Wheaton College (MA)

2024-25 SEASON: Member of the inaugural season for Wheaton College Lyons Men's Fencing ...  Named an All-America Honorable Mention by the United States Fencing Coaches Association ... Selected to the United States Fencing Coaches Association All-Northeast Region Team ... Became the first fencer in program history to earn All-America and All-Region accolades ... Tabbed a Northeast Fencing Conference First Team All-Star ... Joined teammate Grant Smith to become the first All-Star in program history in the Lyons' inaugural season ... Named to the Northeast Fencing Conference Men's Fencing Academic All-Conference Team ... Selected to the United States Fencing Coaches Association All-Academic Team ... Also was named a Scholar of Distinction ... Finished in 20th place at the NCAA Northeast Regional Championship, advancing to the third round on March 9 ... Posted a 52-27 (.658) bout record on the season in the foil ... Put together a 17-bout win streak from November 23, 2024 to February 1, 2025 ... Posted 11 shutout victories on the season ... Recorded at least one bout victory  in all but one match during the season ... Went a perfect 3-0 in nine dual matches ... Appeared in his first collegiate meet with a ninth-place finish out of 89 competitors at the New England Intercollegiate Fencing Conference Big One Invitational on November 2 ... Won his first seven of eight bouts of his career at the New England Intercollegiate Fencing Conference Big One Invitational on November 2 ... Posted a 10-5 record in the foil against five opponents at the Drew Invitational in Madison, N.J. on November 3 ... Named a Northeast Fencing Conference First Team All-Star after recording a 15-3 record in the foil with an 83.3% winning percentage, which tied for the highest win rate of any conference all-star in the two-day Northeast Fencing Conference meet on November 23 and November 24 ... Posted a perfect 9-0 bout record in the foil, outscoring his opposition 45-16, on day two of the Northeast Fencing Conference meet on November 24 ... Won all three of his bouts against Division I Wagner College (5-2, 5-0, 5-2) on December 1 ... Played a key role in Wheaton's first team victory as a program, adding three bout wins (5-1, 5-2, 5-3), in a 12-4 team victory over Hunter College on December 1 ... Put together an 8-7 mark in the foil on day one of the Schiller Duals at Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill. on February 1 ... Went 5-4 in the foil on day two of the Schiller Duals on February 2 ...Closed out the season with a 20th place finish in the foil and advanced to the third round of the NCAA Northeast Regional Championship on March 9 ... 

BEFORE WHEATON: Graduated from Rockhurst High School in 2024 and also attended Kansas City Christian from 2020-22 ... Competed in fencing for four years at the high school level and 14 overall in addition to competing in track & field for two years ... Named Fencer of the Year in 2021, 2022 and 2023 ... Placed eighth in the Division 1A Summer Nationals in 2022 and was fifth in the Division 3 Summer Nationals in 2021 ... Honor Roll all four years in high school and was a straight A student ... Volunteered with Ability KC ... Competed for Heartland Fencing Academy.

PERSONAL: Born November 3, 2005 ... Majoring in Finance at Wheaton ... Son of Trae Nunnink and Amy Burleson ... Has six siblings, Emma, Sophia, William, Sam, Will and Ben ... His Uncle, Tiley Nunnink played soccer at University of California Bakersfield, his Aunt Kristi Nunnink played volleyball at University of California Bakersfield, his Cousin Beck Nunnink played soccer for University of PIttsburg and Texas A&M ... Aspires to compete in World Cup competition.