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2025-26 MIT Men's Fencing Roster

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Henry Zhang

  • Height 6-0
  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Scarsdale, N.Y.
  • High School Scarsdale
  • Weapon Foil
  • Major Artificial Intelligence and Decision Making

Biography

Top Finishes: 
  • The Big One Invitational: Tied for Third Place (Nov. 5, 2022; Nov. 2, 2024) 
  • NCAA Northeast Regional Championship: 10th Place (March 9, 2025) 
  • NCAA Championship: 12th Place (March 24, 2024) 
Accolades: 
  • 2023-24 USFCA Foil National Collegiate All-America Honorable Mention 
  • 2x USFCA Foil Division III All-America First Team (2023-24, 2024-25) 
  • 2024-25 USFCA Foil Northeast All-Region Team 
  • 2x USFCA Division III Northeast All-Region Team (2023-24, 2024-25) 
  • 2023-24 College Sports Communicators At-Large Academic All-District Team 
  • 2x USFCA Scholar of Distinction (2023-24, 2024-25) 
  • 3x USFCA All-Academic Team (2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25) 
  • 2x NFC Academic All-Conference Team (2023-24, 2024-25) 
  • Overall Record: 34-19 
  • NFC Record: 6-3 
  • Tied for third place at The Big One Invitational (11/2) 
  • Ranked 10th at the NCAA Northeast Regional Championship (3/9) 
2023-24 [INDIVIDUAL RESULTS]
  • Overall record: 27-15
  • NFC record: 8-5
  • Finished in sixth place at The Big One Invitational (11/4)
  • Finished in 13th place at the NCAA Northeast Regional Championship (3/10)
  • Finished in 12th at the NCAA National Championship (3/24)

2022-23 [INDIVIDUAL RESULTS]

  • Overall record: 39-24
  • NFC record: 14-6
  • Ranked 26th at the NCAA Northeast Regional Championship (3/12)
  • Tied for third place at The Big One Invitational (11/5)
  • Went 10-3 in Group B at the New England Championship (2/25)
Before MIT: 
  • Graduated from Scarsdale High School 
  • Also competed in tennis, swimming and diving, and volleyball 
  • Tri-M Honors Music Society 
  • Scarsdale High School Academic Honors Society (Signifer) 
  • National Merit finalist with scholarship 
  • Three-time AIME Qualifier (2020-2022) 
Personal: 
  • Research: Affective Brain Lab helping research the effects of web-browsing on mental health. 
  • Favorite Sports Memory: “Gold Medalist in Junior Men’s Foil Team event at the 2020 Junior Olympics.” 
Club: 
  • Tim Morehouse Fencing Club 
  • Top 8 Medal in Cadet Men’s Foil at the 2021 National Championship and Junior Olympics 
  • Bronze Medal in Cadet Men’s Foil at the 2021 May North American Cup 
  • Gold Medal in Junior Team Men’s Foil at the 2020 Junior Olympics Championship 
  • Top 8 Medal in Division II Men’s Foil at the 2019 October North American Cup 
  • Top 8 Medal in Division III Men’s Foil at the 2018 National Championship and July Challenge 
  • Ranked No. 30 nationally for Cadet Men’s Foil in the U.S. (2020-21 season) 

Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23First Year

    Foil
    6'0"
  • 2023-24Sophomore

    Foil
    6'0"
  • 2024-25Junior

    Foil
    6'0"
  • 2025-26Senior

    Foil
    6'0"