2012-13 University of Notre Dame Fencing Media Guide

2012-13 Notre Dame Fencing Schedule Date Opponent/Event

Location Time

October

Grace Hartman

2012 Women’s Foil All-American Senior

USFA NAC Division I Ind. USFA NAC Division I Ind. USFA NAC Division I Ind. Notre Dame Invitational

St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. Notre Dame, Ind.

All Day All Day All Day All Day

Penn State Open Ind. NAC Division I/Junior Ind. NAC Division I/Junior Ind. NAC Division I/Junior Ind. NAC Division I/Junior Ind.

University Park, Pa. Virginia Beach, Va. Virginia Beach, Va. Virginia Beach, Va. Virginia Beach, Va.

All Day All Day All Day All Day All Day

01/18/13

USFA NAC Junior (Women)

Louisville, Ky.

All Day

01/19/13 01/20/13 01/21/13 01/26/13 01/27/13

USFA NAC Junior (M&W) USFA NAC Junior (M&W) USFA NAC Junior (Men) St. John’s Duals (M&W) NYU Duals (M&W)

Louisville, Ky. Louisville, Ky. Louisville, Ky. Queens, N.Y. New York, N.Y.

All Day All Day All Day All Day All Day

Northwestern Duals (M&W) Duke Duals (M&W) USFA Nat’l Junior Olympics USFA Nat’l Junior Olympics USFA Nat’l Junior Olympics USFA Nat’l Junior Olympics Notre Dame Duals

Evanston, Ill. Durham, N.C. Baltimore, Md. Baltimore, Md. Baltimore, Md. Baltimore, Md. Notre Dame, Ind.

All Day All Day All Day All Day All Day All Day All Day

Conference Championships Conference Championships NCAA Regionals (Women) NCAA Regionals (Men) NCAA Championships (Men) NCAA Championships (Men) NCAA Championships (Women) NCAA Championships (Women)

Notre Dame, Ind. Notre Dame, Ind. Notre Dame, Ind. Notre Dame, Ind. San Antonio, Texas San Antonio, Texas San Antonio, Texas San Antonio, Texas

All Day All Day All Day All Day All Day All Day All Day All Day

November 11/04/12 11/09/12 11/10/12 11/11/12 11/12/12

January

February

James Kaull

2010 & 2012 Men’s Epee All-American

02/02/13 02/10/13 02/15/13 02/16/13 02/17/13 02/18/13 02/23/13

2012-13 Notre damE FENCING

Michael Moore

10/12/12 10/13/12 10/14/12 10/28/12

Courtney Hurley

2012 Women’s Team Epee Olympic Bronze Medalist 2011 NCAA Epee Champion

Ewa Nelip

2008-09, 2011 Women’s Epee All-American

March 03/02/13 03/03/13 03/09/13 03/10/13 03/21/13 03/22/13 03/23/13 03/24/13

Lian Osier

2011-12 Women’s Sabre All-American

Gerek Meinhardt

2008 & 2012 Men’s Foil Olympic Participant 2010 NCAA Foil Champion

Ariel DeSmet

2011 NCAA Foil Champion

Table of Contents INTRODUCTION Table of Contents.....................................................1 Media Information/Quick Facts..............................2 University of Notre Dame.......................................3 University Leadership.........................................4-5 Academic Success...............................................6-7 Castellan Family Fencing Center.........................8-9 2012-13 SEASON PREVIEW Season Preview...............................................12-14 Team Photo/By The Numbers..............................15 Men’s & Women’s Rosters and Pronunciations....16 COACHING STAFF Head Coach Janusz Bednarski........................18-19 Associate Head Coach Gia Kvaratskhelia........20-21 Assistant Coaches Ian Farr and Cedric Loiseau.....22 Support Staff.........................................................23 STUDENT-ATHLETES Courtney Hurley..............................................26-27 Ewa Nelip.........................................................28-29 Phenix Messersmith.............................................30 Nicole Ameli..........................................................31 Ashley Severson....................................................32 Catherine Lee.........................................................33 Nikol Nikonchuk....................................................33 Grace Hartman......................................................34 Rachel Beck...........................................................35 Adriana Camacho..................................................36 Madison Zeiss........................................................37 Sarah Followill.......................................................38 Lee Kiefer...............................................................38 Nicole McKee.........................................................38 Women’s Epee and Foil Squad Photos.................39 Danielle Guilfoyle..................................................40 Abigail Nichols.......................................................41 Lian Osier.........................................................42-43 Kathryn Palazzoto.................................................43 Marta Stepien.......................................................44 Mary Regan...........................................................45 Johanna Thill.........................................................45 Women’s Sabre Squad Photo...............................45 James Kaull......................................................46-47 Jack Piasio........................................................47-48

Michael Rossi...................................................48-49 Albert He................................................................49 Dale Purdy.............................................................50 Ian Broderick.........................................................50 Garrett McGrath....................................................51 John Poremski.......................................................51 Men’s Epee Squad Photo......................................51 Gerek Meinhardt.............................................52-53 Grant Hodges........................................................54 Ariel DeSmet.........................................................55 Nick Kubik..............................................................56 Ryan Murphy.........................................................56 Gabriel Acuña........................................................57 Men’s Foil Squad Photo.........................................57 Jason Choy.......................................................58-59 Will McGough........................................................59 Alex Coccia.............................................................60 Kevin Hassett...................................................60-61 Billy Meckling........................................................61 John Hallsten.........................................................62 Men’s Sabre Squad Photo.....................................62 2011-12 SEASON IN REVIEW Season In Review..................................................64 2012 Results..........................................................65 Departed Monogram Winners.......................66-76 HISTORY & RECORDS Fencing History...............................................78-79 NCAA Championships.....................................80-81 Coaching Legends...........................................82-83 All-Americans..................................................84-88 Award Winners................................................89-93 Men’s Records..................................................94-98 Women’s Records..........................................98-102 NCAA Championship Results.................... 103-106 NCAA Records............................................. 107-108 Individual NCAA Results.................................... 109 Men’s NCAA Results........................................... 110 Women’s NCAA Results.............................. 111-112 Conference Championship History................... 113 Women’s Conference Championships...... 114-115 Men’s Conference Championships............ 116-117 Men’s All-Time Roster................................ 118-131 Women’s All-Time Roster.......................... 131-135

MEDIA INFORMATION The Notre Dame Media Relations Office always is interested in assisting members of the media in their coverage of the Irish fencing program. Publicity and media information for Notre Dame fencing is handled by Media Relations assistant Tony Jones. Please feel free to contact Jones at the Notre Dame Media Relations Office.

Photographs, feature ideas and results are always available from the Media Relations Office. For fencing information and interviews, please contact Tony Jones at (574) 631-1762. All interviews with coaches and athletes should be arranged through the Media Relations Office.

CREDITS The Notre Dame Fencing Guide was written and edited by Media Relations Assistant Tony Jones, with editorial assistance provided by Nate Doolin and Lizzie Mikes. Special thanks to Notre Dame fencing statistician Dave Stabrawa and Brent Henningfeld.

Graphic design and page layout by Cathy Scholz, C Graphics. Inside and outside cover design by Cathy Scholz, C Graphics.

Photography by Mike Bennett/ Lighthouse Imaging, Matt Cashore, L.K. Dunn, Heather Gollatz, Pete LaFleur/ CollegeFencing360.com, Joseph Weiser, Tim Singler, Kaitlyn Kiely, Allison Wagner, Pat Coveney, Matt Staver, NCAA photos, www.fencingphotos.com, Marcus Snowden, Vanessa Gempis, Tara Hunt and Marek Stepien.

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Media Information Print Media

South Bend Tribune 225 West Colfax Avenue South Bend, IN 46626 (574) 235-6161, FAX (574) 235-6091 Bill Bilinski (sports editor) Curt Rallo (beat writer), Al Lesar (columnist) Notre Dame Observer (University daily newspaper) LaFortune Student Center Notre Dame, IN 46556 (574) 631-7471, FAX (574) 631-6927 Allan Joseph (sports editor) Molly Sammon, Kelsey Manning (beat writers) Associated Press South Bend Tribune Building 225 West Colfax Avenue South Bend, IN 46626 (312) 286-7592, FAX (574) 236-1765 Rick Gano (beat writer) Irish Eyes Magazine 21 Merriam Way Upton, MA 01568 (508) 529-6781, FAX (508) 519-6553 Alan Tieuli (editor) Denise Skwarcan (beat writer) Irish Sports Report 225 West Colfax Avenue South Bend, IN 46626 (574) 235-6161, FAX (574) 239-2646 Bob Wieneke (managing editor) Blue & Gold Illustrated 1605 North Home Street Mishawaka, IN 46545 (574) 255-9800, FAX (574) 255-9700 Lou Somogyi (associate editor) Dan Murphy (beat writer) Chicago Tribune 435 North Michigan Avenue Chicago, IL 60611 (312) 222-3423, FAX (312) 828-9392 Brian Hamilton (beat writer) Philip Hersh (contributing writer) Chicago Sun-Times 401 North Wabash Chicago, IL 60611 (312) 321-2663, FAX (312) 321-2833 Mark Potash (beat writer) Elkhart Truth Communicana Building P.O. Box 487 Elkhart, IN 46514 (574) 674-6337, FAX (574) 294-3895 Rachel Terlep (beat writer)

Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette 600 West Main Street Fort Wayne, IN 46802 (260) 461-8223, FAX (260) 461-8648 Tony Krausz (beat writer) Fort Wayne News-Sentinel 600 West Main Street Fort Wayne, IN 46802 (260) 461-8263, FAX (260) 461-8649 Tom Davis (beat writer) Indianapolis Star 307 North Pennsylvania Indianapolis, IN 46206 (317) 444-6644, FAX (317) 444-6500 Niles Daily Star 217 North Fourth Street Niles, MI 49120 (269) 683-2100, FAX (269) 683-2175 Scott Novak (sports editor) Post-Tribune, Northwest Indiana 1433 East 83rd Avenue Merrillville, IN 46410-6307 (219) 648-3122, FAX (219) 648-3236 Times of Northwest Indiana 601 West 45th Avenue Munster, IN 46321 (219) 933-3232, FAX (219) 933-3249 Daily Herald 155 East Algonquin Road P.O. Box 280 Arlington Heights, IL 60006 (847) 427-4300, FAX (847) 427-1301 Patricia Babcock McGraw (beat writer) Grand Rapids Press Press Plaza-Vandenberg Center Grand Rapids, MI 49502 (616) 459-1400, FAX (616) 459-1502 Notre Dame Scholastic (University weekly magazine) South Dining Hall Notre Dame, IN 46556 (574) 631-7569 The Dome (University yearbook) South Dining Hall Notre Dame, IN 46556 (574) 631-7524

Television

WNDU-TV (NBC) P.O. Box 1616 South Bend, IN 46634 (574) 284-3016, FAX (574) 284-3022 Jeff Jeffers (sports director), Angelo DiCarlo

Fencing Quick Facts University Information

Location......................................... Notre Dame, IN 46556 Founded.................................................................... 1842 Enrollment........... 8,372 (undergraduate)/11,985 (total) Nickname..................................................... Fighting Irish Colors........................................................... Gold and Blue President.................................. Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C Provost....................................................... Thomas Burish Athletics Director........................................ Jack Swarbrick Asst. AD/Fencing Administrator....... Maureen McNamara Athletic Department Web Page................ www.und.com Athletic Department Phone..................... (574) 631-6107 University Operator.................................. (574) 631-5000

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Quick Facts

Head Coach............................................ Janusz Bednarski Bednarski’s Alma Mater........................ SGPiS College ’70 Bednarski’s Office Phone.......................... (574) 631-3599 Career Record (Years)..................... 541-40 (11th season) Associate Head Coach.............................Gia Kvaratskhelia Assistant Coaches.......................... Ian Farr, Cedric Loiseau Home Facility................. Castellan Family Fencing Center Men’s All-Americans Returning...................................... 4 2012 NCAA Men’s Qualifiers Returning.......................... 4 Men’s Monogram Winners Returning/Lost................13/5 Women’s All-Americans Returning................................. 7 2012 NCAA Women’s Qualifiers Returning...................... 6 Women’s Monogram Winners Ret./Lost.....................14/6

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WSBT-TV (CBS) 1301 E. Douglas Road Mishawaka, IN 46545 (574) 233-3141, FAX (574) 288-6630 Pete Byrne (sports director), David McCoy WSJV-TV (FOX) 58096 County Road 7 Elkhart, IN 46517 (574) 679-4545/293-9227, FAX (574) 294-1324 Dean Huppert (sports director), Allison Hayes WBND-TV (ABC) 53550 Generations Drive South Bend, IN 46635 (574) 344-5557, FAX (574) 344-5094 Emily Pritchard (multimedia producer) WHME-TV (LeSEA) 61300 Ironwood Road South Bend, IN 46614 (574) 291-8200, FAX (574) 291-9043 Chuck Freeby (sports director), Bob Nagle

Radio

Pulse FM (96.9/92.1 - flagship) 61300 Ironwood Road South Bend, IN 46614 (574) 291-8200, FAX (574) 291-9043 Bob Nagle (play-by-play) WSBT-AM (Newstalk 960 - ESPN/ABC) 1301 E. Douglas Road Mishawaka, IN 46545 (574) 233-3141, FAX (574) 288-6630 Darin Pritchett (sports director)

Internet Media

Fighting Irish Digital Media (www.UND.com) Notre Dame Stadium, 4th Floor Notre Dame, IN 46556 Dan Skendzel (program director) Jack Nolan (director - media productions) Alan Wasielewski (producer) Gary Paczesny (associate producer) (574) 631-2235 (Wasielewski) (574) 631-2238 (Nolan) (574) 631-3505 (Paczesny) Irish Illustrated (574) 288-0329, (574) 286-1652 Tim Prister, Pete Sampson (beat writers) Irish Sports Daily (574) 276-3234, (574) 520-2066 Mike Frank, Christian McCollum (beat writers) Irish Eyes (404) 291-0345 Tim O’Malley (beat writer) College Fencing 360.com Pete LaFleur (editor) 2012 Men’s Record..................................................... 29-6 2012 Women’s Record................................................ 25-6 2012 NCAA Championships Finish............................... 3rd

Media Relations

Address................................................... 112 Joyce Center

Notre Dame, IN 46556-5678 Media Relations Fax................................. (574) 631-7941 Notre Dame Sports Hotline...................... (574) 631-3000 MR Assistant/Fencing...........................Tony Jones Media Relations Office..................(574) 631-7516 Jones’ Office Phone.......................(574) 631-1762 Jones’ Cell Phone...........................(574) 532-4151 Jones’ Email..............................ajones25@nd.edu

University of Notre Dame

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hen Father Edward F. Sorin started his school in the northern Indiana wilderness, he had only $300, three log buildings badly in need of repair and a far-sighted vision of establishing a liberal arts school to meet the growing educational needs of the frontier. He dreamed of building a great university, and in 1842, he founded the University of Notre Dame du Lac. Over the years, the University of Notre Dame du Lac would evolve into a preeminent place for Catholic thought. While becoming one of the top undergraduate institutions in the country, Notre Dame has also been at the cutting edge of research, including such innovations as the transmission of wireless messages and the development of synthetic rubber. Today researchers are achieving breakthroughs in astrophysics, radiation chemistry, environmental sciences, tropical disease transmission, cancer, robotics, and nanoelectronics.

The University has also stressed residential life, with four-of-five students living on campus in the school’s 29 residence halls that serve as the focal point of social, spiritual and athletic activities.

Notre Dame is one of a handful of universities with a truly international student body, coming from over 100 nations and all 50 states.

Students come to Notre Dame not only to learn how to think, but to learn how to live, keeping faith with the vision of Fr. Sorin.

Notre Dame is one of the few universities to regularly rank in the top 25 in the U.S. News & World Report survey of America’s best colleges and the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics Directors’ Cup standings of the best overall athletics

programs. The University ranks first among all Catholic universities worldwide, according to the 2011 Times Higher Education survey and the Mendoza College of Business at Notre Dame boasts the No. 1 undergraduate business program in the nation according to BusinessWeek magazine.

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University Leadership Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C. President

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ev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., is in his second five-year term as the 17th president of the University of Notre Dame. His vision is for Notre Dame to be the Catholic research university for our time – an institution that unifies, enlightens and heals by engaging in scholarship of the first rank while maintaining its distinctive Catholic character and long-time excellence in undergraduate education.

During his tenure, Notre Dame has made significant progress toward its research goal, including selection as the lead partner in the Midwest Institute for Nanoelectronics Discovery, the creation of the Innovation Park research facility, and the construction of Stinson Remick Hall of Engineering.

His commitment to undergraduate education has been marked by the Notre Dame Forums, yearlong initiatives that have examined important issues such as religion and world conflict, global health, immigration and energy.

The University’s Catholic identity has been strengthened during Father Jenkins’ tenure in multiple ways, including the appointment of a coordinator for University life initiatives and the construction of

multimillion-dollar facilities for the Institute for Church Life, including the Center for Social Concerns, and the Institute for Educational Initiatives, which includes the Alliance for Catholic Education.

Father Jenkins earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in philosophy from Notre Dame in 1976 and 1978, respectively, and was ordained a priest of the Congregation of Holy Cross in 1983. He holds advanced degrees from Oxford and the Jesuit School of Theology. He is a professor of philosophy and the author of Knowledge and Faith in Thomas Aquinas.

A native of Omaha, Neb., Father Jenkins was born Dec. 17, 1953.

President Leadership Council Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C. President Thomas G. Burish Provost John F. Affleck-Graves Executive Vice President Robert J. Bernhard Vice President for Research Marianne Corr Vice President and General Counsel

Thomas G. Burish Provost

John Affleck-Graves Executive Vice President

J. Nicholas Entrikin Vice President and Associate Provost for Internationalization

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Christine M. Maziar Vice President and Senior Associate Provost Robert K. McQuade Vice President for Human Resources Daniel J. Myers Vice President and Associate Provost Louis M. Nanni Vice President for University Relations

Ann M. Firth President’s Chief of Staff

Donald B. Pope-Davis Vice President and Associate Provost

Erin Hoffmann Harding Vice President for Student Affairs

John A. Sejdinaj Vice President for Finance

Rev. James B. King, C.S.C. Religious Superior of Holy Cross Priests and Brothers at Notre Dame

Jack Swarbrick Vice President and Director of Athletics

Ronald Kraemer Vice President and Chief Information Officer Richard C. Notebaert Chairman, Notre Dame Board of Trustees

Rev. William M. Lies, C.S.C. Vice President for Mission Engagement and Church Affairs

Scott C. Malpass Vice President and Chief Investment Officer

Patricia Bellia NCAA Faculty Representative

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Jack Swarbrick

Vice President • Director of Athletics

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ohn B. “Jack” Swarbrick Jr., a University of Notre Dame graduate who rose to national prominence as a lawyer, consultant and executive in the collegiate and Olympic sports industries, is in his fifth year in 2012-13 as vice president and director of athletics at his alma mater.

During his time at Notre Dame Swarbrick has attached his signature to a variety of new initiatives: • Launching Fighting Irish Digital Media—a major initiative that will deliver better information about and access to Notre Dame and its athletic programs via expanded production and distribution of programming.

• Creation of new community outreach and youth programming functions through student-athlete welfare and development office.

• Building of student-athlete programs and services that expand recognition of high academic achievement—and mentor and facilitate career development.

• Meeting the performance needs of Notre Dame student-athletes through establishment of a new sports performance division.

• Reaching out to more former Irish student-athletes, via the Notre Dame Monogram Club and other programs.

The past four years combined have featured a variety of on-and off-the-field Notre Dame athletics successes: • Number-one rankings for Notre Dame (among Football Bowl Subdivision schools) in the four most recent Graduation Success Rate (GSR) surveys--in 2008 with a 98 for all student-athletes, in 2009 with a 99 (including a 97 score in football that also ranked number one), in 2010 at 99 (including football number one at 96) and again in 2011 at 99 (including football number one at 97).

-- 124 All-Americans, 21 Academic AllAmerica selections and five NCAA Post-Graduate Scholarship winners.

-- Record involvement in community service hours by Irish student-athletes.

-- NCAA championships in 2011 in fencing (a men’s and women’s combined championship) and 2010 in women’s soccer.

-- NCAA runner-up team finishes in 2012 and 2011 in women’s basketball, 2010 in men’s lacrosse, 2009 in fencing and 2008 in women’s soccer.

-- NCAA semifinal appearances in men’s lacrosse in 2012, hockey in 2011, women’s tennis in both 2009 and 2010 and women’s soccer in 2009, plus 2010 and 2012 third-place fencing finishes.

-- National coach-of-the-year honors for Randy Waldrum in women’s soccer in both 2010 and 2009 and for Mike Brey in men’s basketball in 2010-11--to go with a 2011 Hall of Fame induction for women’s basketball coach Muffet McGraw and a Hermann Trophy for women’s soccer national player of the year Kerri Hanks in 2008.

-- Construction of the 5,022-seat Compton Family Ice Arena that opened for the 2011-12 season and features two sheets of ice (one Olympic sized).

The 2009-10 school year also featured dedications of new facilities for soccer

and lacrosse--as well as opening of the new Purcell Pavilion within the south dome of the Joyce Center.

Born in Yonkers, N.Y., and raised in Yonkers and Bloomington, Ind., Swarbrick is a 1976 magna cum laude graduate of Notre Dame with a bachelor’s degree in economics. Upon graduating from Stanford University Law School in 1980, he returned to Indiana to accept a position as an associate in the Indianapolis law firm Baker & Daniels, one of the largest in the state. He was made partner in 1987 and spent 28 years with the firm.

As a member of the Indiana Sports Corporation, including the chairmanship from 1992 to 2001, Swarbrick led many of Indianapolis’ successful proposals to a wide array of athletics organizations--from the National Football League (NFL) to the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) to the Big Ten Conference. His leadership efforts resulted in the city: • Earning the right to play host to the 2012 Super Bowl in Indianapolis at Lucas Oil Stadium.

• Becoming the home of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) national headquarters in 1999.

• Hosting the 1987 Pan American Games, where Swarbrick served as the director of competition.

• Hosting the 1991 World Gymnastics Championships.

• Hosting NCAA Men’s Basketball Final Fours and other college championship competitions and a wide array of national and world championships in the Olympic sports.

• Securing rights to host the Big Ten Conference men’s and women’s basketball tournaments at Conseco Fieldhouse for five consecutive years beginning in 2008.

At Baker & Daniels Swarbrick served as general counsel for numerous national governing bodies of Olympic sports, including USA Gymnastics, and as a consultant to various bid cities and host committees for Olympic Games and world championships.

In his work as an advisor to the NCAA, Swarbrick coordinated the men’s College Basketball Partnership, an NCAA-led group that addresses the opportunities and challenges in the sport; developed the business plan for the new NBA/NCAA youth basketball enterprise, iHoops; served as a member of the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Discussion Group, and chaired the NCAA/USOC task force dedicated to developing proposals to expand sponsorship of Olympic sports among NCAA member institutions.

In 2000 Swarbrick received one of the NCAA’s highest honors, The Flying Wedge Award, for his work in establishing Indianapolis as the new home of the NCAA. In 2001 he was honored by the State of Indiana with the Sagamore of the Wabash Award. In 2002 he received the Pathfinder Award from Youthlinks Indiana for his service to youth in the state of Indiana.

Born March 19, 1954, Swarbrick was named Notre Dame’s 12th athletics director on July 16, 2008. He and his wife, Kimberly, are the parents of four children: Kate, a 2010 graduate of St. Louis University; Connor, a 2011 graduate of Wake Forest University; Cal, a junior at TCU; and Christopher, a University of Notre Dame sophomore.

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Academic Excellence Irish Athletes Again Ranked #1 In NCAA Graduation Ratings The University of Notre Dame once again claimed the 2012 national championship for graduating its student-athletes in all sports -in the process posting the top NCAA Graduation Success Rate (GSR) figure (99) for its studentathletes for the sixth straight year.

The GSR number for all Notre Dame student-athletes rated the Irish first among the 120 football-playing institutions in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly Division I-A). The 2012 NCAA figures are based on entering classes from 2002 through 2005.

Whether measured by the federal government in its Department of Education report or by the NCAA through its GSR numbers, graduation rates for Notre Dame studentathletes once again ranked either number one or among the handful of national leaders in five major categories among all major footballplaying colleges and universities.

Notre Dame’s institutional research found that Irish student-athletes in 2012 ranked number one in five of 10 major categories -- ranking second in three others and third in

another. That’s based on the NCAA-issued GSR and federal figures.

For the fourth year in a row Notre Dame led the nation in four GSR categories--for all student-athletes (at 99), male studentathletes (98), female student-athletes (100) and football student-athletes (97). Notre Dame also ranked number one in the federal numbers for male student-athletes (89).

In calculations that include all studentathletes in all sports, Notre Dame ranked first among the FBS schools in the GSR figures, which were initiated in 2005 by the NCAA. The University’s 99 percent GSR for all its studentathletes ranked just ahead of the 98 figure for Duke. Using the federal formula, Notre Dame graduated a four-year average of 91 percent of its student-athletes, just behind Stanford at 92.

In the GSR standings, the Irish led the way in four categories. In addition to its numberone ranking for all student-athletes (99), Notre Dame finished first among female student athletes at 100 (tied with Wake Forest), first among male student-athletes at 98 percent (ahead of Duke and Northwestern at 96), first among football players at 97 percent (tied

with Northwestern), and second among black student-athletes at 98 percent (behind only Rice at 100).

Notre Dame graduated 94 percent of all women competing in varsity athletics to rank second among its peer institutions based on the federal calculations (behind Stanford at 96). Among men, Notre Dame’s 89 percent federal rate also was first, tied with Stanford.

Notre Dame graduated 82 percent of its black student-athletes, ranking third based on the federal rate, and Irish football players graduated at an 83 percent rate, to rank sixth.

Nineteen of 22 athletics programs at Notre Dame compiled graduation rates of 100 percent, and none were below 91 percent, according to the eighth year of GSR measurements developed by the NCAA .

None of the 120 Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly NCAA Division I-A) programs in the country had a higher percentage of 100 GSR scores than did Notre Dame with its .863 number (19 of 22).

In addition, Notre Dame ranked second among all FBS institutions with nine perfect scores among 22 sports (.409) in the federal graduation rate analysis.

Notre Dame Athletics Leads The Way in NCAA’s APR Twelve University of Notre Dame athletic teams earned perfect 1,000 scores -- more perfect scores than any other Football Bowl Subdivision school registered -- in the eighth annual set of Academic Progress Rate statistics issued by the NCAA. All 26 Irish athletics programs again exceeded the NCAA’s APR standards.

Notre Dame’s 12 perfect scores of 1,000 led all FBS programs. Boston College and Duke tied for second with nine each, followed

by Northwestern (eight), Vanderbilt (eight), Stanford (seven), North Carolina (five), Rice (five) and Texas (five).

The 2012 report released by the NCAA featured a four-year compilation of APR data

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from the 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10 and 2010-11 academic years. The APR uses a series of formulas related to student-athlete retention and eligibility to measure the academic performances of all participants who receive grants-in-aid on every team at every NCAA Division I college and university.

Eight Notre Dame men’s teams -basketball, cross country, golf, hockey, lacrosse, tennis, indoor track and field, and outdoor track and field -- registered perfect 1,000 scores. In addition, four Irish women’s teams -- cross country, golf, softball, and swimming and diving -- also earned perfect scores.

Eleven other Notre Dame teams produced scores of 991 or better: women’s rowing (998), men’s swimming and diving (997), women’s lacrosse (997), women’s soccer (997), women’s indoor track and field (997), women’s outdoor track and field (997), baseball (995), women’s volleyball (994), men’s soccer (993), women’s tennis (992) and men’s fencing (991).

The report followed the summer announcement by the NCAA of teams that

posted multi-year APR scores in the top 10 percent of all squads in their respective sports.

The public recognition awards were part of the broad Division I academic reform effort.

Notre Dame had 17 of its programs honored for the multi-year achievement -- baseball, men’s basketball, men’s cross country, men’s golf, men’s ice hockey, men’s lacrosse, men’s swimming and diving, men’s tennis, men’s indoor track and field, men’s outdoor track and field, women’s cross country, women’s golf, women’s soccer, softball, women’s swimming and diving, women’s indoor track and field, and women’s outdoor track and field.

Notre Dame also had 17 programs honored in 2011 and 14 programs honored in both 2010 and 2009. Eleven Irish programs were honored each of the previous two years, in both 2007 and 2008.

Notre Dame this year led all FBS schools in number of programs honored, with Duke second with 13. Next in line were Boston College, Northwestern and Stanford with 10 each.

Fighting Irish Fencers Receive Academic Recognition Seniors Reggie Bentley and Radmila Sarkisova were the fencing recipients of the 2011-12 Notre Dame Club of St. Joseph Valley Rockne Student-Athlete Award.

The award, named in honor of legendary football coach Knute Rockne, is presented to a member of each University athletics team with the highest grade-point average.

Current senior’s Courtney Hurley and Gerek Meinhardt (2010) are each past recipients of the Rockne Student-Athlete Award.

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Castellan Family Fencing Center: The New Home of Fighting Irish Fencing

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NCAA Championshi on October 20, 2012 dedication ceremony Notre Dame fencers Gerek Meinhardt (left) and Lee Kiefer touring the brand new Castellan Family Fencing Center.

The state of the art facility was a generous gift of Patrick (’68) and Concetta Castellan.

The Castellans two sons, Matt (2001-04) and Chris (2004-05), both fenced for Notre Dame.

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The Castellan Family Fencing Center featur es a team roo a flat screen television , a kitchen area and am m equipped with lounge seating, ple desk space for stu dying.

Another added feature of the Castellan Family Fencing Center is a full-size conference room adjacent to the team room.

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Fighting Irish

2012-13 Season Preview The Notre Dame men’s and women’s epee teams return 799 combined dual bout victories in 2013, the most among all Irish weapon squads.

Season Preview Talent At Each Weapon Has Irish In The Title Hunt Notre Dame returns to full capacity following successful Olympic performances

Coming off a third-place finish at last season’s NCAA Championships, and with the addition of three participants from the 2012 Olympic Games to this season’s roster. The University of Notre Dame fencing team is primed for a run toward its ninth national championship in 2013.

Notre Dame should be a dangerous opponent for any foe this season and a threat to win its second NCAA Championship in three years. The 2013 Irish squad welcomes a talented group of newcomers to the squad that will fight for the opportunity to bout on the strip. Furthermore, the Notre Dame staff will have a different look this season, as epee specialist Cedric Loiseau joins the Irish as an assistant coach.

Accomplished Talent Provides Foundation For Irish The Notre Dame fencing program saw three of its most distinguished fencers make a noticeable impact for the United States at the 2012 Olympic Games. Men’s senior foilist Gerek Meinhardt and women’s senior epeeist Courtney Hurley and freshman foilist Lee Kiefer each competed in finals events for Team USA. Along with junior foilist Ariel DeSmet (USA) and senior epeeist Ewa Nelip (Poland), who both narrowly missed qualifying for their respective country to compete in the Olympics, the Irish will add 368 victories to go along with only 37 defeats and nine All-American citations between the four returning fencers in 2013. Their combined winning percentage, .909, ranks in the upper echelon of all-time fencing winning percentages at Notre Dame.

Kiefer, an accomplished prep fencer, entered the Olympics as the top-ranked foilist in the United States.

Hurley is coming off a bronze medal finish in the women’s team epee at the 2012 Olympics, where she scored the winning touch against Russia’s Anna Sivkova 16 seconds into overtime of the medal bout. Hurley claimed a gold medal at the 2011 NCAA Championships, the first of her career. In her first two years on campus she collected bronze medals in her trips to the NCAA Championships. Hurley’s .911 winning percentage places her first in Irish women’s fencing history in the epee weapon class and her 153 career wins puts her in the top 20 in the career women’s wins list.

Nelip logged a 43-8 regular season mark and a third team All-America citation in 2011. Over her three years on campus she has amassed 126 wins to go along with only 16 losses. In her first two years fencing for the Fighting

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Irish, Nelip brought home a pair of bronze medals from the NCAA Championships (2008, 2009).

Meinhardt was called into action as an alternate for the U.S. men’s team foil squad during the 2012 Olympics, replacing Penn State’s Miles Chamley-Watson. The owner of an already legendary collegiate fencing resume, Meinhardt took home the gold medal at the 2010 NCAA Championships with his first place showing in the foil. His championship performance came on the heels of a silver medal performance in his first NCAA Championship appearance during his freshman campaign.

DeSmet took full advantage of his first full season with the Irish in 2011, as he became the third Notre Dame men’s fencer to win an NCAA Championship in his freshman season and first since Charles Higgs-Coulthard did so in 1984. His 28-1 mark ranks among the Irish foil greats in highest winning percentage with a .966 clip.

The 2013 NCAA Season Notre Dame will rely on a combination of experienced and incoming fencers alike in its push for a fourth national championship under 11th year head coach Janusz Bednarski.

Bednarski has compiled an impressive 541-40 record at the helm of the Irish, claiming combined NCAA Championship victories in 2003, 2005 and 2011.

The Notre Dame women’s team dropped its opening match of 2012 to eventual national champion Ohio State, a defeat that snapped the squad’s 89-match winning streak. The unbeaten mark was the longest such streak in women’s program history, and qualified as the third longest streak overall, 33 behind the men’s 122-match winning streak from 197580. Wins in 21 of the season’s final 22 dual matches led the Irish women to a 25-6 finish.

The Notre Dame men rode wins in 17 of its final 18 matches to a 29-6 record, closing the season ranked fifth in the CollegeFencing360. com Coaches Poll.

The 2013 season gets underway at the St. John’s Duals (Jan. 26) in Queens, N.Y. The team then shuttles down the road to New York, N.Y., the following day as they take part in the NYU Duals.

The Irish regular dual meet season continues with a trip to the Northwestern Duals (Feb. 2).

After both units complete the Northwestern meet, they will then venture to the Duke Duals (Feb. 10) the following weekend to bring the road dual schedule to a close. The final competition of the regular season will be the traditional Notre Dame Duals Feb. 23 at the

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The postseason slate commences with the Midwestern Fencing Conference Championships, hosted by Notre Dame, March 2-3 at the Castellan Family Fencing Center.

Last season, the Irish claimed two weapon titles (men’s foil and sabre) to earn a team runner-up finish. Following the Midwest Fencing Championships, Notre Dame remains at its home facility as the host of the NCAA Midwest Regionals March 9-10, and will attempt to qualify the maximum 12 fencers for the 2013 NCAA Championships March 21-24 in San Antonio, Texas.

Developing freshmen has been a focal point for the Irish coaching staff in recent seasons, and has helped create the depth necessary to regularly challenge for the NCAA Championship during Bednarski’s first 10 years as head coach. Over the past five seasons, Bednarski’s All-America honorees have included 15 freshmen, headlined by 2008 NCAA women’s sabre champion Sarah Borrmann and most recently 2011 NCAA men’s foil champion Ariel DeSmet.

2012 Olympic bronze medalist Courtney Hurley has won 153 dual matches at Notre Dame, the most among active fencers.

Women’s Fencing Capsule Returning All-Americans (2012 record) Foil: Grace Hartman, Sr. (33-9)*(C)

Madison Zeiss, So. (42-5)* Epee: Ashley Severson, So. (36-8)*

Nicole Ameli, So. (39-26)* Sabre: Lian Osier, Sr. (33-15)** (C)

Abigail Nichols, Sr. (30-19)#

Other Returnees (2012 record) Foil: Rachel Beck, Jr. (37-8)

Adriana Camacho, Jr. (31-9)

Phenix Messersmith, Sr. (16-21) Epee: Caroline Dikibo, Sr. (9-5)

Courtney Hurley, Sr. (44-4)***%&(C)

Ewa Nelip, Sr. (43-8)***%(C) Sabre: Danielle Guilfoyle, Sr. (28-7)

Kathryn Palazzoto, Sr. (28-22)

Marta Stepien, Sr. (36-5)

Fencers Lost (2012 record) Foil: Christina LaBarge (16-7)

Darsie Malynn (33-7)

Radmila Sarkisova (31-11) Epee: Stephanie Myers (8-7)

Diane Zielinski (26-13) Sabre: Beatriz Almeida (20-11)

Colleen Dawes (No record)

2012 Newcomers Foil: Sarah Followill (Bellaire, Texas)

Lee Kiefer (Versailles, Ky.)^

Nicole McKee (Valley Stream, N.Y.) Epee: Catherine Lee (Elizabethtown, Ky.)

Nikol Nikonchuk (Katy, Texas) Sabre: Grace Montemurro (Annandale, N.J.)

Mary Regan (Woodbridge, Conn.)

Johanna Thill (Chanhassen, Minn.) * – Career All-America honors C – indicates team captains # – NCAA participant (non-All-American) % – 2011 record ^ – 2012 Olympian & – 2012 Olympic bronze medalist

Here is a look at the 2013 Irish roster broken down by weapon:

Women’s Epee The return of Olympic bronze medalist Courtney Hurley and three-time All-American Ewa Nelip gives the women’s epee squad a major boost entering the 2013 campaign. The team returns an impressive 450 combined career victories, eight All-America citations and one NCAA gold medal (Hurley in 2011).

Sophomores Ashley Severson (2012 second team) and Nicole Ameli (2012 third team) look to repeat as All-Americans in their second season at Notre Dame. Severson compiled a stellar 36-8 record as a freshman, while Ameli chipped in a 39-26 mark in dual bouts.

One notable loss from the squad is Diane Zielinski, who graduated with a 131-44 career record, including 26-13 as a senior last season.

While she is still on the Notre Dame roster, senior Phenix Messersmith will return to her natural weapon (foil) in 2013 after filling in for the epee squad last year. Messersmith went 16-21 in her first full season as an epeeist.

Freshmen Catherine Lee (Elizabethtown, Ky.) and Nikol Nikonchuk (Katy, Texas) are the squad’s only newcomers in 2013.

Women’s Foil The women’s foil squad represents one of five Irish weapons that see both NCAA participants return from last season. Women’s foil sees the return of 286 career victories and 2012 All-America second team selections Grace Hartman and Madison Zeiss, along with internationally accomplished freshman Lee Kiefer.

Coming off of a 33-9 record in the 2012 regular season, Hartman claimed fifth place at the NCAA Championships after posting a 16-7 mark with a +31 indicator. The senior will serve as one of seven team captains for Notre Dame in 2013.

Powered by a team-high 42 wins to just five defeats as a freshman, Zeiss claimed the women’s foil crown at the 2012 Midwest Fencing Conference Championships with a perfect 10-0 tournament run. She then added a 15-8 slate (+25 indicator) in an eighth-place finish at the NCAA Championships.

Kiefer, the top-ranked junior and senior foilist in the United States, reached the quarterfinals of the women’s individual foil, and was a member of the sixth place women’s team foil team at the 2012 Olympics. Kiefer also won a gold medal in the foil at the 2012 North America Cup. One year removed from a 17th-place showing at the NCAA Championships, Rachel Beck enjoyed a successful sophomore campaign, compiling a 37-8 dual record. Beck and fellow junior Adriana Camacho (31-9) provide additional veteran experience.

Joining Kiefer as squad newcomers are freshmen Sarah Followill (Bellaire, Texas) and Nicole McKee (Valley Stream, N.Y.). Followill claimed third place at the 2010 Junior Olympic Fencing Championships, while McKee won the competition in 2012.

Women’s Sabre A weapon traditionally known for its depth, the Notre Dame women’s sabre team returns 391 victories, and an experienced core led by two-time All-American Lian Osier, to the fold.

Osier posted a 13-9 record in NCAA Championship play last season, and finished the competition in eighth place. Osier previously earned honorable mention AllAmerica status in 2011 following a ninth-place effort.

Along with Osier, fellow senior Abigail Nichols brings NCAA Championship talent to the strip. A second team all-MFC selection in

Women’s foil captain Grace Hartman has won 97 career dual bouts entering her senior season.

2012, Nichols went 10-12 at the NCAA meet to finish in 15th place.

Marta Stepien followed up an undefeated (24-0) sophomore season with a 36-5 mark last year, pushing her career won-loss record to a sparkling 92-8 in three seasons with the Irish. Fellow senior Danielle Guilfoyle was the only other regular sabreuse with single digit defeats in 2012, logging a 28-7 dual record.

Kathryn Palazzoto rounds out a deep senior class fresh off a 28-22 dual effort last season, which saw her finish among the top-12 fencers at the Midwest Fencing Conference Championships. Palazzoto’s honorable mention all-MFC citation was the first allconference award of her Irish career.

Sophomore Mary Regan (Woodbridge, Conn.) looks to make an immediate impact with one year of collegiate fencing experience already to her credit. Regan finished in 12th place at the 2012 Midwest Conference Fencing Championships as a freshman at Northwestern University.

Freshmen Johanna Thill (Chanhassen, Minn.) and Grace Montemurro (Annadale, N.J.) join Regan as first-year Notre Dame sabre members. Thill was the sixth-place finisher at the 2011 Junior Olympic Fencing Championships.

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Season Preview Men’s Fencing Capsule Returning All-Americans (2012 record) Foil: None Epee: James Kaull, Sr. (45-21)**(C)

Michael Rossi, Jr. (36-21)# Sabre: Jason Choy, Sr. (31-16)#(C)

Kevin Hassett, Jr. (36-15)* Other Returnees (2012 record) Foil: Gabriel Acuña, So. (17-6)

Ariel DeSmet, Jr. (28-1)*%

Grant Hodges, Sr. (20-7)

Nick Kubik, Jr. (35-19)

Alan Markow, Jr. (17-1)

Gerek Meinhardt, Sr. (31-3)**^$(C)

Ryan Murphy, Jr. (15-6)

Walter Myers, So. (8-2) Epee: Albert He, So. (21-12)

Ryan McDonough, So. (17-8)

Jack Piaso, Sr. (41-25)

Dale Purdy, So. (37-13) Sabre: Alex Coccia, Jr. (32-18)

Will McGough, Sr. (no record)

Billy Meckling, So. (40-4) Fencers Lost (2012 record) Foil: Reggie Bentley (37-18)**

Enzo Castellani (42-8)***

Nicholas Crebs (29-10)

Nick Grady (4-9) Epee: Chris Pinkowski (12-5) Sabre: Keith Feldman (31-14)

Marcel Frenkel (44-4)

Tony Schlehuber (29-3) 2012 Newcomers Foil: None Epee: Ian Broderick (Hudson, Ohio)

Garrett McGrath (Mesa, Ariz.)

John Poremski (Palmdale, Calif.)

Sabre: John Hallsten (Sacramento, Calif.)

Daniel Kim (Upper Saddle River, N.J.)

Christopher Viamontes (Creve Coeur, Mo.) * – Career All-America honors C – indicates team captains # – 2012 NCAA participant (non-All-American) % – 2011 record $ – 2010 record ^ – 2012 Olympian

Men’s Epee The men’s epee team looks to add another All-America citation in 2013 after James Kaull earned second team recognition last season.

Kaull posted a 14-9 mark (+12 indicator) in NCAA play to claim seventh place, a careerbest finish at the championship. A senior captain this season, Kaull logged a 45-21 dual match record in 2012, pushing his career wonloss total to 124-43. His 124 victories are the most among active Notre Dame men’s fencers.

Junior Michael Rossi will look to build on his first NCAA Championship appearance alongside Kaull, finishing 23rd overall in last season’s epee draw. Rossi was 36-21 in regular season competition.

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The squad’s second senior, Jack Piasio, copped his second career all-MFC citation following a 12th-place finish at last season’s Midwest Fencing Conference Championships.

Piasio’s 41 dual victories were second on the epee team behind Kaull’s 45.

Sophomores Albert He and Dale Purdy each made a notable impact for the Irish during their first seasons, winning a combined 58 dual tilts. Purdy’s .740 bout winning percentage was the best among Notre Dame epeeists.

Ian Broderick (Hudson, Ohio), Garrett McGrath (Mesa, Ariz.) and John Poremski (Palmdale, Calif.) make up this season’s men’s epee freshman class. McGrath was the epee division winner at the 2012 Junior Olympic Championships.

Men’s Foil On the surface, 2013 would appear to be a rebuilding year for Notre Dame’s men’s foil squad. Despite losing 366 combined career victories from last year’s NCAA first-place finisher, the majority of which belonged to the talented trio of Enzo Castellani (three-time All-American), Reggie Bentley (two-time AllAmerican) and Nicholas Crebs, the Irish foil team is in a great position to reload.

Leading the way will be two-time United States Olympian and 2010 NCAA champion Gerek Meinhardt. Meinhardt, who last competed at the NCAA level during the 2010 season, posted a sparkling 62-5 record during his first two years on the strip for the Irish.

