Yasemin Ersen
Yasemin Ersen
  • Height:
    5'2"
  • Year:
    2022
  • Hometown:
    Newton, Mass.
  • High School:
    Newton North
  • Position:
    Sabre
  • Major:
    Neuroscience

Bio

Collegiate Career Honors:

  • 2018-19 Northeast Fencing Conference Second Team - Sabre

2019-2020: Finished the season 43-20 as a sophomore...went 8-5 to start the season at the LIU Invitational...went 8-2 at the Vassar Invitational...posted 8-5 at the NFC Meet NO. 1 at Brown with 1-0 wins over New Hampshire and Brandeis...went 16-2 at the NFC Meet NO. 3 at Tufts...went 11-1 at NEIFC Championships to take second in Pool B...made it to semifinals of individuals at NEIFC Champsionships...finished 28th at NCAA Northeast Regional Championship after advancing to the quarterfinals.

2018-29: Finished her rookie season with a 53-15 record...started her collegiate career with a 11-2finish against FDU at the LIU Post Invitational...helped the sabre squad to a 6-3 victory by posting a 1-1 against Sacred Heart and 2-1 against Brandeis at the Northeast Fencing Conference Meet #1...clinched a victory against Harvard and posted a perfect 3-0 against Tufts at Harvard...lead the sabre squad to a win with a 3-0 record and +11 touch ratio, guiding the Blue to a 19-8 team victory over Brandeis at the first home meet of the season...went undefeated at the Northeast Fencing Conference Meet #3, posting a 16-0 to lead the Blue to a 5-1 win...won silver individual honors in sabre at the 2019 New England intercollegiate Fencing Conference, going undefeated with a +37 touch ratio to advance to the semifinals...posted a 4-2 to advance to round three to finish 18th at the NCAA Northeast Regional...awarded Second Team Sabre honors by the Northeast Fencing Conference. 

Before Wellesley: Attended Newton North High School... graduated in 2018... fenced at Zeta Fencing Studio... Bronze medal in DIV II at Summer Nationals... Bronze medal in DIV III NAC.

Personal: Daughter of Nooshin Ghazi and Ali Ersen... born in Newton, Mass... has one sister, named Tara.