Yeshiva University Athletics

Senior sabre fencer Jonathan Hoffman had an incredible stretch to end the fencing season. He won four NCAA bouts in the MACFA "B" Round Robin, won seven sabre duels during the MACFA "B" vs. "C" event, and won three duels at the MACFA Championships. Hoffman qualified for the NCAA Northeast Regional where he was victorious in one bout. 

                                                                                                  

 

Name (First and Last)	Jonathan (Yossi) Hoffman
Major/Minor	Finance (Pre-Law)
What is your career ambition?	Corporate Law or being a CEO.
What is your favorite thing about Yeshiva University?	It's really a small school which means that there are so many opportunities just waiting. Anything you want to set your mind to and accomplish is possible, even being an NCAA fencer with no prior experience!
What is your favorite thing about being a student-athlete at Yeshiva University?	The family atmosphere of my team, friends, and coaches. We see each other everyday at practice, and compete together. Davening with a minyan on the bus in the morning and taking a break during a tournament to say "mincha"  wouldn't happen anywhere else.
What Yeshiva University class have you found most beneficial?	Spanish with Professor Bazet-Broitman
What was your greatest memory as a Yeshiva student-athlete?	I always think it's funny that a YU athlete can beat the Navy or West Point in sword fighting. It was also great defeating a ranked NYU fencer in DE or sweeping the John Hopkins fencers.
Who was the most influential person to you as a child?	My grandmother, a holocaust survivor who always taught me to keep fighting.
Growing up what teacher in school do you remember to have the biggest influence on you?	Mrs. Doran, Mr. McAdow, or Mrs. Graves. I’m definitely who I am today because of them.
What is your favorite food?	Chinese
What is your favorite movie?	Star Wars
In high school, what clubs were you involved with?	Basketball, tennis, Model UN, and the school newspaper.
If you can have dinner with any celebrity, who would you choose?	Peter Thiel
What is your favorite hobby (besides the sport you play)?	Having fun and exploring NYC with friends!
Favorite sport to play (besides your sport)?	Tennis
What is your favorite sports team(s)?	Houston Texans
What would people you know now find surprising about you when you were younger?	Growing up in Texas, I passed a field of horses on the way to school everyday.