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

Bio

Collegiate Career Honors:

  • 2022 EWFC Woman of the Year Honorable Mention
  • 2018-19 Northeast Fencing Conference Second Team - Sabre
  • 2x Northeast Fencing Conference Academic All-Conference (2021, 2022)

2021-22:

  • Finished 28-37 as a senior for the Blue
  • Had six wins at the NFC Conference Meet No. 1 on Nov. 20
  • Posted a season-best 10-5 record at the EWFC Championship

2020-21:

  • Did not participate due to Covid-19 Pandemic

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 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, and 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.