Ben Stone

Duke Fencing headshots. Durham, NC - October 10, 2019

Position:
Saber
Class:
Redshirt Junior
Hometown:
New York, N.Y.

Honors: Second Team NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Region (2020) ... NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional Qualifier (Saber - 2019, 2020) ... ACC Academic Honor Roll (2019, 2020)

2020: 2020 campaign was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic … Named a second team All-Mid Atlantic/South Region honoree … Posted a 29-27 record … Finished in ninth at the ACC Championships … Placed sixth at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional … Helped the men’s saber squad to a 14-11 season record … Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll ... Finished in the top 16 at the 2019 December Olympic Qualifier in Salt Lake City, Utah.

2019: Registered the second-best win total on the men’s saber squad … Went 41-19 for the season … Placed 10th at the individual portion of the ACC Championships … Concluded the year in 15th at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional … Added 18 victories at the Northwestern Duals … Helped the men’s saber squad to a 19-7 overall record … Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll ... Placed second at the 2019 Junior Olympic Championships ... Finished 29th at the 2019 World University Games in Naples, Italy.

2018: Did not compete during the 2018 regular season … Posted a second-place finish at the 2018 Club Team Championships in Richmond, Va. … Finished eighth at the 2017 Junior November North American Cup (NAC) … Wrapped up the 2018 Division I July Challenge in St. Louis, Mo., in 18th ... Notched 27th at the 2018 Buchmann Junior World Cup in Phoenix, Ariz.

2017: Did not compete during the 2017 regular season ... posted a 10th-place finish in Division I Men's Saber at the January North American Cup ... 19th at the Division I National Championships in April ... Maccabiah Team World Champion in saber at the 20th Maccabiah Games in the summer of 2017.

Prep: Member of the Manhattan Fencing Center under Sergey Isayenko...earned his A16 ranking...placed eighth in the 2016 Cadet National Championships...finished in the top-32 at the 2016 Junior National Championships...posted an eighth-place finish at the 2015 Konin Cadet World Cup...seventh-place at the 2015 Division II October North American Cup (NAC)...certified sailing instructor by the Fédération Française de Voile (FFV)...piano player for over ten years.

Personal: Son of Anne Zissu and Charles Stone...born on March 18, 1999 in Philadelphia, Pa...has one sister, Hava.