2024-25 Women's Fencing Roster

Olivia Ren

  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Harvard, Mass.
  • High School The Bromfield School

Biography

2024-25:
  • Competed in foil at Ivy Championships
  • Placed 18th at NCAA Regionals
2023-24:
  • Went 5-2 in foil at Ivy Championships
2022-23:
  • Placed fifth at the Garret Penn State Open 
  • Competed in the NCAA Northeast Regionals 
Prior to Yale:
  • Co-valedictorian
  • Class President
  • Student Advisory Council Chair
  • Two-time American Invitational Mathematics Examination Qualifier
  • National Merit Scholarship Winner
  • Yale Book Award
  • Bronze medal in Division I Women's Team Foil (2019 National Championships)
  • Bronze medal in Division II Women's Foil (2018 North American Cup)
  • 18th at Junior World Cup (2020 San Jose)
  • 28th at Division I Women's Foil (2021 North American Cup)
  • 21st at Cade Women's Foil Junior Olympic Championships (2019)
  • USA Fencing All-American First Team
  • USA Fencing All-Academic First Team
Personal:
Organized food and clothing drives for low-income families in Massachusetts with youth leadership non-profit, Project 351...volunteered as a peer tutor...Scholastic Art & Writing Awards Silver Medal, best in category, and State Gold Key winner.

Why Yale?
"I discovered that no matter what I chose to pursue—both inside and outside the classroom—I would be welcomed by a warm yet motivated community that would inspire me to strive for my aspirations as well."

Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23First Year

    Foil
  • 2023-24Sophomore

    Foil
  • 2024-25Junior

    Foil