NYAC Tokyo 2020

Nicole Ross

Sport: Fencing, Foil

Birthday: January 15th, 1989

Birthplace: New York, NY

College: Columbia University, BA in Art History ‘13

London 2012 Olympian. 2010 NCAA Division I women’s foil champion. Gold medal, team competition, 2018 senior World Championships. Member nine senior World Championships teams. 2019 Pan Am Games team gold medalist. 2010 USFA Division I national champion. 2008 Ivy League Heptagonal champion.

Tokyo will be Nicole’s second Olympic Games. She was inspired to learn how to fence after watching the movie, “The Princess Bride.” Nicole served as an assistant coach at Cornell University from 2016-2018.

Nicole finished 11^th overall in the women’s foil individual competition of the Tokyo Games. She also finished 4^th overall in the women’s foil team competition, along with USA teammates Lee Kiefer and Jacqueline Dubrovich.

Kelley Hurley

Sport: Fencing, Épée

Birthday: April 4th, 1988

Birthplace: Houston, TX

College: University of Notre Dame, Art/Pre-Med ’10

Four-time Olympian (Beijing 2008; London 2012; Rio 2016; Tokyo 2020). With her sister Courtney, a member of first US women’s epée team to secure an Olympic medal, claiming the team bronze in 2012. Four-time NCAA women’s epée champion. Gold medal, team competition, 2018 senior World Championships. Member of 14 senior World Championships teams from 2003-2019. Five-time USFA Division I national champion (2004, 2006, 2013, 2015, 2017). 2008 USFA Division I national champion. Two-time member of Pan Am Games teams (2007; 2011- team gold, individual gold).

Tokyo will be Kelley’s fourth Olympic Games. She and her sister, Courtney, were members of the first US women’s epée team to secure a medal in the Olympics (London 2012, bronze). Kelley was the only US female epée fencer to qualify for the 2008 Beijing Games.

Kelley finished 16^thoverall in the women’s épée individual competition of the Tokyo Games. She also finished 5^th overall in the women’s épée team competition, along with USA teammates Kat Holmes (NYAC), Anna van Brummen, and her sister, Courtney Hurley (NYAC).

Kat Holmes

Sport: Fencing (Épée)

Birthday: July 15th, 1993

Birthplace: Washington, D.C.

College: Princeton University, BA in Neuroscience ‘17

2016 Olympian. 2015 Pan Am Games gold medalist, individual and team. 2019 Pan Am Games individual champion and team gold medalist. Four-time NCAA All-American (2012, 2013, 2014, 2017). Anchor of winning US women’s epée team at 2018 senior World Championships. Six-time member of Senior World Championship teams (2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019).

Tokyo will be Kat’s second Olympic Games. After returning from Tokyo, she will attend medical school at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City. Kat’s senior thesis in neuroscience at Princeton was titled “How Risk Preference and Perception of Action Riskiness in Fencing Affect Learning and Strategy of Fencing Play.”

Kat finished 18^th overall in the women’s épée individual competition of the Tokyo Games. She also finished 5^th overall in the women’s épée team competition, along with USA teammates Kelley Hurley (NYAC), Courtney Hurley (NYAC), and Anna van Brummen.

Jake Hoyle

Sport: Fencing, Épée

Birthday: April 15th, 1994

Birthplace: New York, NY

College: Columbia University, BA in Economics/Business Management ’16

2019 USFA Division I national champion. Two-time NCAA men’s epée champion (2015, 2016). Two-time NCAA All-American (2015, 2016). Two-time member of senior World Championship teams (2018, 2019). Member of 2019 US Pan Am Games team.

Tokyo will be Jake’s first Olympics. He was introduced to the sport of fencing in his school’s cafeteria during an extra-curricular program.

Jake finished 25^th overall in the men’s épée individual competition of the Tokyo Games. He also finished 9^th overall in the men’s épée team competition, along with USA teammates Curtis McDowald and Yeisser Ramierez.

Courtney Hurley

Sport: Fencing (Épée)

Birthday: September 30th, 1990

Birthplace: Houston, TX

College: University of Notre Dame, BA in Film, Television and Theater ’13

Three-time Olympian (London 2012; Rio 2016, Tokyo 2020). A member of first US women’s epée team to secure an Olympic medal, claiming the team bronze in 2012. In 2018, at the Senior World Championships, Courtney became the first US woman to win an epée medal in that tournament, claiming the team gold and individual bronze. A member of every Senior World Championships team since the age of 15. Two-time Pan Am Games team member (2007; 2011 – team gold, individual silver). Four-time NCAA First-Team All-American at Notre Dame. Two-time NCAA national champion (2011, 2013). Five-time USFA Division I national champion (2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012).

Tokyo will be Courtney’s third Olympic Games. Her sister, Kelley Hurley, is also an elite NYAC fencer and was a member of the bronze medal-winning epée team in 2012. Courtney and Kelley have been coached by their father, Bob, since childhood. Courtney is planning on taking a long road trip in her camper van following these Games.

Courtney finished 20^th overall in the women’s épée individual competition of the Tokyo Games. She also finished 5^th overall in the women’s épée team competition, along with USA teammates Kat Holmes (NYAC), Anna van Brummen, and her sister, Kelley Hurley (NYAC).