Lauren Park
Lauren Park
  • Height:
    5'7"
  • Year:
    2021
  • Hometown:
    Wayne, N.J.
  • High School:
    Wayne Hills
  • Position:
    Sabre
  • Major:
    Neuroscience

Bio

Collegiate Career Honors:

  • 2018-19 Northeast Fencing Conference First Team - Sabre

2019-2020: Finished the season with a 41-17 record as a junior...went 13-4 at the LIU invitational with 3-0 wins over Hunter, Farleigh Dickinson, and Wagner...lead the Sabre squad to finish 13-1 at the Vassar Invitational to help the Blue secure a 7-0 win...finished 9-8 at the Northeast Fencing Conference NO.1 at Brown.

2018-19: Finished the season with a 51-15 record as a sophomore..opened the season with a 12-1 record to help the Blue to an undefeated 7-0 record at the LIU Post Invitational...went 7-7 at the Vassar Invitiational...led the sabre squad with a 13-3 finish at the Northeast Fencing Conference Meet #1 at MIT...went 2-0 to help Wellesley achieve a 17-10 against Tufts at Harvard...went 3-0 against Brandeis to help the sabre squad go undefeated at the first home meet of the season...went 3-0 against Tufts and 2-1 agaisnt Vassar to help the Blue achieve a 5-1 sweep at the Northeast Fencing Conference Meet #3...advanced to semifinals with a 8-1, +25 touch ratio to tie for bronze at the 2019 New England Intercollegiate Fencing Conference (NEIFC) Championships...placed 20th overall at NCAA Northeast Regionals, finishing her season with a 3-3 in round two and 1-5 in round three...earned First Team Sabre Northeast Fencing Conference (NFC) All-Star honors.

2017-2018: As a first-year, finished the season with an overall record of 56-24...opened the season with a 12-2 finish at the LIU Post Invitational on November 5...posted a 12-8 finish at the Vassar invitational with 3-0 victories over Yeshiva and LIU Post...went 13-5 at the Northeast Fencing Conference Meet #1 at Brown with 3-0 wins against UNH, MIT, and Sacred Heart...contributed a 2-1 victory to Wellesley’s 14-13 victory over Brandeis on November 18...posted a 2-1 victory in Wellesley’s 17-10 victory over Tufts on December 5...registered a 13-4 finish at the Northeast Fencing Conference Meet #3 at Smith on February 10...contributed a 2-1 win to Wellesley’s 17-10 victory over Dartmouth...placed 6th at the NEIFC Championships on February 24...finished in 17th place at the NCAA Northeast Regional.

Before Wellesley: Attended Wayne Hills High School... graduated in 2017... member of Bergen Fencing Club... traveled to Latvia in 2016 to train with the Russian National Team... captain of the Wayne Hills High School Varsity Fencing Team... earned four varsity letters… helped guide team to New Jersey State Team Championships for two years and State Saber Squad Championships for three years… qualified for Individual State Championships for three years… First Team All-North Jersey for three years... First Team All-Passaic County for four years... New Jersey Passaic County Champion for two years… member of the New Jersey All-State Team for one year... Vice President of National Music Honors Society... member of National Honors Society and National Spanish Honors Society... Wayne Hills' Scholar Athlete of the Year in 2017.

Personal: Daughter of John and Helen… born in New York, New York… has one younger sibling, Justin… chose to attend Wellesley due to its strong academic reputation and excellent fencing coach… likes chicken nuggets.