2017-18 Fencing
Roster
Jarred Gou 2016-17 Fencing Roster
Foil
Height
5'7''
Class
Sophomore
Hometown
Saratoga, Calif.
High School
Saratoga
AS A SOPHOMORE
- Did not compete in 2017-18
AS A FRESHMAN
- Competed at the DeCicco Duals and Northwestern Duals
- Went 11-0 at the DeCicco Duals
- Posted a 5-4 record at Northwestern Duals
PREP AND PERSONAL
- Graduated from Saratoga High School in June 2016
- Has fenced for 14 years with coaches Greg Massialas, Dean Hinton and Cole Harkness at M-Team (San Francisco)
- Four-year member of the USA Cadet Men’s Foil international travel team (2011-14)
- Member of the 2014 USA Cadet Men’s Foil World Championships Team (Plovdiv, Bulgaria); competed with current Irish teammate Axel Kiefer
- Two-year member of the USA Junior Men’s Foil international travel team (2015-16)
- Also competed in club and high school water polo
- 16th place January 2017 Division I NAC
- 9th place January 2016 Junior NAC
- 13th place December 2015 Division I NAC
- 10th place 2014 USFA National Championships & July Junior NAC
- 25th place 2014 Cadet World Championships
- 10th place 2014 Junior Olympic Fencing Championships
- Silver – Cadet Men’s Foil, Pisa, Italy
- Gold December 2013 Cadet NAC
- 20th place Cadet Men’s Foil, Cabries, France
- 12th place October 2013 Cadet NAC
- 5th place Cadet Men’s Foil, Budapest, Hungary
- Silver – 2013 USFA Cadet National Championships & July NAC
- 5th place 2013 USFA Junior National Championships & July NAC
- 7th place 2013 Junior Olympic Fencing Championships (Cadet)
- 6th place Cadet Men’s Foil, Budapest, Hungary
- 6th place 2012 USFA Cadet National Championships & July NAC
- Gold – 2012 USFA Y14 National Championships & July NAC
- Research intern with the U.S. Department of Agriculture at the UC Berkeley Biopolymer Lab in 2013; Worked on collaborative data collection to support US patent #9139689 – commercial biodegradable plastics now used in places such as Whole Foods Markets
- Events manager for the California Scholastic Federation Community Service Club (2012-15)
- Volunteer lifeguard (2013-16)
- Four-time USFA First Team Academic Athlete Award winner
- 2014 USFA All-American Essay Award and Scholarship winner (re: chest protectors and safety)
- Son of Heidi and the late Stephe Gou
- Has a younger brother, McConnell
- Enrolled in the Mendoza College of Business and majoring in marketing