Panya Tang
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- Height:
- 5'4"
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- Year:
- 2022
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- Hometown:
- Toronto, Ontario
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- High School:
- Victoria Park Collegiate Institute
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- Position:
- Epee
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- Major:
- Economics
Bio
Collegiate Career Honors:
- 2020-21 Northeast Fencing Conference Academic All-Conference
2020-21:
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Did not participate due to Covid-19 Pandemic
2019-2020:
- Finished the season with a 18-22 record as a sophomore.
- Went 8-3 to start the season at the LIU Invitational with a 3-0 win over Hunter.
- Went 10-1 to take 2nd in Pool C at NEIFC Championships.
- Tied for 3rd place at NEIFC Championships and made it to the semifinals.
- Placed 40th at NCAA Northeast Regional Championships.
2018-19:
- Scored 34-12 overall as a first-year.
- Went 8-2 at the LIU Post Invitational to help the Blue to an undefeated 7-0 performance.
- Went 6-1 at the Vassar Invitational.
- Posted 5-2 at the first Northeast Fencing Conference Meet of the season.
- Scored 2 wins against Tufts, helping the team defeat Tufts 17-10 at Harvard.
- Went 2-0 at the opening six bouts against Brandeis, leading the epee squad to a victory at the first home meet of the season.
- Scored 11-6 and went 3-0 against Tufts and UMass at the Northeast Fencing Conference Meet #3.
- Finished 7th in the epee at the 2019 New England Intercollegiate Fencing Conference (NEIFC) Championships, scoring 7-2 with a +22 ratio.
- Tied for 43rd at the NCAA Northeast Regional.
Before Wellesley:
- Attended Victoria Park Collegiate Institute, and graduated in 2018.
- IB diploma recipient.
- Provincial secretary of Future Business Leaders of America Ontario.
- Competed in DECA all four years of high school.
- Silver recipient of the Duke of Edinburgh Award.
- Fenced at North York Fencing Club.
- Earned C rating in 2017.
Personal:
- Daughter of Gloria Tong and George Tang.
- Has one older sibling, Patrick, who lives in Boston.
- Lived in Toronto, Canada her entire life.
- Chose to attend Wellesley because of its strong academics, welcoming student body and the chance to participate in varsity fencing.
- Loves squirrels and dogs.
- Avid drinker of Tim Hortons beverages.