After missing the 2011 season due to injury, Meinhardt was a member of the fourth-place finishing U.S. men’s foil team at the 2012 Olympics.

Also returning from training for Olympic competition is junior Ariel DeSmet, who narrowly missed joining Meinhardt as a member of the U.S. team. As a freshman in 2011, DeSmet logged one of the most impressive rookie seasons in program history, going 28-1 during the regular season. An 18-5 run at the NCAA Championships gave DeSmet the first national title by a Notre Dame freshman since Charles Higgs-Coulthard won the foil crown in 1984.

Senior Grant Hodges brings a wealth of experience to the squad, and posted a 20-7 mark and earned all-MFC second team honors in 2012. Hodges is 81-16 in regular season dual tilts in his first three seasons at Notre Dame.

Another foilist trending upward is junior Nick Kubik, who recorded a career-high 35 dual wins in 2012. Kubik was a third-place finisher and first team all-conference selection as a freshman in 2011.

Other returnees include juniors Ryan Murphy (15-6 in 2012) and Alan Markow (18-2), and sophomores Gabriel Acuña (17-6) and Walter Myers (8-2).

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The men’s foil squad is the only Irish weapon without a freshman on the upcoming season’s roster.

Men’s Sabre The Notre Dame men’s sabre team returns a number of core veterans from last season’s squad that won 243 combined dual bouts, the most among all Irish weapons. A main focus for the 2012 sabre team will be filling the void left by departed seniors Keith Feldman (12236 career record) and Marcel Frenkel (103-19).

Senior captain Jason Choy brings 78 career victories to the strip after a 31-16 campaign in 2012. For the second straight season, Choy placed third at the Midwest Fencing Conference Championships, copping all-MFC first team honors both times.

Also back in the fold is junior Kevin Hassett, the squad’s only returning All-America performer (second team). Hassett posted a 14-9 head-to-head mark in NCAA competition at last year’s tournament to finish in seventh place.

Alex Coccia combines with Hassett to complete a formidable junior class. Coccia has been named to the all-MFC second team in each of his first two seasons at Notre Dame, with a career-best sixth-place finish in 2012.

Sophomore Billy Meckling looks to continue his winning ways after a 40-4 won-loss output as a freshman last season. Meckling ultimately finished in the top 12 at the Midwest Fencing Conference Championships to cop allconference honorable mention recognition.

A trio of freshmen round out the 2012 weapon lineup; John Hallsten (Sacramento, Calif.), Daniel Kim (Upper Saddle River, N.J.) and Christopher Viamontes (Creve Coeur, Mo.).

James Kaull looks to make his fourth straight NCAA Championship appearance in 2012.

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2012-2013 Team Captains Epee: Courtney Hurley, James Kaull, Ewa Nelip Foil: Grace Hartman, Gerek Meinhardt Sabre: Jason Choy, Lian Osier

By The Numbers

By The Numbers

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Returning 897 6 2

Total Victories All-Americans NCAA-Gold

Lost 731 5 0

Returning 1,127 12 1

Total Victories All-Americans NCAA-Gold

Lost 696 0 0

349 2 0

Epee Victories All-Americans NCAA-Gold

48 0 0

450 8 1

Epee Victories All-Americans NCAA-Gold

182 0 0

282 3 2

Foil Victories All-Americans NCAA-Gold

366 5 0

286 2 0

Foil Victories All-Americans NCAA-Gold

335 0 0

266 1 0

Sabre Victories All-Americans NCAA-Gold

317 0

391 2 0

Sabre Victories All-Americans NCAA-Gold

179 0 0

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Men’s and Women’s Roster with Pronunications 2012-2013 Notre Dame Men’s Fencing Roster Name HT. Class Weapon Gabriel Acuña 5-7 So. Foil 5-11 Fr. Epee Ian Broderick Jason Choy*** 5-10 Sr. Sabre 6-0 Jr. Sabre Alex Coccia** Ariel DeSmet* 5-10 Jr. Foil John Hallsten 5-11 Fr. Sabre Kevin Hassett** 6-4 Jr. Sabre Albert He* 6-3 So. Epee Grant Hodges** 6-0 Sr. Foil James Kaull*** 5-11 Sr. Epee Nick Kubik** 6-0 Jr. Foil Alan Markow 6-0 Jr. Foil Ryan McDonough 6-0 So. Epee Will McGough* 6-0 Sr. Sabre Garrett McGrath 6-3 Fr. Epee Billy Meckling* 5-11 So. Sabre Gerek Meinhardt** 6-0 Sr. Foil Ryan Murphy 5-6 Jr. Foil Walter Myers 5-9 So. Epee Jack Piasio*** 6-0 Sr. Epee John Poremski 5-11 Fr. Epee Dale Purdy* 6-0 So. Epee Michael Rossi** 5-9 Jr. Epee Christopher Viamontes 6-1 Fr. Sabre

Hometown/High School (College) Fencing Club The Woodlands, Texas/College Park Salle Mauro Hudson, Ohio/Hudson Hooked On Fencing Basking Ridge, N.J./Ridge Columbus, Ohio/St. Charles Prep Fencing Alliance of Columbus Troutdale, Ore./Reynolds Northwest Fencing Club Sacramento, Calif./Christian Brothers Hristov-Csikany Beaverton, Ore./Aloha High School Oregon Fencing Alliance Chevy Chase, Md./Bethesda-Chevy Chase DC Fencers Club Salina, Kan./Salina Central Kanza Fencing Center Washington, D.C./Woodrow Wilson DC Fencers Club San Antonio, Texas/Claudia Taylor Johnson Alamo Fencing Club Prospect Heights, Ill./Northridge Prep School F.C.C. Long Grove, Ill./Adlai E. Stevenson Bronxville, N.Y./Bronxville Meza, Ariz./Sequoia Choice Arizona Fencing Center Denver, Colo./Regis Jesuit Fencing Academy of Denver San Francisco, Calif./Lick-Wilmerding Commack, N.Y./Commack Mission Fencing Center El Paso, Texas/JM Hanks Salle DeLong Dubois, Pa./Georgetown Prep Palmdale, Calif./Highland Fortune Ligonier, Pa./Home-Schooled Hooked On Fencing White Plains, N.Y./Valhalla High School Creve Coeur, Mo./Chaminade

2012-13 Notre Dame Women’s Fencing Roster HT. 5-5 5-8 5-2 5-9 5-5 5-5 5-8 5-9 5-4 5-6 5-5 5-3.5 5-2 5-8 5-7.5 5-7 5-3 5-0 5-5 5-7 5-6 5-7 5-9

Class So. Jr. Jr. Sr. Fr. Sr. Sr. Sr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Sr. Fr. Sr. Sr. Fr. Sr. Sr. So. So. Sr. Fr. So.

Weapon Epee Foil Foil Epee Foil Sabre Foil Epee Foil Epee Foil Foil Sabre Epee Sabre Epee Sabre Sabre Sabre Epee Sabre Sabre Foil

Hometown/High School (College) Las Vegas, Nev./Palo Verde Tucson, Ariz./Home-Schooled Puebla, Mexico/Meridian School (UT) Houston, Texas/Cypress Falls Bellaire, Texas/St. Thomas Episcopal Pittstown, N.J./Villa Walsh Academy St. Paul, Minn./St. Paul Academy and Summit School San Antonio, Texas/Earl Warren Versailles, Ky./Paul Laurence Dunbar Elizabethtown, Ky./Central Hardin Valley Stream, N.Y./Valley Stream South El Cerrito, Calif./Albany Annandale, N.J./North Hunterdon Katowice, Poland/I L.O. Kopernika Concord, Mass./Concord-Carlisle Katy, Texas/Cinco Ranch Battle Ground, Wash./CAM High School Nutley, N.J./Academy of the Holy Angels Woodbridge, Conn./Hopkins Franklin Lakes, N.J./Ramapo South Amboy, N.Y./Old Bridge Chanhassen, Minn./Chanhassen Los Angeles, Calif./Pacific Hills

Fencing Club Fencing Club of Nevada Northwest Fencing Center Utah Valley Sport Fencing Cypress Falls Salle Mauro

Louisville Fencing Center Fencers Club Polac Mlodziezy Katowice Woodlands Fencing Academy Candlewood Fencing Club NY Athletic Club Minnesota Sword Club LA International FC

* - indicates monograms won Head Coach: Janusz Bednarski (11th season) Associate Head Coach: Gia Kvaratskhelia Assistant Coach: Ian Farr Assistant Coach: Cedric Loiseau Senior Manager: Bret Basilone Junior Manager: Jacqueline Ruiz

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Epee (10) Ian Broderick Albert He James Kaull Ryan McDonough Garrett McGrath Walter Myers Jack Piasio John Poremski Dale Purdy Michael Rossi

Foil (7) Gabriel Acuña Ariel DeSmet Grant Hodges Nick Kubik Alan Markow Gerek Meinhardt Ryan Murphy

Sabre (7) Jason Choy Alex Coccia John Hallsten Kevin Hassett Will McGough Billy Meckling Christopher Viamontes

Women’s Fencing – By Weapon Foil (8) Sabre (8) Epee (7) Rachel Beck Danielle Guilfoyle Nicole Ameli Caroline Dikibo Adriana Camacho Grace Montemurro Sarah Followill Abigail Nichols Courtney Hurley Grace Hartman Lian Osier Catherine Lee Lee Kiefer Kathryn Palazzoto Ewa Nelip Nikol Nikonchuk Phenix Messersmith Mary Reagan Nicole McKee Marta Stepien Ashley Severson Madison Zeiss Johanna Thill

Men’s Pronunciation Guide

* - indicates monograms won Head Coach: Janusz Bednarski (11th season) Associate Head Coach: Gia Kvaratskhelia Assistant Coach: Ian Farr Assistant Coach: Cedric Loiseau Senior Manager: Bret Basilone Junior Manager: Jacqueline Ruiz

Name Nicole Ameli* Rachel Beck** Adriana Camacho** Caroline Dikibo Sarah Followill Danielle Guilfoyle** Grace Hartman*** Courtney Hurley*** Lee Kiefer Catherine Lee Nicole McKee Phenix Messersmith** Grace Montemurro Ewa Nelip*** Abigail Nichols*** Nikol Nikonchuk Lian Osier** Kathryn Palazzoto*** Mary Regan Ashley Severson* Marta Stepien*** Johanna Thill Madison Zeiss*

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Gabriel Acuña.............................a-COON-uh Janusz Bednarski.........................Yah-NOOSH Bed-NARR-ski Alex Coccia...................................CO-cha Nick Kubik...................................KOO-bick Gia Kvaratskhelia.........................Gee (as in bee)-uh Claw-duh-SKELL-ee-uh Alan Markow...............................mar-COW Will McGough..............................McGuff Jack Piasio...................................PEA-ah-ZEE-oh

Women’s Pronunciation Guide: Nicole Ameli................................uh-MELL-ee Janusz Bednarski.........................Yah-NOOSH Bed-NARR-ski Caroline Dikibo............................DEE-ki-bo Danielle Guilfoyle........................GILL-foil Gia Kvaratskhelia.........................Gee (as in bee)-uh Claw-duh-SKELL-ee-uh Phenix Messersmith....................Phoenix Lian Osier.....................................Lee-Ann OH-see-ur Marta Stepien.............................step-EE-un Madison Zeiss..............................zice (rhymes with rice)

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With Notre Dame’s victory at the 2011 NCAA Championships, Janusz Bednarski (above) became the fourth head coach to win three or more national championships (2003, 2005, 2011) at the helm of a Fighting Irish athletic program.

Legendary football coaches Knute Rockne (1924, 1929, 1930) and Frank Leahy (1943, 1946, 1947, 1949), and longtime fencing mentor Mike DeCicco (1977, 1978, 1986, 1994) are the only other head coaches to ever accomplish the feat at Notre Dame.

Head Coach Janusz Bednarski Head Coach 11th Season SGPiS College ‘70

The University of Notre Dame’s athletic heritage has featured many legendary coaches, but only one--current 11th-year fencing coach Janusz Bednarski--directed his Irish squad to the national title in his first year as the program’s head coach. Such was Bednarski’s accomplishment in the spring of 2003, when a veteran Notre Dame squad edged rival Penn State to return to the pinnacle of the collegiate fencing world.

Bednarski was named the sixth head coach in the program’s storied history in May of 2002, after serving eight seasons as an assistant on the Notre Dame staff. The sabre specialist has seen his first 10 seasons as the Notre Dame head coach yield a .931 combined winning percentage (541-40) - with nearly identical marks during that span by the Irish men (268-21) and women (273-19).

Success was not just a first-year feat for Bednarski, as he helped guide the Irish to a historic comeback to win the 2005 NCAA Championships, as well as guiding his team to a wire-to-wire victory at the 2011 Championships.

Additionally, with his triumph in 2005, he became the first Notre Dame head coach in any sport to see his teams win multiple national titles in fewer than five seasons while in 2011 also becoming just the fourth Irish head coach all time to have claimed three or more titles during his tenure (Knute Rockne - football (3), Frank Leahy - football (4), Mike DeCicco - men’s fencing (4)).

Notre Dame earned a hard fought third-place finish at the 2012 NCAA Championships, closing with an overall team score of 160 points. Men’s foilist Enzo Castellani was the top

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Irish fencer at the NCAA meet, as he earned first team AllAmerica honors to lead the foil squad to its first weapon championship since 2003. The women’s foil team added a runner-up finish in team competition to lead Notre Dame to its 19th straight top-five result at the NCAA Championship.

After seeing his teams fall just short of the title during the 2008, 2009 and 2010 seasons, Bednarski finally saw the teams efforts come to fruition during 2011, as the 12-member delegation held on for a six point victory over two-time defending champions, Penn State, 174-168. The victory was aided in part by four of the 12 Irish fencers - Ariel DeSmet, Courtney Hurley, Avery Zuck, Eileen Hassett - claiming first team All-America honors, in addition to DeSmet and Hurley each claiming individual gold in men’s foil and women’s epee, respectively. Reggie Bentley, Barron Nydam, Hayley Reese, Lian Osier and Ewa Nelip were also tabbed AllAmericans for their efforts. As a result, Bednarski was tabbed as the USFCA NCAA Coach of the Year for the first time in his tenure with the Irish.

Prior to returning to the top of the mountain in ‘11, the Irish encountered three straight near misses in ‘08-10, finishing runner-up on two occasions (‘08, ‘09) and third place once (‘10). In ‘08, the Irish racked up 176 points while seeing 11 participants earn All-America citations, while in ‘09 the team improved on that total by six points (182) with 10 of the 12 competitors being named All-Americans. Kelley Hurley (epee) and Sarah Borrmann (sabre) both captured individual gold medals at the 2008 NCAA Championships, while freshman Gerek Meinhardt finished runner-up in men’s foil in ‘09.

The 2010 season was still a historic campaign despite not claiming the national title, as for the first time since 1994 both the men’s and women’s teams finished the season undefeated. It also marked the first time each team posted undefeated records with over 30 wins. During the 2010 season, Bednarski coached 11 of his athletes to AllAmerica status, including epeeists Courtney Hurley, Kelley Hurley, James Kaull and Greg Schoolcraft; foilists Hayley Reese, Gerek Meinhardt and Enzo Castellani; and sabreists Sarah Borrmann, Eileen Hassett, Avery Zuck and Barron Nydam. Meinhardt improved on the previous years finish as well, capturing the NCAA individual gold for men’s foil.

Bednarski has a rich history of coaching some of the best all-around collections of sabre talent in all of college fencing, perhaps none more talented the crop of seniors who graduated following the 2011 NCAA Championship.

Zuck, Nydam, Hassett and Borrmann concluded their Irish careers having combined for 13 All-America honors and a national championship (Borrmann) in three seasons under his tutelage.

His sabre fencers have now earned 48 All-America honors (with women’s sabre making its debut in 2000) and have added five NCAA individual titles and seven runner-up finishes. Lian Osier and Kevin Hassett (second team) were both recognized as All-Americans in 2012.

One of Bednarski’s most impressive sabre duos included Mariel Zagunis (the 2004 and 2008 Olympic gold medalist in sabre), who dominated her college bouts with the Irish as a freshman, while going 29-1 in the regular season and advancing to the 2005 NCAA title match before returning to win the NCAA title in 2006. Valerie Providenza impressively won the 2004 NCAA sabre title and then battled through illness to post the second-most round-robin wins at the 2005 NCAAs (behind Zagunis), helping Notre Dame stage its historic rally to edge Ohio State for the NCAA title. Zagunis

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(21-2) and Providenza (19-4) blitzed the 2005 NCAA field for a 40-6 combined record.

On the men’s side, Patrick Ghattas and Matt Stearns combined with 2009 graduate Bill Thanhouser to give the Irish another talented sabre group. Ghattas was one of the nation’s top-ranked junior fencers, competing with Team USA at the 2005 World Junior Championships while earning All-America honors at the 2004 NCAAs and again in `05 (when he reached the title bout, followed by two more NCAA runner-up finishes in 2006 and `07). Stearns turned in a 10th-place finish for his own All-America honor at the 2005 NCAAs, combining with Ghattas for the second-most men’s sabre wins (32) in the NCAA field. Thanhouser then placed sixth at the `06 NCAAs for his own All-America honor.

Providenza and Ghattas ultimately became rare four-year sabre All-Americans, while Stearns and Zagunis both posted two All-America finishes with the Irish.

A former Olympic-level coach with Poland’s national team program, Bednarski’s leadership and training strategy positioned the 2003 Irish for a run at the program’s sixth all-time NCAA title and first since `94. Bednarski served as head coach of Poland’s Olympic Team from 1978-88, with members of those teams winning 11 medals at the Olympics and World Championships. Formerly a member of Poland’s national sabre team, the Warsaw native received the prestigious Polish Silver Cross of Merit for his coaching accomplishments as head coach of the Polish National Team. Prior to assuming his duties as the Irish head coach, Bednarski had been a vital member of the Notre Dame program as it remained among the nation’s best - with the Irish finishing

The Bednarski File Head Coaching Record at Notre Dame (since 2003) • Men: 268-21 (.927) • Women: 273-19 (.935) • Combined: 541-40 (.931) Previous Coaching Experience Assistant Coach Notre Dame .........................1994-2002 Head Coach Indiana Fencing Academy .............................1994-2002 Poland National Team .......................................1978-88 U.S. Junior World Championship Team ..................1993 CFS Fencing Club Denver, Colo...........................1989-94 Epee Coach U.S. Junior World Championship Team ..................1994 Coach U.S. Junior. Pan Am Games Team ...........................1992 Coaching Honors • Polish Silver Cross of Merit – 1987 • USFCA NCAA Coach of the Year – 2011 • USFCA Midwest Regional Coach of the Year – 1997, 1999 • Current Member of NCAA National Fencing Committee • Tutored 48 sabre All-Americans at Notre Dame, i ncluding five NCAA champions, nine NCAA runner-ups and three NCAA bronze medalists Education • Master’s in Economics – SGPiS College (Warsaw, Poland; 1970) • Coaching Diploma – Academy of Physical Education (Warsaw, Poland; 1978)

as the NCAA runner-up every year from 1996-2000, in addition to third-place finishes in 1995, 2001, `02 and `04.

Bednarski’s days as an assistant included helping coordinate the recruiting effort that fortified the Irish for their pursuit of the national title. The 2003 seniors finished as the most accomplished class in the history of Notre Dame fencing, combining for nearly 1,300 career victories and 20 AllAmerica performances. The senior leaders in 2003 included a pair of four-time All-Americans in men’s epeeist Jan Viviani and men’s foilist Ozren Debic, with senior men’s sabreist Gabor Szelle and senior women’s epeeists Meagan Call and Anna Carnick each posting three All-America performances during their careers. Debic (157-8, .952) and Viviani (162-20, .890) finished with the top career winning percentages in Notre Dame history for their respective weapons while Szelle (182-13, .933) ranks fourth all-time on the sabre win percentage list and sixth among all men’s weapons.

The 2005 senior class included a pair of top fencers from Bednarski’s native Poland - three-time women’s foil NCAA champion (`05 runner-up) Alicja Kryczalo and 2005 men’s epee NCAA champ Michal Sobieraj (`03 NCAA runner-up), in addition to two-time NCAA foil runner-up Andrea Ament.

Each of those three became rare four-year All-Americans, with Kryczalo going undefeated (23-0) in the 2002 NCAA round robin before beating Ament in the gold-medal bout (Ament’s only losses in the `02 NCAAs came versus her teammate, followed by a third-place finish in `03).

Bednarski’s first season as the Notre Dame head coach included a 46-2 combined record in regular-season dual meets, with the Irish men going 24-0 to extend the program’s third-longest winning streak to 83 matches (that streak ultimately ended at 90 matches in 2004). The Irish men claimed the number-one ranking in the middle of the 2003 season, after knocking off Penn State in a fiercely contested 15-12 decision at Notre Dame’s Joyce Center.

Bednarski’s 2004 Notre Dame squads combined for a 50-1 record, with both the Irish men (24-1) and women (26-0) holding the number-one ranking. The 2005 teams followed with a 43-5 combined record (22-2 by the women; 21-3 for the men) and the Notre Dame women held the nation’s top ranking for most of that `05 season. Both Irish teams then suffered only one loss in 2006 (each 29-1), with the women again rising to the top spot in the AFCA poll.

During Bednarski’s eight seasons as an assistant, the Irish won 93.6 percent of their dual matches (382-26) and the Irish men’s team held the nation’s number- one ranking in both the 2001 and 2002 final coaches’ polls.

Bednarski’s work with Notre Dame has made a significant impact in sabre and epee - with Bill Lester, Luke La Valle and Gabor Szelle combining over a six-year stretch (`95-’00) to win two gold, two silver and one bronze medal in NCAA sabre.

The men’s sabre squad posted the maximum two AllAmericans in each of Bednarski’s first six full seasons (`96’01), with that level of success unmatched by any other Notre Dame weapon in that six-year stretch. He tutored two-time sabre All-American Andre Crompton (`02), who stood as high as sixth in the U.S. rankings, while Szelle and fellow senior sabreman Matt Fabricant earned All-America honors in 2003 to help pace the national title-winning effort.

Bednarski also oversaw the career of women’s sabre captain Carianne McCullough, who progressed from being a walk-on to a nationally ranked competitor and 2002 AllAmerican. He then developed Destanie Milo into an All-

American in her own right, with Milo’s sixth-place finish at the 2003 NCAAs providing a final push to the team title.

Bednarski helped mold Providenza and Ghattas into top-level collegiate fencers. Providenza turned in a strong rookie season and won the 2004 NCAA title--becoming the first Notre Dame sabre fencer (men’s or women’s) ever to win the NCAAs as a freshman (followed by Borrmann in 2008).

Ghattas turned in his own All-America showing at the 2004 NCAAs (placing 10th) and surged to number two in the USFA under-20 men’s sabre rankings, before going on to his NCAA runner-up finishes in 2005 and `06.

After moving to the United States in 1988, Bednarski served as head coach at Denver’s CFS Fencing Club - the largest fencing club in the Rocky Mountain region - from 1989-94. Many of his CFS products went on to achieve great success on the national and international level. While in Colorado, Bednarski served on the U.S. coaching staff at the 1993 (head coach) and 1994 Junior World Championships and was a U.S. coach for the 1992 Junior Pan-Am Games. His fencers have competed in Olympics, World Championships and World Cups in all age categories.

Bednarski served from 1994-2002 as head coach of the Escrime du Lac Fencing Club in Mishawaka (also known as the Indiana Fencing Academy) and has been a member of many advisory panels for the U.S. Fencing Association, the U.S. Olympic Committee and the U.S. Fencing Coaches Association. He is licensed by Federation International D’Escrime as an “A” category Fencing Director and is one of just a handful of fencing specialists in North America who are ranked by the International Fencing Federation.

His wide-reaching experience includes participating in the organizational efforts for World Championships held in Denver (1989 and `91) and South Bend (2000). In 1997 and `99, the U.S. Fencing Coaches Association selected him as the Midwest Region Coach of the Year.

Fluent in several languages, Bednarski received his master’s degree in business in 1970 from Warsaw’s prestigious SGPiS Business College, where he worked as a lecturer in economics. He obtained his coaching diploma from the Academy of Physical Education in 1978 and has published

Notre Dame’s All-Time National Championship Coaches Knute Rockne (football) – 1924, 1929, 1930 Walt Langford (men’s tennis) – 1944 Rev. George Holderith, (men’s golf) – 1944 Frank Leahy (football) – 1943, 1946, 1947, 1949 Alex Wilson (cross country) – 1957 Tom Fallon (men’s tennis) – 1959 Ara Parseghian (football) – 1966, 1973 Mike DeCicco (men’s fencing) – 1977, 1978, 1986, 1994 Dan Devine (football) – 1977 Yves Auriol (women’s fencing) – 1987, 1994 Lou Holtz (football) – 1988 Chris Petrucelli (women’s soccer) – 1995 Muffet McGraw (women’s basketball) – 2001 Janusz Bednarski (fencing) – 2003, 2005, 2011 Randy Waldrum (women’s soccer) – 2004, 2010 Notes: Bednarski’s team won the NCAAs in his first year as the Irish head coach, Auriol’s in his second and five others (Leahy, Fallon, Parseghian, Devine and Holtz) in their third season … the others: Langford (national title in 5th season), Rockne, Petrucelli and Waldrum (6th), Wilson (8th), Holderith (12th), McGraw (14th) and DeCicco (16th) … in 1994, DeCicco coached the men and Auriol the women (the Irish won the NCAA combined title) … Bednarski is the only ND head coach ever to lead his teams to multiple NCAA titles in fewer than five seasons.

several articles on coaching, effective club management and the counseling of athletes.

A resident of Granger, Ind., Bednarski and his wife, Izabella, have two sons: Michael and Andrzej, a three-time sabre All-American and 2002 graduate of Notre Dame who also served as an intern assistant coach on his father’s staff during the 2005 and `06 seasons.

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Associate Head Coach Gia Kvaratskhelia Associate Head Coach Seventh Season Georgia State Physical Training Institute

Guiorgie “Gia” Kvaratskhelia (GEE-uh Clawduh-SKELL-ee-uh) enters his second season as the associate head coach of Notre Dame fencing after spending the previous five as an assistant coach. He also maintains his role as the foil specialist. Kvaratskhelia is regarded as one of the top foil coaches in the nation with a background that includes a successful competitive career in the former Soviet Union as a member of the Georgian National Team.

Since joining the Irish staff in 2007, the Notre Dame fencing team has enjoyed tremendous success under Kvaratskhelia, having qualified the maximum 24 foilists for NCAA Championship play, with 21 of those 24 appearances resulting in All-America honors.

The Notre Dame foil squads enjoyed the most success of all Irish weapon squads at the 2012 NCAA Championship, with the men’s foil earning 32 points for the weapon win. Enzo Castellani (t-3rd) and Reggie Bentley (5th) posted matching 16-7 records during tournament play, earning first and second team AllAmerica honors, respectively. The Irish women contributed a runner-up finish in the foil, powered by second team All-Americans Grace Hartman (16-7, 5th) and Madison Zeiss (15-8, 8th), to help lead Notre Dame to its 19th straight top-three finish at the NCAA meet.

This 2011 campaign best exemplifies the recent trend of foil success at the NCAA Championship, as the maximum four fencers advanced to the event with three of the four Hayley Reese, Reggie Bentley, Ariel DeSmet earning All-America citations with DeSmet capturing the individual foil title with a 15-13 victory over Penn State’s Miles Chamley-Watson.

It represented the second time in three years that a men’s foilist claimed gold under Kvaratskhelia’s watch, as Gerek Meinhardt accomplished the feat in 2010. Additionally, DeSmet became the first freshman foilist to win the title since Charles Higgs-Coulthard did so in 1984.

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Reese, meanwhile, represented the first foilist to complete all four years under the tutelage of Kvaratskhelia as a four-time AllAmerican, after receiving second team recognition following an eighth-place showing in 2011. Kvaratskhelia had previously helped Adrienne Nott churn out three such citations, but her first honor came the year prior to him joining the staff.

For his vast successes, Kvaratskhelia was tabbed as the 2010-11 U.S. Fencing National Coach of the Year. On the year, he helped several Irish representatives and others American fencers achieve high finishes on the NAC circuit as well as in several international competitions.

During the 2010 season, three of Kvaratskhelia’s foilists were again dubbed AllAmericans at the NCAA Championships.

Meinhardt, Enzo Castellani and Reese finished first, third and fifth, respectively. Meinhardt, a 2008 and 2012 Olympian, became Kvaratskhelia’s first NCAA gold medalist, posting a solid 15-9 victory over David Willette of Penn State. Also under Kvaratskhelia’s champion coaching, Castellani earned the bronze medal, finishing round robin play with 16 wins and a +40 indicator.

The years of 2008 and 2009 both saw all four foil participants earn All-American distinction, led by Meinhardt and Reese in `09, who each earned silver medals on the men’s and women’s side, respectively. Castellani (8th) and Nott (9th) rounded out that year’s group, with Nott closing

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out her career as the program’s 18th fencer to earn four All-America honors.

In 2008, the story was the quick maturation of a group of freshmen that saw Steve Kubik (8th), Zach Schirtz (11th) and Reese (11th) qualify for All-American in their first year with the program, while Nott (4th) earned first-team billing in her second year under the tutelage of Kvaratskhelia. 2007, meanwhile, saw the Irish qualify four with Nott, Mark Kubik and Jakub Jedrkowiak all earning All-America honors.

Kvaratskhelia has also had a great impact on the recruiting trail in his stint with the Irish. In his first full season on the scene, he helped secure one of the top freshman classes in all of college fencing for the ‘07-08 season that was led by elite foilists Reese, Schirtz and S. Kubik all went on to earn All-America honors in ‘08.

That success hasn’t slowed down since as in ‘09 he helped ink ‘08 U.S. Olympian Gerek Meinhardt as well as Radmila Sarkisova, ranked as high as 90th at the time in the FIE World Junior rankings. For the 2011 NCAA Championship season, Kvaratskhelia helped secure commitments from NCAA gold medalist Ariel DeSmet and NCAA participant Rachel Beck.

Another prized signing, freshman Lee Kiefer, is entering her first season at Notre Dame fresh off a fifth-place finish with the U.S. women’s team foil squad at the 2012 Olympics.

Prior to joining the Notre Dame coaching staff, Kvaratskhelia spent 10 years as the coach of the Kanza Fencing Club in Salina, Kan. In that

time, Kvaratskhelia transformed Kanza from a small recreational club into one of the nation’s top foil centers. His fencers at Kanza - which included the Kubik and Hodges brothers - combined to win three USFA national men’s open foil team championships, with six of his Kanza fencers going on to compete at the Division I level as scholarship athletes.

Named the 2002 USFA national development coach of the year, Kvaratskhelia molded his fencers at Kanza into top competitors on the national and international levels. His Kanza fencers combined to be national finalists 15 times, while receiving nearly 50 national medals. Former Kanza fencers Ryan Dunn and Chris Miller were members of the U.S. Junior National Team before going on to successful collegiate careers (Miller as an All-American at Penn State and Dunn at Air Force.) Kanza product Christina Tillman also went on to fence at Air Force while Eric McConkey joined her as a Division I competitor at Cleveland State.

Known previously as the Coyote Fencing Club, the Kanza foil center had a roster of only five active fencers when Kvaratskhelia arrived in 1996 but that number of active competitors grew to a bustling gym full of 30 fencers by 2005.

During his time at Kanza, Kvaratskhelia worked cooperatively with many coaches

throughout the United States and from overseas. Kanza has hosted an impressive list of nationally-ranked fencers during recent years, with those elite foilists including the likes of Kurt Getz, the Kubik brothers, Andras Horanyi, Meinhardt and Tamara Najm. Kanza also welcomed more than 60 out-of-state fencers for its 2005 summer training camps and worked an “exchange” program with clubs in Russia and Ukraine, allowing fencers from his homeland and Kansas to train in an overseas setting. Kanza likewise has sponsored community outreach programs while helping grow the sport of fencing throughout the state.

Kvaratskhelia - who became a U.S. citizen in 2004 - developed an elite four-fencer team of youth men’s foilists at Kanza, with that group winning USFA national titles in the open category during 2001, `02 and `04. The Kanza foilists brought home the bronze from the 2006 USFA Summer Nationals, led by former Notre Dame fencers Steve (‘11) and Mark Kubik (‘09).

After immigrating to the United States in 1994, Kvaratskhelia stayed active in his own fencing career by competing in domestic and international events. He placed fifth in the open competition at a 1996 North American Cup and fenced at World Cup events in 1998 and `99.

Kvaratskhelia first ventured into coaching in 1994, assisting Vladimir Nazlymov (now head

coach at Ohio State) at Central Fencing Club in Kansas City and at the satellite Lawrence Fencing Club. Two years later, he accepted the challenge in Salina and spent 10 years building Kanza into a nationally recognized club.

Kvaratskhelia grew up in the former Soviet republic of Georgia and began fencing in 1988 at the age of 13. He progressed quickly and was a member of the Georgian National Foil Team from 1990-94, during which time he fenced alongside the likes of Vladimir Aptiaouri (a member of the U.S.S.R. foil team that won the gold at the 1988 Olympics). Kvaratskhelia took home the bronze medal at the 1990 Soviet Junior National Championship - shortly before Georgia declared its independence - and he later had an impressive 11th-place finish at the 1992 European Championship.

Noted for his tremendous communication skills, Kvaratskhelia is fluent in Russian, Georgian and English. He received his bachelor’s degree in physical education and sport in 1993 from the Georgian State Physical Training Institute in his hometown of Tbilisi. He also earned a sports journalism certificate from that institution (`92) and pursued graduate studies in journalism at Tbilisi State University in 1993, prior to coming to the United States.

Kvaratskhelia and his wife, Dani Edson, have one daughter, Maya, and one son, Alexander.

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Assistant Coaches Ian Farr Assistant Coach Third Season Penn State ‘07

Ian Farr - a former standout sabreur for Penn State University and member of the Oregon Fencing Alliance, which has produced several University of Notre Dame fencing prospects enters his third season with the Irish fencing team as an assistant coach and sabre specialist.

Under Farr’s tutelage, women’s sabreuse Lian Osier claimed her second consecutive AllAmerica honor (second team) with an eighthplace finish at the 2012 NCAA Championships.

Osier logged a 13-9 record and a +8 indicator during the competition. On the men’s side, Kevin Hassett wrapped up his first NCAA Championship in seventh place (14-9, +14 indicator) to also cop second team All-America recognition.

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In his first season with the program - a national championship season - Farr helped the maximum four fencers qualify for the NCAA Championship and earn All-America recognition in the process. Senior sabreists Barron Nydam (6th) and Eileen Hassett (3rd) both entered the Irish record books as four-time All-Americans following the 2011 campaign, while Avery Zuck (2nd) concluded with three such accolades. Farr also helped Osier (9th) capture third team AllAmerica honors in her first NCAA Championship appearance.

Before joining the Notre Dame coaching staff, Farr worked as a volunteer assistant coach at Northwestern University. He was responsible for coaching 35 female student-athletes, providing each member of the eight-person sabre squad with one-on-one instruction. In his one season in Evanston, Ill., the Wildcats put together successful 45-5 record. Before accepting the volunteer coaching position at Northwestern, Farr worked in the University’s camps department, leading fencing related drills and activities for open and competitive fencing camps in the summer of 2008.

Prior to his tenure on the Wildcat staff, Farr worked for 11 months in the Portland State University athletics department (2007-2008).

His responsibilities included, but were not limited to, assisting event managers in preparation for athletic events, including football. Farr also served as the intermediary between the officials and visiting teams to ensure a safe and friendly environment for all parties, as well as managing the student-worker staff.

Before entering into the athletics field, Farr served as a documents and legal assistant at Thompson & Bogran P.C. in Lake Oswego, Ore., from 2007 through 2008. He maintained existing cases and was responsible for organizing incoming discovery for the law firm.

During his college career, Farr competed with a very talented Penn State team, including the 2007 team that went on to capture the NCAA title. Along with helping the team capture the title, he also grabbed All-America honors in each of the 2004 and 2007 seasons and served as the men’s fencing team representative in 2006-07 for the Student-Athlete Advisory Board. Farr was also chosen to represent the United States in several World Cup fencing competitions.

Farr continued his schooling while on staff at Notre Dame, earning a degree in sports administration from Northwestern University in 2012.

With over six years of epee coaching experience, Cedric Loiseau enters his first season as an assistant coach at the University of Notre Dame with a pedigree both on and off the strip.

Loiseau has already developed numerous pupils who have flourished on the world-fencing scene.

In the past two seasons, he coached his epee team to seven podium finishes, including two gold medals, in national senior-level events.

Loiseau’s teams also brought home five podium finishes at the junior-cadet level, highlighted by a bronze medal finish in the Junior France Championship in 2011.

Loiseau enjoyed tremendous success in coaching at the local level in France. During a seven-year stretch from 2005-11, Loiseau directed 22 individuals to gold medals at State League Championships, while helping 17 teams top the podium during that span.

Loiseau brings many personal experiences on the strip with him to Notre Dame, with eight

senior/cadet-junior event championships to his name, while also finishing the season as the top-ranked fencer nationally (France) in two different flights.

His accomplishments stretch far beyond individual accolades, as he was a part of the 2004 University France Championship squad, the 2002 European Junior Team Championship team, a silver medalist in the 2003 France Championships and a two-time Junior World Cup bronze medal finisher.

Loiseau graduated from the University of Reims in 2004 with a degree in sports and exercise science and technology. Since that time, he has received several fencing training certificates, including most recently earning his masters degree certificate in the BEES program for fencing.

A resident of South Bend, Ind., Loiseau and his wife, Paula, have two sons, Eliott and Oscar.

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Fencing Support Staff

Robert Baldwin

Braskey Powell

Maureen McNamara

Dr. Mick Franco

Master Armorer

Technology Specialist/ Assistant Armorer

Assistant A.D./ Fencing Administrator

Sports Psychologist

Nicole Alexander

Rev. Larry Calhoun

Bret Basilone

Jacqueline Ruiz

Sports Medicine

Team Chaplain

Senior Manager

Junior Manager

Tony Jones

Katie Potts

Michael McNally

Media Relations

Event Marketing

Game Operations/ Volunteer Staff Assistant

Scott Carlin Academic Services

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Student-Athletes

Notre Dame will rely on the strength of its seven senior captains who enter the 2013 season with a 642-180 regular season bout record and 13 combined All-America honors. Gerek Meinhardt (Foil, 2010) and Courtney Hurley (Epee, 2011) are both former NCAA champions, while Ewa Nelip (two-time bronze medalist) has also contributed past podium finishes.

Student-Athletes Courtney Hurley (C) Senior San Antonio, Texas Earl Warren

HONORS & AWARDS NCAA Third-Place Finisher (2009, 2010) NCAA First-Place Finisher (2011) First Team All-American (2009, 2010, 2011) MFC Epee Champion (2009, 2011) MFC Epee Runner-Up (2010) First Team All-MFC (2009, 2010, 2011) 2012 Olympc Games Participant (United States) Team Epee Bronze Medal (2012 Olympics) INTERNATIONAL RESULTS: Scored the clinching touch for the United States in the women’s team epee bronze medal match at the 2012 Olympic Games … gold medalist at the 2012 Pan American Championships (team) and the USA Fencing National Championships … claimed silver at the 2012 January North American Cup … bronze medalist in the individual women’s epee at the Pan American Championships … reached the podium in six major events in 2011, including three gold medal finishes … top finisher in the team epee at the 2011 Pan American Games while sweeping both divisions at the USA Fencing National Championships … named the 2009-10 Junior World Cup Points winner for the junior women’s epee division … finished nearly 20 points clear of second-place Johanna Bergdahl from Sweden … in the seven tournaments she competed in on the year, finished first in five … finished her junior circuit with a victory in Mexico on May 5, 2010 … also finished third in the senior table at the Pan-American Championships held in San Jose in April … captured 2009 Junior World Cup gold medals at Montreal, Helsinki, Tauberbischofsheim and Budapest … won the 2008 Carl Schwende Junior World Cup event held in Montreal …teamed with her sister, Kelley, and two other fencers to win the 2008 Junior Team World Championships in Italy … placed first at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil … in 2007, finished third at the Senior Pan American Championships in Montreal, fifth at a Senior World Cup event held in Germany and 11th at a Senior World Cup event in Luxembourg … won the gold medal at the 2006 Cadet World Championships in Korea … also won the Pittsburgh and Albuquerque N.A.C. events in 2006.

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2012 NCAA SEASON: Did not compete due to Olympic training.

AS A JUNIOR (2011): Earned first career gold medal and first team All-America honors at the NCAA Championships, defeating Harvard’s Noam Mills 8-7 in overtime … posted a 19-4 mark, and +42 indicator, during championship pool play … joined sister, Kelley (2008), as Notre Dame epee gold medalists … collected all-Midwest Fencing Conference first team recognition after claiming gold in the women’s epee at the MFC Championships … logged a perfect 6-0 mark in pool play while posting a +25 indicator (30-5) … stormed through the early rounds of direct elimination, dropping first two opponents by a combined 30-2 margin (15-1 each bout) … defeated Ohio State’s Caroline Piasecka 15-11 to claim the tournament victory … surpassed the 40-win plateau in the regular season for the third time, finishing with a 44-4 mark … posted a clean 3-0 sweep of No. 6 Columbia at the NYU Invitational, dropping Gaby Strass (5-2), Katya English (5-1) and Lydia Kopecky (5-1) … logged a 3-0 record against members of No. 7 Northwestern at the NYU Invitational, clinching the match with a 5-1 triumph over Kate Cavanaugh … scored the winning match point in the final team clash at NYU against No. 5 Ohio State with a 5-0 shutout of Tasha Domashovetz … won two of three bouts against No. 4 Penn State at the St. John’s Challenge … capped the team victory over No. 3 Harvard with a 4-1 defeat of Dakota Root at St. John’s … recorded second straight 3-0 sweep to aid the Irish in a 15-12 team win over No. 5 St. John’s … earned a pair of bout triumphs over Brianna Martin (5-1) and Hannah Safford (5-4)

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hurley’s Career Record Year W L Pct. NCAA Finish 2009 50 5 .909 3rd 2010 59 6 .908 3rd 2011 44 4 .917 1st 2012 Did Not Compete (Olympics) Career 153 15 .911 -of No. 4 Princeton at the Northwestern Duals … monogram winner.

