Temple University Athletics
2019-20 Women's Fencing Roster
Roster
Turner, Zoe
Foil
/ Women's Fencing
Epee
/ Women's Fencing
Epee
/ Women's Fencing
Sabre
/ Women's Fencing
Sabre
/ Women's Fencing
Foil
/ Women's Fencing
Epee
/ Women's Fencing
Foil
/ Women's Fencing
Epee
/ Women's Fencing
Sabre
/ Women's Fencing
Sabre
/ Women's Fencing
Foil
/ Women's Fencing
Epee
/ Women's Fencing
Epee
/ Women's Fencing
Sabre
/ Women's Fencing
Zoe Turner
She/Her
- Position:
- Sabre
- Height:
- 5-5
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Beaverton
- Hometown:
- Portland, Ore.
- Prev School:
- Oregon Fencing Alliance
Bio
2024 USFCA All-Academic Team
2024 NCAA Regional Qualifier
2023 USFCA All-Academic Team
2023 NCAA Regional Qualifier
2021-22 President’s Honor Roll
2022 Arthur Ash Jr. Sports Scholar
2021 NCAA Regional Qualifier
2021 USFCA All-Regional Honorable Mention
2021 NCAA Championship Qualifier
2020 NCAA Regional Qualifier
2020 First Team All-NIWFA
2019-20 President's Honor Roll
2023-24: 2024 USFCA All-Academic Team/Scholar of Distinction. . .NCAA Regional Qualifier . . .Finished with the year with a 38-25 record in sabre. Completed her career with 146-95 record. Started off the season with a 6-1 mark at the Sacred Heart Duals with undefeated scores against No. 1 (D3) NYU (3-0), Vassar (1-0), and NJIT (2-0). During the two-day Northwestern Duals, Turner earned a season-best 16-5 record on the strip, including undefeated tallies against Denison (3-0), Lawerence (2-0), Detroit Mercy (3-0), and Incarnate Word (3-0). During the two-day North Carolina trip, Turner added nine wins, highlighted by a 3-0 victory against No. 15 NYU, and 2-1 victories versus Brandeis and Johns Hopkins. Part of Owls’ NIWFA sabre team championship, the fifth straight overall, and the 28th straight team championship. . . Ended NCAA Regionals in 20th place. Tied for 19th at Penn State’s Garret Open. Finished eighth out of 61 fencers during the Nikki Franke Classic.
2022-23: USFCA All-Academic Team. . .Returned to the strip after a season-ending injury in 2021-22, going 36-26 in dual play for a career record of 108-70…Sabre squad leader…Had the second-best mark on the sabre squad…Saw her best mark of the regular season at Northwestern Duals, where she went 7-4 on the first day of competition and was undefeated against Air Force and UCSD…Qualified for NCAA Regionals, finishing in 14th place…Tied for ninth at the Temple Open and placed 10th at the Garret Open.
2021-22: Earned two podium finishes in preseason play, finishing second at the Temple Open and tying for third at the Penn State Open before suffering a season-ending injury in her first meet of the regular season…President’s Honor Roll…Arthur Ash Jr. Sports Scholar.
2020-21: Finished the regular season with a 14-14 record, the second-best sabre record on the squad, and was ranked 12th regionally and 24th nationally through four meets of regular-season competition...Saw a 2-1 record in the home opener against Long Island, with her best performance of the season being an undefeated 5-0 day in the regular-season finale against John’s Hopkins and NJIT...One of the maximum number of six fencers to qualify for the NCAA Championships, she earned a 17th place finish with seven bout wins.
2019-20: Went 58-30 in her first season at Temple…Finished seventh at the Penn State Open…Had a 9-1 showing at the Sacred Heart Invitational…Saw a season-high 10 wins at the Philadelphia Invitational hosted by Penn…Took the sabre title at the NIWFA Championships, defeating teammate Malia Hee in the championship bout…Helped led the Temple to a team championship and a sweep of the individual and weapons titles…Earned NIWFA First Team honors…Represented the Owls at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional, placing 10th...Named All-Region Honorable Mention by the USFCA...Named to Temple's President's Honor Roll for having a GPA of 3.5 or above.
