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Statistics Profile

James Esser

2009
Harvard-Westlake High School Wolverines
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Win/loss statistics

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All time
Victories 2 - 2 6 - 10
Losses 11 - 12 14 - 37
Win ratio 15.4% - 14.3% 30.0% - 21.3%
Pool victories 2 - 2 5 - 9
Pool losses 9 - 10 11 - 30
Pool win ratio 18.2% - 16.7% 31.2% - 23.1%
DE victories - - - 1 - 1
DE losses 2 - 2 3 - 7
DE win ratio 0.0% - 0.0% 25.0% - 12.5%

Seasons start on August 1 and end on July 31.

Scores

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All time
Easy wins† - - - 1 - 1
Easy wins % 0.0% - 0.0% 16.7% - 10.0%
Close wins‡ 1 - - 4 - 5
Close wins % 50.0% - 0.0% 66.7% - 50.0%
Close losses‡ - - - 2 - 2
Close losses % 0.0% - 0.0% 14.3% - 5.4%
Big losses† 10 - 10 6 - 26
Big losses % 90.9% - 83.3% 42.9% - 70.3%

† Easy victories or big losses are 4+ touches in pools, 7+ in standard DEs, and 5+ in veteran or youth DEs.

‡ Close bouts are 1 touch or fewer in pools, 3 or fewer in standard DEs, and 2 or fewer in veteran or youth DEs.

Events

2025-2026 2024-2025 2023-2024 2022-2023 Before 2022 All time
Events 2 - 2 3 - 7
Tournaments 2 - 2 3 - 7

Competition history

7 competitions, 47 bouts

SoCal Scholastic Fencing League Individual Foil #2

High School Men's Foil D1 February 1, 2026

Place 51 of 53 Seed 51 Not ranked Rating U Harvard-Westlake Wolverines

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 1:5 TRUJILLO Jonah 8 - E25 13 North Hollywood High School / United Fencing Academy 1451 950 14.6 21%
Pool
D 3:5 MUNGCAL William 25 - U 40 Chaminade 1471 935 13.3 22%
Pool
D 0:5 RICHTER Alexander 41 - U 23 Calabasas High School / Los Angeles International Fencing Club 1117 922 23.3 38%
Pool
D 0:5 ZHANG Justin 42 - U 33 Chaminade 1098 898 22.3 38%
Pool
D 0:5 KOEHLER Marc 9 - E25 15 Woodbridge High School / South Coast Fencing Center 1270 876 16.0 26%
T64
D 5:15 BRADY Benjamin 11 - E25 14 Polytechnic School 1513 1128 81.9 29%

SoCal Scholastic Fencing League Individual Foil #1

High School Men's Foil C2 October 19, 2025

Place 43 of 63 Seed 63 Not ranked Rating U Harvard Westlake

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 1:5 CHEONG Cameron 55 - U 9 Calabasas High School / LA International Fencing 2500 954 4.1 7%
Pool
V 5:3 FERGUSON Jesse 24 - U 53 Los Angeles Center for Enriched Studies / Avant Garde Fencers Club 1052 950 42.8 44%
Pool
D 1:5 CHARETTE Alex 39 - U 30 Chaminade / Los Angeles International Fencing Club 1229 993 25.6 36%
Pool
D 0:5 LEE Christopher 4 - D25 6 Altus / Elite International Fencers Club 1431 967 17.2 23%
Pool
V 5:4 BAHNG-BOYER Dara 37 - U 61 Polytechnic School 793 950 24.1 58%
Pool
D 0:5 TONEF Christian 17 - U 16 El Camino Real / United Fencing Academy 1180 974 24.8 37%
T64
D 7:15 TONEF Christian 17 - U 16 El Camino Real / United Fencing Academy 1469 1240 112.3 38%

SoCal Scholastic Fencing League Individual Foil #2

Y-14 Men's Foil U, Y14 January 21, 2024

Place 23 of 26 Seed 18 Not ranked Rating U Harvard Westlake Middle School

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 3:5 CHOI Theodore 22 - U 19 Nobel Middle School / United Fencing Academy 1094 1062 45.8 48%
Pool
D 0:5 HUANG Nathan 12 - U 3 Country Springs ES / Socal Fencing Center 1418 1016 25.8 26%
Pool
V 5:3 RICHTER Alexander 9 - U 22 Chaminade Middle school 1006 991 43.9 49%
Pool
D 0:5 LOZANO Veyron Jericho 1 - E23 2 Rancho Starbuck Intermediate School / LA International Fencing Center 1956 1035 7.7 7%
Pool
D 1:5 YOUNG Luke 8 - U 15 Chaminade 1199 1027 32.9 39%
Pool
D 1:5 YOUABIAN Liam 16 - U 11 Louis Armstrong / Swordplay LA 956 994 39.5 52%
T32
D 4:15 TSUI Raedyn Ho Hin 14 - U 8 Chaparral Middle School / Socal Fencing Center 1811 1336 96.2 25%