AS A SOPHOMORE: Named a first-team All-American as a result of her showing at the NCAA Championships … earned first team allMidwest Fencing Conference honors for her runner-up finish at the MFC Championships … recipient of the 2010 Knute Rockne StudentAthlete Award … concluded the regular season with a record of 59-6 in epee competition and earned her second straight berth into the NCAA Championships … began season with a perfect 18-0 ledger at the NYU Invitational, including 3-0 records against Yale, Columbia, Northwestern, St. John’s and Ohio State … followed that with a 9-3 mark at the St. John’s Challenge … went 20-2 in competition at the Northwestern Duals and notched the matchclinching point at 14-3 against Christine Forsythe of Fairleigh Dickenson (5-0) … wrapped up the regular season with a 15-1 showing at the Notre Dame Duals … finished runner-up at the Midwest Fencing Conference championships, falling to teammate and sister Kelley in the finals, 15-11 … advanced into the finals with four convincing wins … defeated teammate Caroline Dikibo in the round of 32, 15-2 … downed Amanda Cantlin of Chicago in the round of 16, 15-3 … earned her ticket to the finals with back-to-back wins over Nicole

Hurley in the NCAAs (60-10; +110 in touches; 2011 Epee Champion) 2010: 20-4 round robin (+32 in touches) 2011: 19-4 round robin (+42 in touches) 2009: 21-2 round robin (+36 in touches) 5-3 5-0 Susannah Scanlan (Princeton) Phoebe Caldwell (Princeton) Ewa Nelip (Notre Dame) 5-4 Phoebe Caldwell (Princeton) Hannah Safford (Princeton) 5-3 5-3 Rebecca Moss (Yale) 5-3 Stephanie Wheeler (Pennsylvania) 5-3 Chantal Montrose (Temple) 5-3 Miriam Baranov (Ohio State) 5-2 Kelley Hurley (Notre Dame) 5-3 Ewa Nelip (Notre Dame) 2-1 Julia Tikhonova (Ohio State) 2-1 Julia Tikhonova (Ohio State) 5-3 Cory Abbe (Brown) 5-2 Kersten Schnurle (Stanford) 5-2 Tanya Novakovska (St. John’s) Alyssa Vongries (Penn State) 5-3 L, 3-4 Tess Finkel (Colorado) 5-1 Sanne Gars (St. John’s) L, 2-5 Margherita Guzzi Vincenti (Penn State) 5-4 Sallie Dietrich (Cornell) 5-4 Madeline Buxton (Yale) Emily D’Agostino (Duke) 5-3 5-4 Tasha Hall (Cornell) 5-2 Kayley French (Northwestern) 5-4 Ashley Titan (Stanford) 5-4 Simone Barette (Air Force) 5-1 Christa French (Northwestern) L, 3-4 Francesca Bassa (Stanford) 5-1 Kayley French (Northwestern) 5-3 Francesca Bassa (Stanford) Tasha Garcia (Yale) L, 4-5 5-0 Christa French (Northwestern) L, 3-5 Neely Brandfield-Harvey (Columbia) 5-3 Alina Ferdman (St. John’s) 5-2 Maria Larsson (Harvard) 5-3 Lydia Kopecky (Columbia) Zsofia Fath (St. John’s) 5-2 5-2 Grace Wu (Temple) 5-2 L, 4-5 5-4 Simone Barette (Air Force) Lydia Kopecky (Columbia) Kristen Howell (Temple) 5-4 Margherita Guzzi Vincenti (Penn State) 5-2 Gabriella Foor (Pennsylvania) 3-2 Neely Brandfield-Harvey (Columbia) 5-3 Anastasia Ferdman (Penn State) Amrit Bhinder (Pennsylvania) 5-3 5-1 Nina Westman (Penn State) 4-3 Keri Byerts (Penn State) 5-4 Katya English (Columbia) L, 3-5 Anastasia Ferdman (Penn State) 5-4 Emily D’Agostino (Duke) Caroline Piasecka (Ohio State) 5-2 5-4 Noam Mills (Harvard) L, 1-5 Katherine Thompson (Cornell) 5-2 Katarzyna Dabrowa (Ohio State) L, 1-5 Joanna Guy (St. John’s) 5-3 Adelaide McDonnell (Cornell) 5-4 Felicia Sun (Harvard) 5-0 Tanya Novakovska (St. John’s) 4-3 Victoria Mo (UC San Diego) Kate Cavanaugh (Northwestern) 5-3 5-2 Stephanie Wheeler (Penn) 5-3 Noam Mills (Harvard) 3-2 Dina Bazarbayeva (Northwestern) 4-0 Susannah Scanlan (Princeton) 4-3 Felicia Sun (Harvard) Noam Mills (Harvard) 5-3 L, 2-3 Jasjit Bhinder (Princeton) 5-4 Kristin Howell (Temple) 5-4 • Beat Dabrowa in semifinal (10-9, OT) • Lost to Ferdman in semifinal (13-15) • Lost to Vincenti in semifinal (11-15) • Beat Mills in final (8-7, OT) Tilley (15-4) and Kayley French (15-6) of Northwestern … helped her epee squad capture the team title at the event, defeating Northwestern in the final by the score of 5-1 … claimed a 4-3 victory over Christa French in the bout … secured her second-consecutive NCAA Midwest Regional title, defeating Kayla French (Northwestern) in the finals, 15-14 … advanced to the finals with a 15-4 win over Mary Pozydaev of Ohio State in the round of eight, and a 15-12 decision over Christa French of Northwestern in the semifinals … concluded her season with a tie for third place in the NCAA Championships … excelled through round robin play, posting a 19-4 record to go along with a +32 indicator, good for the third seed in the final four table … fell to Penn State’s Margherita Guzzi Vincenti in the semifinals, 15-11.

AS A FRESHMAN: Finished the regular season with a 50-5 record before earning first team All-American honors at the NCAA Championship … began her college career with a 6-0 record at the St. John’s Duals … recorded her first career win against Columbia’s Martyna Urbanowicz (5-2) … went 8-3 at the NYU Invitational, including 3-0 against St. John’s … had an impressive day (17-2) at the Northwestern Duals, including going 3-0 against both John Hopkins and Temple … also went 2-0 against North Carolina, Northwestern and Detroit at the Northwestern Duals … went undefeated at the Notre Dame Duals, finishing 19-0 … went 3-0 against Stanford and Cal Tech at the Notre Dame Duals … registered 50th career win at the Notre

Dame Duals … beat Northwestern’s Joanna Niklinska, 15-8, to win the women’s epee title at the Midwest Fencing Conference Championships and earn first-team all-conference honors … beat Lawrence’s Meghan Bonham, 15-0, and Wayne State’s Emanuela Bercera, 15-7, in the early rounds of the championships to advance to the round of 16 … in the round of 16, knocked off Ohio State’s Mary Pozydaev, 15-11 … beat Notre Dame teammate Ewa Nelip, 15-10, in the quarterfinals … disposed of Northwestern’s Christa French, 15-10, in the semifinals to advance to take on Niklinska … won the NCAA Midwest Regional title … her run to the title began with a perfect 5-0 record in pool play, which earned her the top seed in the final eight … beat her sister and Notre Dame teammate Kelley, 15-9, in the semifinals … won the title bout against Nelip, 15-9 … her run to the title was so dominant that no non-Irish opponent landed more than seven touches against her all day, while Kelley and Nelip could only land nine … went 21-2 during pool play at the NCAA Championships to advance to the semifinals … lost to Penn State’s Anastasia Ferdman, 15-13, in the semifinal … went 2-0 against Penn State, Ohio State, Columbia and St. John’s during round-robin play at the championship.

PREP & PERSONAL: Graduated from Earl Warren High School in San Antonio, Texas … coached by her father, Robert Hurley, and the late Paul Pesthy at the family’s Team Hurley Fencing Club in San Antonio … ranked 160th in the world senior rankings and third in the world junior rankings entering her first season

at Notre Dame … ranked as high as 14th in the world senior rankings and second in the world junior rankings … sister, Kelley, also fenced for Notre Dame … daughter of Robert and Tracy Hurley … enrolled in the College of Arts and Letters, majoring in film, television and theatre with a supplementary major in computer applications.

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Student-Athletes Ewa Nelip (C) Senior Katowice, Poland I L.O. Kopernika

HONORS & AWARDS NCAA Third-Place Finisher (2008, 2009) NCAA Ninth-Place Finisher (2011) First Team All-American (2008, 2009) Honorable Mention All-American (2011) MFC Epee Champion (2008) MFC Epee Third-Place Finisher (2011) First Team All-MFC (2008, 2011) Second Team All-MFC (2009) INTERNATIONAL RESULTS: Earned a thirdplace finish at the senior league event held in Barcelona in February 2010 … earned three other top-20 results on the season at Florina (ninth), Lobnya (19th) and Lipzig (20th) … finished the 2009-10 senior league circuit ranked 29th in the world, concluding with 72 international points … ended juniors ranked second in the world in ‘09 … finished the season with three straight top-10 finishes at Budapest (third), Modling (10th) and Belfast (second).

2012 NCAA SEASON: Did not compete due to Olympic training.

AS A JUNIOR (2011): Earned honorable mention All-America honors after a ninth-place finish at the NCAA Championships in the epee … posted 12 wins in round robin bouts, and had an impressive +18 indicator (86-68) over opponents during the competition … named to the all-Midwest Fencing Conference first team after tying for third at the MFC Championships … cruised through pool play undefeated +26 (30-4) in touches … entered direct elimination as the No. 1 seed and won her first four bouts, including a decisive 15-2 decision over Wayne State’s Desiree Kelly in the table of 16 … lost a tightly contested 13-15 decision to Ohio State’s Caroline Piasecka in the conference semifinals … surpassed the 40-win plateau in the regular season for the second time, logging a cumulative mark of 43-8 during the dual slate … won two of three bouts against members of No. 6 Columbia at the NYU Invitational, defeating Neely Brandfield-Harvey (5-2) and Katya English (5-1) … swept all three opponents from No. 7 Northwestern at NYU … logged another unbeaten mark against No. 5 St. John’s, with victories over Fruzsina Palinkas (5-3), Alina Ferdman (5-2) and Zsuzsanna Fath (5-3) …

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earned a one-touch bout win over Anne Stephenson (5-4) and later defeated Alyssa Vongries 5-1 in a team triumph over No. 4 Penn State at the St. John’s Challenge … added two individual wins against No. 3 Harvard at St. John’s, defeating eventual NCAA runner-up Noam Mills 5-2 … swept all three matches in an eventual team win over No. 5 St. John’s … added an additional pair of victories over Brianna Martin (5-2) and Phoebe Caldwell (5-4) from No. 4 Princeton at the Northwestern Duals … monogram winner.

2010 NCAA SEASON: Did not compete due to international training.

AS A SOPHOMORE: Finished third at the NCAA Championships, earning first team AllAmerica honors for the second consecutive season … earned second team all-MFC honors after finishing fifth in the women’s epee at the Midwest Fencing Championships … named winner of the DeCicco/Auriol Women’s Epee Leadership Award for the second consecutive year … finished the year with a record of 37-2 in women’s epee … posted a 5-1 ledger at the season opening St. John’s Challenge, including a perfect 3-0 against Columbia in a 18-9 team victory … went 14-1 at the NYU Invitational, recording perfect 3-0 records against Yale, Northwestern, St. John’s and Ohio State … registered a perfect mark of 18-0 at the Northwestern Duals, running clean slates against Johns Hopkins, Penn State, Temple, Wayne State, Cleveland State, North Carolina, Northwestern, Detroit and Ohio State … earned third place at the NCAA Championships for the second year in a row, finishing with a round robin record of 17-7 … lost in her semifinal bout to Noam Mills of Harvard by the score of 15-13.

AS A FRESHMAN: Finished third at the NCAA Championships to earn first team All-

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Nelip’s Career Record Year W L Pct. NCAA Finish 2008 46 6 .885 3rd 2009 37 2 .949 T3rd 2010 Did Not Compete (Int’l Training) 2011 43 8 .843 9th 2012 Did Not Compete (Olympic Training) Career 126 16 .887 -American honors … lost to St. John’s Reka Szele in the semifinals, 15-4 … bounced back to defeat top-seeded Alexandra Obrazcova of Ohio State, 15-9 to earn the bronze … had an overall record of 45-6 (.882) … missed the Western Invite to take part in a tournament in her native Poland … went 14-4 at the NYU Duals … posted a perfect 15-0 record on the final day of play at the Northwestern Duals for a combined 31-2 mark at the event … finished fourth at the NCAA Midwest Regionals … posted a 5-0 record in pool play at the event, including wins over Joanna Niklinska of Northwestern (5-2) and Obrazcova (5-3) … earned the second seed in direct elimination play … advanced to the finals with wins over Lawrence’s Chiara Terzuolo (15-2) and Northwestern’s Megan Ross (15-10) … defeated Konczalska in the quarterfinals (15-8) … fell to teammate Kelley Hurley in the thirdplace bout at the event (15-6) … had solid sixth-place finish at Penn State Open (fall `07), after losing quarterfinal to eventual champ Anastasia Ferdman of Penn State to open her Irish career.

PREP & PERSONAL: Attended I L.O. Kopernika High School while training at Polac Mlodzlezy Katowice fencing club (under coach Ludmila Zaczek) … daughter of Pawel and Grazyna Nelip … enrolled in the Mendoza College of Business, majoring in finance.

2008: 16-7 round robin (+33 in touches) Kelley Hurley (Notre Dame) 5-0 Justyna Konczalska (Wayne State) 5-4 Joanna Niklinska (Northwestern) 5-4 Christa French (Northwestern) 5-4 Jasjit Bhinder (Princeton) 5-3 Kaela Brendler (Ohio State) 5-0 Anastasia Ferdman (Penn State) L, 3-5 Alexandra Obrazcova (Ohio State) 5-2 Chelsea Ambort (UC San Diego) 5-3 Stephanie Shin (MIT) 5-1 Tanya Novakovska (St. John’s) L, 4-5 Emma Buckington (Harvard) 5-2 Reka Szele (St. John’s) L, 1-5 Tess Finkel (Columbia) L, 4-5 Caitlin Kozel (Brandeis) L, 3-5 Orianna Issacson (Columbia) 5-2 Grace Wu (Temple) L, 3-5 Keri Byerts (Penn State) 5-4 Kristin Howell (Temple) L, 2-5 Sallie Dietrich (Cornell) 5-0 Maria Larsson (Harvard) 5-1 Tasha Hall (Cornell) 5-1 • Lost to Szele in semifinals (4-15) • Defeated Obrazcova in third-place bout (15-4)

NELIP IN THE NCAAS (45-24; +77 in toucheS) 2009: 17-6 round robin (+26 in touches) L, 2-5 Courtney Hurley (Notre Dame) Rebecca Moss (Yale) 5-4 Julia Tikhonova (Ohio State) 5-1 Kersten Schnurle (Stanford) 5-2 Miriam Baranov (Ohio State) 5-1 Tasha Hall (Cornell) 5-0 Tess Finkel (Colorado) L, 3-5 Sallie Dietrich (Cornell) 5-3 Christa French (Northwestern) L, 2-5 Simone Barrette (Air Force) 5-0 Kayley French (Northwestern) 5-3 Kristin Howell (Temple) 5-2 Maria Larsson (Harvard) 5-3 5-2 Grace Wu (Temple) Anastasia Ferdman (Penn State) 2-1 Neely Brandfield-Harvey (Columbia) 4-3 Nina Westman (Penn State) 4-3 Tanya Novakovska (St. John’s) L, 4-5 Noam Mills (Harvard) L, 1-2 Joanna Guy (St. John’s) 5-1 Jasjit Bhinder (Princeton) L, 4-5 Stephanie Wheeler (Penn) 5-3 Susannah Scanlan (Princeton) 5-1 • Lost to Mills in semifinals (13-15)

2011: 12-11 round robin (+18 in touches) Phoebe Caldwell (Princeton) 5-0 Hannah Safford (Princeton) L, 2-3 Chantal Montrose (Temple) 5-1 Courtney Hurley (Notre Dame) L, 1-2 Cory Abbe (Brown) L, 1-5 Alyssa Vongries (Penn State) L, 4-5 Margherita Guzzi Vincenti (Penn State) L, 1-2 Emily D’Agostino (Duke) 5-3 Ashley Titan (Stanford) 5-3 Francesca Bassa (Stanford) 5-4 Tasha Garcia (Yale) L, 4-5 Alina Ferdman (St. John’s) L, 3-5 L, 3-5 Zsofia Fath (St. John’s) Lydia Kopecky (Columbia) 5-0 Gabriella Foor (Pennsylvania) 5-3 Amrit Bhinder (Pennsylvania) 5-0 Katya English (Columbia) 5-4 Caroline Piasecka (Ohio State) L, 3-5 Katarzyna Dabrowa (Ohio State) 5-2 Felicia Sun (Harvard) 5-4 Kate Cavanaugh (Northwestern) 5-1 Dina Bazarbayeva (Northwestern) L, 4-5 Noam Mills (Harvard) L, 0-1 • Finished 9th

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Student-Athletes Phenix Messersmith Senior El Cerrito, Calif.

Albany

HONORS & AWARDS Honorable Mention All-MFC (2011) AS A JUNIOR: Competed in four dual events for the Irish … posted a 16-21 record on the year in the epee … picked up a 5-4 bout victory over No. 5 Columbia’s Natalie Gegan at the St. John’s Duals … gathered a 5-1 bout victory over Christina Lai from host NYU at the NYU Duals, and captured a 5-3 victory over Yale’s Margaret Kandel … produced an 8-6 record at the Notre Dame Duals … posted a 5-7 record at the Northwestern Duals, taking down members of Cal Tech and Stanford 2-1 in head-to-head bouts.

AS A SOPHOMORE: Made permanent switch from foil to epee prior to season … finished year with a record of 33-20 … earned second monogram … opened year with a 1-4 showing at the NYU Invitational, securing lone victory against Yale with a 5-1 triumph over Allison Barton … competed in 22 bouts at the Notre Dame Duals, finishing with a record of 16-6 in those contests … opened event going 2-1 against Lawrence … clinched epee point for Irish against Florida, dispatching Vanessa Welsh 5-0 … also finished with an overall record of 3-0 in that contest … earned epeeclinching victory in following match against Air Force, defeating Olivia Prosseda 5-2 … against Swarthmore, took to the strip in final epee match with score tied 4-4 and clinched the victory with a 5-3 decision over Jing Yi Ng … also clinched epee against Wayne State, defeating Charlotte Reed 5-3 … reached double-digit wins the following day at the Northwestern Duals, finishing with a mark of 10-3 … posted perfect 3-0 dockets against both UC San Diego and Cal Tech … clinched the overall match win against UC San Diego after taking down Amy Bianchini on the final touch, 5-4 … clinched the epee in following match against Cal Tech, defeating Jessica Davis 5-3 … ended regular season with a 6-3 showing at the Irish Duals, including going 3-0 against Illinois … clinched the overall victory against Michigan State with a 5-1 triumph over Jordan Crandell … placed 12th at the Midwest Fencing Conference Championships, good for third team all-MFC honors … also helped epee squad claim the

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team weapon title the following day en route to the Irish sweeping all six weapons for the first time since the conference formed … named recipient of the DeCicco-Langford Award, recognizing inspiration and dedication to the team.

AS A FRESHMAN: Concluded first year with the team with a record of 40-8 in foil in helping the women post a perfect 35-0 ledger on the season … opened the season with a 3-1 mark at the NYU Invitational, going 1-0 against Yale and 2-1 against NYU … also clinched the foil victory for the Irish over NYU with her 5-0 win over Rebecca Baird-Remba … put together a record of 18-6 at the Northwestern Duals, including perfect 3-0 ledgers against Johns Hopkins, Lawrence, Detroit and Cleveland State … posted a perfect 19-0 record at the Notre Dame Duals, going 3-0 against Lawrence, Michigan State, Illinois, Chicago, Cleveland State and Purdue … clinched the foil win against Illinois, defeating Stefanie Engstrom 5-2 and in next match clinched the foil over Chicago with a 5-0 blanking of Axelle Clochard … clinched foil over Purdue with a 5-1 win over Kendra McPheeters … placed 14th at the Midwest

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Messersmith’s Career Record Year W L Pct. NCAA Finish 2010 (foil) 40 8 .833 -2011 (epee) 33 20 .622 -2012 16 21 .432 -Career 89 49 .645 -Fencing Conference Championships … went 5-1 in pool play with a +16 indicator, earning the 14th seed in direct elimination table … posted wins over Hali Schatz (15-1) and Emily Bruhl (15-14) before falling to teammate Hayley Reese (15-0) in the quarterfinals.

PREP & PERSONAL: Attended Albany High School in Albany, Calif., where she participated in track and field and cross country … lettered in each during both her freshman and sophomore years … daughter of Greg and Elizabeth Messersmith … father played varsity football and rugby at the University of Washburn … has one sibling, Alexis … enrolled in the Mendoza College of Business with a major in management consulting.

Nicole Ameli Sophomore Las Vegas, Nev. Palo Verde

HONORS & AWARDS NCAA 11th-Place Finisher (2012) Honorable Mention All-American (2012) AS A FRESHMAN: Finished 11th at the NCAA Championships in the epee … earned a monogram … participated in four regular season dual events, posting a 39-26 bout record … defeated Emma Vaggo (placed seventh at the NCAA Championships) from No. 7 Harvard at the St. John’s Duals … tied for the most bouts wins for the epee squad at the NYU Duals with a 12-6 record … swept members of host NYU (3-0), surrendering just three touches to Violet fencers … perfect mark against Yale competitors (3-0) at the NYU Duals, carding clean sheets in two bouts … gathered a 15-1 record at the Notre Dame Duals … took down Kate Cavanaugh (tied for third at the NCAA Championships) from No. 8 Northwestern in a 3-0 bout run over the

Wildcats at the home duals … defeated six opponents by four or more touches at the home meet … finished 8-8 at the Northwestern Duals … went 3-0 against No. 1 Princeton at the Northwestern Duals.

PREP & PERSONAL: Attended Palo Verde High School in Las Vegas, Nev., where she was a three-sport athlete in basketball, track and cross country in addition to fencing … trained with the Fencing Academy of Nevada under legendary Notre Dame head coach Yves Auriol … member of the Las Vegas Elite AAU basketball team … earned four varsity letters in both basketball and track, while claiming one in cross country … named a United States Fencing Association (USFA) First Team Academic AllAmerican in both 2010 and 2011, while also being chosen as the Las Vegas Athletic Club Female Athlete of the Year and Palo Verde High Student Athlete of the Year in ’11 … named an NIAA top-ten athlete of Nevada in ’11 … set Palo Verde records in both triple jump and long jump, while qualifying as state finalist in those events from ’09-11 … on the fencing circuit, finished 29th at the Tournoi Carl Schwende in

ameli’s Career Record Year W L Pct. NCAA Finish 2012 39 26 .600 11th Career 39 26 .600 -Montreal, Canada to earn four points toward national junior ranking … also placed 100th at the Vigor Challenge in Goteborg, an event she finished 35th at the previous year to earn two points toward junior ranking … biggest athletic thrill to-date is arriving home from fencing tournament in Germany and going straight to a basketball game that her team won in double overtime … former fencer Kimberlee Montoya (’09) graduated from same high school … member of the National Honor Society, Pep Club and Speech and Debate teams … recipient of the UNLV Future Scholar Award and the Air Force ROTC Academic and Leadership Award … born in Los Angeles, Calif. … daughter of Sean and Cynthia Ameli … older brother, Kian, fenced for Stanford … enrolled in the College of Arts and Letters.

Ameli in the NCAAs 2012: 13-10 round robin (+5 in touches) Emma Vaggo (Harvard) 5-4 Nadia Eldeib (Harvard) 5-3 Megan Floyd (Sacred Heart) L, 2-5 Courtney Dumas (Northwestern) L, 3-5 Kate Cavanaugh (Northwestern) 5-2 L, 4-5 Jillian Bratton (Temple) Ashley Severson (Notre Dame) L, 4-5 Amrit Bhinder (Pennsylvania) 5-3 Caroline Piasecka (Ohio State) 5-4 Katarzyna Dabrowa (Ohio State) L, 2-5 Cory Abbe (Brown) 5-4 Katherine Holmes (Princeton) L, 3-4 Hannah Safford (Princeton) L, 1-2 Sarah Collins (Duke) L, 1-5 Margherita Guzzi Vincenti (Penn State) 5-4 Oksana Samorodov (Penn State) L, 4-5 Emily D’Agostino (Duke) L, 3-5 Ashley Titan (Stanford) 5-4 Rebecca Chung (Stanford) 5-2 Diana Tsinis (Columbia/Barnard) 5-0 Zsofia Fath (St. John’s) 5-4 Alina Ferdman (St. John’s) 5-1 5-4 Lydia Kopecky (Columbia/Barnard) • Finished 11th

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Student-Athletes Ashley Severson Sophomore Franklin Lakes, N.J. Ramapo

HONORS & AWARDS NCAA Fifth-Place Finisher (2012) Second Team All-American (2012) MFC Epee Runner-Up Finisher (2012) First Team All-MFC (2012) AS A FRESHMAN: Selected as the women’s epee Most Valuable Player … named second team All-America after finishing fifth at the NCAA Championships in the epee – the showing was the best at the NCAA meet by a Notre Dame freshman … recorded a 16-7 mark during the round robin portion of the tournament, registering a +25 indicator (100-75) to narrowly miss direct elimination … placed third at the NCAA Midwest Regionals … finished 2nd out of 54 participants at the Midwest Fencing Conference Championships to claim all-MFC first team honors … stormed through pool play unbeaten at 5-0, outpointing the opposition by a cumulative 25-5 touch differential … dropped Brianne Hefner of Wayne State 15-2 during the table of 32 … earned a 15-3 decision against Erin vonKronenberger of Michigan State in the table of 16 … competed in the first three regular season dual events for the Irish, producing a 36-8 record … earned a monogram … led the Fighting Irish roster in wins with a 12-3 record at the St. John’s Duals … defeated Felica Sun (5-2), Nadia Eldieb (5-1) and Emma Vaggo (5-2) of Harvard at the St. John’s tournament … added a pair of victories over Emma Peterson (5-1), Katya English (5-1), and clinched the match with a 5-4 triumph over Natalie Gegan of Columbia … powered Notre Dame at the NYU Duals with an 11-3 record, posting a perfect 3-0 mark against opponents from St. John’s … gathered a 13-2 record at the Notre Dame Duals, downing Hannah Provenza (5-2), Pamela Shapiro (5-1) and Alex Opechowski (5-2) in an individual sweep of Chicago.

PREP & PERSONAL: Attended Ramapo High School while participating in fencing at the New York Athletic Club as a member of the epee team under the direction of Aladar Kogler … member of both the 2010 Cadet and Junior World teams … finished 20th at Cadet World

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Championships … member of Junior Women’s epee silver medalist team as well claiming gold medal at the ’10 Cadet Junior Olympics … earned fifth-place finishes at both the ’10 Junior Summer Nationals and Senior Summer Nationals … secured the silver medal as part of senior team at Summer Nationals … earned pair of top-three finishes, capturing third at the ’10 Division I North American Cup (NAC) A as well as finishing second at the ’10 Junior NAC B event … took to international competition, placing fifth at the Junior World Cup in Burgos, Spain in ’10 … earned another top-10 result at the international cadet circuit in ’10 in Grenoble, France (finished 10th) … earned two top-16 finishes in Junior World Cup events in Goteborg, Sweden and Modling, Austria … finished fifth at Cadet NAC A in ’09 as well as at the ’09 Junior Summer Nationals … concluded in second at the ’09 Cadet Summer Nationals, while capturing the gold in Senior Team competition at same event … finished eighth at the ’09 Junior NAC C event … earned pair of results in Goteborg, Sweden, finishing third in international cadet circuit before grabbing a top-16 result at the Junior World Cup … born in Franklin Lakes, N.J. … daughter of Gary and Marianne Severson … enrolled in the College of Arts and Letters.

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severson’s Career Record Year W L Pct. NCAA Finish 2012 36 8 .818 5th Career 36 8 .818 -severson in the NCAAs 2012: 16-7 round robin (+25 in touches) Emma Vaggo (Harvard) 5-4 Nadia Eldeib (Harvard) 5-2 Megan Floyd (Sacred Heart) 5-2 Courtney Dumas (Northwestern) 4-3 Kate Cavanaugh (Northwestern) L, 4-5 Jillian Bratton (Temple) 5-2 Nicole Ameli (Notre Dame) 5-4 Amrit Bhinder (Pennsylvania) L, 4-5 Caroline Piasecka (Ohio State) 5-1 Katarzyna dabrowa (Ohio State) L, 1-5 Cory Abbe (Brown) 5-3 Katherine Holmes (Princeton) L, 2-5 Hannah Safford (Princeton) L, 3-4 Sarah Collins (Duke) L, 4-5 Margherita Guzzi Vincenti (Penn State) 5-4 Oksana Samorodov (Penn State) 5-3 Emily D’Agostino (Duke) 5-0 Ashley Titan (Stanford) 5-4 Rebecca Chung (Stanford) 5-2 Diana Tsinis (Columbia/Barnard) 5-1 Zsofia Fath (St. John’s) L, 3-4 Alina Ferdman (St. John’s) 5-4 Lydia Kopecky (Columbia) 5-3 • Finished 5th

Catherine Lee Freshman Elizabethtown, Ky.

PREP & PERSONAL: Participated in club fencing at Central Hardin High School for coaches Les Stawicki and Max Dettlinger … also trained with the Louisville Fencing Center … finished in third place at a 2012 Junior North American Cup event … member of the French Club and Beta Club at Central Hardin … daugh-

ter of Jeff Lee and Lynn Bauer … has two brothers, Andrew and Carl … father, Jeff, wrestled at Campbell University … former Fighting Irish fencer Hayley Reese also competed with the Louisville Fencing Center … enrolled in the First Year of Studies.

PREP & PERSONAL: Originally from Israel … attended Cinco Ranch High School and participated at the club level with the Woodlands Fencing Academy … two-year fencing team captain … reached the final 32 competitors at the White Lady Epee Tournament in Talin, Estonia … finished in the top-16 at the Junior Fencing World Championships … qualified for

the round of eight at the USA Fencing Division II National Championships … member of the National Honor Society and Spanish Honor Society … student designer volunteer and model at the Houston Art Institute … daughter of Gadi Fishel and Zlata Fishel-Nikonchuk … has a sister, Elizabeth … enrolled in the First Year of Studies.

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Nikol nikonchuk Freshman Katy, Texas Cinco Ranch

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Student-Athletes Grace Hartman (C) Senior St. Paul, Minn.

St. Paul Academy / Summit School

HONORS & AWARDS MFC Foil Third-Place Finisher (2010) First Team All-MFC (2010) Second Team All-MFC (2011) NCAA Fifth-Place Finisher (2012) Second Team All-American (2012) AS A JUNIOR: Selected as the women’s fencing Monogram Club Most Valuable Player after placing fifth at the NCAA Championships … earned All-America second team honors after finishing with a 16-7 record and +31 touch differential … finished with a 33-9 regular season dual record … put together a four-bout winning streak and a pair of three consecutive victory swings during the tournament … carded a third-place finish at the NCAA Midwest Regionals … compiled a 4-5 record at the season opening St. John’s Duals, defeating D’Meca Homer (finished 22nd at the NCAA Championships) from No. 6 Columbia 5-4 … achieved a 5-1 record at the NYU Duals, allowing only three touches during the six total bouts … gathered in a 12-2 record at the Notre Dame Duals … logged a total of eight clean sheets during the home competition, including a teamhigh three during a 25-2 Irish rout of Chicago … repeated with a 12-1 record at the Northwestern Duals … placed 15th out of 60 competitors at the Midwest Fencing Conference Championships, narrowly missing out on all conference honors … won career third monogram.

AS A SOPHOMORE: Finished the season with a record of 32-7 … earned second monogram … finished the season-opening NYU Invitational with a record of 8-2, including going a perfect 3-0 against NYU … opened the event 2-0 against Yale, defeating Lidia Gocheva (5-2) and Zoe Egelman (4-1) … bouted only once against Columbia, notching a victory over Huda Muhammad (5-0) … despite losing foil to Northwestern, claimed two of four victories in defeating Camille Provencal-Dayle (5-3) and NCAA participant Devynn Patterson (3-2) … returned to the strip the following day, posting a record of 5-2 in three matches competed in at the St. John’s Challenge … finished with a mark of 9-2 at the home Notre Dame Duals, recording victories against Detroit (2-0), Cleveland State

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(3-0), Northwestern (1-1), Air Force (1-1), Swarthmore (1-0) and Wayne State (1-1) … returned the following day at the Northwestern Duals with a 9-1 record … posted a clean 3-0 sheet against North Carolina … posted a 2-0 record against Cal Tech, clinching the overall match victory for the Irish with a 5-0 triumph over Mengyu Guan … concluded regular season with one final victory at the Irish Duals, taking down Michigan State’s Shaina Selbig 5-1 … earned second team all-MFC honors after reaching the table of eight at the Midwest Fencing Conference Championships … fell to fellow Irish foilist Rachel Beck in the quarterfinals, 11-9 … helped women’s foil squad claim the team weapon title the following day, en route to sweeping all six weapons … ended postseason with an eighth-place result at the NCAA Midwest Regionals … concluded pool play with a record of 4-5 overall … named the recipient of the Alice “Dit” Langford Women’s Foil Leadership Award.

AS A FRESHMAN: Earned first team allMFC billing after placing third in the foil at the Midwest Fencing Championships … concluded the year with a 32-11 regular-season record … opened season with a 6-3 showing at the NYU Invitational, while securing the match-clinching point against Columbia … registered five wins at the St. John’s Challenge … went 12-4 at the Northwestern Duals, including posting perfect sheets against Fairleigh Dickinson (1-0), Stanford (1-0), San Diego (1-0), Duke (2-0), North Carolina (2-0) and Cal Tech (2-0) … finished regular season with a 9-1 mark at the Notre Dame Duals, including perfect 3-0 records against both Michigan State and Purdue … placed third at the Midwest Fencing Championships … advanced into direct elimination as the No. 10 seed after going 5-0 in pool play with a +21 indicator … won each of her first two matches by a 15-2 score, defeating Kristi Spuhler of Bowling Green in the Round of 32 before knocking off Audrey Jenkins of Purdue

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hartman’s Career Record Year W L Pct. NCAA Finish 2010 32 11 .744 -2011 32 7 .821 -2012 33 9 .786 5th Career 97 27 .782 -in the Round of 16 … advanced into the quarterfinals with an 8-7 victory over Lindsay Knauer of Ohio State and then took down Camille Provencal-Dayle of Northwestern, 13-10, for a spot in the semifinals … saw run end with 15-9 loss to teammate Hayley Reese … placed ninth at the NCAA Midwest Regional … earned placement with victories over Radmila Sarkisova of Notre Dame (15-8) and Camille ProvencalDayle of Northwestern (15-6) in the ninth-12th place draw.

PREP & PERSONAL: Attended St. Paul Academy and Summit School in St. Paul, Minn. … saw her national ranking climb to as high as 39th on the junior circuit according to the FIE rankings … earned two third-place results at JWC tournaments in Montreal, Canada in 2005 and 2006 … also finished in the top 25 at the Coupe du Monde from Louisville, Ky., finishing in 24th place … took on the senior circuit as well, ranking as high as 216th in the standings … earned one top-50 performance on the senior circuit, grabbing 47th place at the World Cup tournament in Dallas, Texas … daughter of Jay and Margaret Hartman … father played rugby at Minnesota … enrolled in the College of Arts and Letters as an art history and design major.

Hartman in the NCAAs 2012: 16-7 round robin (+31 in touches) Madison Zeiss (Notre Dame) 4-2 Rose Forcier (UC San Diego) 5-1 Allison Henvick (Ohio State) 5-2 Mona Shaito (Ohio State) L, 1-5 Lily McElwee (Stanford) 4-2 5-0 Alyssa Lomuscio (Temple) Mikayla Varadi (Temple) 5-0 Alina Antokhina (Penn State) L, 4-5 Sarah Parmacek (Pennsylvania) 5-3 Luona Wang (Pennsylvania) 3-2 Lauren Miller (Yale) 5-2 Alex Kiefer (Harvard) L, 2-3 Kathy Chou (Harvard) L, 4-5 D’Meca Homer (Columbia) 5-2 Dayana Sarkisova (Northwestern) L, 1-5 Devynn Patterson (Northwestern) 5-3 Kathryn Hawrot (Brown) 5-3 Eve Levin (Princeton) 5-0 Ambika Singh (Princeton) 4-3 Evgeniya Kirpicheva (St. John’s) L, 2-5 Christine McIntosh (Cornell) L, 2-3 April Whitney (Cornell) 3-2 Irina Koroleva (St. John’s) 5-0 • Finished 5th

Rachel Beck Junior Tucson, Ariz.

Home Schooled

HONORS & AWARDS NCAA 17th-Place Finisher (2011) MFC Foil Third-Place Finisher (2011) First Team All-MFC (2011) Second Team All-MFC (2012) AS A SOPHOMORE: Participated in each regular season dual meet for the Irish … earned second monogram … ranked second on foil team in total bout victories with a 37-8 record … compiled a 6-3 effort at the St. John’s Duals, including a win over Devynn Patterson (finished 17th at the NCAA Championships) from No. 8 Northwestern … posted a 5-4 outing at the NYU Duals, sweeping fencers from host NYU (3-0) while allowing only three touches … had the best showing of the season at the Notre Dame Duals, gathering a 14-1 effort that was highlighted by a 3-0 sweep of Michigan … tied for the most wins on the Irish roster with a 12-0 bout record at the Beck in the NCAAs 2011: 9-14 round robin (-20 in touches) Kathryn Hawrot (Brown) L, 0-5 Avery Nackman (Brown) 3-2 D’Meca Homer (Columbia) 4-3 April Whitney (Cornell) 5-3 Christine McIntosh (Cornell) 5-1 5-1 Jia Wu (UC San Diego) Alyssa Lomuscio (Temple) L, 3-5 Mikayla Varadi (Temple) 5-2 Katie Williamson (North Carolina) 5-2 Alexandra Kiefer (Harvard) L, 2-5 Kathy Chou (Harvard) 3-2 Meaghan Conway (Stanford) L, 3-5 Dayana Sarkisova (Northwestern) L, 3-5 Devynn Patterson (Northwestern) L, 4-5 Hayley Reese (Notre Dame) L, 3-5 Olga Ostatnigrosh (Penn State) 5-0 Doris Willette (Penn State) L, 1-5 Hyun-Kyung Yuh (Princeton) L, 2-5 Eve Levin (Princeton) L, 0-5 Allison Henvick (Ohio State) L, 1-5 Evgeniya Kirpicheva (St. John’s) L, 1-5 Irina Koroleva (St. John’s) L, 3-5 L, 0-5 Oksana Dmytruk (Ohio State)

Northwestern Duals, taking a 3-0 decision over UC San Diego … placed eighth at the Midwest Fencing Conference Championships to earn allMFC second team recognition.

AS A FRESHMAN: Concluded successful rookie campaign with the Irish with a record of 27-12 and a berth into the NCAA Championship … earned first monogram … opened the year going 6-4 at the NYU Invitational, including a perfect 3-0 against Columbia in the second match of the day … claimed first collegiate victory over Katharine Pitt of Yale, 5-2 … in 3-0 showing against Columbia, recorded wins over D’Meca Homer (5-2), Huda Muhammad (5-0) and Megan Ng (5-0) … followed the NYU Invitational with a 5-3 showing at the St. John’s Challenge … clinched the foil victory in the opener against Ohio State, defeating NCAA participant Allison Henvick 5-3 … in close 15-12 victory over Penn State, posted a 3-0 ledger including clinching the foil win with a 5-1 decision over NCAA participant Doris Willette … registered a 7-1 record at the Notre Dame Duals … opened the event with a 3-0 mark against Lawrence, clinching the foil with a 5-0 shutout of Dorothea Schurr … finished 7-4 at the Northwestern Duals … opened the event going 3-0 against North Carolina and clinching the foil with a 5-0 triumph over Heather Van Wallendael … earned a pair of wins against Cal Tech, defeating Mengyu Guan (5-0) and Rachel Deghuec (5-0) … clinched the foil against Stanford in final match of event with a 5-1 victory over Rebecca Chung … also defeated Maneeshika Madduri (5-0) earlier in the match … ended regular season notching two more victories at the Irish Duals, earning one apiece against Chicago and Illinois … began fabulous postseason run at the Midwest Fencing

beck’s Career Record Year W L Pct. NCAA Finish 2011 27 12 .692 17th 2012 37 8 .822 -Career 64 20 .762 -- Conference Championships, reaching the semifinals of direct elimination and getting tabbed first team all-MFC … reached the semifinals of the table with an 11-9 victory over teammate Grace Hartman before falling to another Irish teammate, Hayley Reese, in the semifinals by an identical 11-9 score … helped women’s foil squad capture the team weapon title the following day, en route to the team sweeping all six weapons for the first time in conference history … at the NCAA Championship, finished 17th in the foil after finishing with a pool play record of 9-14 with a -20 indicator … most impressive victory at the event came as she defeated Penn State rival Olga Ostatnigrosh 5-0 … also clinched team title with 3-2 overtime win over Kathy Chou of Harvard.

PREP & PERSONAL: Home schooled in Tucson, Arizona … attended same club as Irish fencers Ariel DeSmet and Nick Crebs, the Northwest Fencing Center … biggest athletic thrill to date was placing first in the Division I Summer Nationals in 2010 as well as first in the senior team Summer Nationals in 2009 … competed in limited international competition before arriving at Notre Dame … placed 53rd in a senior league tournament in Las Vegas, 41st in Dallas and 64th in New York, earning two points toward international standings at each … daughter of Michael and Mary Etta Beck … enrolled in the College of Science as a chemistry major.

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Student-Athletes Adriana Camacho Junior Puebla, Mexico Meridian School

HONORS & AWARDS MFC Foil Third-Place Finisher (2011) First Team All-MFC (2011) MFC Foil Fifth-Place Finisher (2012) Second Team All-MFC (2012)

then against Cal Tech with another shutout, this time against Christine Chang (5-0) … ended the year with an 8-1 performance at the Irish Duals … clinched the foil against Michigan State in the finale with a 5-0 decision over Kathy Cumming … earned first-team all-MFC distinction at the Midwest Fencing Conference Championships after reaching the semifinals of direct elimination … earned the bid after upsetting second seed Oksana Dmytruk of Ohio State in the table of eight, 12-10, before falling to Dayana Sarkisova of Northwestern in the semifinals, 15-8 … also helped women’s foil squad capture the team weapon title the following day, en route to the Irish sweeping all six weapons for the first time in conference history.

PREP & PERSONAL: Attended Meridian High School in Orem, Utah, while competing in fencing under the direction of Raul PerojoValdes … captured regional and state championship every year of high school career as well

AS A SOPHOMORE: Competed in four regular season dual events for the Irish … earned a second monogram … compiled a 31-9 record … produced a 3-3 record at the St. John’s Duals defeating D’Meca Homer (finished 22nd at the NCAA Championships) from No. 6 Columbia (5-2) … gathered a 4-4 record at the NYU Duals, advancing past members of host NYU with a 2-1 bout record … led the foil squad with a 15-0 showing at the Notre Dame Duals, turning in clean sheets in eight bouts … recorded a 9-2 effort at the Northwestern Duals, sweeping UC San Diego 3-0 … placed fifth out of 60 participants at the Midwest Fencing Conference Championships to earn all-MFC second team recognition … logged a +20 touch differential (22-2) during the conference event to reach the table of eight, blanking four of five opponents in the tournament’s seventh foil pool.

AS A FRESHMAN: Enjoyed busy first season with the Irish program, completing the year with a record of 36-5 … started year with a 4-0 record at the season-opening NYU Invitational, going 1-0 against Yale and 3-0 against NYU … claimed first collegiate victory with 5-3 win over Lidia Gocheva of Yale … finished with a 3-3 record the following day at the St. John’s Challenge, recording identical 1-1 records against each Ohio State, Harvard and Columbia … went undefeated at the Notre Dame Duals, securing a record of 11-0 while going a perfect 3-0 against both Lawrence and Florida … earned first clincher of the season for foil, defeating Florida’s Andrea Rumbaugh 5-1 to clinch the weapon at 5-0 … followed that up by clinching the foil against Swarthmore with a 5-0 triumph over Joanie Jean … followed the ND Duals up by going 10-1 the following day at the Northwestern Duals … registered 3-0 records against both Fairleigh Dickinson and UC San Diego … clinched the foil against UC San Diego with a 5-0 shutout of Rose Forcier and

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camacho’s Career Record Year W L Pct. NCAA Finish 2011 36 5 .878 -2012 31 9 .775 -Career 67 14 .827 -as earning national ranking … won individual and team gold medals at the National Junior Olympic Games in Mexico in `09 … captured individual and team gold medal at the II Centroamerican Junior Games and a silver medal at the ‘08 Junior Pan American Championships … competed in two junior events internationally … finished 59th at the Championnats du Monde and recorded her best international finish in ‘08, placing seventh at the Estado Guarico … daughter of Javier Camacho and Susana Ibáñez … enrolled in the College of Arts and Letters as a political sciences major with a minor in Latino studies.

Madison Zeiss Sophomore Los Angeles, Calif.

Pacific Hills

HONORS & AWARDS MFC Foil First-Place Finisher (2012) First Team All-MFC (2012) NCAA Eighth-Place Finisher (2012) Second Team All-American (2012) AS A FRESHMAN: Selected as the women’s foil Most Valuable Player … participated in all four regular season dual events for the Irish … led the Notre Dame roster in individual wins with a 42-5 record … finished eighth at the NCAA Championships to earn All-America second team recognition … posted a 15-8 NCAA record, logging a +25 touch differential to give Notre Dame its second top-10 finisher in the foil (Grace Hartman, fifth) … won the foil draw at the Midwest Fencing Conference Championships, defeating 59 other competitors … did not allow a single touch during the pool portion of the conference matches, blanking opponents by a combined 25-0 margin …

claimed a 9-8 victory over Ohio State’s Mona Shaito in the semifinals of direct elimination to reach the tournament final … downed Dayana Sarkisova of Northwestern 15-12 to win the MFC foil championship, earning all-MFC first team honors in the process … posted an 8-1 record at the St. John’s Duals, defeating eventual NCAA champion Evgeniya Kirpicheva from No. 6 St John’s 5-1 … compiled a 9-2 record at the NYU Duals, downing members of Northwestern 3-0 … produced a 15-1 record at the Notre Dame Duals … won 12 bouts by four touches or better at the home event … finished 10-1 at the Northwestern Duals, recording a perfect bout record over No. 1 Princeton (2-0) and Stanford (3-0) … earned a monogram.

