University of North Carolina Athletics
2021-22 Fencing Roster
James Mulligan
- Position:
- Foil/Left Hand
- Height:
- 6-3
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Santa Cruz, Calif.
- High School:
- Pacific Collegiate School
Majoring in environmental science
Fencing at UNC: In his fourth year on the men's fencing squad ... Qualified for 2021 NCAA Championships and placed 13th overall ... Named to the 2020-21 All-ACC Academic Team ... Qualified for 2020 NCAA Championships after placing eighth at NCAA Regionals ... All-America honorable mention ... All-Region second team ... Named ACC Men's Fencer of the Week on Jan. 14 after his performance at the Penn State Invitational ... Named the team's Iron Ram as best all-around in strength & conditioning for 2019-20 ... Recipient of the team's Newcomer Award for 2018-19 ... Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll and recognized as a Tar Heel Scholar-Athlete ... Top 16 in Juniors at Junior Olympics in 2019 ... Top 16 in Division 1A at Summer Nationals 2019
Before UNC: Graduate of Pacific Collegiate School ... Earned All-American and All-Academic honors ... Double Gold at the 2016 Summer Nationals in Division 2 and Division 3 ... Won the Bay Cup Junior Men’s foil series in 2016-2017 ... 3rd in Division 1A at Summer Nationals in 2017 ... Started fencing 8 years ago at a small club and started competing in local tournaments a little later and then national tournaments about a year after that.
More on Mulligan: Son of Kim Bolin and Dave Mulligan ... Has one sister, Rhiannon, who is a rower at Wellesley ... Favorite sport other than fencing is volleyball
Fencing at UNC: In his fourth year on the men's fencing squad ... Qualified for 2021 NCAA Championships and placed 13th overall ... Named to the 2020-21 All-ACC Academic Team ... Qualified for 2020 NCAA Championships after placing eighth at NCAA Regionals ... All-America honorable mention ... All-Region second team ... Named ACC Men's Fencer of the Week on Jan. 14 after his performance at the Penn State Invitational ... Named the team's Iron Ram as best all-around in strength & conditioning for 2019-20 ... Recipient of the team's Newcomer Award for 2018-19 ... Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll and recognized as a Tar Heel Scholar-Athlete ... Top 16 in Juniors at Junior Olympics in 2019 ... Top 16 in Division 1A at Summer Nationals 2019
Before UNC: Graduate of Pacific Collegiate School ... Earned All-American and All-Academic honors ... Double Gold at the 2016 Summer Nationals in Division 2 and Division 3 ... Won the Bay Cup Junior Men’s foil series in 2016-2017 ... 3rd in Division 1A at Summer Nationals in 2017 ... Started fencing 8 years ago at a small club and started competing in local tournaments a little later and then national tournaments about a year after that.
More on Mulligan: Son of Kim Bolin and Dave Mulligan ... Has one sister, Rhiannon, who is a rower at Wellesley ... Favorite sport other than fencing is volleyball
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