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Duke Fencing Welcomes Knight to 2022-23 Class
12/9/2021 1:00:00 PM | Fencing
DURHAM – The Duke fencing team received its second signee for the 2022-23 recruiting class as foilist Skylar Knight signed a National Letter of Intent to join the Blue Devil family.
Knight comes to Durham from Palo Alto, Calif., where she attends the Nueva School. She is a member of the Maximum Fencing Club under Maksym Petrov.
She comes to Duke with extensive international fencing experience and even captured gold with Team USA at the 2019 Pan American Junior Championship. She claimed another gold medal with Team USA at the Cadet World Cup in 2019 and silver at the 2020 Pan American Junior Championship.
On the national circuit, Knight is a 2021 North American Cup silver medalist at the Division I level and placed fifth at the 2021 July Challenge in the junior women's foil division. She secured top-8 finishes at the 2021 Cadet Junior Olympics, the 2020 Cadet World Cup in Poznan, Poland, and at both the Pan American Junior and Cadet Championships in 2019 and 2020.
Outside of fencing, Knight is an AP Scholar, member of the National Honor Society, a USA Fencing first team All-American and a USA Fencing first team All-Academic selection. She also volunteers at local animal rescues and with a summer program for developmentally disabled children. She's also actively involved in yearbook for her high school, track, choir and guitar.
The Blue Devils open the 2022 slate Sunday, Jan. 16 at the Penn State Duals.
For more information on Duke fencing, follow the Blue Devils on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram by searching for "DukeFEN".
#GoDuke
Knight comes to Durham from Palo Alto, Calif., where she attends the Nueva School. She is a member of the Maximum Fencing Club under Maksym Petrov.
She comes to Duke with extensive international fencing experience and even captured gold with Team USA at the 2019 Pan American Junior Championship. She claimed another gold medal with Team USA at the Cadet World Cup in 2019 and silver at the 2020 Pan American Junior Championship.
On the national circuit, Knight is a 2021 North American Cup silver medalist at the Division I level and placed fifth at the 2021 July Challenge in the junior women's foil division. She secured top-8 finishes at the 2021 Cadet Junior Olympics, the 2020 Cadet World Cup in Poznan, Poland, and at both the Pan American Junior and Cadet Championships in 2019 and 2020.
Outside of fencing, Knight is an AP Scholar, member of the National Honor Society, a USA Fencing first team All-American and a USA Fencing first team All-Academic selection. She also volunteers at local animal rescues and with a summer program for developmentally disabled children. She's also actively involved in yearbook for her high school, track, choir and guitar.
The Blue Devils open the 2022 slate Sunday, Jan. 16 at the Penn State Duals.
For more information on Duke fencing, follow the Blue Devils on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram by searching for "DukeFEN".
#GoDuke
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