PREP & PERSONAL: Competed in both volleyball and basketball at Pacific Hills High School while also competing in fencing for the Los Angeles International Fencing Center (LAIFC) as a member of the National Travel team all four years as well … earned three varsity letters in volleyball as a center, while earning two in basketball as a center … claimed the

zeiss’ Career Record Year W L Pct. NCAA Finish 2012 42 5 .894 8th Career 42 5 .894 -individual state championship each of four years in fencing in the state of California … travelled to over 20 different counties as a part of the LAIFC travel squad … ranked in the top eight in the country in both the high school and college age groups throughout high school, as well as being top 10 in the country in Division I age group … chosen for and attended the California State Thespian Festival in freshman, sophomore and junior years … participated in several community service projects including, but not limited to, volunteering at the local senior center and local homeless shelter … daughter of Gary and Kimberly Zeiss … born in New York, N.Y. … has one younger sibling, Jacob … enrolled in the Mendoza College of Business.

Zeiss in the NCAAs 2012: 15-8 round robin (+25 in touches) Grace Hartman (Notre Dame) L, 2-4 5-1 Rose Forcier (UC San Diego) Allison Henvick (Ohio State) 5-3 Mona Shaito (Ohio State) L, 1-5 Lily McElwee (Stanford) 5-1 Alyssa Lomuscio (Temple) 4-1 2-0 Mikayla Varadi (Temple) 5-2 Alina Antokhina (Penn State) Sarah Parmacek (Pennsylvania) L, 1-5 Luona Wang (Pennsylvania) L, 1-5 Lauren Miller (Yale) 5-1 Alex Kiefer (Harvard) 5-0 Kathy Chou (Harvard) 5-2 D’Meca Homer (Columbia) L, 4-5 Dayana Sarkisova (Northwestern) L, 3-5 Devynn Patterson (Northwestern) 5-0 Kathryn Hawrot (Brown) L, 3-5 Eve Levin (Princeton) 5-2 Ambika Singh (Princeton) L, 4-5 Evgeniya Kirpicheva (St. John’s) 1-0 Christine McIntosh (Cornell) 2-1 April Whitney (Cornell) 2-1 Irina Koroleva (St. John’s) 5-1 • Finished 8th

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Student-Athletes sarah Followill Freshman Bellaire, Texas

PREP & PERSONAL: Graduated from St. Thomas Episcopal High School … competed with the Salle Mauro club team … third-place finisher at the 2010 Junior Olympic Fencing Championships … claimed third place at the 2009 Junior National Championships … com-

peted at the Senior World Cup in Dallas, Texas … has participated with the National Charity League for six years … daughter of David and Rebecca Followill … has one sister, Hannah … enrolled in the First Year of Studies.

NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL RESULTS: Ranked as the top women’s foilist in the United States in both the Junior and Senior division, while checking in as the No. 4 foilist in the world on the Senior level entering the 2012 Olympic Games … reached the quarterfinal round of the women’s individual foil and was a member of the sixth-place U.S. Women’s team foil squad at the 2012 Olympics … earned first career Olympic Team spot after winning gold at the January 2012 North American Cup in both the Junior and Division I pools … also earned top10 finishes at both the Budapest World Cup (eighth, team) and Torino World Cup (10th) … became youngest member of the 2009 Senior World Team at just 15-years-old and then won

bronze at the Senior World Championships in October 2011 … became only athlete in the world to earn individual podium finishes at the Senior, Junior and Cadet World Championships in 2011 after she won silver medals at both the Junior and Cadet Worlds in April of that year.

PREP & PERSONAL: Graduated from Paul Laurence Dunbar High School … was a member of the French Honors Society and the Beta Club … named an AP Scholar with Distinction … daughter of Steven and Teresa Kiefer … has one sister, Alex, and one brother, Axel … father, Steven, was a team captain for the men’s fencing team at Duke University … sister, Alex, currently fences at Harvard University … enrolled in the First Year of Studies.

PREP & PERSONAL: Three-time letterwinner at Valley Stream South High School … recipient of the 2011 and 2012 All Long Island Fencer award … 2012 Junior Olympic Fencing champion in the foil … claimed fifth place at the 2012 USA Fencing Summer Nationals … runner-up finish at the 2011 Cabries International in France … earned fifth place at the 2010 European Fencing Confederation tour-

nament in Budapest, Hungary … president of Valley Stream South High School’s chapter of the National Honor Society … was a member of the Athletic Honor Society, Occupational Educational Honor Society, Key Club and participated in marching band … daughter of John and Ivy McKee … sister, Erica, fences at Penn State … enrolled in the First Year of Studies.

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LEE KIEFER Freshman Versailles, Ky. Paul Laurence Dunbar

HONORS & AWARDS Junior World Championships Silver Medalist (2011) Cadet World Championships Silver Medalist (2011) North American Cup Gold Medalist (2012) 2012 Olympic Games Participant (United States) Women’s Team Foil Sixth-Place Finisher (2012 Olympics)

Nicole Mckee Freshman Valley Stream, N.Y. Valley Stream South

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(Pictured left to right): Assistant coach/epee specialist Cedric Loiseau, Channing Foster, Ewa Nelip, Nikol Nikonchuk, Caroline Dikibo, Nicole Ameli and Ashley Severson (Not pictured: Courtney Hurley, Catherine Lee)

(Pictured left to right, 1st row): Rachel Beck, Adriana Camacho and Phenix Messersmith (2nd row): Grace Hartman, Lee Kiefer, Nicole McKee, Sarah Followill, Madison Zeiss and associate head coach/foil specialist Gia Kvaratskhelia

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Student-Athletes Danielle Guilfoyle Senior Pittstown, N.J. Villa Walsh Academy AS A JUNIOR: Competed in final two dual events for the Irish … produced a 28-7 record in regular season tournaments … earned second monogram … tied for the second-most bout wins on the sabre team at the Notre Dame Duals with a 22-2 effort … won 14 bouts by four or more touches at the home dual event … recorded a 6-5 outing at the Northwestern Duals, downing Mackenzie Day (5-2), Rachel Deghuee (5-0) and Marissa Barrientos (5-1) in an individual sweep of Cal Tech … placed 14th out of 53 competitors at the Midwest Fencing Championships … carded a 4-1 mark in pool play with a +10 (20-10) indicator … picked up a 15-4 win over Xavier’s Alissa Grogan to advance out of the table of 64 … dropped Claire Carson of Northwestern 15-6 in a table of 32 showdown.

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AS A SOPHOMORE: Took advantage of limited bouts during second season, going a perfect 11-0 in sabre … did not travel to the NYU Invitational and the St. John’s Challenge … got first taste of competition at the Notre Dame Duals, going a perfect 6-0 in matches against Detroit (1-0), Cleveland State (1-0), Florida (1-0), Swarthmore (2-0) and Wayne State (1-0) … earned first victory of the year with 5-4 win over Detroit’s Eva Berndt … pitched a shutout against Florida’s Shayna Gershman, 5-0 … defeated Swarthmore’s Sarah Bricault (5-2) and Natasha Tonge (5-3) for first multi-win match of season … did not compete at the Northwestern Duals … ended regular season with a 5-0 showing at the Irish Duals in action against Chicago (2-0), Illinois (1-0) and Michigan State (2-0) … posted a 3-2 pool record at the Midwest Fencing Conference Championships to enter direct elimination as the 23rd seed … recorded a win over Kirsten Walker of Michigan State (15-5) before falling to teammate Sarah Borrmann in the round of 32, 15-5 … finished in 22nd place.

AS A FRESHMAN: Competed in two tournaments for Notre Dame, with a regular season record of 28-2 … began her college career at the Northwestern Duals, finishing 9-2 … earned her first career win against Fairleigh Dickinson’s Heather Morrill (5-2) … continued with a solid showing at the Notre Dame Duals, finishing 16-0 with two 3-0 showings against

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guilfoyle’s Career Record Year W L Pct. NCAA Finish 2010 28 2 .902 -2011 11 0 1.000 -2012 28 7 .800 -Career 67 9 .882 -Michigan State and Cleveland State … finished 29th at the Midwest Fencing Conference Championships … in the direct elimination round of the tournament, beat Ekaterina Koshelev of Chicago, 15-10, in the round of 64 before falling to Ohio State’s Allison Miller, 15-6, in the round of 32.

PREP & PERSONAL: Was a member of the swimming team while attending Villa Walsh Academy in Morristown, N.J., earning letters during her freshman and sophomore seasons … fenced for Lucchetti Fencing, USA while in high school … finished third in the Division III NAC E competition in 2009 … daughter of Martin and Mary Guilfoyle … has two siblings, Joseph and Devin … mother and father both competed in athletics for Rutgers (swimming and track, respectively) … enrolled in the College of Science as a science pre-professional major.

Abigail Nichols Senior Concord, Mass.

Concord-Carlisle

HONORS & AWARDS Honorable Mention All-MFC (2010, 2011) MFC Sabre Fifth-Place Finisher (2012) Second Team All-MFC (2012) AS A JUNIOR: Posted a 10-12 record at the NCAA Championships to claim 15th place and narrowly miss All-America honors … placed 5th out of 53 participants at the Midwest Fencing Conference Championships, earning second team all-MFC recognition … finished pool play undefeated (5-0) with a +20 indicator (25-5) … blasted Oakland’s Kendall Novak 15-1 in the table of 32 … claimed a 15-5 win over Notre Dame teammate Marta Stepien to advance out of the table of 16 … participated in four regular season dual events for the Irish … compiled a 30-19 record on the year … earned a monogram … produced an 8-7 record at the St. John’s Duals … defeated Allison Miller (finished 11th at the NCAA Championships) from No. 2 Ohio State 5-4 at the St. John’s duals, nichols in the NCAAs 2012: 10-12 round robin (-10 in touches) Eliza Stone (Princeton) L, 0-5 Diamond Wheeler (Princeton) 5-4 L, 4-5 Kamali Thompson (Temple) Lian Osier (Notre Dame) L, 3-5 Nicole Glon (Penn State) L, 3-5 Monica Aksamit (Penn State) L, 2-5 Rebecca Ward (Duke) L,1-5 L, 2-5 Anna Limbach (St. John’s) Martyna Wieczorek (St. John’s) L, 4-5 Robin Shin (MIT) 5-4 Essane Diedro (Columbia) L, 4-5 Samantha Roberts (Columbia) L, 1-5 Chelsea Rosenbauer (Boston College) 5-1 Caroline Vloka (Harvard) 5-4 Kara Lee (Harvard) 5-2 Christine Whalen (Brown) 5-1 Alison Miller (Ohio State) L, 2-5 Margarita Tschomakova (Ohio State) L, 3-5 Dominika Franciszkowicz (Pennsylvania) 5-3 Gillian Litynski (North Carolina) 5-2 Elissa Gesner (UC San Diego) 5-3 Julia Klepner (Stanford) 5-0

ultimately sweeping competitors from the Buckeyes 3-0 in the match … gathered in a 6-7 effort at the NYU Duals, downing Annelise Eeman (5-2), Chloe Grainger (5-2) and Alicia Gurierri (5-3) of nationally-ranked Northwestern … compiled a 9-1 record at the Notre Dame Duals … logged victories over Wayne State’s Kaja Klodawska (5-1), Katie Bryce (5-2) and Shante Wilkerson (5-1) at the home duals … posted a 7-4 match record at the Northwestern Duals.

AS A SOPHOMORE: Finished season with a near-perfect record of 33-3 in sabre … earned second monogram … opened year with a 3-1 showing at the NYU Invitational, notching first victory of season against Yale’s Brenda Seah, 5-2 … earned pair of victories against NYU, taking down Jackie Leval (5-1) and Joann Reyes (5-2) … competed in one bout the following day at the St. John’s Challenge, taking down Harvard’s Hayley Levitt on the final touch, 5-4 … posted a 15-1 record at the home Notre Dame Duals, going 3-0 against Lawrence, Cleveland State and Wayne State … registered a 2-0 mark against Detroit, while also clinching both the sabre victory and overall victory … recorded a 10-1 ledger at the Northwestern Duals in matches against Fairleigh Dickinson (2-0), North Carolina (3-0), UC San Diego (2-0), Cal Tech (1-1) and Stanford (2-0) … concluded regular season going 4-0 at the Irish Duals against Chicago (1-0), Illinois (1-0) and Michigan State (2-0) … clinched the sabre against the Spartans, taking down Samantha Agarland 5-1 … finished 11th at the Midwest Fencing Conference Championships to earn honorable mention allMFC distinction … finished 5-0 with a +19 indicator out of pool play to enter direct elimination as the seventh seeded fencer … earned wins over Jenny Hamilton of Xavier (15-0) and Courtney Park of Northwestern (15-5) to advance to the round of 16 where she was defeated by teammate Sarah Borrmann (15-8) … also helped sabre squad claim gold in the team weapon the following day … concluded the NCAA Midwest Regional with a pool play record of 6-3 with a +11 indicator to finish second overall behind teammate and NCAA bronze medalist Eileen Hassett … named recipient of the Janusz Bednarski Women’s Sabre Leadership Award.

nichols’ Career Record Year W L Pct. NCAA Finish 2010 34 17 .624 -2011 33 3 .916 -2012 30 19 .612 15th Career 97 39 .713 -AS A FRESHMAN: Earned honorable mention all-MFC after finishing 11th at the Midwest Fencing Championships … opened up her inaugural campaign with a 12-5 record at the NYU Invitational, including going a perfect 3-0 against NYU … registered three wins at the St. John’s Challenge and clinched the sabre win over St. John’s with her 5-1 decision over Kaylee Pike … notched a record of 11-5 at the Northwestern Duals before finishing the season with an 8-1 record at the Notre Dame Duals … placed 11th at the Midwest Fencing Championships, finishing first in her pool with a 6-0 record and +19 indicator and reaching the round of 16 before falling to teammate Eileen Hassett, 15-8 … defeated Kirsten Walker of Michigan State (15-3) in the first round of direct elimination before defeating Katie Friedrichs of Michigan State in the second round (15-4) … posted two crucial victories in the team sabre championships at the Midwest Fencing Championships, helping preserve a 5-3 victory over Ohio State … placed ninth at the NCAA Midwest Regionals, notching victories over Ashley McLemore of Detroit (15-1) and Allison Keller of Northwestern (15-14) to conclude her postseason.

PREP & PERSONAL: Attended ConcordCarlisle High School in Concord, Mass., while fencing for the Zeta Fencing Studio as a sabreist … fenced at the studio for the better part of seven years, climbing up the junior circuit rankings according the the FIE standings … captured the Massachusetts state fencing title in 2008, while serving as her team’s captain … climbed to as high as 61st in the FIE rankings, aided by a seventh-place finish at the World Cup from Montreal, Canada … also competed on the senior circuit, earning a top-50 result (42nd) at the World Cup in Havana, Cuba … daughter of William and Brenda Nichols … enrolled in the College of Arts and Letters as a history major with a supplemental major in sociology.

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Student-Athletes Lian Osier (C) Senior Battle Ground, Wash.

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HONORS & AWARDS NCAA Ninth-Place Finisher (2011) Honorable Mention All-American (2011) MFC Sabre Third-Place Finisher (2011) First Team All-MFC (2011) NCAA Eighth-Place Finisher (2012) Second Team All-American (2012) MFC Sabre Sixth-Place Finisher (2012) Second Team All-MFC (2012) AS A JUNIOR: Selected as the women’s sabre Most Valuable Player … placed eighth at the NCAA Championships in the sabre to earn All-America second team recognition … logged a 13-9 mark in round robin competition in the tournament, finishing with a +8 indicator … finished 6th out of 53 participants at the Midwest Fencing Conference Championships, copping all-MFC second team honors in the

process … perfect 5-0 record in pool play, outpointing opponents in total touches 25-7 …

15-2 rout of Lawrence’s Madeline Cooper in the table of 32 … claimed a tight 15-14 triumph over Ohio State’s Emily Cheng to advance through the table of 16 … competed in all four regular season dual events for the Irish … ranked second on the sabre squad in wins with a 33-15 record … battled toward an 8-7 record at the St. John’s Duals … defeated Kara Lee (placed 17th at the NCAA Championships) from No. 7 Harvard 5-4 … downed Loweye Diedro (5-4), Emma Sulkowicz (5-4) and Samantha Roberts (5-1) from No. 5 Colombia at the St. John’s Duals … finished 7-5 at the NYU Duals knocking off Margarita Tschomakova (finished 7th at the NCAA Championships) from No. 2 Ohio State 5-3 … posted a perfect 10-0 record at the Notre Dame Duals … surrendered just one touch in a pair of 3-0 match victories over Wayne State and Detroit at the home meet … finished 8-3 at the Northwestern Duals … defeated Rebecca Ward (won the NCAA Championship in the sabre) from No. 10 Duke 5-4 at the Northwestern Duals.

AS A SOPHOMORE: Enjoyed breakout season with Irish in first full year competing with squad … finished year with a record of 29-13 while earning first berth to the NCAA Championship … earned first monogram … opened the year with 11-5 record at the NYU Invitational … earned first collegiate victory with a victory over Yale’s Madeline Oliver (5-0) … posted a perfect 3-0 record against

Osier in the NCAAs (25-20; +16 in touches) 2012: 13-9 round robin (+8 in touches) 2011: 12-11 round robin (+8 in touches) Eliza Stone (Princeton) 5-4 Dominika Franciszkowicz (Penn) L, 3-5 Diamond Wheeler (Princeton) 5-2 Danielle Kamis (Pennsylvania) 5-4 Kamali Thompson (Temple) 5-2 Kamali Thompson (Temple) 5-3 Abigail Nichols (Notre Dame) 5-3 Samantha Roberts (Columbia) 5-2 Nicole Glon (Penn State) L, 4-5 Loweye Diedro (Columbia) 5-3 Monica Aksamit (Penn State) L, 2-5 Stella Shifrin (Hunter College) 5-2 Rebecca Ward (Duke) L, 1-5 Eileen Hassett (Notre Dame) L, 4-5 Anna Limbach (St. John’s) L, 2-5 Chloe Grainger (Northwestern) 5-1 Martyna Wieczorek (St. John’s) 5-1 Margarita Tschomakova (Ohio State) L, 3-5 Robin Shin (MIT) L, 4-5 Alison Miller (Ohio State) 5-0 Essane Diedro (Columbia) 5-3 Heather Nelson (Air Force) 5-3 Samantha Roberts (Columbia) 5-2 Dagmara Wozniak (St. John’s) L, 2-5 Chelsea Rosenbauer (Boston College) 5-2 Anna Limbach (St. John’s) 5-2 Caroline Vloka (Harvard) L, 1-5 Caitlin Taylor (Brown) 5-1 Kara Lee (Harvard) 5-4 Monica Aksamit (Penn State) L, 2-5 Christine Whalen (Brown) L, 3-5 Nicole Glon (Penn State) L, 3-5 Alison Miller (Ohio State) 5-4 Laura Decker (Cal Tech) 5-2 Margarita Tschomakova (Ohio State) L, 2-5 Eliza Stone (Princeton) L, 2-5 Dominika Franciszkowicz (Pennsylvania) 5-2 Diamond Wheeler (Princeton) L, 1-5 Gillian Litynski (North Carolina) 5-4 Rebecca Ward (Duke) L, 2-5 Elissa Gesner (UC San Diego) L, 4-5 Madeline Oliver (Yale) 5-3 Julia Klepner (Stanford) 5-2 Caroline Vloka (Harvard) L, 4-5 Robin Shin (M.I.T.) L, 3-5 • Finished 8th • Finished 9th

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osier’s Career Record Year W L Pct. NCAA Finish 2011 29 13 .690 9th 2012 33 15 .688 8th Career 62 28 .689 -Columbia, defeating the likes of NCAA participant Samantha Roberts (5-3) and Loweye Diedro (5-1), as well as Stephanie Aiuto (5-3) … returned to the strip the following day, finishing with a record of 11-4 at the St. John’s Challenge … opened event with a 3-0 record against Ohio State, clinching the sabre victory with 5-3 triumph over NCAA participant Allison Miller … also clinched sabre win in event finale against Columbia, defeating Samantha Roberts yet again, 5-3 … finished match with 3-0 record … posted a 2-1 record at the Notre Dame Duals, competing against only Northwestern … recorded wins against Lisa Sachs (5-2) and Jillian Mahen (5-4) in that match … went 4-3 the next day at the Northwestern Duals, taking to the strip against Cal Tech (1-0), Princeton (1-2) and Temple (2-1) … opened match against Princeton with 5-3 victory over NCAA silver medalist Eliza Stone in match the Irish won 14-13 … competed in only one bout at Irish Duals to close out the regular season … finished tied for third at the Midwest Fencing Conference Championships, earning first team all-MFC distinction in the process … advanced out of pool play with a 6-0 record and a +24 indicator to enter direct elimination as the third seed … after earning a first round bye, put together a string of wins over Katie Lazarus of Michigan (15-0), Kaja Klodowska of Wayne State (15-3) and teammate Marta Stepien (158) to earn a spot in the semifinals where she fell to teammate Sarah Borrmann (15-8) … finished fourth at the NCAA Midwest Regional, concluding with a mark of 5-4 in pool play with a +5 indicator … ended season as a third team

All-American after finishing with a record of 12-11 in first taste of NCAA Championship action … most impressive victory of the tournament came over St. John’s Anna Limbach, who finished with a record of 14-9.

AS A FRESHMAN: Did not fence for the Irish during her first season with the team.

PREP & PERSONAL: Attended CAM High School, while training at the Oregon Fencing Alliance in Portland, Ore., part of the Portland pipeline of fencers … secured first place in the Cadet Division at the 2007 North American Cup in Dallas, Texas … later earned a top-25 finish (22nd) at the Cadet World Cup in Konin, Poland … in 2008, secured three top-10 finishes, including earning a runner-up result in Division 1 Team Sabre at the North American Cup in Portland, Ore. … other two top-10 finishes came at the North American Cup in St. Louis, Mo. (sixth) and the Junior World Cup in Montreal, Canada (eighth) … has been ranked in the top 50 of the junior rankings over the span of the last five months according to the FIE rankings … climbed to 210th in the senior rankings as of March 24, 2009 … was the recipient of the Oregon Fencing Alliance Sportsmanship Award in 2007 along with serving as an Athlete Representative to the Board of Directors

Kathryn Palazzoto Senior Nutley, N.J. Academy of the Holy Angels

HONORS & AWARDS Honorable Mention All-MFC (2012) AS A JUNIOR: Placed 9th out of 53 participants at the Midwest Fencing Conference Championships to claim honorable mention allMFC honors … 4-1 with a +16 indicator (23-7) during pool play … downed Camille Dulac from Case Western 15-1 in the table of 32 … appearances in all four regular season duals events for the Irish, compiling a 28-22 record … earned a monogram … gathered in a 6-6 record at the St. John Duals, logging a pair of victories over competitors from No. 5 Colombia 2-1 … produced a 9-7 outing at the NYU Duals, taking down members of host NYU and Northwestern 2-1 in head-to-head bouts … posted a 3-2 record at the Notre Dame Duals … finished

(2007-present) … current Irish fencer Kevin Hassett, as well as former Irish fencers Avery Zuck, Sarah Borrmann, Eileen Hassett, Mariel Zagunis and Patrick Ghattas also trained with the Oregon Fencing Alliance … daughter of

David and Chong-il Osier … enrolled in the College of Arts and Letters as an American studies major with a minor in technology, business and society.

with a 10-7 record at the Northwestern Duals, sweeping Muniera Gesner (5-2), Dipti Kanthilal (5-1) and Alexandria Stanley (5-4) from UC San Diego.

AS A SOPHOMORE: Concluded second season with the Irish with a record of 18-6 … earned second monogram … travelled with sabre team to the NYU Invitational and St. John’s Challenge, competing in two matches … notched first win of the season at the Notre Dame Duals, finishing with a record of 8-2 in bouts against Detroit (2-0), Cleveland State (1-0), Florida (1-0), Air Force (1-1), Swarthmore (2-1) and Wayne State (1-0) … earned first victory of the season against Detroit’s Eva Berndt (5-1) … finished 6-1 the following day at the Northwestern Duals in matches against Fairleigh Dickinson (2-0), North Carolina (2-0), UC San Diego (1-0), Cal Tech (1-0) and Stanford (0-1) … concluded regular season with a 4-0 record at the Irish Duals against Chicago (1-0), Illinois (1-0) and Michigan State (2-0) … finished 20th at the Midwest Fencing Conference Championships … finished pool play with a 4-2 record and a +10 indicator to enter direct elimination as the 20th seed … earned a victory over Mackenzie Caple of Michigan (15-5) in the round of 64 before falling to Victoria Harris of Ohio State (15-9) in the round of 32.

AS A FRESHMAN: Finished the regular season with a 27-6 record … competed in three tournaments for the Irish … started her collegiate career at the NYU invitational with a 3-0

palazzoto’s Career Record Year W L Pct. NCAA Finish 2010 27 6 .828 -2011 18 6 .750 -2012 28 22 .560 -Career 73 34 .682 -showing … earned her first career win against NYU’s Joann Reyes, 5-3 … posted an 8-0 record at the Notre Dame Duals … posted clean sheets against Lawrence, Michigan, Wisconsin, Chicago, Indiana and Detroit … finished 19th at the Midwest Fencing Conference Championships … in the direct elimination round of 64, defeated Hillary Mohs of Case Western Reserve, 15-5, before falling to Michigan State’s Harriet McTeague in a close match, 15-14, in the round of 32.

PREP & PERSONAL: Fenced in the A-strip sabre while attending Academy of the Holy Angels under the direction of former Irish fencer and two-time all-American Andre Crompton … selected team captain and earned a national ranking during her senior season … was a member of the Latin Honor Society … daughter of Michael and Cynthia Palazzoto … has one sibling, Matthew … enrolled in the Mendoza College of Business as a finance major with a supplementary major in art history and design.

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Student-Athletes Marta Stepien Senior South Amboy, N.J. Old Bridge

HONORS & AWARDS Second Team All-MFC (2011) AS A JUNIOR: Participated in three regular season dual events for the Irish, compiling a 36-5 record … earned a monogram … posted a 4-2 outing at the NYU Duals, defeating opponents from Yale and host NYU 2-1 in individual bouts … carried the second best team record at the Notre Dame Duals with a 22-2 effort … won 13 bouts by four or more touches at the home meet … led the sabre squad with a 10-1 showing at the Northwestern Duals, sweeping Cal Tech and Stevens Tech 3-0 … finished 13th out of 53 participants at the Midwest Fencing Conference Championships to narrowly miss all-conference recognition … sported a 4-1 record with a +10 indicator (21-11) during pool play … received the Christopher Zorich Award, which recognizes contributions to the University and community at-large.

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AS A SOPHOMORE: Put together an undefeated season in sabre, finishing the year with a 24-0 record … earned second monogram … did not travel to the opening two events at the NYU Invitational and St. John’s Challenge … got first time on the strip at the Notre Dame Duals, posting a 12-0 record including going a perfect 3-0 against both Lawrence and Swarthmore … claimed first victory of the year with 5-4 triumph over Lawrence’s Madeline Cooper … clinched the overall match victory over Florida with a 5-3 win over Sam Cooke … the following match against Air Force, clinched the sabre decision with a 5-3 decision over Saskia Hicks … also clinched sabre against Swarthmore, earning a shutout victory over Michelle Lin, 5-0, and Wayne State with a 5-3 win over Katie Bryce … posted an 8-0 record the following day at the Northwestern Duals, including going 3-0 against Stanford … in that match, earned the sabre clincher over Suraya Omar 5-2 … ended regular season going 4-0 at the Irish Duals against Chicago (2-0), Illinois (1-0) and Michigan State (1-0) … finished seventh at Midwest Fencing Conference Championships, earning second team all-MFC honors … finished 5-1 in pool play with a +15 indicator to advance into direct elimination as the 11th seed … posted three wins in bracket, knocking off Indiana’s Yessenia Garza (15-2), Michigan’s Sara Nagy (15-11) and Northwestern’s Jill Mahen (15-14) before falling to teammate Lian Osier, 15-8 AS A FRESHMAN: Competed in two tournaments for Notre Dame … finished with a 32-3 record in her first season … started her college career at the Northwestern Duals, posting a

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stepien’s Career Record Year W L Pct. NCAA Finish 2010 32 3 .898 -2011 24 0 1.000 -2012 36 5 .878 -Career 92 8 .920 -17-1 record … earned her first career win against Fairleigh Dickinson’s Heather Morrill (5-4) … went 12-2 at the Notre Dame Duals, including clean sheets against Lawrence, Michigan, Wisconsin, Chicago, Cleveland State, Purdue and Detroit … finished 16th in her first Midwest Fencing Conference Championship … in the direct round of elimination of the tournament, defeated Olivia Furnas of Detroit, 15-3, in the round of 64, then defeated Ohio State’s Victoria Harris, 15-12, in the round of 32, before losing to Margarita Tschomakova of Ohio State, 15-6, in the round of 16.

PREP & PERSONAL: Competed in lacrosse, cross country and track and field while attending Old Bridge High School in Matawan, N.J. … fenced privately throughout her high school years as well … earned a national ranking in fencing each year … earned a third-place finish at the Cadet Regional competition while placing sixth at the Senior Team Summer Nationals … was a member of the National Honor Society and the French Honor Society … daughter of Adam and Malgorzata Stepien … has one sibling, Magda … father played soccer for Polytechnic University in Lublin, Poland … enrolled in the Mendoza College of Business, majoring in marketing with a supplemental major in economics.

Mary regan Sophomore Woodbridge, Conn.

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johanna thill Freshman Chanhassen, Minn.

AS A FRESHMAN (Northwestern): Placed 52nd out of 108 other fencers at the Junior North American Cup in her first competition for Northwestern University … claimed five wins in the sabre at the Northwestern Duals … finished in 12th place at the 2012 Midwest Conference Fencing Championships.

PREP & PERSONAL: Graduated from Hopkins High School … compiled undefeated records in both her sophomore and junior seasons … has trained with the Candlewood

Fencing Club … earned a team title at the 2009 North American Cup, and was a medalist at the Junior Olympic Fencing Championships … was a valedictorian candidate in senior class at Hopkins High School, graduating with cum laude distinction … daughter of Michael and Kathleen Regan … has three sisters, Megan, Katlyn and Elizabeth … sisters Megan and Katlyn are 2007 Notre Dame graduates … enrolled in the College of Arts and Letters, majoring in political science.

PREP & PERSONAL: Four-year sabre team captain at Chanhassen High School, and fenced with the Minnesota Sword Club … member of four state high school fencing championship squads … reached a high watermark of 17th in the U20 Sabre Rankings … claimed sixth place at the 2011 Junior Olympic Fencing Championships in the sabre … also lettered in track and field at Chanhassen High … all-con-

ference selection in the 200m relay as a sophomore … daughter of Matthew Thill and Charlene Thill Schubert … has two brothers, Jacob and Erick … has two sisters, Emily and Kassia … father, Matthew, competed in track and field at Michigan Tech … grandfather, Bruce Thill, attended Notre Dame … enrolled in the First Year of Studies.

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(Pictured left to right): Danielle Guilfoyle, Marta Stepien, Johanna Thill, Abigail Nichols, Lian Osier, Mary Regan, Kathryn Palazzoto and assistant coach/sabre specialist Ian Farr (Not pictured: Grace Montemurro)

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AS A JUNIOR: Selected as the epee squad’s Most Valuable Player after his third full season … finished seventh in the epee at the NCAA Championships to earn second team AllAmerica status … logged a 14-9 table record with a +12 indicator (93-81) … placed fifth out of 77 participants at the Midwest Fencing Conference Championships, claiming all-MFC second team honors … posted a perfect 6-0 mark in pool play with a 30-12 touch differential

over opponents … earned a 15-3 win over Bowling Green’s Kevin Semones in the table of 32 … equaled the performance against Lawrence’s Matthew DeStasio to advance out of the table of 16 … downed Ohio State’s Marco Canevari 15-7 to reach the round of eight … participated in all five regular season dual matches for the Irish … earned a monogram … led the epee squad in wins with a 45-21 record … became the only active epee team member to achieve at least 100 career bout wins (124) … compiled a 10-3 record at the Air Force Duals, sweeping competitors from Swarthmore College (3-0) and Air Force (3-0) in bout victories … gathered a 7-8 record at the St. John’s Duals, taking down members of No. 9 Columbia and host St. John’s 2-1 … finished with an 11-2 bout record at the Notre Dame Duals … won five bouts by four or more touches at the home duals … gathered a 8-3 record for the foil team at the Northwestern Duals … defeated Edward Kelly from No. 2 Princeton (placed eighth at the NCAA Championships) 3-2 and swept North Carolina (3-0) at the Northwestern Duals.

AS A SOPHOMORE: Finished the year with a record of 30-9, earning second consecutive trip to the NCAA Championship … earned second monogram … opened the year with a 12-3 record at the NYU Invitational, posting perfect 3-0 marks against both Stevens Tech and Ohio State … earned clinching point for the epee against Yale, defeating Peter Cohen 5-3 in the ninth and final bout of the weapon … also clinched the weapon against Stevens Tech with his 5-4 decision over Danny Burke before clinching again in the following match against St.

2010: 12-11 round robin (+10 in touches) Marco Canevari (Ohio State) 4-3 Igor Tolkachev (Ohio State) L, 4-5 L, 4-5 Justin Dion (Sacred Heart) Kian Ameli (Stanford) 5-0 Kevin Mo (Stanford) L, 0-1 William Bedor (Brandeis) 5-2 Karl Harmenberg (Harvard) 3-2 5-3 James Howrot (Harvard) L, 2-3 Dwight Smith (Columbia) Daniel Trapani (Air Force) 5-3 Peter French (Air Force) L, 4-5 Eric Hsieh (North Carolina) L, 2-3 2-1 Nicholas Vomero (St. John’s) Marat Israelian (St. John’s) L, 2-5 Byron Neslund (NYU) 5-0 Greg Schoolcraft (Notre Dame) 5-1 Viacheslav Zingerman (Wayne State) L, 4-5 Brian Heflich (Penn State) 5-4 Nick Chinman (Penn State) L, 2-5 Tristan Jones (Duke) 5-1 Jonathan Yergler (Princeton) L, 3-5 Graham Wicas (Princeton) L, 1-5 Jacob Wischnia (Pennsylvania) 4-3

KAULL IN THE NCAAS (38-31; +19 in touches) 2011: 12-11 round robin (-3 in touches) Nicholas Vomero (St. John’s) 4-3 Marat Israelian (St. John’s) L, 0-5 5-3 Peter Cohen (Yale) Marco Canevari (Ohio State) 5-4 Igor Tolkachev (Ohio State) L, 1-5 John Marshall (Cleveland State) 4-3 Dylan Nollner (Duke) 5-3 L, 2-3 Jonathan Parker (Duke) 5-2 Anthony Green (Penn State) Jake Harbour (Stanford) L, 2-5 Kevin Mo (Stanford) 5-2 Daniel Trapani (Air Force) L, 3-4 L, 1-2 Mike Raynis (Harvard) James Hawrot (Harvard) L, 3-5 Alen Hadzic (Columbia) L, 3-5 Clifford Fishler (Pennsylvania) 5-3 Jacob Wischenia (Pennsylvania) 2-1 Justin Dion (Sacred Heart) 5-4 Jonathan Yergler (Princeton) 5-2 Mike Elfassy (Princeton) L, 3-5 Alex Powell (Brandeis) L, 4-5 Brent Kelly (Notre Dame) 4-0 Brian Rouse (Vassar) L, 1-5

James Kaull (C) Senior Washington, D.C. Woodrow Wilson

HONORS & AWARDS NCAA 10th-Place Finisher (2010) NCAA 14th-Place Finisher (2011) NCAA Seventh-Place Finisher (2012) Third Team All-American (2010) Second Team All-American (2012) MFC Epee Runner-Up (2011) First Team All-MFC (2011) Second Team All-MFC (2010, 2012)

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kaull’s Career Record Year W L Pct. NCAA Finish 2010 49 13 .778 10th 2011 30 9 .769 14th 2012 45 21 .682 7th Career 124 43 .743 -John’s with a 5-3 outcome over Adam Watson … enjoyed another clincher against NYU, taking down Enrique Cavazos, 5-1 … returned the following day to put together a 10-4 ledger at the St. John’s Challenge … at the Notre Dame Duals, finished with a record of 7-2 … clinched the overall match against Northwestern at 14-6 with his 5-0 victory over Phil Szalwinski … earned the clinching point of epee in matchup against Florida, taking down Chris Dobson 5-3 … did not compete at the Northwestern Duals … ended regular season going 1-0 at the Irish Duals, earning lone victory over Chicago’s Mitch Hill, 5-2 … at the Midwest Fencing Championships, finished pool play with a record of 6-0 and a +24 indicator to enter direct elimination as the second seed … defeated teammate Jack Piasio (15-10) in the quarterfinals and Ohio State’s Marco Canevari (15-10) in the semifinals before falling to Buckeye Daniel Tafoya (15-11) in the championship bout … helped men’s epee team win the team crown at the event … finished 6-3 with a +15 indicator at the NCAA Midwest Regionals to place second … qualified for NCAA Championship, finishing the round robin with a record of 12-11 with a -3 indicator to place 14th … earned a 5-4 decision over third-place finisher Marco Canevari of Ohio

2012: 14-9 round robin (+12 in touches) Nicholas Vomero (St. John’s) L, 1-2 Marat Israelian (St. John’s) L, 3-5 L, 4-5 Peter Cohen (Yale) Jonathan Yergler (Princeton) 5-4 Edward Kelley (Princeton) 3-2 Nick Johnson (Vassar College) 5-3 Michael Rossi (Notre Dame) L, 3-5 5-3 Michael Ramlow (Wayne State) 5-3 Marco Canevari (Ohio State) Kristian Boyadzhiev (Ohio State) 4-3 Alen Hadzic (Columbia) L, 3-5 Clifford Fishler (Pennsylvania) L, 3-5 Rene Gannon-O’Gara (Pennsylvania) L, 4-5 Chase Houser (Air Force) 5-4 Peregrine Badger (Harvard) 5-3 James Hawrot (Harvard) 5-4 Kelly McGuire (Brown) 5-4 Oliver Valdes (Penn State) 5-4 Anthony Green (Penn State) 5-0 Kian Ameli (Stanford) L, 3-5 Tristan Jones (Duke) 5-2 Dylan Nollner (Duke) L, 2-5 Cole Connely (Stanford) 5-0 • Finished 7th

State as well as a 5-2 triumph over national runner-up Jonathan Yergler of Princeton … named the Notre Dame men’s Most Valuable Epeeist for second consecutive season.

AS A FRESHMAN: Ended his first season for the Irish with a record of 49-13 and a 10th-place finish at the NCAA Championships … posted a 12-5 record at the NYU Invitational, clinching the win and posting a 2-0 record against Stevens Tech … tallied a 10-2 record at the St. John’s Challenge, posting a clinching win for the Irish against Harvard and recording perfect 3-0 records versus Penn State and Columbia … totaled 20 wins out of 26 bouts at the Northwestern Duals, clinching the win against John Hopkins, with a 5-3 victory over Kevin Hughes, and Wayne State, defeating Slava Zingerman, 5-3 … completed the Notre Dame Duals with a perfect 5-0 record, dominating Wisconsin’s Gavin Bailey 5-1 to clinch the win and later clinching the Irish win over Illinois … posted victories in pool play to gain a spot in the Midwest Conference Championships where he finished tied for fifth with Ohio State’s Trevor

Jack Piasio Senior DuBois, Pa. Georgetown Prep

Pedersen … took seventh at the NCAA Midwest Regionals, defeating teammate Jacob Osbourne 15-8 … completed the NCAA Championships as 10th best epeeist with a round robin record of 12-11 and a -7 indicator.

PREP & PERSONAL: Attended Woodrow Wilson Senior High School where he played on the freshman baseball team … sat as high as 27th in the national junior rankings according to the FIE rankings … since 2007 has recorded six top-25 finishes on the international circuit, including winning at the 2007 Junior World Circuit in Montreal, Canada … earned back-toback top-20 results in JWC action at events from Laupheim, Germany (19th) and Lignano Sabbiadoro, Italy (18th) … earned his highest mark of 2009 at the JWC tournament from Budapest, Hungary, as he finished in fifth place … also was a member of the DCFC team that placed first at the 2008 Summer Nationals … son of Jim and Nina Kaull … uncle, Donald Kaull, played basketball for Rhode Island … enrolled in the College of Arts and Letters as a political science major.

Hadzik for the second time, 5-3, and cruised to a 3-0 match record over No. 9 Columbia … defeated host NYU (3-0) … had an 8-2 showing at the Notre Dame Duals, overcoming Nathan Kumar (5-1), Darren Winston (5-2) and Michael Ramlow (5-4) of Wayne State … recipient of the Yves Auriol Award, given to the most improved fencer.

AS A SOPHOMORE: Concluded second season with a record of 23-10 (.697) en route to earning second monogram … opened the year with a pair of victories at the NYU Invitational,

PIASIO’s Career Record Year W L Pct. NCAA Finish 2010 26 6 .812 -2011 23 10 .696 -2012 41 25 .621 -Career 90 41 .687 -both of which came in the match against Columbia … registered wins over Ty Hinderson (5-1) and Sean Leahy (5-1) … victory over Leahy also clinched the epee in the match …

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Second Team All-MFC (2011) Honorable Mention All-MFC (2012) AS A JUNIOR: Finished 12th out of 77 participants at the Midwest Fencing Conference Championships to cop honorable mention allMFC honors … won five of six tilts during pool play, posting a +11 indicator (27-16) … competed in all five regular season duals for the epee squad, logging a 41-25 record … earned a monogram … started the season 10-4 at the Air Force Duals, gathering 3-0 match victories over Swarthmore College and Florida … posted a 6-6 record at the St. John’s Duals, defeating Alen Hadzik (placed second at the NCAA Championships) from No. 9 Columbia 5-3 … defeated Kristian Boyadzhiev from No. 1 Ohio State (tied for third at the NCAA Championships) 3-2 to take the 5-4 match victory over the Buckeyes … led the entire Irish roster with a 12-5 record at the NYU Duals … took down

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Student-Athletes competed in one match at the St. John’s Challenge, falling on the final touch to Columbia’s Magnus Ferguson 5-4 … finished with a record of 7-3 at the Notre Dame Duals … posted a perfect 2-0 record against Wayne State, defeating both Joe Fresard (5-4) and Matt Hoffman (5-2) … notched a win the following match against Northwestern, downing Phil Szalwinski 5-4 … earned single wins against Lawrence (Matthew DeStasio, 5-2), Swarthmore (Ben Yelsey, 5-0) and Cleveland State (Patrick Weber, 5-1) as well … registered a 6-2 ledger at the Northwestern Duals, including putting together his first 3-0 sheet on the year against Princeton … earned the overall match-clinching point in the bout at 14-4, defeating Mike Elfassy 5-4 … took down Kian Ameli for lone win against Stanford, 5-1 … went a perfect 2-0 against Cal Tech, including a 3-0 victory over Jonathan Schor … ended the regular season going 8-1 at the Irish Duals with clean sheets against both Illinois and Michigan State …

Michael Rossi Junior White Plains, N.Y. Valhalla

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MFC Epee Third-Place Finisher (2012) First Team All-MFC (2012)

clinched the epee victory over Chicago with 5-1 win over Mike Dunn … began postseason competition at the Midwest Fencing Conference Championship, entering epee direct elimination as the 10th seed after finishing pool play with a 5-1 record and a +15 indicator … reached the quarterfinals of elimination after recording victories over Brendan O’Flaherty of Lawrence (153), Narayan Pathi of Ohio State (15-11) and Kristian Boyadzhiev of Ohio State (15-14) before falling to teammate James Kaull (15-10) in the table of eight … also helped epee team capture the team title at the Conference Championship.

AS A FRESHMAN: Finished the season with a 20-6 record … battled for a 1-0 record vs.

Detroit and a 2-1 ledger vs. Northwestern at the Northwestern Duals … went 2-0 vs. UC-San Diego and clinched the epee victory for the Irish with a 5-3 victory over James Galamba … had a clean sheet vs. John’s Hopkins … at the Notre Dame Duals, secured clean sheets vs. Lawrence, Michigan, Northwestern, Michigan State,

Illinois, Chicago, Cleveland State, and Indiana … clinched the epee win vs. Michigan State’s Adam Erickson 5-2 … took home three wins vs.

Purdue … marked up four wins in pool play action at the Midwest Fencing Conference Championship … took down Eli Bader of Northwestern 15-10 in the round of 64 before being defeated by Steven Moyers of Michigan State 14-15.

