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2020-21 MIT Men's Fencing Roster

Aaron Kogan

  • Height 5-10
  • Year Senior
  • Hometown New Haven, Conn.
  • High School Hopkins School
  • Weapon Epee
  • Major Physics

Biography

Top Finishes
The Big One Invitational 18th Place (October 28, 2018)
New England Championship n/a
NCAA Northeast Regional Championship Ninth Place (March 11, 2018)

2020-21
- Did not compete as the season was cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic
- NFC Academic All-Conference Team
- USFCA All-Academic Team
- USFCA Scholar of Distinction

2019-20 [INDIVIDUAL RESULTS]
- Overall record: 25-19
- NFC record: 9-2
- Ranked 33rd at The Big One Invitational (11/2)

2018-19: [INDIVIDUAL RESULTS]
- Overall record: 10-14
- NFC record: 6-4
- Ranked 18th at The Big One Invitational (10/28)

2017-18: [INDIVIDUAL RESULTS]
- Overall record: 25-11
- NFC record: 15-3
- Finished ninth at the NCAA Northeast Regional Championship (3/11)

Off the Fencing Strip at MIT:
- Majoring in physics
- Currently taking part in Stanford's Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internship (SULI), doing theoretical physics research.
- Currently doing experimental physics research as part of the Vuletic Group at MIT's Research Laboratory of Electronics
- Was a software engineering intern in the technology development program at OptumTech
- Conducted a UROP in the Kavli Center for Astrophysics: MIT-LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory)
- Conducted research with the Baglietto Group in the Nuclear Engineering and Science Department
- MIT Academic Teaching Initiative tutor for AP Calculus

High School:
- Graduated from the Hopkins School
- Captain and four-time varsity letterwinner
- Three-time Connecticut state champion
- Connecticut Team States Gold Medal
- Nationally-ranked seventh in Cadets
- A16 ranking
- Hopkins School Ralph Merten's Award for Dedication and Leadership
- National Merit Scholar
- Harvard Book Prize
- Mary Brewster Thompson Scholar
- Science Olympiad captain, concert choir section leader, a cappella member, New Haven Symphony Orchestra junior board member, Yale Leitner Observatory volunteer

Club:
- Fencing Academy of Westchester
- USA Y14 National Champion
- Competed in international championships in Denmark and Austria (several top-32 finishes)

Historical Player Information

  • 2017-18First Year

    Epee
    5'10"
  • 2018-19Sophomore

    Epee
    5'10"
  • 2019-20Junior

    Epee
    5'10"
  • 2020-21Senior

    Epee
    5'10"