Skylar Knight

She/Her/Hers

Position:
Foil
Height:
5-3
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Palo Alto, Calif.

Honors: NCAA Regional Qualifier (2023, 2025) ... All-ACC Academic Team (2023, 2025) ... ACC Academic Honor Roll (2023, 2024) ... USFCA All-Academic Team (2024)

2025: Took part in three events during the regular season ... During final two regular-season events, the Eric Sollee Invitational and Beguinet Classic, went 21-4 to help the women's team sweep both competitions ... Finished 12-3 during the Eric Sollee Invitational and 9-1 at the Beguinet Classic ... Went 5-6 during the ACC Championship as the women advanced to the gold medal match versus Notre Dame ... Qualified for regionals and placed 20th ... Earned a place on the All-ACC Academic Team.

2024: Competed in four events during the regular season and compiled a 24-14 record … Tallied 13 wins at the Philadelphia Invitational and went 9-1 at the Eric Sollee Invitational … Named to the USFCA All-Academic Team and to the ACC Academic Honor Roll.

2023: Went 21-9 during her rookie campaign … Placed seventh during the individual portion of the ACC Championship … Finished the year at the regional in 21st … Went 10-4 at the Philadelphia Invitational … Helped the women’’s foil squad go 22-3 overall … Named to the All-ACC Academic Team and to the ACC Academic Honor Roll.

Prior to Duke: Member of the Maximum Fencing Club in Los Altos, Calif., under Maksym Petrov … Represented the United States internationally in Cadet, Junior, and Senior World Cups and Grand Prix events … Represented Team USA in the 2022 Incheon Grand Prix … Member of the 2019/2020 USA Cadet National Team, representing the U.S. in 4 Cadet World Cups … Silver Medalist at Division 1 April NAC (2021) … Placed 5th in Juniors at July Challenge NAC (2021) … Top 8 finishes at Cadet Junior Olympics (2021), Adam Mickiewicz University Cup World Cup in Poznan (2020), and Pan American Junior and Cadet Championships (2019 & 2020) … Top 8 in June NAC in Cadets (2020) … Ranked 1st for Div1A in Regional Open Circuits for the 2020/2021 season … Ranked 2nd in Region 4 for Junior RJCCs for the 2020/2021 season … FIE ranked #20 by the end of the 2020 Cadet season … Two Top 16 finishes at Division 1 NACs … Team USA Gold at 2019 Pan American Junior Championships; Team USA Silver at 2020 Pan American Junior Championships. Team USA Gold at Cabries Cadet World Cup (2019) … Also participated in gymnastics and track & field … Member of the National Honor Society … AP Scholar … USA Fencing first team All-Academic … USA Fencing first team All-American.

Personal: Born in Stanford, Calif. … Daughter of Chi Huang and Timothy Knight … Has one brother, Ethan.