2024-25 Men's Fencing Roster
Lawson, Nicholas

Nicholas Lawson
- Position:
- Épée
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- New York, N.Y.
- High School:
- Trinity School
Bio
Awards
2025 All-American
2025 NCAA qualifier, finishing ninth
2025 first-team All-Ivy
2025 Academic All-Ivy
2025 USFCA first-team all-region
2025 CSC Academic All-District At-Large
2025 CSC second-team at-large Academic All-America
2024 USFCA first-team all-region
2023 USFCA All-Academic Scholar of Distinction
2022 All-American
2022 NCAA finalist
At Princeton
2024-25
All-American, finishing ninth at the NCAA championships ... first-team All-Ivy League, going 9-2 at the Ivy League Championships ... was the team's Academic All-Ivy honoree ... first-team all-region, finishing third at the NCAA regional ... CSC Academic All-District at-large and CSC second-team at-large Academic All-America ... went 6-3 at the Elite Invitational, 6-2 at the Sacred Heart Duals, 1-3 at the Tiger Invitational, 8-5 at the Philadelphia Invitational, and 8-1 at the Temple Duals.
2023-24
NCAA Regional runner-up ... went 7-6 at the Philadelphia Invitational, 9-2 at the Tri-State Showcase, and 4-4 at the Ivy League Championships.
2022-23
Placed 16th at the NCAA Regional ... went 12-6 at the Penn Elite Invitational, 3-3 at the Sacred Heart Duals, 10-7 at the Philadelphia Invitational, 9-2 at the LIU Duals, and 5-6 at the Ivy round-robin.
2021-22
NCAA finalist, earning the second seed and defeating Penn's Emon Daroian 15-11 in the semis before a 15-11 loss to Gabriel Feinberg of Ohio State in the final ... finished sixth at the NCAA regional ... opened with a 13-2 record at the Drew Duals before going 6-0 at the Philadelphia Invitational, 10-2 at the Penn Duals, 3-6 at the Ivy round-robin, and 14-1 at the Temple Duals.
Before Princeton: Won a junior national title in 2021 and a team silver at the Junior World Championships that year ... won team gold at the 2020 Switzerland Junior Team World Cup ... part of the 2019 Cadet World Championship competition team ... had a third-place finish at the December Division 1 Norht American Cup in 2019 and a ninth-place finish at the 2019 Cadet World Championships ... took first place at the 2018 Germany Cadet World Cup ... took second place at the 2017 Poland Cadet World Cup.
Personal: Son of Sandra and Hugh Lawson ... has a brother, Henry ... majoring in physics.
2025 All-American
2025 NCAA qualifier, finishing ninth
2025 first-team All-Ivy
2025 Academic All-Ivy
2025 USFCA first-team all-region
2025 CSC Academic All-District At-Large
2025 CSC second-team at-large Academic All-America
2024 USFCA first-team all-region
2023 USFCA All-Academic Scholar of Distinction
2022 All-American
2022 NCAA finalist
At Princeton
2024-25
All-American, finishing ninth at the NCAA championships ... first-team All-Ivy League, going 9-2 at the Ivy League Championships ... was the team's Academic All-Ivy honoree ... first-team all-region, finishing third at the NCAA regional ... CSC Academic All-District at-large and CSC second-team at-large Academic All-America ... went 6-3 at the Elite Invitational, 6-2 at the Sacred Heart Duals, 1-3 at the Tiger Invitational, 8-5 at the Philadelphia Invitational, and 8-1 at the Temple Duals.
2023-24
NCAA Regional runner-up ... went 7-6 at the Philadelphia Invitational, 9-2 at the Tri-State Showcase, and 4-4 at the Ivy League Championships.
2022-23
Placed 16th at the NCAA Regional ... went 12-6 at the Penn Elite Invitational, 3-3 at the Sacred Heart Duals, 10-7 at the Philadelphia Invitational, 9-2 at the LIU Duals, and 5-6 at the Ivy round-robin.
2021-22
NCAA finalist, earning the second seed and defeating Penn's Emon Daroian 15-11 in the semis before a 15-11 loss to Gabriel Feinberg of Ohio State in the final ... finished sixth at the NCAA regional ... opened with a 13-2 record at the Drew Duals before going 6-0 at the Philadelphia Invitational, 10-2 at the Penn Duals, 3-6 at the Ivy round-robin, and 14-1 at the Temple Duals.
Before Princeton: Won a junior national title in 2021 and a team silver at the Junior World Championships that year ... won team gold at the 2020 Switzerland Junior Team World Cup ... part of the 2019 Cadet World Championship competition team ... had a third-place finish at the December Division 1 Norht American Cup in 2019 and a ninth-place finish at the 2019 Cadet World Championships ... took first place at the 2018 Germany Cadet World Cup ... took second place at the 2017 Poland Cadet World Cup.
Personal: Son of Sandra and Hugh Lawson ... has a brother, Henry ... majoring in physics.
Princeton Athletics 2023-24 Highlights
Tuesday, June 04
Highlights from 2022 Gary Walters ’67 PVC Awards Banquet
Wednesday, June 22
Princeton Athletics 2021-22 Highlights
Monday, June 06
Thank You for Roaring Forward on TAGD 2021
Wednesday, December 01