PREP & PERSONAL: While attending Georgetown Prep, fenced under the direction of Janusz Smolanski … earned varsity letters in each of his sophomore through senior seasons, helping his team to undefeated and conference championships in each season as well … named MVP in his sophomore through senior years … named team captain as a junior and senior … earned a 14th place finish at the NAC B in St. Louis in 2008 … son of Mark and Paula Piasio … father played lacrosse for Johns Hopkins … enrolled in the Mendoza College of Business as a finance major.

Duals … defeated Kristian Boyadzhiev and Marco Canevari from No. 1 Ohio State, who ultimately tied for third at the NCAA Championships … produced a 4-5 record at the NYU Duals, taking down Boyadzhiev (5-3) and No. 9 Columbia (2-1) … finished 8-2 at the Notre Dame Duals, capturing four of the eight bouts by four or more touches … recorded a 6-5 effort at the Northwestern Duals … captured a 5-3 victory over NCAA champion Jonathan Yergler from No. 2 Princeton.

AS A FRESHMAN: Finished first season with the Irish with a record of 24-8 while also earning first monogram with the program … opened the year with one victory at the NYU Invitational, taking down Ty Hinderson of Columbia, 5-3 … went 4-2 the following day at the St. John’s

ROSSI’s Career Record W L Pct. NCAA Finish Year 2011 24 8 .750 -2012 36 21 .632 23rd -Career 60 29 .674

AS A SOPHOMORE: Placed 23rd at the NCAA Championships in the epee … tied for third out of 77 participants at the Midwest Fencing Conference Championships, earning first team all-MFC recognition … outpointed the opposition with a +25 indicator (30-5) during pool play … advanced from the table of 32 with a 15-6 win over David Sirkin of Indiana … pulled out a 12-11 victory against Narayan Pathi in the round of eight to reach the semifinals … competed in all five regular season dual events, compiling a 36-21 bout record … earned a monogram … led the epee squad with an 11-4 effort at the Air Force Duals … gave up just four touches in the 3-0 match sweep over Cal Tech … defeated Kian Ameli (finished ninth at the NCAA Championships) from Stanford 5-4 … remained perfect in match play over Florida (3-0) and UC San Diego (3-0) at the Air Force Duals … posted a 7-5 record at the St. John’s

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Challenge … opened up his day with a perfect 3-0 showing against Penn State … in the match, notched wins over Samuel Larsen (5-1), NCAA participant Anthony Green (5-4) and Samuel Perkins (5-3) … ended the event with another victory over Columbia’s Hinderson by a score of 5-4 … went 7-1 at the home Notre Dame Duals … opened the event with a 5-2 victory over Elliott Trombley of Detroit … opened up the epee competition against Wayne State with 5-1 victory over Matt Hoffman … went 2-0 against Northwestern, taking down

Dan Reed (5-1) and Maciej Zmyslowski (5-4) … earned a decision over Nathan Barnwell of Florida in the next match, 5-1 … also earned lone victories against Lawrence (Jordan Severson, 5-2) and Swarthmore (Caleb Jones, 5-4) … posted a mark of 4-2 at the Northwestern Duals, including going 2-0 against Cal Tech … defeated NCAA participant Jake Harbour of Stanford in first match of the day, 5-1 … earned epee-clinching point against Cal Tech, defeating Stan Schor 5-2 … earned the overall match clincher the following match against UC San Diego after defeating James Galamba 5-3 … finished regular season with an 8-1 record at the Irish Duals … clinched the overall match victory over Illinois with a 5-0 victory over Calvin Cheng before clinching the epee win with 5-0 decision over Tom Fornander … finished with 3-0 record against Michigan State, dropping only one touch in three matches … placed 17th at the Midwest Fencing Conference Championship while also helping the epee team claim the team crown.

PREP AND PERSONAL: Attended Valhalla High School in White Plains, N.Y. … fenced for five and a half years starting at the Fencing Academy of Westchester under Alex Zurabishvili and then Alexy Cheremsky … competed as a member of the New York Athletic Club (NYAC) Junior Epee Team in 2010, helping the team capture the national title at the Junior Olympic Championships and a second place finish at the 2010 Summer Nationals … finished eighth individually in the junior men’s epee division at the ‘09 Junior Olympics … also finished second at the cadet men’s epee division North America Cup (NAC) “A” event in ‘08 as well as ninth at the cadet NAC “B” event … also competed with the championship Fencing Academy of Westchester Junior Epee Team at the Summer Nationals in ‘09 … has one older sibling, Chris … son of Ronald and Diana Rossi … enrolled in the Mendoza College of Business, majoring in information technology management.

ROSSI in the NCAAs 2012: 7-16 round robin (-24 in touches) Nicholas Vomero (St. John’s) L, 4-5 Marat Israelian (St. John’s) L, 4-5 Peter Cohen (Yale) 5-2 Jonathan Yergler (Princeton) L, 3-5 Edward Kelley (Princeton) L, 1-5 Nick Johnson (Vassar College) L, 2-5 James Kaull (Notre Dame) 5-3 Michael Ramlow (Wayne State) 5-2 Marco Canevari (Ohio State) L, 2-5 Kristian Boyadzhiev (Ohio State) L, 3-5 Alen Hadzic (Columbia) L, 4-5 Clifford Fishler (Pennsylvania) 5-4 Rene Gannon-O’Gara (Pennsylvania) 5-1 Chase Houser (Air Force) 5-4 Peregrine Badger (Harvard) 5-2 James Hawrot (Harvard) L, 0-5 Kelly McGuire (Brown) L, 0-5 Oliver Valdes (Penn State) L, 1-5 Anthony Green (Penn State) L, 3-5 Kian Ameli (Stanford) L, 3-5 L, 4-5 Tristan Jones (Duke) Dylan Nollner (Duke) L, 4-5 Cole Connely (Stanford) L, 2-5 • Finished 23rd

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PREP & PERSONAL: Fenced for the DC Fencers Club while attending Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School … both James Kaull and Jack Piasio, current epeeists on the Notre Dame fencing team, also trained at the DC Fencers Club … son of George He and Martha Feng … born in Buffalo, N.Y. … enrolled in the Mendoza College of Business.

He’s Career Record Year W L Pct. NCAA Finish 2012 21 12 .636 -Career 21 12 .636 --

Sophomore Chevy Chase, Md. Bethesda-Chevy Chase AS A FRESHMAN: Participated in three regular season dual contests … earned a monogram … posted a 2-3 record, sweeping Michael Jaoundi (5-1) and Kyle Newell (5-4) of host NYU, at the NYU Duals … led the epee squad with the most wins (16-6) at the Notre Dame Duals … posted victories over Michigan’s Kevin Oh (5-1) and Cyrille Bourdeaux (5-2) to help the Irish epee team edge the Wolverines 5-4 … stayed perfect against Case Western (2-0), Detroit (2-0), Indiana (1-0), Wayne State (2-0) and Purdue 1-0 at the home duals… claimed a 3-3 record at the Northwestern Duals, obtaining bout victories over Cal Tech’s Stan Schor (5-3) and Tae Jae Lee (5-3), and an additional 5-1 triumph over UC San Diego’s Alex Mann … placed 22nd out of 77 participants at the Midwest Fencing Conference Championships.

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Student-Athletes Dale Purdy Sophomore Ligonier, Pa. Home Schooled

AS A FRESHMAN: Participated in all five regular season dual events for the epee team, producing a 37-13 record … earned a monogram … compiled a 10-2 record at the Air Force Duals … defeated Kian Ameli (finished ninth at the NCAA Championships) from Stanford 5-4 … blanked members of UC San Diego (3-0), Swarthmore College (2-0) and Florida (3-0) at

ian broderick Freshman Hudson, Ohio

the Air Force competition … fashioned a 3-3 record at the St. John’s Duals, taking down Michael Raynis from No. 6 Harvard 5-1 … defeated Nicholas Vomero (finished fifth at the NCAA Championships) and Marat Israelian (finished 11th at the NCAA Championships) from No. 3 St. John’s … posted a 4-5 effort at the NYU Dual, which included a 2-1 match record over No. 9 Columbia … ranked second on the epee squad with a 15-1 record at the Notre Dame Duals … claimed five bouts by four touches or more at the home duals … finished 6-2 at the Northwestern Duals, sweeping Tae Je Lee (5-4), Sidney Buchbinder (5-2) and Jonathan Bayliss (5-1) from Cal Tech… finished 18th out of 77 participants at the Midwest Fencing Conference Championships … 5-1 pool play record, while logging a +13 indicator (26-13) at the conference tournament.

PREP & PERSONAL: Competed in fencing and golf while being home schooled in Ligonier, Pa. … earned varsity letters in golf sophomore through senior year, while fencing for the club

PREP & PERSONAL: Attended Hudson High School in Hudson, Ohio … nationally ranked all four seasons … eighth-place finisher in the Div. 1-A men’s epee at the 2012 United States Fencing Association National Championships … member of the fourth place team junior men’s epee with the Hooked on Fencing club squad at the 2012 Junior Olympic Fencing Championships – team claimed second

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purdy’s Career Record Year W L Pct. NCAA Finish 2012 37 13 .740 -Career 37 13 .740 --

team Hooked on Fencing … earned six national medals in competitive fencing events … took third place in the Sanity Claus Epee Open Tournament … placed 13th (out of 218 fencers) at the U-20 North American Cup event in Austin, Texas in November, 2011 … earned strongest finish on the North American Cup circuit with his third-place result in the U-19 division in July of 2011 … won the Iron Knight tournament put on by the Hooked on Fencing club … helped junior epee team capture second place at the Junior Olympics in February of 2011 … born in Johnstown, Pa. … son of Timothy Purdy and Letitia Berkey … ennrolled in the College of Science, with an intent to major in pre-med.

at the junior Olympics in 2011 … claimed third place in the cadet men’s epee at the 2010 junior Olympics … earned runner-up honors at the 2010 Remenyik Open … member of the National Honor Society … son of Thomas and Deborah Broderick … has two siblings, Devon and Chelsea … enrolled in the First Year of Studies.

Garrett mcgrath Freshman Mesa, Ariz.

PREP & PERSONAL: Graduated from Sequoia Choice High School, and competed with the Arizona Fencing Academy club team … was the overall epee champion at the 2012 Junior Olympic Fencing Championships … earned a sixth-place finish in the 2012 Division I National Championships … claimed third place at the

Gothensborg Cadet European Epee Cup … secured the final touch in gold medal team bout against France at the 2011 Challans France Cadet Epee … born Matthew Garrett McGrath … son of Michael and Deroda McGrath … has one brother, Keegan … enrolled in the First Year of Studies.

PREP & PERSONAL: Attended Highland High School … three-time all-academic first team selection … ranked 10th in points qualifying for the 2012 Division IA Nationals … finished in the top-25 in the cadet epee class at the 2012 Junior Olympic Fencing Championships and the 2011 USA Fencing Summer Nationals

… 2011 Cadet Pacific Coast champion in the epee … member of the California Scholarship Foundation and the College Club … son of Robert and Kari Anne Poremski … has one sister, Raychel … father, Robert, was a cyclist and ran cross country at the Air Force Academy … enrolled in the First Year of Studies.

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john poremski Freshman Palmdale, Calif.

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(Pictured left to right, 1st row): John Poremski, assistant coach/epee specialist Cedric Loiseau, Michael Rossi, James Kaull and Jack Piasio (2nd row): Dale Purdy, Ryan McDonough, Garrett McGrath, Albert He and Ian Broderick

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Student-Athletes Gerek Meinhardt (C) Senior San Francisco, Calif.

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HONORS & AWARDS NCAA Foil Runner-Up (2009) NCAA Foil Champion (2010) First Team All-American (2009, 2010) 2008 Olympic Games Participant (United States) 2012 Olympic Games Participant (United States) Men’s Team Foil Fourth-Place Finisher (2012 Olympics) INTERNATIONAL RESULTS: Made second career Olympic Games appearance as a member of the fourth-place United States squad in the 2012 men’s team foil competition … claimed a pair of gold medals at the 2012 USA Fencing National Championships (individual foil) and Pan American Championships (team foil) … earned additional gold medals at the 2011 Pan American Championships and Pan American Games in the team foil … became first American foilist to medal at the World Championships in the senior division, taking third at the 2010 competition in Paris and earning 60 points toward international ranking … also placed fifth at a North American Cup event in San Jose and ninth at a tournament in Isla De Margarita … ranked the 10th-best foilist in the senior division … placed second in the junior division at the World Championships held April

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7, 2010 … member of 2008 U.S. Olympic Team in men’s foil … at the Olympics, beat Mostafa Nagaty of Egypt (15-3) in the round of 32 before falling to Jun Zhu of China (9-15) in the round of 16 … 2008 Junior Team World Champion … gold medalist at the 2007 Madrid Junior World Cup and the 2007 N.A.C. Senior Nationals in Tucson, Ariz. … won the 2007 U.S. Fencing National Championships in Miami, Fla., and the 2007 Senior Pan American Zonal Championship held in Mont-Tremblant, Canada … silver medalist at both the Burgsteinfurt Junior World Cup and the Bratislava Junior World Cup in 2007 … finished 28th at the 2007 World Championships held in St. Petersburg, Russia, and fifth at the 2007 Cuba Senior Grand Prix … gold medalist at the 2006 Junior Pan America Zonal Championships held in San Antonio, Texas, the 2006 U.S. Fencing Junior Nationals held in Atlanta, Ga., and the N.A.C. Junior Nationals held in Houston, Texas … in 2006, finished third at the Madrid Junior Championship, fifth at the Montreal Junior World Cup and fifth at the Bratislava Junior World Cup. 2012 NCAA SEASON: Did not compete due to Olympic training.

2011 NCAA SEASON: Did not compete due to injury.

AS A SOPHOMORE: Completed his sophomore campaign with an impressive record of 31-3 and championship titles in the foil at both the NCAA Midwest Regional Championships and the NCAA Championships … posted a 12-1 record at the NYU Invitational, including matchclinching wins over Columbia’s Isaac Kim, St. John’s Adam Watson, and Ohio State’s Joe Streb … posted perfect 3-0 records versus Yale, Columbia, and Ohio State to start the season … won eight of nine bouts at the St. John’s Challenge, dominating St. John’s and Harvard by winning all three bouts against each squad … finished out the regular season with an 11-1

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Meindhardt’s Career Record Year W L Pct. NCAA Finish 2009 31 2 .939 2nd 2010 31 3 .912 1st 2011 Did Not Compete 2012 Did Not Compete (Olympics) Career 62 5 .925 -record at the Notre Dame Duals … crowned Midwest Fencing Conference Champion in the foil after downing Case Western’s Phil Ropelewski (round of 64), Purdue’s Pavel Prusakov (round of 32), Iowa’s Luke Voelz (round of 16), Notre Dame’s Zach Schirtz (quarterfinals), Ohio State’s Colin Sutter (semifinals) and Notre Dame’s Enzo Castellani in the finals … won the NCAA Midwest Regionals, downing Detroit’s Michael Purdy (15-0), Ohio State’s Colin Sutter (15-12) and Notre Dame’s Enzo Castellani (15-10) … defeated Penn State foilists Miles Chamley-Watson (15-11) and David Willette (15-9) to take the crown at the NCAA Championships … dubbed Knute Rockne Student-Athlete Award winner.

AS A FRESHMAN: Placed second at the NCAA Championships to earn first-team AllAmerican honors … went 31-2 during the regular season … began his college career at the Northwestern Duals, finishing 16-2 … earned his first career win against Johns Hopkins’ James Einseidler (5-0) … his 16 wins led all Irish men’s foilists and included a 3-0 record against Cleveland State and 2-0 marks versus Johns Hopkins, North Carolina, Detroit and Lawrence … turned in an impressive 15-0 performance at the Notre Dame Duals (including 3-0 records against both Lawrence and Cal Tech) … did not compete in the individual portion of the Midwest Conference Championships … placed fifth at the NCAA Midwest Regionals … after dropping his first final-eight bout in the regional to teammate Enzo Castellani, 15-13, won two

straight to finish fifth … out-touched his final two opponents by a 30-3 margin, including a 15-3 win over Ohio State’s Ben Parkins in the fifth-place bout … went 19-3 in pool play at the NCAA Championship to advance to the men’s foil semifinals … in the semifinal, came back from an early 7-5 deficit against Columbia’s Kurt Getz to win 15-9 … met Penn State’s Nicholas Chinman in the gold medal bout … led Chinman 11-7 at the first break before falling in a closely contested bout, 15-14.

PREP & PERSONAL: Graduated from LickWilmerding High School in San Francisco, Calif., and UMOHS Online Distance Learning in 2008 … ranked 11th in the world senior rankings and fifth in the world junior rankings … became the youngest men’s foil national champion in U.S. fencing history after outdueling Kurt Getz at the 2007 Summer Nationals … also was the first male fencer (in any of the three disciplines: foil, epee, sabre) to earn a roster spot on the U.S. senior, junior (U-20) and cadet (U-17) national teams during the same season (06-07) … trained at the Massialas Foundation under the direction of Greg Massialas (the 1980, U.S. National Champion) … son of Kurt and Jane Meinhardt … has one sister, Katie, who played basketball at Boston University … enrolled in the Mendoza College of Business, majoring in information technology management.

Meinhardt in the NCAAs (36-9; +98 in touches, 2010 NCAA Foil Champion) 2010: 17-6 round robin (+48 in touches) 2009: 19-3 round robin (+50 in touches) Vidur Kapur (Pennsylvania) 5-1 Enzo Castellani (Notre Dame) 5-3 Alex Simmons (Pennsylvania) L, 3-5 Alexander Kao (New York) 5-0 Ben Van Son (Haverford) 5-2 Zane Grodman (Pennsylvania) 5-2 Alexander Mills (Princeton) 5-2 Vidur Kapur (Pennsylvania) 5-3 David Mandle (Princeton) 5-1 Kai Itameri-Kinter (Harvard) 5-3 Dorian Cohen (Duke) 5-1 5-3 Sherif Farrang (Columbia) Tommaso DiRobilant (Harvard) 5-1 Adam Pantel (Brown) 5-4 Hao Meng (Harvard) 5-4 Kurt Getz (Columbia) 5-3 Phillip Jamesson (NYU) L, 3-5 Shiv Kachru (Yale) 5-1 Enzo Castellani (Notre Dame) 5-3 Jonathan Yu (Brown) 5-1 Michael Fong (UC San Diego) 5-0 John Gurrieri (Yale) 5-0 Miles Chamley-Watson (Penn State) L, 4-5 Andras Horanyi (Ohio State) 5-4 David Willette (Penn State) L, 1-5 Will Friedman (Brandeis) 5-3 Kevin Nadeau (North Carolina) 5-2 Colin Sutter (Ohio State) L, 2-5 John Gurrieri (Yale) 5-0 Alexis Landreville (St. John’s) 5-3 Nathaniel Botwinick (Yale) L, 2-5 Dorian Cohen (Duke) 5-2 Adam Pantel (Brown) 5-1 Michael Fong (UC San Diego) 5-1 Ben Parkins (Ohio State) L, 3-5 Alex Khoshnevissian (Stanford) 5-2 Colin Sutter (Ohio State) 5-1 Benjamin Dorn (UC San Diego) 5-0 Liran Gross (Cleveland State) 5-1 Nicholas Chinman (Penn State) L, 4-5 Alexis Landreville (St. John’s) 5-0 Alexander Mills (Princeton) 5-1 Adam Watson (St. John’s) 5-1 Miles Chamley-Watson (Penn State) L, 3-5 Nicholas Stockdale (Air Force) 5-2 • Beat Getz in semifinal (15-9) • Beat Chamley-Watson in semifinal (15-11) • Lost to Chinman in final (14-15) • Beat Willette in final (15-5)

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Student-Athletes Grant Hodges Senior Salina, Kan. Salina Central

HONORS & AWARDS Honorable Mention All-MFC (2010) MFC Foil Seventh-Place Finisher (2012) Second Team All-MFC (2012) AS A JUNIOR: Achieved a seventh-place finish out of 73 competitors at the Midwest Fencing Conference Championships, earning allMFC second team honors … posted a perfect 5-0 mark in pool play with a +18 indicator (257) … downed Bowling Green’s Rob Stepp 15-1 to advance out of the table of 32 … earned a 15-2 victory over Lawrence’s Alex Biehl in the table of 16 … reached the table of eight with a 15-8 decision over Ohio State’s Sam HardwickeBrown … competed in four regular season dual events … collected second career monogram … battled Lucas Lin (finished 8th at the NCAA Championships) from No. 6 Harvard within one touch at the St. John’s Duals (4-5) … overcame North Carolina’s Kevin Nadeau (finished 21st at the NCAA Championships) with a 5-3 bout victory, finishing with an overall 2-3 showing at the NYU Duals … gathered the best record (15-1) and ranked second on the foil squad for

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the most wins at the Notre Dame Duals … won 10 of his bouts at the home dual by four touches or more … wrapped up the season with a 3-2 record at the Northwestern Duals … defeated North Carolina’s Kevin Nadeau (5-2) … remained untouched in the final two bouts at the Northwestern Duals against Cal Tech’s Andy Zhou and Stanford’s Andrew Scheuremann.

AS A SOPHOMORE: Finished the year with a record of 28-6 in the foil … earned second monogram with the program … did not compete in either of the opening two tournaments of the year – NYU Invitational, St. John’s Challenge … took to the strip for the first time at the Notre Dame Duals, putting together a 19-1 ledger … posted perfect 3-0 records against Detroit, Northwestern, Florida, Lawrence, Swarthmore and Cleveland State at the event … clinched the foil victory against Wayne State, taking down Raffi Nersessian 5-3 … clinched both the foil and the outright match against Florida after defeating Shane Hanson 5-2 … also clinched the foil against Swarthmore with 5-1 decision over Zach Greenberg … allowed only two touches in taking down John Cuturic (5-1), Chris Tucker (5-0) and Ben Brown (5-1) of Cleveland State … recorded three wins at the Northwestern Duals, all coming against Cal Tech … clinched the foil in that match with 5-0 victory over Will Steinhardt … travelled to the Duke Duals, putting up a record of 6-3 in three matches … clinched the foil against North Carolina after taking down Joseph Alter 4-3 … clinched each of the final two overall matches for the Irish, defeating Matthew Budofsky of Duke (5-1) and Ben Wasser of Johns Hopkins (5-0), respectively … competed at the Midwest Fencing Conference Championships, placing 16th overall … also helped foil team win the foil team crown the following day.

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HODGES’ Career Record Year W L Pct. NCAA Finish 2010 33 3 .916 -2011 28 6 .824 -2012 20 7 .741 -Career 81 16 .835 -AS A FRESHMAN: Ended season with a 33-3 record in the foil … went 17-3 at the Northwestern Duals … posted clean sheets vs.

Stanford, Duke, Lawrence, Northwestern, and UC-San Diego … versus Northwestern clinched foil win with a 5-0 victory over Stanley Weng … clinched foil victory over John’s Hopkins’ Paul Nunley 5-2 … went 16-0 at the Notre Dame Duals … put up clean sheets vs. Lawrence, Michigan, Northwestern, Michigan State, Illinois, Chicago, Cleveland State, Purdue, and Detroit … finished 6-0 in pool play at Midwest Fencing Conference Championship … defeated Alex Biehl of Lawrence 15-1 in the round of 64 … took down Michigan’s Eric Chen 15-8 to advance to the round of 16 … lost to Colin Sutter of Ohio State 11-15.

PREP & PERSONAL: Competed in both football and tennis for Salina Central High School in Salina, Kan., earning three varsity letters … helped freshman football team go undefeated and capture the state championship … was selected team captain during his senior campaign … also helped the tennis team to the state title during his freshman year … member of the National Honor Society … born in Salina, Kan. … son of Boo and Melissa Hodges … brother, Teddy, fenced for the Irish in 2008, 2009 and 2011 … enrolled in the College of Arts and Letters as an English major with a supplemental major in history.

ariel desmet Junior Troutdale, Ore. Reynolds

HONORS & AWARDS NCAA Foil Champion (2011) First Team All-American (2011) MFC Foil Fourth-Place Finisher (2011) First Team All-MFC (2011) 2012 NCAA Season: Did not compete due to Olympic training.

AS A FRESHMAN: Enjoyed a tremendous freshman campaign that saw him finish with a near-perfect 28-1 record on the regular season en route to winning the NCAA Championship in men’s foil and being tabbed a first team AllAmerican … earned first monogram … opened the campaign with an 11-0 showing at the NYU Invitational, including a perfect 3-0 sheet against St. John’s … earned first collegiate victory over Shiv Kachru of Yale, 5-3 … responded the following day with a 5-1 mark at

the St. John’s Challenge, including again going a perfect 3-0 against the host Red Storm … fenced in only one matchup at the Notre Dame Duals, finishing with a 2-0 record against Air Force … defeated NCAA participant Daniel Cohen (5-2) and Nick Stockdale (5-1) in the match … posted a perfect 6-0 mark the following week at the Northwestern Duals, including going 3-0 in the opener against Princeton … in that match, earned decisions over Alexander Mills (5-4), David Mandle (5-3) and Robert Malcolm (5-0) … clinched the foil against Stanford at 5-3 with a 5-4 victory over Alex Khoshnevissian … also clinched the foil against UC San Diego, taking down Brennan Louie in perfect fashion, 5-0 … ended regular season with a 4-0 docket at the Irish Duals, going 2-0 against Chicago and 1-0 against both Illinois and Michigan State … reached the semifinals of the Midwest Fencing Conference Championships, defeating teammate Steve Kubik in quarterfinal action (12-10) before falling to eventual champ Zain Shaito of Ohio State (15-12) … entered the direct elimination draw as the two seed, finishing pool play with a perfect 6-0 record with a +27 indicator … finished first at the NCAA Midwest Regionals, concluding final pool play with a perfect 9-0 record and a +31 indicator … helped team to eighth NCAA National Championship as well as qualifying for the individual title semifinals after finishing with an 18-5 pool play record and a +41 indicator … won the individual championship after defeating Penn State’s David Willette in the

desmet’s Career Record Year W L Pct. NCAA Finish 2011 28 1 .966 1st 2012 Did Not Compete (Olympic training) Career 28 1 .966 -semifinals (15-6) before defeating his Nittany Lion teammate Miles Chamley-Watson in the title bout, 15-13 … became the first Irish freshman since Charles Higgs-Coulthard in 1984 to win individual gold in his first NCAA appearance … named the Notre Dame Most Valuable Foilist.

PREP & PERSONAL: Trained at the Northwest Fencing Club while attending Reynolds High School … captured the state championship each of his four years of high school … competed in junior events throughout his four years at Reynolds … finished 17th in the rankings during the ‘06-07 season, including three top-10 finishes and a career best third-place result at the Comunidad de Madrid Nov. 18, 2006, earning 20 points toward rankings … secured 24 points toward his ranking at the Junior World Championships (April 13, 2007) in Belek, finishing ninth overall … competed at the Senior World Championships in Beijing in ‘08 … also has been a member of four World teams, participated in the Junior Olympics and captured a national championship … born in Troutdale, Ore. … son of Lane and Christine DeSmet … enrolled in the Mendoza College of Business.

desmet in the NCAAs 2011: 18-5 round robin (+41 in touches) 2011 NCAA FOIL CHAMPION Shiv Kachru (Yale) 5-1 Nathan Botwinick (Yale) L, 3-5 Julian Cardillo (Brandeis) 5-1 Bo Charles (Columbia) 5-2 Alexander Pensler (Columbia) 5-3 Phillip Jamesson (NYU) 5-1 David Willette (Penn State) 5-4 Miles Chamley-Watson (Penn State) L, 1-5 Dorian Cohen (Duke) 5-0 Robert Malcolm (Princeton) L, 3-4 5-3 Alexander Mills (Columbia) Joseph Alter (North Carolina) 5-3 5-4 Reggie Bentley (Notre Dame) James Weiss (Drew) 5-1 Tommaso DiRobilant (Harvard) 5-3 Lucas Lin (Harvard) L, 2-5 Eli Schenkel (St. John’s) 5-1 Zain Shaito (Ohio State) 5-2 Samuel Hardwicke-Brown (Ohio State) 5-0 Michael Purdy-Sachs (Detroit Mercy) 5-2 Vidur Kapur (Pennsylvania) 2-0 Daniel Cohen (Air Force) L, 3-5 Turner Caldwell (Stanford) 5-3 • Beat Willette in the semifinal (15-6) • Beat Chamley-Watson in the final (15-13)

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Student-Athletes Nick Kubik Junior San Antonio, Texas Claudia Taylor Johnson

HONORS & AWARDS MFC Foil Third-Place Finisher (2011) First Team All-MFC (2011) AS A SOPHOMORE: Participated in all five regular season dual events … earned a second monogram … ranked third on the foil team in bout wins with a 36-20 record … collected the second most wins for the Irish at the Air Force Duals with a 13-3 record, remaining untouched in seven bouts … swept Cal Tech (3-0), Swarthmore College (3-0) and Florida (3-0) at the Air Force Duals … compiled a 9-5 record at the St. John’s Duals by sweeping Harvard 3-0 … downed Lucas Lin (finished eighth at the NCAA Championships) from No. 6 Harvard (5-3) … gathered the third most victories out of the Irish

Ryan murphy Junior Commack, N.Y. Commack

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squads at the NYU Duals with a 10-5 showing, adding victories over John Tuddenham (5-1), Bo Charles (5-1) and Alex Pensler (5-1) from No. 6 Columbia … fashioned a 2-2 record at the Notre Dame Duals, highlighted by a 5-1 win over Kyle Cisco and a 5-3 bout victory over Elijah Roberston of Detroit … finished 2-5 at the Northwestern Duals, picking up a pair of wins over UC San Diego’s Alex Lavin (5-2) and Joseph Schenkel (5-3).

AS A FRESHMAN: Concluded first season with the Irish carrying a record of 17-7 in foil … opened up the season going 4-3 at the NYU Invitational … got first collegiate victory against Yale, defeating Jonathan Holbrook 5-2 … defeated Brandon Gnash of Stevens Tech, 5-3, in lone bout of the match … went 3-1 the following day at the St. John’s Challenge, posting a perfect 3-0 ledger against Columbia … earned the foil clincher with a 5-0 decision over Abdhi Ramachandran … went 2-2 at the Notre Dame Duals, posting lone wins in matches against Wayne State and Florida … went 2-1 the following day at the Northwestern Duals, posting 1-0 marks against both UC San Diego and North Carolina … ended regular season with a perfect 6-0 showing at the Irish Duals, including going 3-0 in the finale against Michigan State … clinched the foil for the Irish in that match, defeating Will Bonner 5-3 … reached the semifinals at the Midwest Fencing Conference Championships in direct elimination play before falling to teammate Enzo Castellani (15-9) in the table of eight … helped Irish foil

AS A SOPHOMORE: Competed in two regular season dual meets for the foil team on the year, compiling a 15-6 record … achieved a 13-2 mark at the Notre Dame Duals … remained undefeated in head-to-head bouts at the home duals against Lawrence (2-0), Case Western (3-0) and Michigan State (3-0) … finished 3-3 overall at the Northwestern Duals, surrendering only two touches in a pair of bouts against Cal Tech … finished 15th out of 73 fencers at the Midwest Fencing Conference Championships.

AS A FRESHMAN: Did not fence during first year with the program while recovering from a knee injury PREP AND PERSONAL: Fenced on the varsity team at Commack High School … named all-conference sophomore, junior, and senior years … went undefeated at Suffolk County Foil

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KUBIk’s Career Record Year W L Pct. NCAA Finish 2011 17 7 .708 -2012 36 20 .643 -Career 53 27 .663 -team capture the team weapon crown the following day.

PREP AND PERSONAL: Attended Johnson High School in San Antonio, Texas … competed at the Budapest World Cup … placed 12th in the Cadet Designated division in Samorin, Slovakia … finished 30th in junior men’s foil at the 2010 Summer National Championships and was ranked as high as 20th in the junior national point standings … finished 10th in juniors at the NAC in Kansas City, Mo., in November ’09 … in December of ’08, placed 10th in Division I at the NAC in Colorado Springs, Colo. … member of fourth place Junior men’s foil team at the ’08 National Championships in San Jose and was ranked 10th nationally in ’08 in final year of U-17 competition … placed 16th (out of over 230 fencers) at a designated Cadet event in Koblerz, Germany … brothers Mark and Steven, both former All-Americans, also fenced for the Irish … member of both the National Honor Society as well as German Club … son of Wendell and Jeana Kubik … father served as the former head coach at the Air Force Academy … currently enrolled in the Mendoza College of Business, majoring in finance.

murphy’s Career Record Year W L Pct. NCAA Finish 2012 15 6 .714 -Career 15 6 .714 -Championship senior year which earned him the county championship and an all-Long Island honors … News 12 (Long Island News Network) Scholar-Athlete following senior season … biggest thrill to-date was earning “A” ranking in April 2010 by coming in 3rd at the Jeff Wolfe Long Island Challenge … third-generation Notre Dame member (grandfather Arthur Murphy attended in 1942, father Shawn Murphy graduated in 1977) … son of Shawn and Judith Murphy … enrolled in the College of Science, pursuing a degree in physics.

HONORS & AWARDS Honorable Mention All-MFC (2012)

Gabriel Acuña Sophomore The Woodlands, Texas College Park

AS A FRESHMAN: Participated in the Midwest Fencing Conference Championships, tying for 11th out of 73 competitors to earn allMFC honorable mention recognition … was a perfect 5-0 during pool play, recording a +17 indicator (25-8) … defeated Javier Escovar of Indiana 15-6 to advance out of the table of 32 … earned a hard-fought 15-11 decision against Detroit’s Yaroslav Ivanov in the table of 16 … posted a regular season record of 17-6 for the foil team … produced a 5-2 outing at the Northwestern Duals … surrendered only one point over three bouts against Cal Tech, gathering two 5-0 bout victories … assisted the foil team to a 9-0 sweep over Purdue with a 5-1 bout victory against Jake Miller at the Notre Dame Duals … capped off the home dual event with a 5-2 win over Indiana’s Namka Pham, which lifted the Irish to a 5-4 team defeat of the Hoosiers.

Acuña’s Career Record Year W L Pct. NCAA Finish 2012 17 6 .739 -Career 17 6 .739 --

PREP & PERSONAL: Fenced under the direction of Coach Mauro at the Salle Mauro Fencing Club while attending the Woodlands College Park High School in The Woodlands, Texas … earned national ranking in foil during his sophomore year of high school, ranking B11 … helped team win championship at the Summer Nationals in both junior and senior divisions in 2011 … named a National AP Scholar and graduated Cum Laude … son of Herman and Lorna Acuña … born in Houston, Texas … has two siblings: Anacarina and Lorelei … currently enrolled in the College of Engineering, studying chemical engineering.

(Pictured left to right, 1st row): Gabriel Acuña, Ryan Murphy and Walter Myers (2nd row): Gerek Meinhardt, Nick Kubik, Ariel DeSmet, associate head coach/foil specialist Gia Kvaratskhelia, Alan Markow and Grant Hodges

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Student-Athletes Jason Choy (C) Senior Basking Ridge, N.J. Ridge

HONORS & AWARDS MFC Sabre Third-Place Finisher (2011, 2012) First Team All-MFC (2011, 2012) Second Team All-MFC (2010) AS A JUNIOR: Tied for third place in a field of 72 competitors at the Midwest Fencing Conference Championships … logged a pool play record of 5-0, outpointing the opposition with a +17 indicator (25-8) … lost a heartbreaking 14-15 decision to eventual conference champion Rhys Douglas of Ohio State … placed 14th in the sabre at the NCAA Championships to narrowly miss All-America recognition … finished with a 31-16 regular season record … achieved a perfect 10-0 effort at the Air Force Duals to assist the sabre team to four 9-0 victories … battled toward a 5-4 finish over Douglas (No. 1 Ohio State), who ultimately finished 13th at the NCAA Championships, during the St. John’s Duals … earned a signature win over Aleksander Ochocki, a two-time national sabre champion and four-time All-American from No. 4 Penn State, 5-3 during an overall 8-6 performance at the St. John’s Duals … helped the sabre team edge out No. 9 Columbia 5-4 with bout victories over Michael Josephs (5-2) and Mel Rodriguez (5-1) at the NYU Duals for an overall record of 4-5 … contributed a 4-0 record at the Notre Dame Duals, which included bout triumphs over Illinois, Wayne State and Indiana … finished the season 5-5 at the Northwestern Duals with wins over Eugene Chung (5-2) and Timothy Evans (5-1) from No. 8 Duke.

AS A SOPHOMORE: Finished second year with the Irish with a record of 22-15 in sabre … earned second monogram … opened the year with a 7-4 mark at the NYU Invitational … posted perfect 2-0 records against Yale and Columbia, while going 1-0 against Stevens Tech … clinched the sabre victory against Yale with a final-touch victory over Nathaniel Benzimra, 5-4 … also clinched the sabre win against Columbia in the following match, knocking off Billy Fink 5-2 … lone win against Stevens Tech came after defeating David Gordon 5-1 … registered a total of five wins the next day at the St. John’s Challenge, including starting off with 2-1 showings against both Ohio State and Penn State … took down NCAA participant Rhys

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Douglas (5-4) and Nicholas Kotz (5-4) in the opener against the Buckeys before defeating NCAA participant Aleksander Ochocki (5-3) and Bobby Thompson (5-1) in the next match against the Nittany Lions … the victory over Thompson also clinched the sabre victory for the Irish … did not compete for the Irish at the home Notre Dame Duals, but returned to the strip the following day at the Northwestern Duals and pieced together a 6-4 record … recorded one victory against Northwestern in first match of the day, clinching the sabre victory with a 5-1 decision over Craig Limoli … took down both Jeremy Klepner (5-2) and Max Murphy (5-1) of Stanford in the second match … stayed home for the regular season finale, posting a record of 4-0 at the Irish Duals which included going 2-0 against Chicago and 1-0 against both Illinois and Michigan State … took down Colin Nemec of Illinois (5-1) and Patrick Rapp of Michigan State (5-2) … the victory over Rapp also proved to be the overall match clincher for the Irish … earned a share of third place at the opening postseason event, the Midwest Fencing Conference Championships … reached the semifinals of direct elimination before falling to teammate Barron Nydam, 15-8 … earned first team all-MFC distinction for first

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choy’s Career Record Year W L Pct. NCAA Finish 2010 25 15 .714 -2011 22 15 .594 -2012 31 16 .660 14th Career 78 46 .629 -time in career as a result … also helped sabre unit claim the team weapon crown the following day … ended postseason with an eighthplace result at the NCAA Midwest Regionals, claiming a 3-6 pool play record.

AS A FRESHMAN: Tallied a 25-15 record at the close of his rookie season … started off his Irish career with a 9-6 record at the NYU Invitational, clinching a victory over Columbia’s Billy Fink (5-3) and posting a perfect 2-0 record in the match with Stevens Tech … recorded a 5-5 tally at the St. John’s Challenge, posting two victorious bouts against Columbia … recorded 10 victories and only four losses at the Northwestern Duals, nabbing three consecutive victorious bouts versus Princeton while also clinching the win over the Tigers … took eighth at the Midwest Fencing Conference Championships, downing Northwestern’s David Xue 15-10 (round of 64), Case Western’s Alex Wijango 15-11 (round of 32) and Ohio State’s

Michael Douville 15-10 (round of 16) before falling to Ohio State’s Max Steams 15-4 in the quarterfinals … placed sixth at the NCAA Midwest Regionals, defeating Jakub Gibczynski, 15-14, in a hard-fought duel before falling to teammate Barron Nydam.

PREP & PERSONAL: Attended Ridge High School in Basking Ridge, N.J., while fencing with the Morris Fencing Club as a sabreist under the direction of Slava Danilov … earned a runnerup result at the North American Cup A in the Under-16 division in 2007 … also earned top10 finishes at th 2007 Junior Olympics Under-17

division (eighth) and the 2007 Summer Nationals Under-16 flight (sixth) … has been ranked as high as 134th in the junior circuit rankings according to the FIE standings … has earned two top-25 results in international competition, placing 22nd at the Ciudad de Logrono in Logrono, Spain, in 2008 and then finishing 23rd at the World Cup in Sosnowiec, Poland in 2009 … son of David and Lillian Choy … brother, Phil, fenced for the U.S. Air Force Academy … enrolled in the Mendoza College of Business as a finance major.

choy in the NCAAs 2012: 11-12 round robin (+1 in touches) Phillip Dershwitz (Princeton) L, 4-5 Robert Stone (Princeton) L, 4-5 Anthony Lin (Duke) 5-4 Cameron Lindsay (Stanford) 5-2 Jeremy Klepner (Stanford) 5-1 Nathaniel Benzimra (Yale) 5-2 Alejandro Rojas (St. John’s) L, 4-5 Sean Buckley (St. John’s) L, 0-5 Peter Souders (Boston College) L, 1-5 Valentin Staller (Harvard) L, 4-5 Eric Arzoian (Harvard) L, 3-5 Stryker Weller (Brown) 5-2 William Spear (Columbia) 5-4 Michael Josephs (Columbia) 5-2 Marty Williams (Sacred Heart) 5-4 Kevin Hassett (Notre Dame) L, 4-5 Nikita Silantyev (Wayne State) 5-1 Michael Mills (Pennsylvania) 5-4 Evan Prochniak (Pennsylvania) L, 0-5 Max Stearns (Ohio State) L, 4-5 Aleksander Ochocki (Penn State) L, 3-5 Adrian Bak (Penn State) L, 3-5 Rhys Douglas (Ohio State) 5-2 • Finished 14th

Will McGough Senior Bronxville, N.Y. Bronxville

HONORS & AWARDS Honorable Mention All-MFC (2011) AS A JUNIOR: Did not compete during the regular season.

AS A SOPHOMORE: Finished the year with a record of 9-1 in sabre … did not travel with the squad for the opening weekends events at the NYU Invitational and St. John’s Challenge … took to the strip for the first time on the year at the Notre Dame Duals, posting a record of 6-1 … opened with a victory over Tom Lorenzo of Detroit 5-0 … returned to the win column against Northwestern, taking down Mychal

Kubiak in flawless fashion, 5-0 … defeated Mike Castello of Florida in the next match 5-1 … secured another perfect victory in match against Lawrence, defeating Alex Chee 5-0 … concluded the Duals with single wins against both Swarthmore and Cleveland State … finished regular season with a 3-0 record at the Irish Duals, notching single wins against Chicago, Illinois and Michigan State … earned honorable mention all-MFC distinction to get postseason play underway, finishing tied for 11th at the Midwest Fencing Conference Championships … also helped sabre squad capture the team weapon crown the following day.

AS A FRESHMAN: Finished the season with a 27-3 record … finished with clean sheets vs.

Detroit, Northwestern, John’s Hopkins and Cleveland State at the Northwestern Duals... went 2-1 vs. UC-San Diego clinching the sabre victory with a 5-4 win over Jonathan Ott … at the Notre Dame Duals, finished with clean sheets vs. Lawrence, Michigan, Northwestern, Wisconsin, Michigan State, Illinois, Chicago, Cleveland State, Purdue and Detroit … clinched the sabre victory vs. Cleveland State with a 5-3 win over Bryan Twitchell … defeated Purdue’s Cedric Hall 5-1 to clinch the sabre victory … went 5-1 in pool play of the Midwest Fencing Conference Championship … defeated Pat

MCGOUGH’s Career Record Year W L Pct. NCAA Finish 2010 27 3 .900 -2011 9 1 .900 -2012 D id Not Compete Career 36 4 .900 -Ropp of Michigan State 15-7 in the round of 64 … took down Wisconsin’s Tyler Spriggs 15-10 before being defeated by teammate Avery Zuck 7-15 in the round of 16.

PREP & PERSONAL: Has participated in club fencing since the third grade, switching from the Foil to the Sabre in eighth grade … earned three varsity letters during his sophomore through senior years, garnering a national ranking in each of those seasons … overcame two “instant-death” deficits to place third at the 2008 Senior Mid-Atlantic Sectionals … member of the Naval ROTC Program at Notre Dame … was granted a US Patent on a computer heat exchanger in September … is an Eagle Scout … was the founder and president of the Bronxville High School debate team … son of Kevin and Katherine McGough … has one sister, Elizabeth … enrolled in the College of Engineering as a computer science and engineering major.

