Completed Event: Fencing at NCAA Championship on March 20, 2025 , , 12th
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Final
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2024 Fencing Roster
Gao, Aretha
Aretha Gao
- Position:
- Epee
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Los Angeles, Calif.
Bio
Honors: NCAA Regional Qualifier (2023) ... ACC Academic Honor Roll (2022, 2023, 2024) ... USFCA All-Academic Team (2024)
2024: Competed in two events during the regular season … Named to the USFCA All-Academic Team and to the ACC Academic Honor Roll.
2023: Went 17-12 during the regular season … Qualified for the NCAA Regional … Finished the year 22nd at the regional … 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: Comes to Durham from Los Angeles, Calif., where she went to Temple City High School … Member of the Los Angeles International Fencing Center under Nana Demirchian … Captured first in junior teams at the Junior Olympics in 2018 … Placed fifth in Cadet Teams in Klagenfurt, Austria … Secured 17th in Juniors at the 2020 January North American Cup … Represented the United States at multiple European circuits … USA Fencing First team All-Academic (2019, 2020) … AP Scholar with Distinction.
Personal: Born November 30, 2002 … Daughter of Sharon and Raymond Gao … Has one brother, Chaney.
2024: Competed in two events during the regular season … Named to the USFCA All-Academic Team and to the ACC Academic Honor Roll.
2023: Went 17-12 during the regular season … Qualified for the NCAA Regional … Finished the year 22nd at the regional … 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: Comes to Durham from Los Angeles, Calif., where she went to Temple City High School … Member of the Los Angeles International Fencing Center under Nana Demirchian … Captured first in junior teams at the Junior Olympics in 2018 … Placed fifth in Cadet Teams in Klagenfurt, Austria … Secured 17th in Juniors at the 2020 January North American Cup … Represented the United States at multiple European circuits … USA Fencing First team All-Academic (2019, 2020) … AP Scholar with Distinction.
Personal: Born November 30, 2002 … Daughter of Sharon and Raymond Gao … Has one brother, Chaney.
| YEAR | RECORD | WIN % | ACC | REGIONAL | NCAA |
| 2022 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | 17-12 | .586 | -- | 22nd | -- |
| TOTAL | 17-12 | .586 |
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