SoCal Scholastic Fencing League Individual Foil #1

Y-14 Men's Foil U, Y14 October 1, 2023

Place 25 of 29 Seed 27 Not ranked Rating U Harvard Westlake

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 0:5 KOEHNLEIN Gavin 3 - U 17 Chaminade 2076 1154 13.3 9%
Pool
D 0:5 LOZANO Jericho 11 - U 1 Rancho Starbuck Intermediate School / La International Fencing 1840 1141 19.4 14%
Pool
D 0:5 FOY Grant 6 - U 7 Chadwick School / Elite Fencing Club 1375 1122 41.8 34%
Pool
D 2:5 FERGUSON Jesse 14 - U 15 Los Angeles Center for Enriched Studies / Beverly Hills Fencers' Club 1207 1080 44.3 43%
Pool
D 1:5 BELTRANSOLORZANO Johan 25 - U 11 Kern County Charter 1946 1035 11.1 9%
Pool
V 5:2 HOU Nathaniel 29 - U 28 Chaminade 841 1024 37.8 60%
T32
D 3:15 RAMOS Jonah 18 - U 9 Kern County Charter 3018 1346 9.5 2%

SoCal Scholastic Fencing League Individual Foil #2

Men's Middle School Foil None January 29, 2023

Place 43 of 44 Seed 38 Not ranked Rating U Harvard Westlake

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 2:5 MURPHY Leo 16 - U 23 St. Cyril / Swordplay LA 1206 1717 167.8 76%
Pool
D 1:5 RICHTER Alexander 29 - U 32 Chaminade 1212 1550 118.8 67%
Pool
D 3:5 YOUNG Luke 13 - U 15 Chaminade 1248 1431 104.0 61%
Pool
D 2:5 FLANAGAN Miles 2 - E22 9 Los Angeles Center for Enriched Studies / Beverly Hills Fencers' Club 1492 1327 63.6 40%
Pool
D 3:5 BAE Eugene 25 - U 7 Ridgecrest / Precision Athletics Fencing Club 1649 1263 41.8 27%
Pool
D 2:5 LEES Bode 32 - U 13 Westside Neighborhood / Elite Fencing Club 1189 1221 67.1 52%
T64
D 2:15 KARPMAN Benny 15 - U 16 Crossroads / Elite Fencing Club 1125 1687 341.0 75%

SoCal Scholastic Novice Foil, Epee and Saber

Men's Middle School Foil U December 4, 2022

Place 12 of 24 Seed 22 Not ranked Rating U Harvard Westlake

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
V 5:3 KAPSOS Finn 16 - U 17 Harvard Westlake 2500 924 250.6 7%
Pool
V 5:1 HOU Nathaniel 1 - U 21 Chaminade Middle School 2921 1174 279.5 4%
Pool
D 4:5 DACKO Nolan Missing ID 18 - U 11 Thomas Star King M.S. / Silver Lake Fencing Club - - - -
Pool
V 5:4 JADIA Arnav 9 - U 24 Chaminade Middle School 1374 1454 97.0 54%
Pool
V 5:4 FERGUSON Jesse 8 - U 1 Los Angeles Center for Enriched Studies / Beverly Hills Fencers' Club 2241 1551 166.6 21%
T16
D 6:15 BOYAPATI Pranav 7 - U 3 Harvard Westlake 2151 1864 177.4 38%

SoCal Scholastic Fencing League Individual Foil #1

Men's Middle School Foil U October 2, 2022

Place 13 of 23 Seed 2 Not ranked Rating U Harvard Westlake

Bout Score Opponent Seed Rank Rating Place Club Opponent
Strength		 Strength Change Win
Chance
Pool
D 2:5 CUE Mateo 7 - U 17 Harvard Westlake 2500 2500 420.5 50%
Pool
D 1:5 BRADY Benjamin 11 - U 5 Mirman School / Swordplay LA 1015 2079 866.2 87%
Pool
D 1:5 YOUNG Luke 18 - U 6 Chaminade 1146 1213 291.6 53%
Pool
V 5:4 HUNTINGTON Charles 22 - U 22 Oakwood Middle School 871 922 177.3 52%
Pool
D 4:5 ASADORIAN Nolan 15 - U 19 Centaurs / Beverly Hills Fencers' Club 1041 1099 175.3 53%
T32
V 15:14 KNIGHT Rollan 4 - U 20 Harvard Westlake 2500 2500 420.5 50%
T16
D 2:15 LOZANO Veyron Jericho 14 - U 2 Macy Elementary / Orange County Fencing Center 1487 2921 1056.4 93%