 16th at 2017 Division 1 October NAC ... Gold medal at 2017 March NAC ... 16th at 2019 Junior November NAC ... 9th at 2017 Junior January NAC ... won the bronze medal at the 2017 July NAC ... is a two-time silver medalist at the Junior Olympics (2016, 17) ... worked with coaches Yury Gelman and Sergey Isayenko ... member of the National Honors Society and Distinguished Honor Roll from 2016-20 ... member of the National Mandarin Chinese Honor Society ... earned the President's Education Award ... was a member of the Manhattan Fencing Club.
Personal: Is the daughter of Douglas and Christina Whang ... sister Jessica fenced at Duke ... plans to pursue a legal career and major in International Relations and Public Policy.
Why Brown?: "I chose Brown for the academic freedom."
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