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Fencing
AS A FRESHMAN: NCAA Midwest Regional seventh-place finisher ... posted a 34-5 (.872) record in regular season bouts ... had the fourth-highest win total on the men's epee team (third-highest among 2008-09 returnees) ... posted a 15-2 record at the Notre Dame Duals, helping the Irish to a dominating 75-15 record in epee at the event ... at NCAA Regionals, posted a 1-5 record in pool play, with his one win coming over Ohio State's Jason Pryor to get the 11th seed in direct elimination ... fell to Irish teammate Greg Schoolcraft in first elimination bout, 15-9 ... came back in the repechage with a 15-4 win over Wayne State's Joe Fresard and a 15-14 win over fourth-seeded Mykhalyo Mazur of Ohio State ... defeated by Irish teammate Greg Howard in the quarterfinal bout, 15-8 ... ended his run at regionals with a win over Ohio State's Bishara Korkor to finish in seventh. PREP & PERSONAL: Trained with Northern Colorado Fencers (coached by Gary Copeland) while in high school ... placed 58th in 171-fencer field at Jr. World Cup in Bratislava, Slovakia (Oct. '06)... fenced at Jr. World Cup in Louisville, Ky., in 2004 ... competed at international junior-level/U-20 event in Catania, Italy (44th; Dec. '05), also fencing at cadet/U-17 tournaments in Montreal (27th; Jan. '06) and Budapest (103rd; Oct. '05) ... fenced at Canadian circuit event in Montreal (Oct. '04), placing 57th overall (20th U-20; 7th U-17) ... his 2006-07 USFA events included North American Cups in Richmond, Va. (44th overall, of 211; Dec.) and Columbus, Ohio (66th/250; Jan.), plus the annual Jr. Olympics (40th/228; Feb.) and Summer Nationals (Miami) - where he was member of third-place U-20 team and part of 10th-place team overall (also 59th in U-20 individual bouts) ... his 2005-06 results: 25th overall (23rd U-20) at Albuquerque N.A.C. (Nov.); 103rd of 199 at Pittsburgh N.A.C. (Dec.); 59th/215 (19th U-20) at Houston N.A.C. (Jan.); 24th/234 in U-20s at Jr. Olympics (Hartford, Conn.; Feb.; also 68th in U-17s); and 19th in U-20s at '06 Summer Nationals (Atlanta), where he also was member of winning team in overall men's epee (6th for U-20 team) ... his 2004-05 bouts: 20th in U-20s at N.A.C. in Overland Park, Kan.; 15th in U-17s (58th U-20s) at Jr. Olympics (Arlington, Texas); sixth in d-2 event at Denver N.A.C.; and another overall team title at Summer Nationals (Sacramento, Calif.; third in U-17 individual) ... fenced at three 2003-04 events: N.A.C. in Overland Park, Kan. (third in Y-14 event), Atlanta N.A.C. (fifth Y-14) and '04 Summer Nationals (Charlotte, N.C.), where he placed 10th in U-16, 11th in Y-14, 11th in d-3 and 23rd in d-2 ... had pair of matching fifth-place finishes at 2002-03 N.A.C.'s in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., and Overland Park ... runner-up at 2005 Colorado Youth Tournament (sixth at '05 Colorado Cup) ... won U-16 event at 2004 Colorado J.O.'s qualifier (fifth in U-20s) ... placed 15th in open competition at 2004 Rocky Mountain Sectional (5th U-19s) ... won Y-12 event at 2002 Pacific Coast Championship and was season-point champion for 2002 Bay City Circuit in California (Y-12) ... accomplished jazz-band saxophonist whose musical talents include playing piano, drums and guitar ... performed with Boulder Jazz in Norway and Germany (during 2007) ... award-winning photographer and member of student radio/TV production at Boulder High School ... born July 10, 1989, in San Jose, CA ... son of Nicholas and Karen Seroff ... enrolled in the College of Arts and Letters as a music major. |
    
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