Prior to Temple: Placed in the top 32 at the 2019 January NAC in junior women's sabre...Was also a top 32 finisher at the 2018 October NAC and the 2018 April Championship in Division I for both events...Placed 13th in cadets at the 2018 Junior Olympics...Named to Absolute Fencing's 2018 All-Academic Team.
Club: Oregon Fencing Alliance (OFA).
Personal: Engineering major.
2024 NCAA Regional Qualifier
2023 USFCA All-Academic Team
2023 NCAA Regional Qualifier
2021-22 President’s Honor Roll
2022 Arthur Ash Jr. Sports Scholar
2021 NCAA Regional Qualifier
2021 USFCA All-Regional Honorable Mention
2021 NCAA Championship Qualifier
2020 NCAA Regional Qualifier
2020 First Team All-NIWFA
2019-20 President's Honor Roll
2023-24: 2024 USFCA All-Academic Team/Scholar of Distinction. . .NCAA Regional Qualifier . . .Finished with the year with a 38-25 record in sabre. Completed her career with 146-95 record. Started off the season with a 6-1 mark at the Sacred Heart Duals with undefeated scores against No. 1 (D3) NYU (3-0), Vassar (1-0), and NJIT (2-0). During the two-day Northwestern Duals, Turner earned a season-best 16-5 record on the strip, including undefeated tallies against Denison (3-0), Lawerence (2-0), Detroit Mercy (3-0), and Incarnate Word (3-0). During the two-day North Carolina trip, Turner added nine wins, highlighted by a 3-0 victory against No. 15 NYU, and 2-1 victories versus Brandeis and Johns Hopkins. Part of Owls’ NIWFA sabre team championship, the fifth straight overall, and the 28th straight team championship. . . Ended NCAA Regionals in 20th place. Tied for 19th at Penn State’s Garret Open. Finished eighth out of 61 fencers during the Nikki Franke Classic.
2022-23: USFCA All-Academic Team. . .Returned to the strip after a season-ending injury in 2021-22, going 36-26 in dual play for a career record of 108-70…Sabre squad leader…Had the second-best mark on the sabre squad…Saw her best mark of the regular season at Northwestern Duals, where she went 7-4 on the first day of competition and was undefeated against Air Force and UCSD…Qualified for NCAA Regionals, finishing in 14th place…Tied for ninth at the Temple Open and placed 10th at the Garret Open.
2021-22: Earned two podium finishes in preseason play, finishing second at the Temple Open and tying for third at the Penn State Open before suffering a season-ending injury in her first meet of the regular season…President’s Honor Roll…Arthur Ash Jr. Sports Scholar.
2020-21: Finished the regular season with a 14-14 record, the second-best sabre record on the squad, and was ranked 12th regionally and 24th nationally through four meets of regular-season competition...Saw a 2-1 record in the home opener against Long Island, with her best performance of the season being an undefeated 5-0 day in the regular-season finale against John’s Hopkins and NJIT...One of the maximum number of six fencers to qualify for the NCAA Championships, she earned a 17th place finish with seven bout wins.
2019-20: Went 58-30 in her first season at Temple…Finished seventh at the Penn State Open…Had a 9-1 showing at the Sacred Heart Invitational…Saw a season-high 10 wins at the Philadelphia Invitational hosted by Penn…Took the sabre title at the NIWFA Championships, defeating teammate Malia Hee in the championship bout…Helped led the Temple to a team championship and a sweep of the individual and weapons titles…Earned NIWFA First Team honors…Represented the Owls at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional, placing 10th...Named All-Region Honorable Mention by the USFCA...Named to Temple's President's Honor Roll for having a GPA of 3.5 or above.
Prior to Temple: Placed in the top 32 at the 2019 January NAC in junior women's sabre...Was also a top 32 finisher at the 2018 October NAC and the 2018 April Championship in Division I for both events...Placed 13th in cadets at the 2018 Junior Olympics...Named to Absolute Fencing's 2018 All-Academic Team.
Club: Oregon Fencing Alliance (OFA).
Personal: Engineering major.
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