Completed Event: Fencing at NCAA Championship on March 20, 2025 , , 12th
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Final
Fencing
at NCAA Championship
2024 Fencing Roster
Menke, Kavya
Kavya Menke
- Position:
- Saber
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Athens, Ga.
Bio
Honors: USFCA All-Academic Team (2024) ... All-ACC Academic Team (2022, 2023, 2024, 2025) ... ACC Academic Honor Roll (2022, 2023, 2024)
Career: A four-time All-ACC Academic Team honoree (2022, 2023, 2024, 2025) ... Posted a career 76-35 record ... Qualified for regionals as a senior, placing 19th ... during junior season, claimed ninth during the ACC Championship individual portion.
2025: Experienced action in four regular-season events and posted a 36-14 record … Turned in a 19-10 mark during the Philly Invitational and a 7-2 ledger during the Eric Sollee Invitational ... Helped Duke sweep the Beguinet Classic with a 6-1 individual mark ... Turned in a 3-1 record during the ACC Championship to help the women advance to the gold medal match versus Notre Dame ... Qualified for the NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional and placed 19th ... A member of the All-ACC Academic Team ... Earned a place on Duke's Spring 2025 Dean's List with Distinction.
2024: Competed in four events during the regular season for a 21-12 record … Added a 9-1 record at the Eric Sollee Invitational and eight wins at the Philadelphia Invitational … Helped the women’s saber team to a 27-6 regular-season record … Finished ninth during the individual portion of the ACC Championship … Named to the USFCA All-Academic Team, the All-ACC Academic Team and to the ACC Academic Honor Roll.
2023: Competed in three meets and played to a 19-9 record … Went 9-2 during the Philadelphia Invitational … Went 8-3 during the Eric Sollee Invitational … Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll.
2022: Did not compete during the 2022 season … Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll.
Prior to Duke: Attended Athens Academy … Member of the Athens Fencing Club under Allen J. Schneider … Gold medalist in Division II Women’s Saber at the 2021 Summer Nationals … Class Valedictorian … National Merit Finalist … Member of the National Honor Society and an AP Scholar.
Personal: Daughter of Sujata Iyengar and Richard Menke … Has one brother, Kartik.
Career: A four-time All-ACC Academic Team honoree (2022, 2023, 2024, 2025) ... Posted a career 76-35 record ... Qualified for regionals as a senior, placing 19th ... during junior season, claimed ninth during the ACC Championship individual portion.
2025: Experienced action in four regular-season events and posted a 36-14 record … Turned in a 19-10 mark during the Philly Invitational and a 7-2 ledger during the Eric Sollee Invitational ... Helped Duke sweep the Beguinet Classic with a 6-1 individual mark ... Turned in a 3-1 record during the ACC Championship to help the women advance to the gold medal match versus Notre Dame ... Qualified for the NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional and placed 19th ... A member of the All-ACC Academic Team ... Earned a place on Duke's Spring 2025 Dean's List with Distinction.
2024: Competed in four events during the regular season for a 21-12 record … Added a 9-1 record at the Eric Sollee Invitational and eight wins at the Philadelphia Invitational … Helped the women’s saber team to a 27-6 regular-season record … Finished ninth during the individual portion of the ACC Championship … Named to the USFCA All-Academic Team, the All-ACC Academic Team and to the ACC Academic Honor Roll.
2023: Competed in three meets and played to a 19-9 record … Went 9-2 during the Philadelphia Invitational … Went 8-3 during the Eric Sollee Invitational … Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll.
2022: Did not compete during the 2022 season … Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll.
Prior to Duke: Attended Athens Academy … Member of the Athens Fencing Club under Allen J. Schneider … Gold medalist in Division II Women’s Saber at the 2021 Summer Nationals … Class Valedictorian … National Merit Finalist … Member of the National Honor Society and an AP Scholar.
Personal: Daughter of Sujata Iyengar and Richard Menke … Has one brother, Kartik.
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