Stephen Kim

Position:
Saber
Height:
6-0
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
New York, N.Y.

Honors: All-America (2021, 2023) ... ACC Fencer of the Year (2021) ... NCAA Qualifier (2021, 2023) ... ACC Gold Medalist (2021) ... All-ACC Academic Team (2021, 2022, 2023) ... ACC Academic Honor Roll (2021, 2022, 2023) ... USFCA All-Region (2022, 2023)

2023: Placed 10th at the NCAA Championship to earn All-America accolades … Finished fifth at the ACC Championship and eighth at the NCAA Regional … Led the men’s saber squad with a 39-17 regular-season record … Went 10-3 at the Penn State Duals … Earned second team All-Region accolades … Named to the All-ACC Academic Team and to the ACC Academic Honor Roll.

2022: Led the men’s saber squad with a 28-17 overall record during the regular season … Placed fifth at the ACC Championship … Posted a 12th-place finish on the regional stage at the Mid-Atlantic/South Regional … Helped guide the men’s saber squad to a 14-3 overall record … Named to the United States Fencing Coaches Association All-Region Team, the All-ACC Academic Team and 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 … Named ACC Fencer of the Year in saber … Qualified for the NCAA Championship and earned All-America accolades with a fifth-place finish … Collected a gold medal at the ACC Championship during the individual event … Went 9-3 during the regular season … Named to the All-ACC Academic Team and the ACC Academic Honor Roll for her work in the classroom.

Prior to Duke: Member of the Manhattan Fencing Center under Yury Gelman and Sergey Isayenko … Fencing since 2008, competitively since 2009 … Currently ranked #19 in U.S. Division I rankings … #13 in U.S Junior rankings … Four-time United States Travel Team (since 2017) … International debut season at age 14 … Qualified for first Olympic Qualifier in March 2020 (Luxembourg Senior World Cup) … 2020 Division I Team Gold Medalist … 9th place in Division I at 2020 North American Cup in Charlotte … 8th place in Juniors at 2020 North American Cup in Charlotte … 13th place in Division I at 2019 National Championships in Salt Lake City … 15th place in Juniors at 2019 Summer Nationals in Columbus … 11th place at 2018 Cadet World Cup in Eislingen … 6th place in Cadets at 2018 North American Cup in Milwaukee … 2018 Junior Olympic Medalist in Memphis … 5th place in Cadets at 2017 North American Cup in Anaheim … Team Gold Medalist in Cadets at 2016 North American Cup in Milwaukee … Individual Gold Medalist in Youth 14 at 2016 North American Cup in Milwaukee … 2013 Gold Medalist at Wroclaw Youth World Cup … Finished youth career consistently ranked in the top 5 … Won 15+ national medals over career … proficient in Korean and Spanish … lived part-time in Seoul every year since 2013 … attended school part-time in Seoul for three years … New York Advisory Council Member at Common Sense Media … National AP scholar.

Personal: Son of Michelle and Michael Kim … Has one sister, Julia.