Upcoming Event: Fencing at North Carolina on November 1, 2025
Fencing
at North Carolina
2023 Fencing Roster
Sam Gruber
- Position:
- Foil
- Height:
- 6-0
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Boston, Mass.
Honors: ACC Bronze Medal (2021) ... NCAA Regional Qualifier (2022) ... All-ACC Academic Team (2021) ... ACC Academic Honor Roll (2020, 2021, 2022)
2022: Finished his junior year 23-10 overall … Helped the men’s foil squad to a 13-4 overall ledger … Qualified for the NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional meet and placed 18th … Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll.
2021: Competed during the shortened COVID-19 season … Helped guide the men’s squad to its second ACC team title in program history … Collected a bronze medal at the individual event of the ACC Championship … Went 6-9 overall in the regular season … Named to the All-ACC Academic Team and the ACC Academic Honor Roll for her work in the classroom.
2020: 2020 campaign was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic … Went 17-7 through two meets … Posted a 9-3 record on his home strips at the Duke Meet … Helped the men’s foil squad to a team-leading 21-4 season record … Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll.
Prior to Duke: Member of the Moe Fencing Club under Elif and Jason Sachs … Three-time high school first team All-American (2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19) … Competed nationally for the last eight years and internationally for the last three … Represented the USA at the 2017 Cadet Pan-American Games … Earned a top 16 finish at a Junior North American Cup (NAC) and top 32 at Division I NAC … Best international result includes two top 16 results at the Cadet World Cup circuit events in 2016-17 … National Merit Award winner … AP Scholar with honor.
Personal: Son of Rebecca and Andrew Gruber … Born October 29, 2020.
2022: Finished his junior year 23-10 overall … Helped the men’s foil squad to a 13-4 overall ledger … Qualified for the NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional meet and placed 18th … Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll.
2021: Competed during the shortened COVID-19 season … Helped guide the men’s squad to its second ACC team title in program history … Collected a bronze medal at the individual event of the ACC Championship … Went 6-9 overall in the regular season … Named to the All-ACC Academic Team and the ACC Academic Honor Roll for her work in the classroom.
2020: 2020 campaign was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic … Went 17-7 through two meets … Posted a 9-3 record on his home strips at the Duke Meet … Helped the men’s foil squad to a team-leading 21-4 season record … Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll.
Prior to Duke: Member of the Moe Fencing Club under Elif and Jason Sachs … Three-time high school first team All-American (2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19) … Competed nationally for the last eight years and internationally for the last three … Represented the USA at the 2017 Cadet Pan-American Games … Earned a top 16 finish at a Junior North American Cup (NAC) and top 32 at Division I NAC … Best international result includes two top 16 results at the Cadet World Cup circuit events in 2016-17 … National Merit Award winner … AP Scholar with honor.
Personal: Son of Rebecca and Andrew Gruber … Born October 29, 2020.
| YEAR | RECORD | WIN % | ACC | REGIONAL | NCAA |
| 2020 | 17-7 | .708 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2021 | 6-9 | .400 | 3rd | -- | -- |
| 2022 | 23-10 | .697 | -- | 18th | -- |
| TOTAL | 46-26 | .639 |
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