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Student-Athletes Alex Coccia Junior Columbus, Ohio St. Charles Prep

HONORS & AWARDS MFC Sabre Sixth-Place Finisher (2012) Second Team All-MFC (2011, 2012) AS A SOPHOMORE: Finished in sixth place at the Midwest Fencing Conference Championships on way to being named to the all-MFC second team … sported an unblemished record in five bouts during pool play, adding a +21 indicator … concluded the regular season with a 32-18 record for the sabre team … participated in all five regular season dual meets for the Irish … earned a monogram … carded a 10-2 record at the Air Force Duals, posting 5-0 clean sheets against Cal Tech’s Jonathan Bayliss, Joseph Grief and Jonathan Schor … posted a 5-8 record at the St. John’s Duals, closing the competition with 2-1 victories over opponents from No. 3 St. John’s and No. 9 Columbia … seized a perfect record at the

Kevin Hassett Junior Beaverton, Ore. Aloha

HONORS & AWARDS MFC Sabre Third-Place Finisher (2011) First Team All-MFC (2011) Second Team All-MFC (2012) NCAA Foil Seventh-Place Finisher (2012) Second Team All-American (2012) AS A SOPHOMORE: Finished seventh in the sabre at the NCAA Championships to cop AllAmerica second team honors … pieced

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Notre Dame Duals (3-0) with victories over Illinois, Wayne State and Detroit … capped off the year with an 8-2 performance at the Northwestern Duals, claiming two bouts against No. 8 Duke.

AS A FRESHMAN: Concluded inaugural year with Irish program with a record of 20-7 … earned first monogram … travelled to New York for season-opening weekend at the NYU Invitational … at the NYU Invite, finished with a record of 6-1 including going 3-0 against NYU … clinched the overall match victory for the Irish en route to his first career collegiate win, defeating Columbia’s Tomasz Otlowski 5-0 … secured the sabre victory in following matchup against Stevens Tech, taking down Dmitri Lamianski on the final touch, 5-4 … in perfect match against NYU, defeated Hugo Rodriguez (5-2), Ben Radding (5-2) and Vincent Dodson (5-1) … finished a perfect 7-0 at the Notre Dame Duals, notching wins against Detroit (1-0), Air Force (3-0), Wayne State (1-0), Northwestern (1-0) and Florida (1-0) … earned two big victories in Air Force match, clinching the sabre win with a 5-3 decision over Mike Gallagher and later clinching the overall match with a 5-3 triumph over NCAA participant Scott Pippin … finished with a mark of 5-1 the following day at the Northwestern Duals … opened with a 3-0 showing against Stanford, clinching the sabre victory with a 5-3 win over Jeremy Klepner … ended regular season with three victories at the Duke Duals, claiming one win in each of three matches against North Carolina, Duke and Johns Hopkins … earned second team all-MFC honors after reaching the

together a 14-9 mark in pool play, capping tournament competition with a +13 indicator (92-79) … placed eighth out of 72 participants at the Midwest Fencing Conference Championships, earning second team all-MFC recognition … emerged from pool play with a perfect 5-0 record and a 25-6 advantage in touches against opponents … downed Matt Lindley of Xavier 15-4 in the table of 64 … overpowered Lawrence’s Alan Duff 15-1 to advance out of the table of 32 … logged a 15-6 decision against Cleveland State’s Tom Bienvenu during table of 16 play … posted a regular season record of 36-15 that ranked third on the sabre team in wins … achieved an 11-1 mark at the Air Force Duals, posting five clean sheets … downed Aleksander Ochocki (two-time national sabre champion and four-time All-American) from No. 4 Penn State 5-1 at the St. John’s Duals … captured two wins over No. 6 Harvard to add to overall showing at the St. John’s Duals … recorded a 5-4 outing at the NYU Duals, sweeping opponents from Yale (2-0) and NYU (3-0) … completed a perfect 3-0 effort at the Notre Dame Duals, with bout victories over Illinois (1-0) and Wayne State (2-0)… fashioned an

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COCCIA’s Career Record Year W L Pct. NCAA Finish 2011 20 7 .740 -2012 32 18 .640 -Career 52 25 .675 -quarterfinals of direct elimination draw at Midwest Fencing Conference Championships .. eventually fell to fellow Irish teammate Jason Choy (15-14) in the table of eight … later helped sabre squad claim the team weapon crown, part of the Irish claiming all six weapon titles … ended postseason at the NCAA Midwest Regional, finishing seventh with a mark of 4-5 in pool play.

PREP & PERSONAL: Fenced under the direction of Ohio State head coach Vladimir Nazlymov while attending St. Charles Preparatory High School in Columbus, Ohio … earned national ranking each of four year as well as capturing the state championship during his sophomore year … entered Notre Dame holding 10th in the rankings in the junior division as well as 30th in the senior division … competed in three junior events during the ‘10-11 circuit, earning points at two of the competitions … place 31st at the Preis der Chemiestadt in Dormagen for four points and finished 53rd at the Wurth-Junioren-Weltcup in Kunzelsau for two points … biggest thrill to-date is competing in Poland as a sophomore in high school … son of Peter and Nena Coccia … father graduated from Notre Dame in ‘72 … enrolled in the College of Arts and Letters as an Africana studies major with a supplemental major in peace studies.

HASSETT’s Career Record Year W L Pct. NCAA Finish 2011 24 6 .800 -2012 36 15 .706 7th Career 60 21 .741 -11-2 record at the Northwestern Duals … led the sabre team with a 3-0 match record in the 5-4 team victory over No. 2 Princeton … knocked off Princeton’s 2012 NCAA Championship third-place medalist Philip Dershwitz 5-3 at the Northwestern Duals.

AS A FRESHMAN: Enjoyed strong freshman campaign, finishing with overall record of 24-6 … earned first monogram … opened the year with a 5-1 record at the NYU Invitational, posting wins against Yale (1-0), Columbia (1-0), Stevens Tech (2-0) and NYU (1-1) … earned first collegiate win with narrow 5-4 victory over Yale’s Adam Fields … did not compete the following day at the St. John’s Challenge … concluded the Notre Dame Duals with a record of 7-1, registering wins against Detroit (1-0), Air Force (2-0), Northwestern (1-0), Florida (1-0), Lawrence (1-0) and Swarthmore (1-0) … did

not allow a touch in beating Detroit’s Logan Clements 5-0 to begin event … proceeded to shut out NCAA participant Scott Pippin in following match against Air Force 5-0 before defeating Emerson Woerner 5-3 … at the Northwestern Duals, finished with a record of 4-0 in matches against Cal Tech (1-0), UC San Diego (2-0) and North Carolina (1-0) … clinched the sabre victory against North Carolina, dispatching Samuel Austin 5-1 … ended regular season at the Duke Duals, posting a record of 6-3 aided by a 3-0 showing against Johns Hopkins … clinched the 5-4 sabre win over North Carolina with a 5-2 triumph over David Winer … earned first team all-MFC distinction after reaching the semifinals of direct elimination at the Midwest Fencing Conference Championships … defeated Jakub Gibczynski of Wayne State (15-10) in quarterfinal matchup before falling to eventual champion Rhys Douglas of Ohio State, 15-9, in the semis … the

following day, helped the sabre unit capture the team weapon crown … concluded season with a fourth-place showing at the NCAA Midwest Regionals, finishing with a 5-4 record and a +2 indicator.

PREP & PERSONAL: Fenced for the Oregon Fencing Alliance - a pipeline for sabreists attending Notre Dame - while going to Aloha High School in Beaverton, Ore. … competed at a World Cup event in New York (June 18, 2010), finishing 109th … biggest thrill to-date was placing in the top eight at the Penn State Open … son of Kevin and Ann Hassett … sister, Eileen – a four-time All-American - fenced for the Irish as a member of the women’s sabre squad and reached the NCAA Championships each of her four seasons with the team … also has two younger siblings, Daniel and Tara as well as an older sister, Maria … enrolled in the College of Engineering as a civil engineering major.

hassett in the NCAAs 2012: 14-9 round robin (+13 in touches) Phillip Dershwitz (Princeton) 5-1 Robert Stone (Princeton) L, 1-5 Anthony Lin (Duke) 5-2 Cameron Lindsay (Stanford) 5-2 Jeremy Klepner (Stanford) 5-2 Nathaniel Benzimra (Yale) L, 2-5 Alejandro Rojas (St. John’s) L, 2-5 Sean Buckley (St. John’s) 5-3 Peter Souders (Boston College) 5-2 Valentin Staller (Harvard) 5-4 5-4 Eric Arzoian (Harvard) Stryker Weller (Brown) L, 4-5 William Spear (Columbia) L, 4-5 Michael Josephs (Columbia) 5-3 Marty Williams (Sacred Heart) L, 4-5 Jason Choy (Notre Dame) 5-4 Nikita Silantyev (Wayne State) 5-3 Michael Mills (Pennsylvania) L, 4-5 Evan Prochniak (Pennsylvania) 5-0 Max Stearns (Ohio State) L, 1-5 L, 0-5 Aleksander Ochocki (Penn State) Adrian Bak (Penn State) 5-1 Rhys Douglas (Ohio State) 5-3 • Finished 7th

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billy meckling Sophomore Denver, Colo.

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AS A FRESHMAN: Placed 11th at the Midwest Fencing Conference Championships, earning all-MFC honorable mention recognition … defeated Case Western’s Matt Clements 15-2 to advance out of the table of 64 … outlasted Pat Ropp of Michigan State 15-8 in the table of 32 … competed in three dual events for the sabre team during the regular season … gathered a 40-4 record, the second best record on the sabre squad … earned a monogram … achieved a 6-1 record at the Air Force Duals, which included a 3-0 sweep over Swarthmore College … allowed just one touch in each of the three bouts … helped the sabre team clinch a

meckling’s Career Record Year W L Pct. NCAA Finish 2012 40 4 .909 -Career 40 4 .909 -9-0 match defeat of Florida with a 3-0 bout record … led the Irish roster with a 30-2 record at the Notre Dame Duals … 15 of the 30 bout victories were won by four touches or more … finished 4-1 at the Northwestern Duals, yielding just one touch in a 3-0 bout run against Cal Tech.

PREP & PERSONAL: Son of William Meckling and Virginia Laahs … twin brother, Peter, fences for UC San Diego … has a sister, Megan …enrolled in the College of Engineering, majoring in mechanical engineering.

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Student-Athletes John hallsten Freshman Sacramento, Calif.

PREP & PERSONAL: Attended Christian Brothers High School, and fenced with the Hristov-Csikany club team … gold medalist at the 2010 Cadet Fencing World Cup event in Konin, Poland … earned fifth place at the Cadet World Cup event in Meylan, France, that same

year … member of the California Scholarship Federation and the National Honor Society … son of Jeff and Michelle Hallsten … has three sisters, Annie, Katie and Molly … enrolled in the First Year of Studies.

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(Pictured left to right): Jason Choy, John Hallsten, Billy Meckling, Christopher Viamontes, Alex Coccia, Will McGough and assistant coach/sabre specialist Ian Farr (Not pictured: Daniel Kim)

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2011-12 Season In Review

Enzo Castellani wrapped up his banner Notre Dame career with a 42-8 regular season record and led the Irish with a third place finish in the men’s foil at the 2012 NCAA Championships. The podium placement earned the Notre Dame senior All-America first team honors. Castellani posted a 132-30 (.825) cumulative record during his four years of competition.

2012 Season In Review Defending the NCAA Championship for the first time in six years, Notre Dame put together another solid campaign in 2012, concluding competition at the NCAA meet in third place.

The podium finish extended Notre Dame’s streak of top-five outings in the event to a remarkable 19 consecutive seasons, and nine Irish fencers were rewarded with All-America honors.

The men’s team, ranked fourth in the inaugural CollegeFencing360.com Fencing Coaches Poll to open the regular season, won eight of its first 10 decisions on the way to posting a 29-6 cumulative record. The Notre Dame women, whose opening match defeat at the hands of eventual national champion Ohio State snapped a record 80-match winning streak, bounced back in fine fashion, claiming 19 of the final 20 contests to finish 25-6.

The Notre Dame men started their season with a bang, posting a perfect 6-0 record at the Western Duals, hosted by the Air Force Academy, at Falcon Gym. Senior foilists Enzo Castellani and Reggie Bentley and sabreist Keith Feldman all reached the 100-win plateau for their careers.

After starting the event with an impressive 26-1 win over Cal Tech, that saw epee go 8-1 with foil and sabre going a perfect 9-0, the Irish reeled off a 23-4 decision over UC San Diego, aided by foil and sabre going 8-1 and epee going 7-2. The third match of the day saw Notre Dame claim its first perfect sheet as the squad took down Swarthmore 27-0.

Entering on a high note, the Irish faced their two toughest matches of the event against Air Force and Stanford. Though getting tested in both contests, Notre Dame emerged with identical 18-9 victories, with sabre (7-2) pacing the team in the Air Force match and foil (9-0) proving unbeatable in the Stanford contest. With only one match left, the Irish posted their second perfect ledger in defeating Florida 27-0.

Following a stop at the St. John’s Duals, the men’s and women’s teams posted identical 4-2 records at the NYU Invitational at the Coles Sports Center to close the weekend with 6-5 records.

The men gained momentum early on, recording three consecutive wins to begin the event. In the opening bout, the Irish found themselves behind 13-12 to Yale with only two epee bouts remaining. Needing both points, James Kaull and Dale Purdy responded, defeating Cornelius Saunders and Benjamin Mappin-Kasirer, respectively, to claim the 14-13 win.

The next two matches saw a 21-6 decision over Columbia and a 20-7 win over North Carolina.

With the Irish leading 12-11 and needing only two points to clinch, sixth-ranked St. John’s won three consecutive bouts over Jack Piasio, Reggie Bentley and Purdy. Notre Dame split the final two matches of the day, claiming a 21-6 win over NYU before dropping a 20-7 contest to fifth-ranked Ohio State.

On the women’s side, the squad traded wins and losses in each of their first four matches of the NYU Invitational, earning victories over Yale (22-5) and fourth-ranked Northwestern (19-8) and falling to Columbia (15-12) and fifth-ranked St. John’s (14-13). Sitting with a record of 2-2 on the day, the women closed with back-to-back victories over NYU (23-4) and sixth-ranked Ohio State (14-13). In the match against the Buckeyes, the contest went to the final bout tied 13-13 where Grace Hartman defeated Allison Henvick, 5-2, in the decisive match to clinch the victory.

The third-ranked Notre Dame women completed an opening day sweep at the Notre Dame Duals, concluding team play with a perfect 12-0 record inside the Joyce Center Fieldhouse. The Irish weathered the 12-match docket with relative ease, scoring 20-plus points in nine of those matches, including a perfect 27-0 victory over Case Western. The other 20-plus point victories took place over Purdue (21-6), Lawrence (25-2), Florida (25-2), Indiana (22-5), Detroit (26-1), Cleveland State (24-3), Michigan (24-3) and Chicago (25-2).

The Irish also nearly reached the 20-point plateau against both Wayne State and Michigan State, registering identical 19-8 decisions.

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Of the 12 matches the Irish men took part in the following day at the Notre Dame Duals, only one of them (Indiana, 19-8) saw the opposition hold the Irish under 20 (out of a possible 27) points. The remaining bouts saw Notre Dame knock off Illinois (21-6), Purdue (25-2), Lawrence (25-2), Florida (24-3), Wayne State (22-5), Detroit (22-5), Case Western (25-2), Northwestern (22-5), Michigan (21-6), Cleveland State (21-6) and Michigan State (20-7).

Both teams rolled into the Squad Championships in New York City in the final steps of preparation for the Midwest Fencing Conference Championship, and the Irish responded with three podium finishes. Notre Dame sent only three weapon squads to the tournament - men’s foil, men’s sabre, women’s foil - and saw each of the three finish in the top three of their respective draw. The men tied for fifth overall (out of 20 teams) at the event with 104 points, while representing the only men’s team in the field to finish inside the top 15 without competing in each of the three weapon groups. The women, meanwhile, finished 13th out of 22 teams with 52 total points, despite competing in only one of the three weapons.

The momentum gained was ultimately not enough to deliver the Irish their third straight Midwest Fencing Conference team championship, as Ohio State claimed the outright title with 1,305 points to Notre Dame’s 1,270 points.

The Irish men were victorious after scoring 660 of the team’s points, while the women came in third place with the other 610 points.

Members of the Notre Dame women’s squad enjoyed a successful trip to the NCAA Midwest Regionals in Woodling Gymnasium on the campus of Cleveland State University. Lian Osier and Madison Zeiss each finished second in their given weapon groups, while Grace Hartman and Ashley Severson placed third to give the Irish four top-three finishers. Three men’s fencers equaled the feat one day later, as Reggie Bentley (second), Enzo Castellani (third) and Keith Feldman (third) each garnered a top-three result.

With the full compliment of 12 fencers entered in the 2012 NCAA Championship, Notre Dame earned its fifth straight podium finish by claiming third place at the NCAAs in Columbus, Ohio.

Grace Hartman finished with a round-robin record of 16-7 with a +31 indicator to lead the women’s foil squad. The junior closed with a record of 6-3 on the final day of competition, good for fifth place overall and second team All-America distinction, the first such honor of her collegiate career. Fellow foilist Madison Zeiss, meanwhile, posted the best day of any Irish fencer on the tournament’s second day, finishing with a record of 8-1 to climb to a final pool record of 15-8 with a +25 indicator. Sprinkled in her 15 victories were wins over the individual NCAA champion Evgeniya Kirpicheva of St. John’s (1-0) and third-place finisher Alina Antokhina of Penn State (5-2). Zeiss finished in eighth place overall and also received second team All-America honors.

Epeeist Ashley Severson concluded her first NCAA tournament as a second team All-American after placing fifth with a record of 16-7 with a +25 indicator.

Teammate Nicole Ameli’s overall record of 12-11 and +5 indicator earned third team All-America honors (11th-place finish). The highlight of each Irish epeeists day was earning matching 5-4 victories over NCAA silver medalist Margherita Guzzi Vincenti of Penn State.

In sabre, Lian Osier used a 4-4 second day to finish in eighth place overall with a final record of 13-9 and a +8 indicator.

After being named a third team All-American last season, Osier earned second team honors this year as a result of her topeight finish. Abigail Nichols concluded with a 5-3 record on day two to finish with a 10-12 mark overall and 15th place in her first appearance at the NCAAs. The Notre Dame men’s team added four All-America honors later in the competition, led by foilist Enzo Castellani. Castellani finished round robin play in fourth place with a record of 16-7

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Men’s Foil (226-86/.724) Gabriel Acuna 17-6/.739 Reggie Bentley 37-18/.673 Enzo Castellani 42-8/.840 Nicholas Crebs 29-10/.744 Nick Grady 4-9/.308 Grant Hodges 20-7/.741 Nick Kubik 36-20/.643 Alan Markow 18-2/.900 Ryan Murphy 15-6/.714 Walter Myers 8-2/.800 Men’s Epee (210-105/.667) Albert He 21-12/.636 James Kaull 45-21/.682 Ryan McDonough 17-8/.680 Jack Piasio 41-25/.621 Chris Pinkowski 48-18/.727 Dale Purdy 37-13/.740 Michael Rossi 36-21/.631 Men’s Sabre (243-74/.767) Jason Choy 31-16/.660 Alex Coccia 32-18/.640 Keith Feldman 31-14/.689 Marcel Frenkel 44-4/.917 Kevin Hassett 36-15/.706 Billy Meckling 40-4 /.909 Tonly Schlehuber 29-3/.906

Women’s Foil (223-56/.799) Rachel Beck 37-8/.822 Adriana Camacho 31-9/.775 Grace Hartman 33-9/.786 Christina LaBarge 16-7/.696 Darsie Malynn 33-7/.825 R. Sarkisova 31-11/.738 Madison Zeiss 42-5/.894 Women’s Epee (166-112/.597) Nicole Ameli 39-26/.600 Caroline Dikibo 9-5/.643 Channing Foster 33-26/.559 Melissa Medina 1-6/.142 P. Messersmith 16-21/.432 Stephanie Myers 8-7/.533 Ashley Severson 36-8/.818 Diane Zielinski 26-13/.667 Women’s Sabre (198-80/.712) Beatriz Almeida 20-11/.645 Danielle Guilfoyle 28-7/.800 Abigail Nichols 30-9/.612 Lian Osier 33-15/.687 K. Palazzoto 28-22/.560 Marta Stepien 36-5/.878 Marybeth Zier 23-1/.958 Italics – non-returners for 2012-13 season

and a +32 indicator. With the top-four finish, Castellani advanced into the individual semifinals against top-seeded Zain Shaito of Ohio State. The Irish senior was unable to pull the upset, falling to Shaito, 15-8, to earn a share of third place and first team All-America recognition. Teammate Reggie Bentley closed impressively with a 7-2 outing. The Irish senior missed out on the top four by six touches, finishing with an identical 16-7 record of Castellani but only amassing a +26 indicator.

With his fifth-place finish, Bentley became a second team AllAmerican.

James Kaull concluded his third NCAA Championship with his best finish to-date, posting a 14-9 record and a +12 indicator in epee. In addition to defeating Princeton’s Jonathan Yergler, Kaull earned a 5-3 victory over Ohio State’s Marco Canevari, who finished as the top seed with an overall record of 19-4. After earning third team All-America distinction as a freshman, Kaull became a second team All-American this season with his seventh-place finish. Michael Rossi placed 23rd with a 7-16 record and a -24 indicator. He earned his biggest win of the tournament with a 5-2 triumph over Harvard’s Peregrine Badger, who finished sixth overall with 14 wins.

In sabre, Kevin Hassett closed his NCAA outing with a 6-3 record to conclude the tournament in seventh place with a 14-9 mark with a +13 indicator. The signature win for Hassett was a 5-1 triumph over Princeton’s Philip Dershwitz, who concluded the championship in third place with 16 total wins.

Hassett became a second team All-American with his topeight finish. Jason Choy posted a record of 4-5 on his second day to end in 14th place with an overall record of 11-12. The Irish junior’s most impressive victory came against Columbia’s William Spear, as he defeated the fifth-place finisher by a count of 5-4.

NCAA Men’s Sabre 1. Aleksander Ochocki, Penn State 2. Valentin Staller, Harvard 3T. Max Stearns, Ohio State 3T. Philip Dershwitz, Princeton 5. William Spear, Columbia 6. Adrian Bak, Penn State 7. Kevin Hassett, Notre Dame 8. Evan Prochniak, Penn 9. Alejandro Rojas, St. John’s 10. Sean Buckley, St. John’s 11. Michael Josephs, Columbia 12. Nathaniel Benzimra, Yale 13. Rhys Douglas, Ohio State 14. Jason Choy, Notre Dame 15. Marty Williams, Sacred Heat 16. Michael Mills, Penn 17. Peter Souders, Boston College 18. Eric Arzoian, Harvard 19. Anthony Lin, Duke 20. Stryker Weller, Brown 21. Cameron Lindsay, Stanford 22. Robert Stone, Princeton 23. Nikita Silantyev, Wayne State 24. Jeremy Klepner, Stanford

NCAA Men’s Epee 1. Jonathan Yergler, Princeton 2. Alen Hadzic, Columbia 3T. Marco Canevari, Ohio State 3T. Kristian Boyadzhiev, Ohio State 5. Nicholas Vomero, St. John’s 6. Peregrine Badger, Harvard 7. James Kaull, Notre Dame 8. Edward Kelley, Princeton 9. Kian Ameli, Stanford 10. Rene Gannon-O’Gara, Penn 11. Marat Israelian, St. John’s 12. Tristan Jones, Duke 13. Nick Johnson, Vassar 14. Clifford Fishler, Penn 15. Dylan Noller, Duke 16. Oliver Valdes, Penn State 17. Peter Cohen, Yale 18. Kelly McGuire, Brown 19. Anthony Green, Penn State 20. James Hawrot, Harvard 21. Cole Connely, Stanford 22. Chase Houser, Air Force 23. Michael Rossi, Notre Dame 24. Michael Ramlow, Wayne State

NCAA Men’s Foil 1. Zain Shaito, Ohio State 2. Turner Caldwell, Stanford 3T. Alexander Mills, Princeton 3T. Enzo Castellani, Notre Dame 5. Reggie Bentley, Notre Dame 6. Vidur Kapur, Penn 7. Shiv Kachru, Yale 8. Lucas Lin, Harvard 9. Eli Schenkel, St. John’s 10. Daniel Gomez Tanamachi, Penn State 11. Alex Chiang, Air Force 12. Brian Kaneshige, Harvard 13. Philip Jamesson, NYU 14. Max Blitzer, St. John’s 15. Zane Grodman, Penn 16. Quentin Schneider, Wayne State 17. Chris Colley, Ohio State 18. David Gomez Tanamachi, Penn State 19. Julian Cardillo, Brandeis 20. Marcus Howard, Princeton 21. Kevin Nadeau, North Carolina 22. Stuart Holmes, Sacred Heart 23. Phillip Choy, Air Force 24. Barrett Weiss, Brown

NCAA Women’s Sabre 1. Rebecca Ward, Duke 2. Monica Aksamit, Penn State 3T. Anna Limbach, St. John’s 3T. Eliza Stone, Princeton 5. Caroline Vloka, Harvard 6. Kamali Thompson, Temple 7. Margarita Tschomakova, Ohio State 8. Lian Osier, Notre Dame 9. Nicole Glon, Penn State 10. Dominika Franciszkowicz, Penn 11. Alison Miller, Ohio State 12. Samantha Roberts, Columbia 13. Diamond Wheeler, Princeton 14. Essane Diedro, Columbia 15. Abigail Nichols, Notre Dame 16. Martyna Wieczorek, St. John’s 17. Kara Lee, Harvard 18. Gillian Litynski, North Carolina 19. Christine Whalen, Brown 20. Robin Shin, MIT 21. Chelsea Rosenbauer, Boston College 22. Chole Grainger, Northwestern 23. Julia Klepner, Stanford 24. Elissa Gesner, UC San Diego

NCAA Women’s Epee 1. Katarzyna Dabrowa, Ohio State 2. M. Guzzi Vincenti, Penn State 3T. Katherine Holmes, Princeton 3T. Kate Cavanaugh, Northwestern 5. Ashley Severson, Notre Dame 6. Alina Ferdman, St. John’s 7. Hannah Safford, Princeton 8. Lydia Kopecky, Columbia 9. Caroline Piasecka, Ohio State 10. Oksana Samorodov, Penn State 11. Nicole Ameli, Notre Dame 12. Amrit Bhinder, Penn 13. Sarah Collins, Duke 14. Emma Vaggo, Harvard 15. Courtney Dumas, Northwestern 16. Jillian Bratton, Temple 17. Diana Tsinis, Columbia 18. Nadia Eldeib, Harvard 19. Zsofia Fath, St. John’s 20. Emily D’Agostino 21. Cory Abbe, Brown 22. Megan Floyd, Sacred Heart 23. Ashley Titan, Stanford 24. Rebecca Chung, Stanford

NCAA Women’s Foil 1. Evgeniya Kirpicheva, St. John’s 2. Luona Wang, Penn 3T. Mona Shaito, Ohio State 3T. Alina Antokhina, Penn State 5. Grace Hartman, Notre Dame 6. Dayana Sarkisova, Northwestern 7. Lauren Miller, Yale 8. Madison Zeiss, Notre Dame 9. Irina Koroleva, St. John’s 10. Ambika Singh, Princeton 11. Alexandra Kiefer, Havard 12 Eve Levin, Princeton 13. Sarah Parmacek, Penn 14. April Whitney, Cornell 15. Allison Henvick, Ohio State 16. Alyssa Lomuscio, Temple 17. Devynn Patterson, Northwestern 18. Christine McIntosh, Cornell 19. Kathryn Hawrot, Brown 20. Lily McElwee, Stanford 21. Mikayla Varadi, Temple 22. D’Meca Homer, Columbia 23. Kathy Chou, Harvard 24. Rose Forcier, UC San Diego

Results Men (29-6) Women (25-6) Cal Tech 26-1 -23-4 -UC San Diego Swarthmore 27-0 -18-9 -Air Force Stanford 18-9 -Florida 27-0 -Ohio State 12-15 12-15 Penn State 13-14 12-15 Harvard 15-12 15-12 St. John’s 15-12 10-17 Columbia 12-15 19-8 Yale 14-13 22-5 Columbia 21-6 12-15 North Carolina 20-7 -Northwestern -- 19-8 St. John’s 13-14 13-14 NYU 21-6 23-4 Ohio State 7-20 14-13 Purdue 25-2 21-6 Illinois 21-6 -Case Western Reserve 25-2 27-0 Lawrence 25-2 25-2 Florida 24-3 25-2 Wayne State 22-5 19-8 Indiana 19-8 22-5 Detroit 22-5 26-1 Northwestern 22-5 17-10 Michigan 21-6 24-3 Cleveland State 21-6 24-3 Chicago -- 25-2 Michigan State 20-7 19-8 North Carolina 20-7 17-10 Duke 16-11 13-14 UC San Diego 18-9 20-7 Stanford 15-12 21-6 Princeton 13-14 15-12 Cal Tech 27-0 26-1 Temple -- 14-13 Stevens Tech -- 17-10 2012 NCAA Championship Team Standings (at Columbus, Ohio) ME MF MS WE WF WS Total Team Ohio State 35 28 31 33 30 25 182 Princeton 28 24 21 34 27 27 161 Notre Dame 21 32 25 28 31 23 160 St. John’s 27 24 26 23 32 26 158 Penn State 18 21 31 31 18 32 151 Harvard 24 25 23 12 28 12 136 Penn 24 25 23 12 28 12 124 Columbia 17 -- 27 25 6 22 97 Duke 21 -- 9 18 -- 19 67 Stanford 21 17 12 3 6 3 62 Northwestern -- -- -- 27 24 1 52 Yale 9 14 12 -- 15 -- 50 Brown 9 5 9 7 7 7 44 -- -- -- 10 15 15 40 Temple Air Force 7 19 -- -- -- -- 26 Sacred Heart -- 6 11 6 -- -- 23 Wayne State 5 10 4 -- -- -- 19 Cornell -- -- -- -- 18 -- 18 Boston College -- -- 10 -- -- 4 14 North Carolina -- 6 -- -- -- 8 14 Vassar 12 -- -- -- -- -- 12 NYU -- --- 11 -- -- -- 11 Others- Brandeis (7), MIT (5), UC San Diego (1)

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Departed Monogram Winners Darsie Malynn Graduated Grapevine, Texas Colleyville Heritage

HONORS & AWARDS NCAA 23rd-Place Finisher (2010) Honorable Mention All-MFC (2010, 2012)

AS A SENIOR: Recipient of the Alice “Dit” Langford Foil Award, a leadership honor given in remembrance of the wife of former head coach Walt Langford … placed 10th in the foil at the Midwest Fencing Conference Championships, earning honorable mention all-MFC recognition in the process … won fourth monogram … compiled a 33-7 regular season mark … defeated Katherine Chou from No. 7 Harvard and Erica McKee from No. 4 at the St. John’s Duals … led the foil squad with a 9-1 record at the NYU Duals … took down Dianna Hohensee from No. 5 Columbia to assist the foil team in the 5-4 victory over the Lions … took down Yale’s Lauren Miller (finished seventh at the NCAA Championships) and Linda Zhou each 5-1 at the NYU Duals … compiled a 13-2 record at the

Malynn in the NCAAs 2010: 6-17 round robin (-35 in touches) Irina Koroleva (St. John’s) 5-2 Evgeniya Kirpicheva (St. John’s) L, 2-5 5-2 Katharine Pitt (Yale) D’Meca Hunter (Columbia) L, 2-5 Nicole Ross (Columbia) L, 0-5 Pilar Alicéa (San Diego) L, 2-5 Dayana Sarkisova (Northwestern) L, 4-5 5-2 Devynn Patterson (Northwestern) Jessica Wacker (Stanford) L, 3-4 Allison Henvick (Ohio State) L, 2-5 Oksana Dmytruk (Ohio State) L, 0-5 Aida Abdikulova (Pennsylvania) L, 1-5 5-4 Shelby MacLeod (Harvard) Misha Goldfeder (Harvard) L, 3-5 Jennifer Colacino (Boston College) L, 2-5 Hayley Reese (Notre Dame) L, 0-5 Olivia Dobbs (Wayne State) 5-2 Mikayla Varadi (Temple) L, 1-5 Melissa Parker (Temple) L, 3-5 Brianna Martin (Princeton) L, 3-5 Olga Ostatnigrosh (Penn State) 5-1 Doris Willette (Penn State) L, 0-5 Rocky Rothenberg (Princeton) L, 4-5 • Finished 23rd

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Notre Dame Duals … blanked Florida’s Kate Scott 5-0 … defeated Chicago State’s Bethany Fixen (5-0) and Aimy Tien (5-1) at the home event … combined for an 8-2 outing at the Northwestern Duals, storming past Stanford (3-0) and North Carolina (2-0).

AS A JUNIOR: Reached the 30-win plateau for third straight year, finishing with a mark of 30-10 while also reaching the 100-win mark for career … earned third monogram … opened the year 5-2 at the NYU Invitational … clinched both the foil victory and overall match victory with 5-3 triumph over Yale’s Katharine Pitt … did not allow a touch in taking down Columbia’s Huda Muhammad (5-0) in next match … again clinched both foil and overall match victories with win over St. John’s Christine Zazzara (5-0) … finished with a 4-4 ledger at the St. John’s Challenge the following day … earned two of foil’s four wins against Harvard, defeating both Katherine Chou (5-4) and Shelby MacLeod (4-2) … earned one of three foil wins against Columbia in close 14-13 victory, defeating Meagan Ng in the final foil bout, 5-1 … went 9-3 at the home Notre Dame Duals … opened 5-0 after going 2-0 against Detroit and 3-0 against Cleveland State … also earned three wins against Florida, defeating Andrea Rumbaugh (5-2), Laura Gonzalez (5-0) and Shelby Krantz (5-2) … posted a 10-1 record at the Northwestern Duals the following day … opened going 6-0 with perfect 3-0 sheets against Fairleigh Dickinson and UC San Diego … in 18-9 victory over Temple, clinched foil victory with 5-1 triumph over Liz Van Son … ended regular season with two wins at Irish Duals, earning one win against each Illinois and Michigan State … began postseason play with a 14th-place finish at the Midwest Fencing Conference Championships before helping the foil squad claim the team weapon title the following day … at the NCAA Midwest Regionals, finished in fifth place with a pool record of 5-4 with a +6 indicator.

AS A SOPHOMORE: Earned honorable mention all-MFC for her 10th-place finish in the foil … concluded her second year with the Irish with a record of 31-13 … posted five wins at the NYU Invitational to open the year, including posting a perfect 2-0 ledger against Yale … recorded her 50th win as a member of the team against Columbia with her 5-3 decision over Tess Finkel at the St. John’s Challenge … ended the event with a 6-1 record … went 11-5 at the Northwestern Duals, including clean sheets against Fairleigh Dickinson (1-0), Stanford (2-0), San Diego (3-0) and Cal Tech (1-0) … ended the regular season with a 9-1 mark at the Notre Dame Duals … clinched the match at 14-1 against Purdue with her 5-1 decision over Audrey Jenkins … placed 10th at the Midwest Fencing Championships … placed first out of her pool, posting a 5-0 record and a +23 indicator … defeated Rika Terajima of Lawrence in the second round, 15-0, after her first round bye

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Malynn’s Career Record Year W L Pct. NCAA Finish 2009 39 7 .848 -2010 31 13 .705 23rd 2011 30 10 .750 -2012 33 7 .825 -Career 133 37 .782 -… next, defeated Curie Chang of Northwestern in the Round of 16, 15-5 … fell to teammate Radmila Sarkisova in the quarterfinals, 12-11, in a hard-fought overtime battle … foil team earned third-place finish at the tournament, falling to Northwestern (5-3) in the semifinals, before beating Wayne State in the third-place match (5-1) … qualified for her first-ever NCAA Championships after placing sixth at the Midwest Regional … advanced to the final eight with wins over Camille Provencal-Dayle of Northwestern (15-12) and Hayley Reese (15-13) … fell to Reese in the quarterfinals, 15-5, before knocking off Lindsay Knauer of Ohio State (15-9) in the consolation bracket … placed 23rd at the NCAA Championships, posting a record of 6-17 in round robin play with a -35 indicator.

AS A FRESHMAN: Went 39-7 during the regular season … began her college career with a 4-0 record at the St. John’s Duals … earned her first career win against Columbia’s Abby Capparos-Janto (3-2 in OT) … went 10-4 at the NYU Invitational, including 3-0 performances against Yale and NYU … her 10 wins at the NYU Invitational led all Irish women foilists … led the Irish women’s foil team with 25 wins at the Notre Dame Duals (finished 25-3) … went 3-0 against Stanford, Michigan State, Cleveland State, and Cal Tech at the Notre Dame Duals … finished 14th at the Midwest Fencing Conference Championships … at the championships, beat Purdue’s Ashley Gross, 15-7, in the round of 64 and Notre Dame teammate Christina LaBarge, 15-6, in the round of 32 before losing to Ohio State’s Oksana Dmytruk, 15-9, in the round of 16 … captured seventh place at the NCAA Midwest Regional … earned seventh with a win over Northwestern’s Meredith Baskies, 15-5, in the seventh-place bout.

PREP & PERSONAL: Graduated from Colleyville Heritage High School in Colleyville, Texas … trained at the Fencing Institute of Texas under the direction of Volodymyr Yefimov … ranked 230th among seniors and the 166th ranked junior in the world … ranked as high as 141st in the world senior rankings and 121st in the world junior rankings … finished ninth at the 2006 Division 1 N.A.C. event held in Sacramento, Calif. … member of National Honor Society and French Honor Society in high school … also an AP Scholar while in high school … daughter of Edward Malynn and Jacqueline Ballard … has two brothers … graduated with a degree in French from the College of Arts and Letters.

Radmila Sarkisova Graduated Grand Rapids, Mich.

Forest Hills Central

HONORS & AWARDS Second Team All-MFC (2010, 2011) Honorable Mention All-MFC (2012)

AS A SENIOR: Recipient of the DeCicco/ Langford Award, which recognizes inspiration and dedication to the Notre Dame fencing program … finished 12th in the foil at the Midwest Fencing Conference Championships in a pool of 60 participants … copped honorable mention all-MFC honors … earned fourth monogram … finished with the most career wins among active roster members with a 142-51 record … concluded the regular season with a 31-11 mark … upset Alina Antokina (tied for third at the NCAA Championships) from No. 4 Penn State 5-2 … defeated Allison Henvick (finished 15th at the NCAA Championships) from No. 2 Ohio State 5-1 at the St. John’s Duals … finished 7-3 at the NYU Duals … swept past No. 8 Northwestern 2-0 and defeated Kelly Ng from host NYU 5-1 … achieved a 12-3 record at the Notre Dame Duals, winning 11 bouts by four or more touches … comprised an 8-2 showing at the Northwestern Duals, shutting out Stanford 2-0 and gathering a 5-1 victory over Andrea Olivia from No. 1 Princeton.

AS A JUNIOR: Reached the 100-win plateau after going 32-9 in third season … earned third monogram … opened the year with an 8-2 performance at the NYU Invitational, including going 3-0 against NYU … claimed first victory of the year against Yale, defeating Zoe Egelman 5-0 … clinched the foil victory against NYU, earning a win over Jessica Sherman, 5-1 … also beat Samantha Anthony (5-1) and Sophie Feiertag (5-0) in that match … notched two wins the following day at the St. John’s

Challenge, recording a win each against Ohio State and St. John’s … at the Notre Dame Duals, finished with a record of 9-1 … posted perfect records against Detroit (2-0), Cleveland State (1-0), Air Force (2-0), Swarthmore (1-0) and Wayne State (3-0) … clinched the foil victory against Air Force, knocking off Diana Hock 5-0 … also clinched the foil against Wayne State with a 5-2 triumph over Tiaja Sabrie … earned two additional wins against Wayne State, defeating Rachel Broderick (5-0) and Olivia Dobbs (5-2) … recorded 10 more wins the following day at the Northwestern Duals, putting together a 10-1 ledger … posted back-to-back 3-0 records against Fairleigh Dickinson and UC San Diego … in 14-13 victory over Princeton, earned an overtime victory over Lucile Jarry 2-1 … ended regular season going 3-0 at the Irish Duals, earning one win against each Chicago, Illinois and Michigan State … began postseason play with an eighth-place result at the Midwest Fencing Conference Championships, good for second team all-MFC honors for the second straight year … reached the quarterfinals before dropping 10-0 decision to teammate and eventual champion Hayley Reese … concluded year finishing sixth at the NCAA Midwest Regional after posting a record of 5-4 with a +0 indicator.

AS A SOPHOMORE: Received second team all-MFC recognition after her eighth-place finish at the Midwest Fencing Championships … also named the 2010 Alice “Dit” Langford Award winner, given to the Irish women’s foilist who exemplifies leadership … concluded the year with a record of 37-17 … earned her 50th win of her Irish career with a 5-0 victory over Samantha Anthony of NYU … went 9-5 in the season opening NYU Invitational … recorded three wins for the Irish at the St. John’s Challenge … finished 14-5 at the Northwestern Duals, including clean matches against Fairleigh Dickinson (1-0), Duke (2-0), Cal Tech (2-0), Temple (2-0) and Detroit (2-0) … ended regular season with 11-1 ledger at the Notre Dame Duals, finishing the tournament with threestraight 3-0 matches against Wisconsin, Indiana and Detroit … finished eighth at the Midwest Fencing Championships, advancing out of her pool with a perfect 6-0 mark and a +23 indicator … knocked off Amanda Soldner in the second round by a score of 15-0 and then defeated teammate Katie Heinzen in the Round of 16, 15-2 … defeated her second consecutive Irish

sarkisova’s Career Record Year W L Pct. NCAA Finish 2009 42 14 .750 -2010 37 17 .685 -2011 32 9 .780 -2012 31 11 .738 -Career 142 51 .736 -teammate in the quarterfinals, taking out Darsie Malynn in an overtime bout, 12-11, before falling to Oksana Dmytruk of Ohio State in the quarterfinals, 9-8 … finished 11th at the NCAA Midwest Regionals … fell to Devynn Patterson in overtime, 9-8, in the first round of direct elimination before dropping a decision to Olivia Dobbs of Wayne State, 15-11, in the repechage draw … lost to teammate Grace Hartman in the plate table (15-8), before defeating Holly McKibben of Ohio State (15-10) in the 11th-place match.

AS A FRESHMAN: Went 42-14 during the regular season … began college career with a 2-1 showing at the St. John’s Duals … earned her first career win against Columbia’s Lucia Mattox (5-1) … went 6-4 at the NYU Invitational … finished 18-8 at the Northwestern Duals, including a perfect 3-0 mark against Fairleigh Dickinson, North Carolina and Lawrence … turned in an impressive 16-1 performance at the Notre Dame Duals, including a 3-0 record against Cleveland State at the Notre Dame Duals … finished in 13th place at the Midwest Fencing Conference Championships … at the championships, beat Purdue’s Kendra McPheeters, 15-0, in the round of 64 and Case Western’s Phoebe Stierhoff, 15-9, in the round of 32 before losing to Notre Dame teammate Emilie Prot … finished in sixth place at the NCAA Midwest Regionals … in the quarterfinals of the regional, fell to Notre Dame teammate Hayley Reese, 15-8, before bouncing back with a win over Northwestern’s Meredith Baskies, 15-11 … lost the fifth-place bout to Notre Dame teammate Adi Nott, 15-7.

PREP & PERSONAL: Four-year letter winner in fencing at Forest Hills Central High School in Grand Rapids, Mich. … finished in the national rankings all four years of high school … trained at the Grand Rapids Fencing Academy … member of the National Honor Society while in high school … daughter of Arkady Sarkisov and Yuliana Shepeleva … earned a degree in pre-professional studies from the College of Science.

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Departed Monogram Winners Diane Zielinski Graduated Bernardsville, N.J. Bernards

HONORS & AWARDS Second Team All-MFC (2009) Honorable Mention All-MFC (2011)

AS A SENIOR: Earned fourth monogram … finished with a regular season record of 26-13, pushing her career totals to 162-72 … competed in all four regular season duals … defeated Tasha Domashowetz from No. 2 Ohio State 5-4 at the St. John’s Duals … took down Hye Yeon Glass (5-2), Christina Lai (5-4) and Lyssie Parkhurst (5-2) from host NYU at the NYU Duals … produced a 13-1 record at the Notre Dame Duals … surpassed Detroit’s Kaylah Berndt (5-0) and Paige Zmudczynski (5-2) in the 9-0 match sweep for the epee squad over the Titans … rose past Florida’s Natasha Hajal (5-0) and Marisa Petrick (5-1) during the 8-1 epee team victory over the Gators … finished with a 9-7 mark at the Northwestern Duals … defeated members of both Stanford and North Carolina 2-1 at the Northwestern Duals.

