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2025-26 Fencing Roster

Emersyn Runions

  • Position Epee
  • Height 5-10
  • Class Freshman
  • High School Lovejoy HS
  • Hometown Lucas, Texas

Biography

PRIOR TO CORNELL 
Attended Lovejoy High School in Lucas, Texas ... First Team All-American 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 ... First Team All-Academic 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 ... USA Fencing Cadet National Team member 2021-2023 ... 11th place in Junior Women's Epee at 2024 Junior Olympics ... 10th place in Junior Women's Epee at 2023 Junior Olympics ... competed for Pegasus Sword Academy ... top 16 finishes at December 2022 NAC and 2023 SJCC ... eight years of fencing experience ... featured on USA Fencing's National Podcast "First to 15" ... violinist for 14 years and member of Lovejoy High School Chamber Orchestra ... Girl Scout Gold Award recipient for "Fencing for All" project ... member of Lovejoy High School Mock Trial State Competition Team ... National Honor Society member ... National Merit Commended Scholar ... AP Scholar with Distinction ... 2025 North Texas Positive Athlete Winner.
 
PERSONAL 
Daughter of Karen Vonnegut and Stephen Runions ... her mother is a Cornell alumna ... has a younger sister ... she is enrolled in the College of Engineering majoring in Biomedical Engineering on a pre-med track.