Hanna Kopits
Hanna Kopits
Year: So.
Hometown: New Rochelle, N.Y.
High School: Rye Country Day School
Position: Foil
Major: English

2018-19: First-team All-EWFC … Led the Fords with a 24th place finish at the Temple Open (10/27) … Returned to the lineup during the Penn State Invitational (1/13) and picked up four wins, including two wins against NCAA Championship qualifiers … Posted a squad-best 5-4 record at the Philadelphia Invitational (1/19) … Went 10-2 at the Sollee Invitational (2/3) … Placed fifth overall at the EWFC Championships, advancing to the quarterfinals after posting a 15-6 record in the team competition (2/17) … Advanced to second straight NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional Championship and finished 25th overall (3/9).

2017-18: First-team All-EWFC in foil … Second-team All-NIWFA … Went 7-2 in seeding bouts and placed a team-best 18th overall at the Temple Open (10/28) … Recorded a team-best 16-2 record at the Vassar Invitational (11/12) … Tallied an 8-1 record during the Dan Arnstein ’09 Invitational (11/18) … Won nine of her 12 bouts during the Drew Holiday Invitational (12/2) … Defeated eight opponents from Division I fencing programs during the Penn State Invitational (1/14) … Posted a team-best 8-7 record during the Philadelphia Invitational (1/20) … Won 12 bouts against just six defeats at the Sollee Invitational (2/3) … Was 18-3 during the team competition of the EWFC Championships and advanced to the semifinals of the direct elimination bouts before being credited with a third place finish (2/18) … Went 6-3 in the “A” slot of the NIWFA Championships, advanced to the quarterfinals, and was credited with a fifth place finish (3/3) … Placed 25th at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional (3/10).

High School: Lettered twice in fencing … Led team to ISFL Team Championship during those two seasons, placing first as an individual as a sophomore and third during her freshman season … Also trained with the New Amsterdam Fencing Academy … Rated C16 … Won the Division II Cobra ROC and placed sixth at the Division II December NAC in 2015 … Christine Nelson Sophomore Award recipient … Earned the Headmaster's Award … National Merit Honorable Mention … Two-time silver medalist at Le Grand Concours … Co-Head of the Peer Leadership Program.

Personal: Daughter of Janice and Laszlo ’87 Kopits … Has a younger brother, Laszlo … Father was a captain of the men’s fencing team at Haverford and placed third in the 1987 MACFA Championship … Uncle Steven Kopits ’83 was also a member of the men’s fencing team at Haverford, winning a MACFA sabre gold medal in 1983 before going on to place 22nd at the NCAA Championships.