AS A JUNIOR: Concluded the year with a 31-28 record in epee … earned third monogram … opened the year going 6-11 at the NYU Invitational … earned first victory of the year against Tasha Garcia of Yale, 5-1 … secured a pair of victories against NYU, taking down Vicki Sheng (5-1) before defeating Hye Yeon Glass (5-1) … competed in all five bouts at the St. John’s Challenge, finishing with a 1-9 mark … secured lone win of the day against Ohio State, clinching the epee point for the squad with a 5-4 triumph over Katarzyna Dabrowa … returned home to the Notre Dame Duals, piecing together a record of 7-3 … went a perfect 3-0 in the event opener against Lawrence, while going 2-0 against Detroit, 2-1 against Cleveland State and

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0-2 against Northwestern … posted a doubledigit win total the following day at Northwestern Duals, finishing with a 10-3 mark … opened the event going 3-0 against Fairleigh Dickinson … also notched a perfect sheet against Cal Tech … earned crucial victory against Princeton to help secure a 14-13 victory, taking down NCAA participant Phoebe Caldwell, 4-3, in extra time … ended regular season with a 7-1 record at the Irish Duals in matches against Chicago (2-1), Illinois (3-0) and Michigan State (2-1) … got postseason underway at Midwest Fencing Conference Championships, earning ninth place … result secured honorable mention all-MFC honors for the junior … also helped women’s epee squad capture team weapon title the following day en route to the Irish claiming all six weapon concentrations for the first time in conference history … ended season at NCAA Midwest Regionals, going 2-7 in pool play for a ninth-place result … recipient of the Polly DeCicco/Georgette Auriol Women’s Epee Leadership Award.

AS A SOPHOMORE: Finished the season with a regular season record of 59-27 … posted a record of 9-9 at the season opening NYU Invitational, including a 3-0 mark against NYU en route to a 23-4 team win … secured the match-clinching point against Harvard at the St. John’s Challenge after defeating Felicia Sun, 5-4 … went 25-9 at the Northwestern Duals, recording perfect bout records against Fairleigh Dickinson, Stanford, San Diego, North Carolina, Cal Tech, Lawrence, Wayne State, Detroit and Cleveland State … also clinched the match against North Carolina with her victory over Camilla Powerza, 5-3 … ended the regular season with a 21-1 record at the Notre Dame Duals, including an impressive win over Kayley French of Northwestern, 5-2 … also clinched the match for the Irish against Chicago with her win over Krista Nicoletto, 5-0 … finished 20th at the Midwest Fencing Championships … dispatched Brittany Melton of Purdue in the round of 64, 15-0, before falling to Alandra Greenlee of Michigan State in the second round, 15-13 … team captured epee title at the Midwest Fencing Championships, defeating secondseeded Northwestern in the finals, 5-1 … placed 14th at the NCAA Midwest Regionals … fell to Karalina Collins of Northwestern in the first round of direct elimination (15-14) before losing to Elyse Gurnowski of Ohio State in her second bout (15-11).

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zielinski’s Career Record Year W L Pct. NCAA Finish 2009 46 4 .920 -2010 59 27 .686 -2011 31 28 .525 -2012 26 13 .667 -Career 162 72 .692 -AS A FRESHMAN: Ended the season with a regular season record of 46-4 … opened her season by going 0-1 at the St. John’s Duals … had a perfect showing at the NYU Invitational, finishing 6-0 with three wins apiece against Yale and NYU … recorded her first career win against Yale’s Tasha Garcia (5-1) … had an impressive day at the Northwestern Duals (151) … went 3-0 against Fairleigh Dickinson, Lawrence and Wayne State at the Northwestern Duals … tied for the Irish women’s epee team lead with 25 wins at the Notre Dame Duals (finished 25-2) … went 3-0 against Oberlin, Cal Tech, Lawrence, and Cleveland State at the Notre Dame Duals … finished in seventh place at the Midwest Fencing Conference Championships to earn second-team all-conference honors … began the direct elimination portion of the tournament as the seventh seed … after a first round bye, beat Carolyn Grindon of Case Western, 15-5, in the round of 64 and Wisconsin’s Lara Szpak, 15-8, in the round of 32 … in the round of 16, knocked off Northwestern’s Sara Peck, 15-6 … lost to Ohio State’s Julia Tikonova, 15-10, in the quarterfinals to finish seventh … beat Ohio State’s Miriam Baranov in the seventh-place bout, 15-12.

PREP & PERSONAL: Four-year letter winner in fencing at Bernards High School … coached by Glen Blekicki and Yakov Danilenko … finished all four years in the national rankings … conference and regional champion her sophomore, junior and senior seasons … ranked 118th in the world junior rankings entering her first season at Notre Dame … placed first at the 2006 Div. II Summer Nationals … finished sixth in the 2008 Junior Olympic Championships and fifth in the 2007 Div. IA Summer Nationals … trained at the Medeo Fencing Club … youngest of three children … oldest brother, David, played hockey at Wagner while her other brother, Daniel, fenced at John Hopkins (graduated in ‘09) … daughter of Thomas and Jane Zielinski … earned a degree in managment consultation from the Mendoza College of Business.

Beatriz Almeida Graduated Chappaqua, N.Y. Horace Greeley

HONORS & AWARDS Second Team All-MFC (2009) Honorable Mention All-MFC (2010)

AS A SENIOR: Finished seventh at the Midwest Fencing Conference Championships … named second-team all-MFC … earned fourth monogram … amassed a 127-37 career record after a 20-11 effort on the year … posted a 5-2 record at the NYU Duals … swept Kelsey Gibson (5-2), Ericka Persson (5-1) and Lisa Verzino (5-0) from host NYU at the NYU Duals … fought past Yale’s Lucy Partman (5-1) and Laura Benoit (5-2), assisting the sabre team to a 6-3 match victory over the Bulldogs at the NYU Duals … finished with a 9-1 performance at the Notre Dame Duals … logged a clean sheet against Wayne State’s Shante Wilkerson (5-0) at the home duals … surpassed members of both Northwestern and Florida 2-0 at the home event … gathered a 6-5 record at the Northwestern Duals … knocked off Stanford’s Suraya Omar (5-4) and Atira Richards (5-1) to assist the sabre team in a 6-3 victory over the Cardinal at the Northwestern Duals.

AS A JUNIOR: Finished third year with the team with a record of 29-5 in sabre … earned third monogram … travelled with women’s sabre to NYU Invitational and St. John’s Challenge but did not record a victory on the weekend … posted a stellar 15-2 mark at the Notre Dame Duals, including going a perfect 3-0

against Lawrence, Cleveland State and Florida … clinched sabre victory over Lawrence with 5-2 decision over Madeline Cooper … also clinched sabre win over Florida with 5-3 triumph over Sam Cooke … reached double-digit wins the following day at the Northwestern Duals, putting together a 10-2 mark … also went a perfect 3-0 against both Fairleigh Dickinson and Stanford … clinched sabre decision against North Carolina after dispelling Sara Leung 5-2 … concluded regular season with a 4-0 combined record against Chicago, Illinois and Michigan State … finished 16th at the Midwest Fencing Conference Championships in the beginning of postseason action … also helped sabre squad capture the team weapon title en route to the Irish claiming all six weapon concentrations for the first time since the conference formed.

AS A SOPHOMORE: Received honorable mention all-MFC recognition after a ninth-place finish at the Midwest Fencing Championships … posted a record of 37-7 on the regular season … started the year with a 3-1 showing at the NYU Invitational, including a perfect 3-0 ledger against NYU … posted one win at the St. John’s Challenge, defeating Jackie Jacobson of Columbia … went 18-4 at the Northwestern Duals, posting undefeated records against Stanford (2-0), Duke (2-0), North Carolina (3-0), Johns Hopkins (1-0), Wayne State (3-0), Detroit (2-0) and Cleveland State (2-0) … also clinched the match over Duke with her 5-0 victory over Margot Mausner … posted a perfect 15-0 record for the Irish at the Notre Dame Duals … placed ninth at the Midwest Fencing Championships, advancing to the Round of 16 before falling to Whitney White of Northwestern, 15-8 … defeated Lara Schmitt of Purdue (15-1) in the Round of 64 and Jenna El-Amin of Ohio State (15-7) in the Round of 32 … posted two bout wins in the sabre squad’s quarterfinal victory over Detroit (5-0) en route to the team later winning the title over Ohio State … finished 11th at the NCAA Midwest Regionals, knocking off Ashley McLemore of Detroit in the 11thplace match, 15-6.

almeida’s Career Record Year W L Pct. NCAA Finish 2009 41 14 .745 -2010 37 7 .841 -2011 29 5 .852 -2012 20 11 .645 -Career 127 37 .774 -AS A FRESHMAN: Finished the regular season with a 41-14 record … began her college career at the St. John’s Duals, finishing 1-3 … earned her first career win against Columbia’s Daria Schneider (5-3) … went 7-7 at the NYU Invitational, including a 3-0 mark against NYU … added a 14-4 record at the Northwestern Duals, including 3-0 marks against Fairleigh Dickinson, Wayne State and Cleveland State … went undefeated at the Notre Dame Duals, finishing an impressive 19-0 … went 3-0 against Michigan State, Cleveland State, San Diego and Cal Tech at the Notre Dame Duals … placed eighth at the Midwest Fencing Conference Championships to earn second-team all-conference honors … entered the direct elimination round of the championships as the 13th seed … defeated Jenny Hamilton of Xavier, 15-2, in the round of 64 and Detroit’s Samantha LaFrance, 15-8, in the round of 32 … beat Notre Dame teammate Eileen Hassett, 15-14, in the round of 16 before falling to teammate Ashley Serrette, 15-9, in the quarterfinals … finished in fourth place at the NCAA Midwest Regionals … beat Ohio State’s Falencia Miller, 15-14, in the regional quarterfinals before falling to Notre Dame teammate Sarah Borrmann, 15-4, in the semifinals and Ohio State’s Margarita Tschomakovoa, 15-6, in the third-place bout.

PREP & PERSONAL: Attended Horace Greeley High School in Chappaqua, N.Y. … finished ninth at the 2007 Carl Schwende Junior World Cup event held in Montreal … trained at the Fencing Academy of Westchester … daughter of Claudio Almeida and Veronica Ribeiro … second oldest of four siblings … earned a degree in liberal studies with a minor in peace studies from the College of Arts and Letters.

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Departed Monogram Winners Reggie Bentley Graduated Little Rock, Ark. DuPont Manual (KY)

HONORS & AWARDS NCAA Fifth-Place Finisher (2011, 2012) Second Team All-American (2011, 2012) Capital One Academic All-America First Team (2011) Second Team All-MFC (2009, 2010)

AS A SENIOR: Finished fifth in the foil at the NCAA Championships for the second consecutive year, earning second team All-America honors … recipient of the Walter M. Langford Memorial Award (recognizing sportsmanship, leadership and teamwork) … selected as a team captain … earned fourth monogram … participated in all five regular season dual events for the Irish … posted a 37-18 record on the year, ranking second on the foil team for most wins … finished with a career record of 124-38 … led the foil team with a 15-1 showing at the Air Force Duals, remaining untouched in seven bouts … picked up three bout victories at the St. John’s Duals over Thomas Snell from No. 6 Harvard (5-0), Michael El Saleh from No. 5 Penn State (5-1) and Sam Hardwicke-Brown of No. 1 Ohio State (5-3) … posted an even 8-8 effort the next day at the NYU Duals … defeated Eli Schenkel from No. 3 St. John’s (finished 9th at the NCAA Championships) 5-0 and gave up just one touch in two bout victories over UNC at the NYU Duals … gathered victories over Detroit’s Elijah Robertson (5-0) and Wayne State’s Quentin Schneider (5-3) at the Notre Dame Duals … finished with a 9-1 record at the Northwestern Duals … defeated Alexander Mills (tied for third at the NCAA Championships) 5-3 … harbored a pair of bout victories over No. 8 Duke, UC San Diego and North Carolina at the Northwestern Duals, allowing four total touches in the six bouts.

AS A JUNIOR: Finished the year with a record of 30-6 en route to qualifying for the NCAA Championships for the first time in his career … named to the Capital One Academic All-America First Team … earned third monogram … opened the year going 8-2 at the NYU Invitational … clinched the foil victory against Columbia with a 5-1 decision over Alex Pensler … went a perfect 2-0 against Stevens Tech, defeating Brandon Gnash (5-1) and Anthony Worthington (5-1) … clinched the foil against St. John’s as well, taking down Max Blitzer 5-3

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… also defeated Eli Schenkel (5-3) … went 2-0 against Ohio State, clinching the foil yet again with 5-1 victory over Andrew McDonald … went 7-2 the following day at the St. John’s Challenge … posted a perfect 3-0 sheet against Penn State in the second match of the day, knocking off NCAA participants David Willette (5-3) and Miles Chamley-Watson (5-1) as well as Daniel Gomez (5-1) … went 2-0 in the next match against Harvard, clinching the foil with an overtime 3-2 priority win over Lucas Lin … also defeated Hao Meng (5-2) in the match … posted wins over Jack Goetz (5-2) and Bo Charles (5-1) of Columbia in the final match of the event … fenced in only one match at the Notre Dame Duals, going 1-1 against Air Force and defeating Yevgeny Shmurak, 5-0 … went a perfect 6-0 at the Northwestern Duals … opened with a 3-0 showing against Princeton, defeating Robert Malcolm (5-2), Alexander Mills (5-1) and Gregory Kirschen (4-1) … clinched the overall match for the Irish against Stanford, defeating Phil Arredondo 5-1 … notched 1-0 records against both UC San Diego and North Carolina … went 8-1 at the Duke Duals … opened with a perfect 3-0 showing against UNC before going 2-1 against Duke and 3-0 against Johns Hopkins … finished third amongst an Irish rotation that placed one-twothree at the NCAA Midwest Regionals … earned the spot after finishing with a record of 6-3 with a +15 indicator … in first appearance at the NCAA Championships, narrowly missed out on a top-four finish after concluding with a record of 16-7 with a +29 indicator … earned a 5-4 win over third-place finisher Daniel Cohen of Air Force in round robin play … named the

bentley’s Career Record Year W L Pct. NCAA Finish 2009 24 6 .800 -2010 33 8 .805 -2011 30 6 .833 5th 2012 37 18 .673 5th Career 124 38 .765 -recipient of the John Crikelair Men’s Foil Leadership Award.

AS A SOPHOMORE: Completed his second season with the Irish with a record of 33-8 and a fifth-place finish at the Midwest Conference Championships... started the season tallying a 6-3 record at the NYU Invitational, clinching the foil win over Stevens Tech for the Irish … went 4-2 at the St. John’s Challenge, winning two bouts against both St. John’s and Columbia … racked up 16 victories out of 19 bouts at the Northwestern Duals, clinching victories vs. San Diego’s Benjamin Dorn and North Carolina’s David Skwerer … won all seven bouts at the Notre Dame Duals … began the Midwest Fencing Conference Championships with a bye … continued Midwest tournament with victories versus Jared Sivec (Detroit) in round of 64 (15-0), Jonathan Gately (Purdue) in round of 32 (15-4), and Calvin Rusiewski (Illinois) in round of 16 (15-6) before being ousted by Colin Sutter (0hio State), 15-10, in the quarterfinals.

AS A FRESHMAN: Went 24-6 during the regular season before placing fourth at the NCAA Midwest Regionals … began his year at the St. John’s Duals, finishing 3-1 … earned his first career victory against Columbia’s Asher Grodman (5-1) … had a 5-2 showing at the

Bentley in the NCAAs (32-14; +55 in touches) 2011: 16-7 round robin (+29 in touches) 2012: 16-7 round robin (+26 in touches) Shiv Kachru (Yale) 5-1 Eli Schenkel (St. John’s) 5-2 Nathaniel Botwinick (Yale) 4-2 Max Blitzer (St. John’s) 5-3 Julian Cardillo (Brandeis) 5-1 L, 4-5 Philip Jamesson (NYU) Bo Charles (Columbia) 5-1 Enzo Castellani (Notre Dame) 5-3 Alexander Pensler (Columbia) 3-2 Julian Cardillo (Brandeis) L, 2-5 5-1 Philip Jamesson (NYU) Brian Kaneshige (Princeton) 5-1 David Willette (Penn State) L, 2-5 Lucas Lin (Princeton) L, 1-5 Miles Chamley-Watson (Penn State) L, 2-5 5-3 Barrett Weiss (Brown) Dorian Cohen (Duke) L, 3-5 Vidur Kapur (Pennsylvania) 5-1 Robert Malcolm (Princeton) 5-2 Zane Grodman (Pennsylvania) 5-4 Alexander Mills (Princeton) 1-0 Kevin Nadeau (North Carolina) 5-1 Joseph Alter (North Carolina) 5-0 Zain Shaito (Ohio State) L, 4-5 Ariel DeSmet (Notre Dame) L, 4-5 5-3 Chris Colley (Ohio State) James Weiss (Drew) 5-2 Quentin Schneider (Wayne State) 5-0 Tommaso DiRobilant (Harvard) 5-1 Phillip Choy (Air Force) 5-2 Lucas Lin (Harvard) 5-2 Alex Chiang (Air Force) L, 3-5 Eli Schenkel (St. John’s) L, 1-5 Turner Caldwell (Stanford) L, 2-5 Zain Shaito (Ohio State) 5-1 David Gomez Tanamachi (Penn State) 5-4 Samuel Hardwicke-Brown (Ohio State) 5-3 Daniel Gomez Tanamachi (Penn State) 5-3 Michael Purdy-Sachs (Detroit) L, 1-5 Shiv Kachru (Yale) 5-2 Vidur Kapur (Pennsylvania) 5-0 Alexander Mills (Princeton) L, 4-5 Daniel Cohen (Air Force) 5-4 Marcus Howard (Princeton) 5-3 Turner Caldwell (Stanford) L, 1-5 Stuart Holmes (Sacred Heart) L, 2-3 • Finished 5th

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NYU Invitational … went 6-2 at the Northwestern Duals, including 2-0 versus Lawrence … had an impressive performance at the Notre Dame Duals (9-1) … earned secondteam all-conference honors at the Midwest Conference Championships with a sixth place finish … entered the direct elimination round of the tournament tied for the sixth seed … following a first round bye, beat Bowling Green’s Brent Ritchie, 15-0, in the round of 64 and Michigan’s David Hughes, 15-3, in the round of

32 … in the round of 16, faced Cleveland State’s Liran Gross, whom he defeated 15-10 … then lost to eventual champion Andras Horanyi of Ohio State, 15-5 … made a run to the semifinals of the NCAA Midwest Regionals to place fourth … in the round of eight at the regional, beat Ben Parkins of Ohio State, 15-11, to advance to the semifinals … fell to Colin Sutter of Ohio State, 15-13, in the semifinals … lost to teammate Enzo Castellani, 15-8, in the thirdplace bout.

PREP & PERSONAL: Ranked 23rd in the world junior rankings … winner of two NAC tournaments in 2008 (one cadet and one junior) … coached in high school by Les Stawicki … member of the BETA Club while in high school … son of Rick and Shawne Bentley … youngest of three children … graduated with a degree in liberal studies from the College of Arts and Letters.

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Departed Monogram Winners Enzo Castellani Graduated Keller, Texas Keller

HONORS & AWARDS NCAA Third-Place Finisher (2010) NCAA Eighth-Place Finisher (2009) First Team All-American (2010) Second Team All-American (2009) MFC Foil Runner-Up (2009, 2010, 2011) First Team All-MFC (2009, 2010, 2011)

AS A SENIOR: Tied for third in the foil at the NCAA Championships, and was named as a first team All-American … selected as the foil team’s Most Valuable Player, and was tabbed as the Monogram Club men’s fencing Most Valuable Player … collected fourth monogram … top-finisher in the foil among 73 competitors at the Midwest Fencing Conference Championships, earning first team all-MFC honors … ranked third on the Irish roster and first for the foil team with a 42-8 regular season record … achieved a career record of 132-30 … started the season 11-0 at the Air Force

2009: 13-9 round-robin (+25 in touches) Gerek Meinhardt (Notre Dame) L, 3-5 Alexander Kao (New York) 5-0 5-1 Vidur Kapur (Penn) Kai Itameri-Kinter (Harvard) 5-1 Zane Grodman (Penn) 5-1 Adam Pantel (Brown) L, 3-5 Kurt Getz (Columbia) L, 3-5 5-3 Sherif Farrag (Columbia) 5-3 Jonathan Yu (Brown) John Guerrieri (Yale) 5-2 Shiv Kachru (Yale) L, 1-5 Will Friedman (Brandeis) L, 1-5 Colin Sutter (Ohio State) L, 3-5 Andras Horanyi (Ohio State) L, 2-5 Alexis Landreville (St. John’s) 5-1 Daniel Cohen (Duke) 5-2 Alex Khoshnevissian (Stanford) L, 4-5 Benjamin Dorn (UC - San Diego) 5-0 Michael Fong (UC - San Diego) 5-1 Alexander Mills (Princeton) 4-3 Miles Chamley-Watson (Penn State) L, 4-5 Nicholas Chinman (Penn State) 5-0 • Finished 8th

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Duals, chipping in 3-0 match sweeps over Stanford and UC San Diego … led the Irish with a 12-2 record at the St. John’s Duals … overcame Stanford’s Eli Schenkel (finished ninth at the NCAA Championships) 5-3 in a 3-0 match sweep of host St. John’s … defeated Lucas Lin (finished eighth at the NCAA Championships) from No. 6 Harvard 5-2 … wrapped up the St. John’s Duals with a 5-1 victory over Daniel Gomez (finished 10th at the NCAA Championships) and David Gomez (finished 18th at the NCAA Championships) from No. 5 Penn State … led the foil team with an 11-2 showing at the NYU Duals repeating with a victory over Schenkel (5-0) … gathered a 3-0 match sweep over No. 9 Columbia, surrendering a single touch … recorded a bout victory over Wayne State’s Zach Kaiser (5-3) at the Notre Dame Duals … achieved a 7-3 record at the Northwestern Duals, outlasting Alexander Mills (tied for third at the NCAA Championships) from No. 2 Princeton 5-2 … captured 2-0 match sweeps over Duke and UC San Diego at the Northwestern Duals.

AS A JUNIOR: Concluded the year with a record of 23-7 … earned third monogram … opened up the season going 8-2 at the NYU Invitational … clinched the foil victory over Yale with a 5-2 victory over Shiv Kachru … also clinched foil against Stevens Tech, downing Brandon Gnash 5-0 … recorded one win against St. John’s with a decision over Wilfred Curioso, 5-1 … finished the event going 1-0 against both NYU and Ohio State … posted a record of 5-4 at the St. John’s Challenge the following day … opened the tournament with a

castellani’s Career Record Year W L Pct. NCAA Finish 2009 29 9 .763 8th 2010 38 6 .864 3rd 2011 23 7 .766 -2012 42 8 .840 T3rd Career 132 30 .825 -3-0 card against Ohio State, including clinching the foil with a 5-2 victory over NCAA participant Samuel Hardwicke-Brown … clinched the foil and the overall match with 5-2 win over Eli Schenkel of St. John’s … competed in only one match at the Notre Dame Duals, going 2-0 against Air Force … earned the foil clincher in that contest, taking down Yevgeny Shmurak 5-0 … the following day, put together a ledger of 5-1 at the Northwestern Duals … clinched the foil against Princeton in the opening match, defeating Robert Malcolm 5-2 … earned a priority overtime win against UC San Diego’s Michael Fong, 5-4 … ended regular season going 3-0 at the Irish Duals, going 1-0 in each of the three matchups against Chicago, Illinois and Michigan State … finished runner-up at the Midwest Fencing Conference Championships for third consecutive season … entered direct elimination as the top seed after finishing pool play with a 6-0 record and a +28 indicator … rolled into the finals with wins over Michigan State’s Nate Wilson (15-9), Northwestern’s Jonathan Kim (15-3), Wayne State’s Tim Mulligan (15-1) and teammate Nickolas Kubik (15-9) before falling to Ohio State’s Zain Shaito in the Championship bout, 15-11 … also helped men’s foil team claim the team title the

Castellani in the NCAAs (45-23; +97 IN TOUCHES) 2010: 16-7 round robin (+40 in touches) 2012: 16-7 round robin (+32 in touches) Vidur Kapur (Pennsylvania) L, 4-5 Eli Schenkel (St. John’s) 5-3 Alex Simmons (Pennsylvania) L, 4-5 Max Blitzer (St. John’s) 5-2 5-2 Ben Van Son (Haverford) 5-1 Philip Jamesson (NYU) Alexander Mills (Princeton) 5-4 Reggie Bentley (Notre Dame) L, 3-5 David Mandle (Princeton) 5-3 Julian Cardillo (Brandeis) 5-4 Dorian Cohen (Duke) L, 3-5 Brian Kaneshige (Princeton) 5-2 Tommaso DiRobilant (Harvard) 5-3 Lucas Lin (Princeton) 5-0 5-1 Hao Meng (Harvard) 5-3 Barrett Weiss (Brown) 5-0 Philip Jamesson (NYU) Vidur Kapur (Pennsylvania) L, 4-5 Gerek Meinhardt (Notre Dame) L, 3-5 Zane Grodman (Pennsylvania) L, 4-5 Michael Fong (UC - San Diego) L, 4-5 Kevin Nadeau (North Carolina) 5-2 Miles Chamley-Watson (Penn State) L, 4-5 Zain Shaito (Ohio State) L, 1-5 David Willette (Penn State) 5-3 Chris Colley (Ohio State) 5-2 Kevin Nadeau (North Carolina) 5-1 Quentin Schneider (Wayne State) 5-0 John Gurrieri (Yale) 3-2 Phillip Choy (Air Force) 5-0 Nathaniel Botwinick (Yale) 5-0 Alex Chiang (Air Force) 5-2 Adam Pantel (Brown) 5-1 Turner Caldwell (Stanford) L, 1-5 Ben Parkins (Ohio State) 5-1 David Gomez Tanamachi (Penn State) 5-2 Colin Sutter (Ohio State) 5-1 Daniel Gomez Tanamachi (Penn State) L, 1-5 Liran Gross (Cleveland State) 5-3 Shiv Kachru (Yale) L, 3-4 Alexis Landreville (St. John’s) L, 3-5 Alexander Mills (Princeton) 5-2 Adam Watson (St. John’s) 5-2 Marcus Howard (Princeton) 5-4 Nicholas Stockdale (Air Force) 5-1 Stuart Holmes (Sacred Heart) 5-2 • Lost to Willette in semifinal (11-15) • Finished 3rd

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following day … ended postseason with a second-place showing at the NCAA Midwest Regional, putting together an 8-1 record with a +32 indicator.

AS A SOPHOMORE: Completed his sophomore campaign with a record of 38-6, a silver medal at the Midwest Conference Championships, and a bronze medal at the NCAA Championships … started the season with a 9-1 record at the NYU Invitational, posting perfect records against Yale, Columbia, Stevens Tech, NYU and Ohio State … recorded a 6-1 record at the St. John’s Challenge, posting three wins out of three bouts and clinching the win against St. John’s … beat out his record at the Northwestern Duals, posting an 11-4 record … proved as dominant force at the Duals, clinching wins over Stanford, Princeton, and Wayne State while also posting perfect 3-0 winning records over Stanford and Wayne State … won all nine of his bouts at the Notre Dame Duals to aid the Irish in taking down Michigan, Northwestern, Wisconsin, Illinois, Chicago, Cleveland State, Indiana and Detroit … began the Midwest Conference Championships with a bye, followed by victories over Indiana’s Ekram Hossain, Northwestern’s Alex Dranove, Ohio State’s Ben Parkins, and Notre Dame’s Steve Kubik, before being defeated by teammate Gerek Meinhardt in the finals … took second at the NCAA Midwest Regionals, losing to

Meinhardt, 15-10, in the final round … completed the year by tying for a bronze medal at the NCAA Championships with a round robin record of 16-7, losing to David Willette (Penn State), 15-11, in the semifinals … named the team’s Most Valuable Foilist.

AS A FRESHMAN: Placed eighth at the NCAA Championships to earn second-team AllAmerican honor … posted a 29-9 regular season record … led all Irish men’s foilists at the St. John’s Duals with a 5-1 record … earned his first career victory against Columbia’s Isaac Kim (5-1) … went 9-2 at the NYU Invitational … in Notre Dame’s come-from-behind win over Columbia at the NYU Duals, gave Irish the lead for good with a 5-2 win over Sherif Farrag … finished 6-4 at the Northwestern Duals, including a 2-0 mark against Johns Hopkins … led the Irish men’s foil team at the Duke Duals with an 8-1 record … went 9-2 at the Notre Dame Duals … made a run to the finals of the Midwest Conference Championships to earn first-team all-conference honors … in the championships, was seeded fifth after pool play, earning a firstround bye … in the round of 64, knocked off Azim Ghandi of Illinois, 15-3, before beating Zach Newman of Ohio State, 15-3, in the round of 32 … then beat Purdue’s Pavel Pruksakov, 15-3, to advance to the quarterfinals, where he knocked off Philip Chan of Illinois, 15-2 …

defeated Notre Dame teammate Zach Schirtz in the quarterfinals,15-8, to advance to the finals … fell 15-5 to Ohio State’s Andras Horanyi in the finals to claim second place … led the Irish men’s foil team at the NCAA Midwest Regionals with a bronze medal finish … in final eight table, outlasted Meinhardt,15-13, to advance to the semifinals … in the semifinals, lost to topseeded and eventual champion Andras Horanyi of Ohio State, 15-8 … beat teammate Reggie Bentley, 15-8, in the third-place bout to claim the bronze … went 13-9 at the NCAA Championships to place eighth … beat eventual champion Nicholas Chinman of Penn State, 5-0, in the round robin.

PREP & PERSONAL: Coached by Volodymyr Yefimov and trained at the Fencing Institute in Texas while in high school … qualified for 2008 U.S. National Foil Team … won the NAC Junior Tournament in Atlanta (2008) … finished second at same event at senior level … gold medalist at the 2007 Cadet World Cup event held in Koblenz, Germany … finished in third place at the 2007 Cadet World Championships in Belek, Turkey … son of Fernando and Terry Castellani … oldest of three siblings … earned a degree in art history and design from the College of Arts and Letters.

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Departed Monogram Winners Nicholas Crebs Graduated Portland, Ore. Beaverton

HONORS & AWARDS Second Team All-MFC (2009, 2011) Honorable Mention All-MFC (2010, 2012)

AS A SENIOR: Selected as a recipient of the John Crikelair Men’s Foil Leadership Award, presented in honor of former foil captain John Crikelair, who was killed in the line of duty during the Vietnam War … tied for 11th at the Midwest Fencing Conference Championships in a pool of 73 participants to earn honorable mention all-MFC recognition … earned a fourth monogram … produced a 29-10 regular season record, finishing with a 105-25 career mark … started the season with an 11-0 showing at the Air Force Duals, logging clean sheets in five bouts … grabbed a victory over John Tuddenham (5-3) from No. 9 Columbia at the St. John’s Duals … picked up a pair of 5-2 wins over NYU’s Ken Sin and Yale’s Taylor GregoireWright … achieved a 6-2 outing at the Notre Dame Duals, highlighted by a 3-0 match victory over Case Western … recorded a 7-2 outing at the Northwestern Duals, gathering in match sweeps of Cal Tech (3-0) and Stanford (2-0).

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opening event of the regular season or the St. John’s Challenge the following day … took to the strip for the first time at the home Notre Dame Duals, posting a record of 20-1 at the festivities … posted perfect 3-0 sheets against Detroit, Florida, Lawrence, Swarthmore and Cleveland State … clinched the foil in the opener against Detroit after defeating NCAA participant Michael Purdy-Sachs 5-3, while also clinching the overall match one bout earlier with a 5-3 victory over Yaroslav Ivanov … clinched the foil against Lawrence with a 5-0 decision over Edward Li … dropped only one touch in the finale against Cleveland State, defeating Ben Brown (5-0), John Cuturic (5-1) and James Pitchford (5-0) … bouted in three matches at the Northwestern Duals, putting together a 3-2 record … all three wins came in a 27-0 victory over Cal Tech … defeated Will Steinhardt (5-1), Eugene Vinitsky (5-2) and Gregory Izatt (5-0) … finished regular season with a 3-1 mark at the Irish Duals … defeated Nolan Epstein of Chicago in the opening match, 5-1 … earned wins over Michigan State’s Jake Rathburn (5-3) and Will Bonner (5-2) in the third and final match of the day … in postseason action, earned a berth into the quarterfinals of direct elimination at the Midwest Fencing Conference Championships … finished seventh overall, earning Second Team All-MFC distinction for the second time in career.

AS A SOPHOMORE: Finished the season with a 25-7 record in the foil … clinched the foil victory with a 5-1 win over Andrew Simon of Duke at the Northwestern Duals … went 3-0 and clinched the foil win for the Irish with a 5-0 victory vs. Joseph O’Halloran of Lawrence … posted a 2-1 mark vs. John’s Hopkins … put up a clean sheet with a 3-0 mark vs. Cleveland State and clinched the foil victory with a 5-3 win over Liran Gross … battled to an 11-2 record at the Notre Dame Duals, clinching the foil victory vs.

Cleveland State with a 5-0 triumph over Ben Brown … posted a 5-0 mark in pool play of the Midwest Fencing Conference Championships

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CREBS’ Career Record Year W L Pct. NCAA Finish 2009 28 4 .875 -2010 23 6 .793 -2011 26 4 .866 -2012 28 11 .718 -Career 105 25 .808 -… defeated Jeb Brotz of Wisconsin in the round of 64, 15-0, took down Detroit’s Brad Coon in the next round 15-8 … lost to teammate Steve Kubik 4-15 in the round of 16.

AS A FRESHMAN: Finished the year with a regular season record of 2-1 in epee and 26-3 in foil … began his college career with a 2-1 record competing in epee at the NYU Invitational … earned his first career win against Stevens Tech’s Steven DiPaola (5-4) … performed well at the Notre Dame Duals, finishing with 26 wins and only three losses in foil … at the Notre Dame Duals, finished with a 3-0 record in an impressive six duals (versus Florida, Northwestern, Air Force, Lawrence, Wayne State and Oberlin) … earned second-team AllConference honors at the Midwest Fencing Conference Championships with a eighth place finish in foil … entered the direct elimination round of the tournament seeded tenth, which earned him a first round bye … defeated Aaron Kokotek of Oberlin, 15-1, and Michigan State’s Will Bonner, 15-8, to advance to the round of 16 … in the round of 16, knocked off Ohio State’s Joe Streb, 15-1, to advance to the quarterfinals, where he fell to teammate Steve Kubik, 15-8.

PREP & PERSONAL: Attended Beaverton High School in Beaverton, Ore. … won the 2008 Division 1A title in San Jose, Calif. … led his team to the 2007 Division 1 Team Event Championship in Miami … helped his team to the 2006 Junior Team Event Championship in Atlanta … son of Mike and Lesley Crebs … has an older sister, Lauren … graduated with a degree in finance from the Mendoza College of Business.

Keith Feldman Graduated Stony Brook, N.Y. Ward Melville

HONORS & AWARDS Second Team All-MFC (2011, 2012) Honorable Mention All-MFC (2009, 2010)

AS A SENIOR: Selected as a recipient for the DeCicco/Langford Award (recognizing inspiration and dedication) … tied for sixth in the sabre at the Midwest Fencing Conference Championships out of 72 participants, and was named second team all-MFC … recorded a perfect 5-0 mark in pool play, adding a +21 indicator (25-4) … earned fourth monogram … compiled a regular season record of 31-14 … led the sabre team with an 11-2 effort at the Air Force Duals … defeated Stanford’s Cameron Lindsey (finished 21st at the NCAA Championships) 5-1 … racked up 2-0 match victories over UC San Diego, Swarthmore College and Florida at the Air Force Duals … upset Valentin Staller (finished second at the NCAA Championships) from No. 6 Harvard 5-4, and defeated Max Mogg (5-1) from No. 1 Ohio State at the St. John’s Duals … led the sabre team with a 9-7 record at the NYU Duals, cruising to 3-0 match victories over host NYU and North Carolina … finished a perfect 4-0 at the Notre Dame Duals … took down both Case Western’s John Dolan and Wayne State’s Jacob Dargis 5-1 at the home duals … finished with a 5-2 effort at the Northwestern Duals … downed Stanford’s Jeremy Kiepner (finished 24th at the NCAA Championships) 5-1 … concluded the Northwestern Duals with a 5-0 bout victory over Cal Tech’s John Christian.

AS A JUNIOR: Finished the year with a record of 21-4 in sabre … earned third monogram … opened the year with a 4-2 mark at the NYU Invitational, including going a perfect 2-0 against NYU … claimed first win of the season against Columbia, taking down Billy Fink 5-2 … followed that up by defeating Stevens Tech’s David Barth on the final touch, 5-4 … clinched both the sabre and the overall match against NYU with the 5-2 decision over Hugo Rodriguez … also defeated Jonathan Tang, 5-1, in that match … competed in only one match the following day at the St. John’s Challenge, going 3-0 against Columbia … defeated Mel Rodriguez (5-2), Billy Fink (5-0) and Tomasz Otowski (5-1) in the contest … posted a mark of 8-2 at the Notre Dame Duals … posted clean sheets against Detroit (1-0), Air Force (2-0), Florida (1-0), Lawrence (1-0), Swarthmore (1-0) and Cleveland State (2-0) … earned the sabre clincher in the final match against Cleveland State, defeating Bryan Twichell 5-1 … went 4-0 the following day at the Northwestern Duals, earning wins against Cal Tech (1-0), UC San Diego (2-0) and North Carolina (1-0) … earned the match-clinching win against the Beavers of Cal Tech, dispatching Jeff Han 5-1 … also earned the sabre clincher against UC San Diego in defeating Bryson Abilay 5-2 … posted final two wins of the regular season at the Irish Duals, earning a victory against both Chicago and Illinois … earned first second-team all-conference honor of career after placing eighth at the Midwest Fencing Conference Championships in direct elimination bouts … helped the sabre unit capture the weapon team title the following day … received the 2011 Dan Mulligan men’s sabre leadership award following the season.

AS A SOPHOMORE: Took 10th at the Midwest Fencing Conference Championships … posted an overall record of 35-6 … won all three bouts during the St. John’s Challenge, clinching the sabre win over Harvard, downing Thomas Kolasa, 5-4, and posting two victories vs. Columbia … tallied a 16-2 mark at the Northwestern Duals, nabbing clinching wins against Detroit’s Tom Lorenzo , Northwestern’s Ed Paget, Wayne State’s Andrew Opalewski and North Carolina’s David Winer … rounded out the season at the Notre Dame Duals posting a

feldman’s Career Record Year W L Pct. NCAA Finish 2009 35 12 .745 -2010 35 6 .854 -2011 21 4 .840 -2012 31 14 .689 -Career 122 36 .772 -14-1 record … recorded a clinching win against Eric Harman of Michigan … made a run at the NCAA Midwest Regionals to place fourth, defeating Ohio State’s Dexter Wilde (15-11) before falling to teammate Avery Zuck (15-7).

AS A FRESHMAN: Completed his freshman year with a 35-12 regular season record and a eighth place finish at the NCAA Midwest Regionals … began his Irish career with a loss at the St. John’s Duals (finished 0-1) … earned his first career win at the NYU Invitational versus Yale’s Stephen Watty (5-2) … finished with a perfect 4-0 record at the NYU Invitational … led the Irish men’s sabre team with 14 wins at the Northwestern Duals (finished14-2) … went 3-0 against Northwestern and Lawrence at the Northwestern Duals … posted a 4-5 record at the Duke Duals … went 13-4 at the Notre Dame Duals … finished the Midwest Conference Championships in ninth place to earn honorable-mention all-conference honors … at the championships, beat Indiana’s Makenzie Johnson, 15-5, in the round of 64 and Michigan State’s Ryan Majewski, 15-7, in the round of 32 … fell to eventual champion John Friend of Ohio State, 15-11, in the round of 16 … placed eighth at the NCAA Midwest Regionals.

PREP & PERSONAL: Four-year letter winner in fencing at Ward Melville High School in East Setauket, N.Y. … finished in the national rankings his last three years of high school … regional champion as a freshman, junior and senior … named a team captain his senior year … coached by Jeff and Jennifer Salmon … a two-year letter winner in tennis … member of the Spanish Honor Society … son of Ken Feldman and Carol LiVolis … earned a degree in computer science and engineering from the College of Engineering.

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Departed Monogram Winners Marcel Frenkel Graduated Sao Paulo, Brazil St. Paul’s

HONORS & AWARDS Second Team All-MFC (2010) Honorable Mention All-MFC (2009)

AS A SENIOR: Selected as a recipient of the Dan Mulligan Men’s Sabre Leadership Award, … earned third monogram … led the sabre team with a 44-4 record on the year, finishing with a career 103-19 slate … finished a perfect 8-0 at the NYU Duals … defeated Yale’s Nathaniel Benzimra (finished 12th at the NCAA Championships) 5-4 en route to a 3-0 match sweep of the Bulldogs … outmaneuvered host NYU 3-0 and North Carolina 2-0 … ranked third on the Irish in total wins at the Notre Dame Duals after posting a 27-3 effort … won 16 bouts by four or more touches … surrendered just two touches against Northwestern in a 3-0 match sweep at the home duals … finished 9-0 at the Northwestern Duals, cruising to 3-0 match victories over UC San Diego and Cal Tech.

AS A JUNIOR: Competed in 13 bouts in his third campaign with the team, posting a mark of 11-2 … did not trek with the team on the opening weekend of competition at the NYU Invitational and the St. John’s Challenge … got first taste of NCAA action at the Notre Dame Duals, posting a record of 4-2 with wins coming against Detroit (1-0), Florida (1-0), Swarthmore

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(1-0) and Cleveland State (1-0) … claimed first win of the season after defeating Maxwell Trombly of Detroit, 5-1 … against Florida, claimed the sabre-clinching victory after dispatching of Mike Castello 5-2 … finished the event with victories over Brendan McVeigh of Swarthmore (5-2) and Tom Bienvenu of Cleveland State (5-3) … recorded a 4-0 record at the Northwestern Duals the following day … opened with a 2-0 showing against Cal Tech, notching wins over Jeff Han (5-1) and Terry Lee (5-1) … against UC San Diego, claimed a close 5-4 decision over Nick Bartuzik before finishing the competition with a 5-4 triumph over North Carolina’s Jonathan Blake … concluded regular season going 3-0 at the Irish Duals, claiming a single win in each of the three matches against Chicago, Illinois and Michigan State … dropped only one touch combined in his final two bouts, defeating Colin Nemec of Illinois (5-0) before taking down Patrick Rapp of Michigan State (5-1) … got lone taste of postseason competition at the Midwest Fencing Conference Championships, concluding direct elimination draw in 22nd place … the following day, helped the sabre squad capture the team weapon title as the Irish ended up sweeping each of the weapon classes for the first time in conference history.

AS A SOPHOMORE: Closed out the season with a 30-8 record to improve to 48-13 in his career … battled to clean sheet vs.. New York University at the NYU Invitational … marked two more clean sheets vs. Harvard and Columbia at the St. John’s Challenge … recorded a 3-0 performance vs. Detroit … at the Northwestern Duals, clinched the sabre victory over Lawrence’s Luke Flanigan with a 5-0 win … took home two more wins vs. Cleveland State … added clean sheets against North Carolina, Detroit, Lawrence, Michigan, Michigan State, Illinois, Cleveland State, Northwestern, Wisconsin, and Chicago at the Notre Dame Duals … went 2-1 vs. Indiana and clinched the sabre victory with 5-1 triumph vs. Anthony Smith … reached the

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AS A FRESHMAN: Completed his freshman year with a 18-5 regular season record … opened his Irish career by going 0-1 at the St. Johns’ Duals … earned his first career win at the NYU Invitational versus Yale’s Seb Cano-Besquet (5-0) … finished 2-1 at the NYU Invitational … led the Irish men’s sabre team at the Notre Dame Duals with 16 wins against only three losses … went 3-0 versus Detroit at the Notre Dame Duals … finished in a tie for tenth place to earn honorable-mention All-Conference honors at the Midwest Fencing Conference Championships … entered the direct elimination round as the tenth seed … knocked off Ben Shapiro of Chicago, 15-3, in the round of 64 and Case Western’s Garret Singer, 15-13, in the round of 32 … lost to teammate Bill Thanhouser, 15-9, in the round of 16.

PREP & PERSONAL: Graduated from St. Paul’s High School in Sao Paulo, Brazil … fenced for club team Academia Paulista De Esgrima while in high school … two-year captain for the club … has represented Brazil in three Junior World Championships … son of Jorge and Gilda Frenkel … has one sister, Michele … earned a degree in biochemistry from the College of Science.

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History & Records

The 2011 Notre Dame fencing team won the eighth NCAA Championship in program history, defeating two-time defending champion Penn State 174-168. It was the fourth combined (men’s and women’s scores tallied together) national title for the Fighting Irish, and the third since Janusz Bednarski became the program’s head coach (2003, 2005, 2011).

