2024-25 Women's Fencing Roster

Stephanie Cao

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.
  • High School Tesoro

Biography

2024-25:
  • Placed 11th in saber at Ivy Championships
2023-24:
  • Finished eighth in saber at Ivy Championships
  • Finished 24th in saber at NCAA Regionals
2022-23:
  • Placed fifth at the Garret Penn State Open 
  • Went 3-0 at the Philadelphia Invitational 
  • Finished 17th at the NCAA Northeast Regionals 
2021-22:
  • Tied for eighth place in the Ivy Round Robin 
  • Finished seventh in at NCAA Regionals 
  • Second Team All-Region 
  • Finished 21st at the NCAA Championship 
Before Yale:
  • Top 32 finish in the 2021 Division 1 Women's Saber May North American Cup
  • Placed second in Division 1A Womens Saber at the 2019 BladeRunner
  • First USA Cadet Women's Saber Teams in Sofia, Bulgaria in 2019
  • Finished 12th at 2019 European Cadet Cup in Sofia, Bulgaria
  • Placed second in Junior Women's Saber Teams at Junior Olympics in 2019
  • Second in Division 1A at 2018 Summer Nationals
  • All-Academic first team selection since 2018. 
Personal: President’s Volunteer Service Award Gold (2019)…National Honors Society member since 2018… AP Scholar with Honors Award…Volunteer coach at Laguna Fencing Center… Valedictorian of Tesoro High School… Completion of Piano Certificate of Merit Panel Level with Branch Honors.
 
Why Yale? “Yale not only provides irreplaceable education, but I will be able to experience and grow from a residential college system that establishes microcosms within campus where lasting memories and friendships arise from. Because fencing is like my second home, being a part of Yale’s fencing team allows me to find home and family even amidst new adventures and changes.”

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22First Year

    Saber
  • 2022-23Sophomore

    Saber
  • 2023-24Junior

    Saber
  • 2024-25Senior

    Saber