Fencing Hisory Notre Dame Fencing Springs from Modest Beginnings to National Prominence Irish fencers have combined for eight NCAA team titles, 27 individual gold medals and 277 All-America honors The storied history of Notre Dame fencing includes eight national titles, more than 270 AllAmericans and a .903 all-time winning percentage. The program’s highlights span moments of high-pressure performances, displays of pure domination and memorable upsets by Irish fencers who would not be denied.

And to think that one of Notre Dame’s great sport dynasties can trace its genesis to an accident.

Pedro DeLandero grew up at the turn of the 20th century in Guadalajara, Mexico, graduating from Notre Dame in 1911 before returning to his homeland. Some 20 years later, with revolution in Mexico, DeLandero returned to Notre Dame as a Spanish professor – but a 1934 automobile accident left him with a dilemma. Doctors prescribed rehabilitation through swimming while DeLandero suggested fencing. Over 70 years later, Notre Dame owes many thanks to his love of fencing – and to his aversion of the water.

DeLandero founded a small fencing club that became Notre Dame’s eighth varsity sport in 1936. He returned to Mexico and handed the program to language professor Walt Langford, who set Notre Dame on course as a fencing power. Langford coached two stretches from 1940-61, with former Irish fencer Herb Melton serving as the program’s coach from 1947-50.

The final spark was provided in 1962, when Mike DeCicco began his 34-year run as the leader of Notre Dame fencing. DeCicco had fenced at Notre Dame in the late 1940s, returning in 1954 as an engineering teacher and assistant fencing coach. Three decades later, he had become one of the great coaching legends in Notre Dame history.

Beginning with a third-place finish in 1975, Notre Dame has claimed eight NCAA titles and 30 other top-five finishes, including 13 runnerup and 12 third-place efforts. All told, the Notre Dame men and women finished 1st-5th at 39 of 45 NCAA events from 1975-2012 (the women held their own NCAAs from ‘82-’89).

Notre Dame made some noise at the 1955 NCAAs, when unknown Don Tadrowski claimed the epee title (22-4). Suddenly, the fencing program – which made its NCAA debut in ‘47 – had gained credibility. Tadrowski repeated as an All-American in 1956, epeeist Dennis Hemmerle was the ’57 NCAA runner-up, and the sixth-place ’58 team was led by epeeist Ron Farrow (3rd) and foilist Jim Russamano (4th).

That remained the top Irish finish until 1964, when one team’s loss was another’s gain. Bill Ferrance had hopes of making the Notre Dame basketball team but he was cut in December of 1963.

Ferrance stopped by fencing practice, under the bleachers of the Notre Dame Fieldhouse, where classmate Sam Crimone was the top sabreman.

Just months later, Ferrance parlayed his athleticism and competitive spirit into a stunning fourth-place finish at the 1964 NCAA foil competition – with Crimone and epeeist Dick Marks placing eighth to give the Irish a fifth-place finish (Ferrance also went on to place fifth at the 1965 NCAAs).

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Pedro DeLandero (left) founded the Notre Dame fencing team in the mid-1930s, with the program growing to be one of the most successful in Notre Dame and NCAA history.

Notre Dame added women’s fencing in 1974 and the Irish men returned to the national picture by claiming third at the 1975 NCAAs, led by AllAmericans Tim Glass (epee), Mike McCahey (foil) and Sam DiFiglio (sabre).

Talented sabreist Mike Sullivan (3rd place) and Glass (4th) were up to the task in Philadelphia and put the third-place Irish in contention for the 1976 NCAA title.

Plenty of drama was waiting one year later at the Joyce Center (the Irish also hosted in 1970, ’82, ’85, ’87, ’90, ’92, ’95 and ’98). Sullivan (202) ran away with the sabre title, while foilist Pat Gerard (18-4) posted his own gold-medal finish.

Unlikely results – Sullivan’s loss to Clemson’s Steve Renshaw and a loss by NYU’s Miklos Benedek to Navy’s Robert Richards – left Notre Dame and NYU tied at 114. Three previous ties had led to co-champs but a new NCAA format called for a tiebreaker.

Sabre was contested first and Benedek took a 3-2 lead before Sullivan rallied, 5-3. With an electric atmosphere encircling the strip, Gerard jumped ahead 3-0 versus Tom Valjasic (they split earlier 5-4 bouts) and closed out the title

in a 5-0 bout, before being mobbed by the Irish faithful. Glass (4th) never had to compete in the fence-off, where he would have faced champion Hans Wieselgren. The day concluded with DeCicco being named coach of the year, an honor he also received in ’66, ’75 and ’92.

The 1978 season saw epeeist Bjorne Vaggo (30-2) combine with Sullivan (41-0) and Gerard (31-3) for a record of 102-5. Sullivan then won all 23 bouts to repeat as the NCAA champion, Vaggo also picked up a gold medal and Gerard was second (he lost in the final :02), as Notre Dame ran away with the 1978 title at Wisconsin-Parkside.

Notre Dame – led by NCAA foil champ Andy Bonk – added a runner-up finish in 1979, with Sullivan losing in his final. A six-year, 122-match winning streak ended in 1980 but the Irish were back in the title hunt in 1983, nipped by Wayne State 86-80, with epeeist Ola Harstrom (29-2) becoming the Irish program’s seventh national champ.

Two years later, Wayne State edged Notre Dame (141-140) for the 1985 title but the Irish won their third NCAA title at Princeton in 1986, behind foilists Yehuda Kovacs (runner-up) and

Pat Gerard (left) won a historic foil bout in the 1977 NCAA Championship that gave Notre Dame its first national title in a thrilling fence-off.

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Charles Higgs-Coulthard (3rd), epeeists Mike Gostigian (3rd) and Christian Scherpe (4th), and sabreists Don Johnson (6th) and John Edwards.

The 1986 season marked the addition of women’s head coach Yves Auriol to the Notre Dame staff. Sophomore foilist Molly Sullivan claimed the NCAA title to help the Irish women finish second. Sullivan placed third in 1987 but Notre Dame won the team title, with Janice Hynes, Kristin Kralicek and Anne Barreda rounding out the winning effort.

Sullivan returned to Princeton’s Jadwin Gym and won her second NCAA title (equaled by just four other ND student-athletes), with Barreda finishing third to match the team’s finish. Sullivan lost four previous bouts versus Wayne State’s Loredana Ranza but she won the 9-7 title bout, with the Irish men placing second.

The 1990 season saw the men’s 98-match win streak end while Jubba Beshin won the NCAA epee title, assisted by teammate David Calderhead’s quarterfinal win over top seed Jim Marsh of Penn State. Beshin, foilist Noel Young and sabreist Leszek Nowosielski placed second at the 1991 NCAAs, with a foil title from Heidi Piper (the ’90 runner-up) helping Notre Dame repeat at third place in the combined NCAAs. Following fourth- and sixth-place finishes in ‘92 and ‘93, Notre Dame won the 1994 NCAA title at Brandeis – despite totaling just three All-Americans (foilist Jeremy Siek, sabreist Chris Hajnik and epeeist Rakesh Patel). The teamscoring format saw Notre Dame finish third in women’s foil, first in men’s foil and fourth in men’s sabre – leaving it up to men’s epee, which rallied from a 4-2 deficit to beat Air Force in pool-play (5-4 wins from Grzegorz Wozniak, Rian Girard and Patel). A 5-1 semifinal win over Wayne State clinched the title, leaving Penn State stunned at the sudden change.

Notre Dame was third at the 1995 NCAAs, under a format emphasizing individual results, with sabreist Bill Lester and foilist Maria Panyi capturing silver medals. The Irish then were runner-up to Penn State in each of the next five NCAAs, with near-misses in 1997 (1,530-1,470), 1998 (149147) and 2000 (175-171).

The Irish women pushed their win streak to 75 matches in 1996, when foilist Sara Walsh posted her first of two NCAA runner-up finishes. Wom-

en’s epeeist Magda Krol was crowned the 1997 NCAA champ, as were men’s sabreists Luke La Valle (1998) and Gabor Szelle (2000) – followed by women’s epeeist Kerry Walton and foilist Alicja Kryczalo at the 2002 NCAAs. Kryczalo repeated as NCAA champ in 2003 while the Irish edged Penn State (182-179) for the team title at Air Force. Kryczalo then became just the second women’s fencer ever to win three or more NCAA titles (in ‘04) while freshman Valerie Providenza won the ‘04 sabre title and Walton was the epee runner-up.

Notre Dame’s 2004 squad was the first in NCAA history to produce NCAA finalists in all three women’s weapons but the Irish placed third in the combined standings, due in large part to an injury that sidelined two-time All-American foilist Derek Snyder.

The 2005 NCAAs then produced Notre Dame’s seventh national title in dramatic fashion, as the Irish created an historic rally to erase a 24-point deficit versus Ohio State (173-171). Notre Dame saw its fencers advance to five of the six NCAA weapon finals in 2005, with Michal Sobieraj winning the men’s epee title while Kryczalo, Patrick Ghattas (men’s sabre), Amy Orlando (women’s epee) and Mariel Zagunis (women’s sabre) each finished as runner-up. Ghattas went on to repeat his second-place finish at the 2006 NCAAs (he also was the 2007 runner-up) while Zagunis won her 2006 title-bout rematch with Columbia’s Emily Jacobson (her teammate from the 2004 U.S. Olympic team).

In 2008, the men and women combined to finish in second place at the NCAAs. Kelley Hurley (Epee) and Sarah Borrmann (Sabre) took gold medals at the event, marking the 11th and 12th times a female Notre Dame fencer has won an individual national championship.

In 2009, the Irish once again fell just shy of the program’s eighth national title as they finished in second place. The men and women combined for 10 All-American honors, led by a pair of foilists in Gerek Meinhardt and Hayley Reese as the duo claimed silver medals. Meinhardt was Notre Dame’s first men’s foil silver medalist since Ozren Debic in 2000, while Reese was Notre Dame’s first women’s foil silver medalist since Alicja Kryczalo in 2005.

Head coach Yves Auriol saw his 2002 women’s squad turn in an impressive performance at the NCAAs, with sophomore Kerry Walton (far left) winning the epee title while Alicja Kryczalo (second from left) defeated fellow freshman Andrea Ament (far right) in the foil title bout.

With third team All-America honors in 2009, Adrienne Nott became the Notre Dame fencing program’s 18th four-time All-American.

The Irish also had a strong showing in women’s epee as freshman Courtney Hurley and sophomore teammate Ewa Nelip finished tied for third to earn bronze medals. The duo combined for a 38-6 record in pool play, the highest total among teammates at the four-day championship.

The 2010 season saw both the men (33-0) and women (35-0) post undefeated regular seasons on the way to yet another top finish at the NCAA Championships, finishing third overall. The squad finished with 11 All-Americans, including Gerek Meinhardt who became the first Irish foilist since Charles Higgs-Coulthard in 1984 to claim the gold medal. Courtney Hurley (women’s epee), Enzo Castellani (men’s foil) and Avery Zuck (men’s sabre) also earned medalist honors as each finished third in their respective event.

For the eighth time in program history and third under the direction of head coach Janusz Bednarski, Notre Dame claimed the NCAA National Championship. The Irish held off Penn State to earn the 2011 title at the French Field House in Columbus, Ohio.

After entering the final day with 139 points with 54 bouts remaining for the team, the Irish wasted little to no touches, claiming 35 of those available points to take their team total to 174 points. Penn State could climb no closer than six points, totaling 168 points. St. John’s finished in third place with 155 points.

Courtney Hurley earned her first NCAA gold medal by defeating Harvard’s Noam Mills in the epee finals, 8-7. Hurley had reached the semifinals each of her first two seasons with the Irish, losing both times, before finally securing gold with an overtime touch. She became the 27th gold medalist in Irish program history in the process. The gold was the second of the weekend, as Ariel DeSmet became the fifth Notre Dame men’s foilist to win NCAA gold one day earlier, joining the company of Charles Higgs-Coulthard (‘84), Gerek Meinhardt (‘10), Pat Gerard (‘77) and Andy Bonk (‘79). DeSmet was the first freshman foilist to win the title since Higgs-Coulthard beat Wayne State’s Stefan Kogler in 1984.

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NCAA Championship Teams 1977 NCAA Men’s Champions (from left) Fourth-place epeeist Tim Glass (16-7), foil champion Pat Gerard (18-4) and sabre champ Mike Sullivan (20-2) celebrate Notre Dame’s first NCAA fencing title with two legends (head coach Mike DeCicco and athletic director Moose Krause).

The Irish finished the round-robin at the Notre Dame Joyce Center tied with NYU for first place (at 114), with the new fenceoff tiebreaker used to decare a winner. Sullivan rallied to beat Miklos Benedek in the first bout (5-3) and an electric atmosphere encircled the strip as Gerard shut out Tom Valjasic (5-0, after splitting earlier 5-4 bouts) before being mobbed by the Notre Dame faithful. Glass never had to compete in the fenceoff and DeCicco picked up his third of four national coach-of-the-year awards.

1978 NCAA Men’s Champions (from left) Sabre champ Mike Sullivan (23-0), coach Mike DeCicco, foil runner-up Pat Gerard (19-3) and epee champ Bjorn Vaggo (19-4) remain one of the most dominant teams in NCAA history – delivering the program’s second consecutive title as the Irish ran away from the field at Wisconsin-Parkside (the power trio also was 102-5 in the regular season).

1986 NCAA Men’s Champions Notre Dame’s contingent that won the 1986 NCAA title – besting Columbia, 151-141, at Princeton – included (from left, on podium steps) sabreist Don Johnson (9th place), foilists Yehuda Kovacs (2nd) and Charles Higgs-Coulthard (3rd), sabreist John Edwards (17th) and epeeists Christian Scherpe (4th) and Mike Gostigan (3rd). They were joined in the celebration by (bottom row, from left) sabre captain Tony Consoli, assistant coach Yves Auriol, foil captain Mike Van der Velden, head coach Mike DeCicco and epee captain Tim Vaughan.

1987 NCAA Women’s Champions (kneeling from left) Anne Barreda and Kristin Kralicek combined with (standing, from left) Janice Hynes and third-place finisher Molly Sullivan (13-2) to help win the 1987 NCAA women’s title, with the competition held at Notre Dame’s Joyce Center.

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1994 NCAA Combined Champions The Irish won the combined NCAA title in 1994 at Brandeis, under the team-scoring format that saw Notre Dame place third in women’s foil, first in men’s foil and fourth in men’s sabre – with men’s epee rallying to beat Air Force in pool-play before besting Wayne State in the semifinals for the clinching points. Top performers included All-Americans Jeremy Siek (5th in foil), Chris Hajnik (10th in sabre) and Rakesh Patel (12th in epee).

2005 NCAA Combined Champions Notre Dame’s historic rally to edge Ohio State for the 2005 title (173-171) included the efforts of: (front row, from left) epeeist Amy Orlando (2nd), foilist Andrea Ament (7th) and epeeist Kerry Walton (14th); (back row, from left) epeeist Aaron Adjemian (24th), sabreists Patrick Ghattas (2nd), Mariel Zagunis (2nd), Valerie Providenza (4th) and Matt Stearns (10th), foilist Jakub Jedrkowiak (7th), epeeist Michal Sobieraj (1st) and foilist Alicja Kryczalo (2nd).

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(seated, from left) Sabreist Destanie Milo (6th), epeeist Meagan Call (10th), foilist Andrea Ament (3rd), sabreist Maggie Jordan (21st), foilist Alicja Kryczalo (1st) and epeeist Kerry Walton (5th); (standing, from left) sabreists Gabor Szelle (11th) and Matt Fabricant (6th), foilist Derek Snyder (5th), epeeist Michal Sobieraj (2nd), foilist Ozren Debic (4th) and epeeist Jan Viviani (10th) combined for 182 points, edging Penn State (179) for the 2003 title at Air Force.

2011 NCAA National Champions For the eighth time in program history and third under the direction of head coach Janusz Bednarski, the University of Notre Dame fencing team claimed the NCAA National Championship. Aided by two individual gold medalists (Ariel DeSmet – men’s foil; Courtney Hurley – women’s epee) and two runner-up performances (Avery Zuck – men’s sabre; Eileen Hassett – women’s sabre) the Irish held off twotime reigning champion Penn State, 174-168, to claim the 2011 National Championship. Additionally, Hassett, along with men’s sabreists Barron Nydam and women’s foilist Hayley Reese, became the 19th, 20th and 21st Irish fencers to be four-time All-America recipients.

Bednarski was joined in the title by his coaching staff of Gia Kvaratskhelia (foil specialist), Marek Stepien (epee specialist) and Ian Farr (sabre specialist).

WOMEN’S EPEE Assistant Coach Courtney Hurley Marek Stepien (Jr.; San Antonio, Texas) NCAA Champion (21-4) (Not pictured Ewa Nelip, Jr., 9th-Place; 12-11)

WOMEN’S SABRE Eileen Hassett Lian Osier (Sr.; Beaverton, Ore.) (So.; Battle Ground, Wash.)

2nd-Place (17-7) 9th-Place (12-11)

MEN’S EPEE Brent Kelly James Kaull (Sr.; Grapevine, Texas) (So.; Washington, D.C.) 16th-Place (11-12) 14th-Place (12-11)

MEN’S FOIL Reggie Bentley Ariel DeSmet (Jr.; Little Rock, Ark.) (Fr.; Troutdale, Ore.) 5th-Place (16-7) NCAA Champion (20-5)

WOMEN’S FOIL Hayley Reese Rachel Beck (Sr.; Crestwood, Ky.) (Fr.; Tucson, Ariz.)

8th-Place (15-8) 17th-Place (9-14)

MEN’S SABRE Barron Nydam Avery Zuck (Sr.; Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.)

(Sr.; Portland, Ore.) 6th-Place (15-8) 2nd-Place (19-6)

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Coaching Legends Michael DeCicco

Legendary coach led Irish to five national championships during his 34 years as head coach Michael DeCicco is the man who built the Notre Dame fencing team into the perennial power that it is today and has been for nearly 50 years. He retired from the school after the 1995 season with 41 years of service to Notre Dame. In four decades at Notre Dame, he served in various avenues, always giving of himself unconditionally out of love for his alma mater.

DeCicco – a 2002 inductee into the ItalianAmerican Athletic Hall of Fame – arrived at Notre Dame from Newark, N.J., in 1945 as a freshman.

Fencing resumed competition in 1947 after a three-year hiatus because of the war and DeCicco starred for the Irish as he compiled a 63-20 career record. He fenced foil, sabre and epee during his career, the last Notre Dame fencer to compete in all three weapons. His 29-1 record in foil as a junior earned him a spot in the NCAA championships. His 45-4 career foil record (.918) still ranks third on Notre Dame’s all-time list for career foil winning percentage.

“When I first came to Notre Dame, I had no idea they even had a fencing team,” DeCicco says.

“Thanks to Walter Langford, who kept fencing at Notre Dame alive after the war, I was given the opportunity to fence for Notre Dame. Coming to Notre Dame as a student and then as a fencer was a happy experience and is something that I’m very proud of.”

Following his graduation in 1949, DeCicco returned to New Jersey to work on his master’s degree and his doctorate. In 1954, he accepted an offer to return to Notre Dame to finish his doctoral studies.

DeCicco took a teaching position in the engineering department and became Langford’s assistant coach.

“I first came here to teach but it was also a special opportunity to work with my mentor as an assistant coach,” says DeCicco.

In 1962, after serving as assistant to Langford, DeCicco became the fourth head coach in the 30-year history of the fencing program.

DeCicco began his head coaching career with a modest start, a 7-8 record in 1962. But the best was most definitely to come as the 1962 team marked his only losing season as a head coach.

None of his other teams ever finished with more than four losses. After that 1962 season, DeCicco’s teams won almost 95 percent of their matches and he finished with a staggering 680-45 (.938) career coaching record.

The list of accomplishments by Notre Dame fencing teams under the brilliant guidance of DeCicco is almost endless: five national championship teams, eight NCAA individual champions, a 122-match winning streak spanning six seasons (four consecutive undefeated seasons), 12 undefeated and nine one-loss campaigns, almost 100 All-Americans and four national coach of the year selections. In addition to his collegiate accomplish-

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ments, DeCicco also left his mark on the national and international levels, coaching and representing the United States in numerous Olympic and World Championship events.

For DeCicco, more important than his impressive resume of fencing feats were the athletes behind them. He always took great pleasure in getting to know all of his fencers, despite the vast number that came and went through the program in his 34 years as a coach.

“Fencing gave me a unique opportunity to work with some 700 athletes, forming close relationships with them virtually every afternoon at practice. This always has been very special to me,” says DeCicco.

Among his more proud accomplishments is the development of the women’s team as one of Notre Dame’s first varsity sports for women in 1977. DeCicco was able to form a solid foundation for the women’s team that he coached until 1986, when Yves Auriol took over and built on that foundation.

Another of his pet projects was the academic advising program that DeCicco founded in 1964 after executive vice president Rev. Edmund Joyce, C.S.C., had asked him to start the program from scratch. The advising program was the first of its kind.

“With the help of a lot of people, we were able to start an academic advising program that has become a model around the country,” says DeCicco.

“Father Hesburgh and Father Joyce were 10 years ahead of everyone else when they saw the need for this program.”

DeCicco headed the Office of the Academic Advisor for Athletes until 1990, with the department now known as Academic Services for Student-Athletes. DeCicco rapidly expanded the program to include all student-athletes and initiated the tutorial assistance program, class monitoring program and degree progress reports that remain the foundation of the office.

In his time as coach and advisor, DeCicco truly made a difference for the Notre Dame family. The love and total commitment he showed for Notre Dame were as much as any individual could possibly give an institution.

“All of our accomplishments never would have been possible if I were coaching at some other school,” says DeCicco. “Notre Dame made that possible. For that I will be eternally grateful.”

Notre Dame is equally grateful.

Pedro DeLandero

Walt Langford

Head Coach 1934-39 38-12-2 (.750 percent)

Head Coach 1940-43, 1951-61 155-35 (.816 percent)

Pedro DeLandero started the fencing program at Notre Dame in 1934 as a club sport. DeLandero, a Spanish professor at the University at the time, began fencing in his younger years while living in Mexico, as a form of rehabilitation for leg injuries suffered in an automobile accident.

DeLandero noted student interest on campus and started a fencing club for students. He coached the 1935 and ‘36 teams to perfect records and witnessed the elevation of fencing to varsity status in 1936.

After coaching the Irish to 7-2 records in both 1938 and ‘39, DeLandero decided to return to his native Mexico and turned the reins over to a colleague in the foreign language department, Walt Langford. DeLandero’s sons, Carlos and Telmo, both fenced at Notre Dame under their father’s tutelage.

DeLandero was a 1911 graduate of Notre Dame and returned to the University in 1933 to teach Spanish. He also coached the varsity tennis team to a 16-26-1 record (.386) from 1935-39. DeLandero passed away in 1943, at the age of 55 in Mexico City.

Walt Langford took control of the Notre Dame fencing and tennis programs in 1940, when Pedro DeLandero returned to Mexico.

Langford – who also taught Spanish – coached the Irish to a 19-13 record before the fencing program was suspended after the 1943 season due to a lack of weapons created by World War II. Future Irish coach Herb Melton fenced sabre under Langford in 1941-43.

After the war, Langford turned the head coaching position over to Melton. Langford became head coach again in 1951 (after Melton left the University) and coached the Irish to eight NCAA top-10 finishes while seeing six of his fencers earn All-America honors. Don Tadrowski became Notre Dame’s first individual champion, winning the 1955 epee title.

Langford also coached the Irish to an undefeated (16-0) record in 1958. He left Notre Dame in 1961 to head the Peace Corps in Chile and turned the coaching job over to coach Mike DeCicco. He also coached the Irish tennis squad to a 95-30-1 (.758) record between 1940 and 1953, leading the Irish to the 1944 national intercollegiate championship.

The McAllen, Texas, native graduated from Notre Dame in 1930 and began teaching in the language department a year later.

He was named department chairman in 1946 and held that position until his departure in 1961.

Langford died in St. Louis on Feb. 28, 2001, at the age of 92.

Herb Melton

Head Coach 1947-1950 30-5 (.857 percent) Herb Melton became Notre Dame’s fencing coach in 1947, when the program was restarted after being suspended due to World War II. Melton fenced sabre for the Irish between 1941 and 1943 and participated in the 1941 NCAA Championships.

The Paducah, Ky., native returned to Notre Dame after the war to attend law school and coached the fencing team for four seasons. Melton led the 1950 Irish to an undefeated 9-0 mark on the way to finishing sixth in the NCAA tournament, with foilist Nick Scalera and epeeist Ralph Dixon becoming Notre Dame’s first AllAmericans.

Future Notre Dame head coach Mike DeCicco fenced all three weapons between 1947 and 1950 and also competed in the 1948 NCAA tournament during Melton’s head coaching tenure.

Melton – a 1943 Notre Dame graduate – left the University in 1950 to practice law in Paducah. He maintained a keen interest in fencing until his death in 1996.

Yves Auriol

Head Women’s Coach 1986-2002 364-24 (.938 percent) Head Men’s Coach 1996-2002 161-9 (.947 percent) Yves Auriol announced his retirement prior to the 2002 season, his 18th year as head coach of the Irish women’s team and seventh as men’s coach. During Auriol’s tenure, Notre Dame fencers combined for 69 AllAmerica honors (eight NCAA champions), plus five Academic All- America citations. His 1987 squad claimed the NCAA women’s fencing title while his ‘94 women’s squad helped Notre Dame win the NCAA combined title. In seven other seasons under Auriol, Irish teams finished as the NCAA runnerup– including every year from 19962000.

Auriol was named the national coach of the year following the ’01 and ‘02 seasons. The 2001 squad produced six men’s All-Americans while the 2002 team included 10 total AllAmericans (both unprecedented in ND history). Auriol’s teams won 94 percent of their matches (525-33), including 364-24 (.938) by the women and 161-9 (.947) by the men.

A native of France, Auriol graduated in 1955 from Lycee de Toulouse and earned a degree as a fencing master from the Institute National du Sport in Paris. He moved, in 1972, to Portland, Ore., where he formed the Salle Auriol Fencing Club and spent some time as Portland State’s women’s fencing coach (’75-’85). He served as a U.S. coach at the 1980-88 Olympic Games and coached U.S. fencers at various world championship events in the 1970s.

Auriol – presented with an honorary monogram by the Notre Dame National Monogram Club in 2001 – and his wife, Georgette, are parents of a son, Stephane, a foilist on the Notre Dame fencing team from 1996-99.

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Four-Year All-Americans The fencing program has played a lead role in Notre Dame’s storied athletic history, which has produced 32 student-athletes who have been four-year All-Americans in the same sport (11 men’s fencers, 10 women’s fencers, four women’s soccer players, five distance runners, a men’s basketball player and a baseball player).

In addition to the fencers listed on these pages, others have included cross country runner Oliver Hunter (’40-’43), basketball’s Kevin O’Shea (’47’50), soccer players Holly Manthei (’94-’97), Anne Makinen (’97-’00), Jen Grubb (’96-’99) and Kerri Hanks (’05-’08), baseball pitcher Aaron Heilman (’98-’01), and distance runners Ryan Shay (’97-’02) and Molly Huddle (’03-’07). Prior to freshman eligibility, foilist Jim Russamano (’58-’60) was Notre Dame fencing’s only threeyear All-American.

Molly Sullivan • Foil

Mike Sullivan • Sabre

Yehuda Kovacs • Foil

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NCAAs: 1988 – 4th (14-4) 1989 – 5th (15-3) 1990 – 3rd (14-5) 1991 – 2nd (16-1) Career: 59-13 (.819) Tactical sabreman with potential to dominate, owning best regular-season win pct. (.980, 97-2) in ND fencing history … joins Mike Sullivan, Molly Sullivan, Charles HiggsCoulthard, Sara Walsh, Ozren Debic and Alicja Kryczalo as only ND fencers to finish in top-five at four NCAAs …

Ottawa, Ontario.

Myriah Brown • Foil

NCAAs: 1994 – 4th (14-4) 1995 – 12th (16-12) 1996 – 9th (15-7) 1997 – 6th (17-6) Career: 59-27 (.686) Highly intelligent student-athlete who went on to earn prestigious NCAA post-graduate scholarship … an extra coach on the strip, due to his great fencing knowledge and personal skills … his 5th-place foil finish helped win 1994 NCAA team title … Newmarket, N.H.

Leszek Nowosielski • Sabre

NCAAs: 1986 – 2nd (14-6) 1987 – 5th (14-4) 1988 – 4th (13-6) 1989 – 7th (11-6) Career: 52-22 (.703) Intense everyday competitor whose thorough preparation and drive to make things happen were products of his background in Israeli army … his runner-up foil finish led Irish to 1988 NCAA team title … posted a 146-11 career record (.930) in regular-season bouts … Hod Hosharon, Israel.

Jeremy Siek • Foil

NCAAs: 1984 – 1st (13-6) 1985 – 4th (14-4) 1986 – 3rd (14-5) 1987 – 4th (15-5) Career: 56-20 (.737) Classic and complete foilist who showed technical mastery of all offensive and defensive actions, with versatility and awareness to make needed adjustments and counter any opponent’s strengths …’84 NCAA foil champ, member of 1986 team champs … Boxford, Mass.

Driven competitor and classic battler who refused to lose – and rarely did, with 278-13 combined record (.955) in regular-season and NCAA round-robin bouts … repeated as both NCAA sabre champ and member of team champs, in 1978 …

Peabody, Mass.

NCAAs: 1985 – 5th (11-3) 1986 – 1st (15-0) 1987 – 3rd (13-2) 1988 – 1st (15-0) Career: 54-5 (.915) Technically and psychologically dominant with few peers, going 160-14 in regular-season and 54-5 in NCAAs (1986 and 1988 foil champ, plus 1987 team title) … she and Alicja Kryczalo (2002-04) are ND women’s only repeat NCAA champs … North Andover, Mass.

Charles Higgs-Coulthard • Foil

NCAAs: 1976 – 3rd (22-5) 1977 – 1st (20-2) 1978 – 1st (23-0) 1979 – 2nd (30-2) Career: 95-9 (.913)

Luke La Valle • Sabre

NCAAs: 1996 – 8th (15-8) 1997 – 5th (16-7) 1998 – 8th (17-6) 1999 – 10th (13-10) Career: 61-31 (.663) Wiry battler who ranks third in Notre Dame record book for career wins and fourth in winning percentage (.912, 291-28) … homegrown talent who trained throughout her youth with future Notre Dame classmate and fellow four-time foil All-American performer Sara Walsh … Mishawaka, Ind.

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NCAAs: 1996 – 4th (18-5) 1997 – 5th (15-8) 1998 – 1st (17-6) 1999 – 11th (12-11) Career: 62-30 (.674) Clever and talented sabreman who combined with women’s foilists Myriah Brown and Sara Walsh as Notre Dame’s first classmates to be four-year All-Americans (matched by Ozren Debic and Jan Viviani in 2003, plus three in 2005 and two in 2007) … won NCAA sabre title as member of 1998 squad that finished two points shy of team title (147-149 to Penn State) … New York, N.Y.

Magda Krol • Epee/Foil

Ozren Debic • Foil

NCAAs: 1997 – 1st (18-5) 1998 – 6th (16-7) 1999 – 8th (14-9) 2000 – 5th (16-7, foil) Career: 64-28 (.696) Took place among program’s elite all-time fencers, with four top-5 finishes and second-most NCAA wins (73-19) in ND men’s fencing history … also ranks third with .952 regular-season win pct. (157-8) … matched natural athleticism with a tireless workrate …

Zagreb, Croatia.

Classic sportswoman who was respected – by teammates and opponents alike – for both her athletic dominance (1997 NCAA epee champ) and her warmth of personality … hard worker and smart competitor who remains ND’s only twoweapon All-American (also foil) … Vancouver, B.C.

Sara Walsh • Foil

Andrea Ament • Foil

NCAAs: 1996 – 2nd (21-2) 1997 – 2nd (19-4) 1998 – 3rd (21-2) 1999 – 5th (19-4) Career: 80-12 (.870) Tremendous athlete and fiery sparkplug who used small frame for quickness and cat-like elusiveness … two-time NCAA runner-up whose .970 career win pct.

(231-7) in regular-season bouts ranks second in ND women’s fencing history (as does her .870 NCAAs mark) …

Mishawaka, Ind.

NCAAs: 2002 – 1st (23-0) 2003 – 1st (19-4) 2004 – 1st (21-2) 2005 – 2nd (21-2) Career: 84-8 (.913) Fast hand and 5-11 frame … only ND fencer in four NCAA finals (2002-04 champ, 2005 runner-up) … became ninth fencer in NCAA history with 3-plus titles (2nd in ND sports history) … 23-0 (+100) in 2002 NCAAs … 2nd-best career win pct. (.931) ever by ND women’s fencer …

Gdansk, Poland.

Michal Sobieraj • Epee

NCAAs: 2000 – 3rd (17-6) 2001 – 3rd (17-6) 2002 – 5th (17-6) 2003 – 10th (12-11) Career: 63-29 (.685) First ND epeeist to be four-time All-American, also owning top career regular-season win pct. (.890, 162-20) in ND men’s epee history … third at 2000 and 2001 NCAAs and member of 2003 team champs … known for physical, quickstriking style … Haworth, N.J.

Alicja Kryczalo • Foil

NCAAs: 2002 – 2nd (22-1) 2003 – 3rd (19-4) 2004 – 2nd (19-4) 2005 – 7th (18-5) Career: 78-14 (.815) Battler known for her quickness, mental toughness and timely dodging … finished second to teammate Alicja Kryczalo at NCAAs in 2002 (20-1 round-robin) and 2004 … third in ND women’s fencing history for career NCAA wins (75-15), also fifth with .916 career win percentage in regular-season bouts. …

Gates Mills, Ohio

Jan Viviani • Epee

NCAAs: 2000 – 2nd (20-3) 2001 – 5th (17-6) 2002 – 4th (18-5) 2003 – 4th (18-5) Career: 73-19 (.794)

Patrick Ghattas • Sabre

NCAAs: 2002 – 10th (12-11) 2003 – 2nd (20-3) 2004 – 3rd (18-5) 2005 – 1st (18-5) Career: 68-24 (.739) Clever and technical bouter with 6-foot-2 frame … one of five ND men’s fencers ever to reach 3-plus NCAA final bouts … set ND record for career epee win pct. (.936) … set ND epee record for single-season wins (64, in 2005) … Krakow, Poland.

NCAAs: 2004 – 10th (13-10) 2005 – 2nd (18-5) 2006 – 2nd (20-3) 2007 – 2nd (18-5) Career: 69-23 (.750) Quick, compact battler with smooth technique … owns third-most NCAA wins in ND men’s fencing history … third ND fencer to reach 3-plus NCAA title bouts … fifth in ND men’s sabre regular-season wins (158) … helped win 2005 NCAA team title ...

Beaverton, Ore.

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Four-Year All-Americans Valerie Providenza • Sabre NCAAs: 2004 – 1st (18-4) 2005 – 4th (19-4) 2006 – 9th (15-8) 2007 – 4th (19-3) Career: 71-19 (.789)

Notre Dame Fencing All-Americans – by Weapon Men’s Foil (32 individuals/58 times) Nick Scalera (’50), Jack Mooney (’53), Dick Hull (’54), Jim Waters (’55), Jim Russomano (’58-’60), Bill

Ferrence (’64, ’65), John Bishko (‘66), John Crikelair (’67, ’68), Bob Babineau (’69), Mike Cornwall (’73), Mike McCahey (’75), Pat Gerard (’77, ’78), Andy Bonk (’79, ’80), Ray Benson (’81), Marc DeJong (’83), Charles HiggsCoulthard (’84-’87), Mike Van der Velden (’85), Yehuda Kovacs (’86-’89), Noel Yong (’90, ’91), Stanton Brunner (’93), Jeremy Siek (’94-’97), Ozren Debic (’00-’03), Forest Walton (’01), Derek Snyder (’02, ’03), Jakub Jedrkowiak (’05-’07), Mark Kubik (’07), Steve Kubik (’08), Zach Schirtz (’08), Enzo Castellani (’09, ’10, ‘12), Gerek Meinhardt (’09, ’10), Reggie Bentley (’11, ‘12), Ariel DeSmet (’11).

Combined tremendous speed with effective modern style … fifth ND fencer to win NCAA individual title as a freshman … totaled fourth-most NCAA career wins (71) in ND women’s fencing history ... member of 2005 NCAA team champs … Beaverton, Ore.

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Adrienne Nott • Foil NCAAs: 2006 – 6th (15-8) 2007 – 3rd (18-5) 2008 – 4th (19-4) 2009 – 9th (14-9) Career: 66-26 (.717) A cerebral fencer who also earned Academic All-American honors in 2008 … patient on the strip and a mentally tough competitor ... finished her career with the fourth-most foil wins in program history (223) ... A U.S. Junior National Team member (2006) … …

Pittsford, N.Y.

Ralph Dixon (’50), Brian Duff (’52), John McGinn (’53), Rod Duff (’54), Don Tadrowski (’55, ’56), Dennis Hemmerle (’57), Ron Farrow (’58), Pete Giaimo (’60), John Donlon (’61), Dan Kenney (’62), Dick Marks (’63, ’64), Steve Donlon (’67), Jeff Pero (’68), Rick Deladrier (’70, ’71), Ed Fellows (’74), Tim Glass (’75-’77), Bjorn Vaggo (’78), Rich Daly (’81, ’82), Ola Harstrom (’83), Andy Quaroni (’84, ’85), Mike Gostigian (’86), Christian Scherpe (’86), Todd Griffee (’87, ’88), Ted Fay (’89), Jubba Beshin (’90, ’91), David Calderhead (’90, ’91), Geoff Pechinsky (’93), Rakesh Patel (’94, ’95), Carl Jackson (’95, ’98), Brian Stone (’98), Brian Casas (’99, ’01), Jan Viviani (’00-’03), Michal Sobieraj (’02’05), Greg Howard (’07, ’08), Karol Kostka (’07, ’08, ’09), Greg Schoolcraft (‘10), James Kaull (‘10, ‘12).

Men’s Sabre (38/68) Bob Schlosser (’50), Charlie Daschle (’51), Gerry Finney (’53, ’54), Tom Dorwin (’55), Tom Lee (’59), Ted DeBaene (’60), Tom Shipp (’62), Ralph DeMatteis (’63), Sam Crimone (’64), Mike Dwyer (’65), John Klier (’66),

Eileen Hassett • Sabre

Hayley Reese • Foil

NCAAs: 2008 – 5th (67-12) 2009 – 6th (43-10) 2010 – 7th (33-18) 2011 – 3rd (32-8) Career: 175-68 (.720) Graduated with a tremendous Notre Dame pedigree … ranked 18th on the all-time career wins list in women’s team history with 175 (175-68) … among women’s sabreists, ranks fourth all-time with the 175 decisions … ended career with first-ever first-team All-American citation … Beaverton, Ore.

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Mike Daher (’68), Bob Mendes (’69), Doug Daher (’71), Ron Sollito (’72), Sam DiFiglio (’74, ’75), Mike Sullivan (’76’79), Chris Lyons (’80), Greg Armi (’81), Don Johnson (’84’86), John Edwards (’85), Kevin Stoutermire (’87), Leszek Nowosielski (’88-’91), James Taliafero (’90, ‘92), Ed Baguer (’92), Chris Hajnik (’94), Bill Lester (’94-’96), Luke La Valle (’96-’99), Andrzej Bednarski (’98, ’00, ’01), Gabor Szelle (‘99, ’00, ’03), Andre Crompton (’01, ’02), Matt Fabricant (’03), Patrick Ghattas (’04-’07), Matt Stearns (’05, ’06), Bill Thanhouser (’07), Barron Nydam (’08-’11), Avery Zuck (’09-‘11), Kevin Hassett (‘12).

Women’s Foil (18/44) Susan Valdiserri (’82), Pia Albertson (’84), Molly Sullivan (’85-’88), Janice Hynes (’86, ’89), Anne Barreda (’88, ’90), Kristin Kralicek (’89, ’90), Heidi Piper (’90-’92), Maria Panyi (’95), Sara Walsh (’96-’99), Myriah Brown (’96-’99), Magda Krol (’00), Liza Boutsikaris (’00), Alicja Kryczalo (’02-’05), Andrea Ament (’02-’05), Adrienne Nott (’06, ’07, ’08, ’09), Hayley Reese (’08-’11). Grace Hartman (‘12), Madison Zeiss (‘12).

Women’s Epee (13/30; since 1995) Claudette de Bruin (’95, ’96), Magda Krol (’97-’99), Nicole Mustilli (’98, ’99), Anna Carnick (’00-’02), Meagan Call (’00, ’01, ’03), Kerry Walton (’02-’04), Amy Orlando (’04, ’05), Madeleine Stephan (’06), Kelley Hurley (’07, ’08, ‘10), Ewa Nelip (’08, ’09, ’11), Courtney Hurley (’09-‘11), Ashley Severson (‘12), Nicole Ameli (‘12).

Women’s Sabre (8/17; since 2000) Natalia Mazur (’00), Carianne McCullough (’02), Destanie Milo (’03), Valerie Providenza (’04-’07), Mariel Zagunis (’05, ’06), Sarah Borrmann (’08, ‘10), Eileen Hassett (’08-’11), Lian Osier (’11, ‘12).

Barron Nydam • Sabre

NCAAs: 2008 – 11th (69-12) 2009 – 2nd (51-6) 2010 – 5th (42-13) 2011 – 8th (29-9) Career: 191-40 (.826) One of a long line of Irish women’s foilist to receive four All-American citations, becoming the eighth in program history … ranked 14th on the all-time career wins list in women’s team history with 191 (191-40) … also ranked seventh on foil career wins … her 69 victories in ’08 ranked eighth on foil single season wins list … Crestwood, Ky.

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NCAAs: 2008 – 6th (36-12) 2009 – 10th (24-8) 2010 – 10th (32-11) 2011 – 6th (26-14) Career: 118-45 (.730) Cracked the 100-victory plateau, ending career with 118 career sabre victories (118-45) … twice selected as secondteam All-American, including during final campaign … showed consistency throughout career, never losing more than 14 bouts in a single season …

Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.

All-Americans Men’s First Team All-Americans Name Weapon Years Greg Armi Sabre 1981 (3rd) Jubba Beshin Epee 1990 (2nd), 1991 (1st) Andy Bonk Foil 1979 (1st), 1980 (2nd) Enzo Castellani Foil 2010 (3rd), 2012 (T-3rd) Epee 1990 (3rd), 1991 (3rd) David Calderhead Ozren Debic Foil 2000 (2nd), 2002 (4th), 2003 (4th) Ariel DeSmet Foil 2011 (1st) Steve Donlon Epee 1967 (3rd) Ron Farrow Epee 1958 (3rd) Bill Ferrance Foil 1964 (3rd) Gerry Finney Sabre 1954 (3rd) Pat Gerard Foil 1977 (1st), 1978 (2nd) Patrick Ghattas Sabre 2005 (2nd), 2006 (2nd), 2007 (2nd) Tim Glass Epee 1975 (3rd), 1977 (3rd) Mike Gostigian Epee 1986 (3rd) Todd Griffee Epee 1988 (2nd) Ola Harstrom Epee 1983 (1st) Denny Hemmerle Epee 1957 (2nd) Charles Higgs-Coulthard Foil 1984 (1st), 1985 (4th), 1986 (3rd), 1987 (4th) Don Johnson Sabre 1984 (3rd) Yehuda Kovacs Foil 1986 (2nd), 1988 (4th) Luke La Valle Sabre 1996 (4th), 1998 (1st) Bill Lester Sabre 1995 (2nd), 1997 (3rd) Gerek Meinhardt Foil 2009 (2nd), 2010 (1st) Leszek Nowosielski Sabre 1988 (4th), 1990 (3rd), 1991 (2nd) Andy Quaroni Epee 1985 (3rd) Jim Russomano Foil 1958 (3rd) Nick Scalera Foil 1950 (3rd) Christian Scherpe Epee 1986 (3rd) Michal Sobieraj Epee 2003 (2nd), 2004 (3rd) 2005 (1st) Brian Stone Epee 1998 (4th) Mike Sullivan Sabre 1976 (3rd), 1977 (1st), 1978 (1st), 1979 (2nd) Gabor Szelle Sabre 1999 (2nd), 2000 (1st) James Taliaferro Sabre 1992 (3rd) Don Tadrowski Epee 1955 (1st) Bjorne Vaggo Epee 1978 (1st)

Todd Griffee placed 12th in the 1987 NCAA epee competition before surging to first team AllAmerica honors with his runner-up showing at the 1988 NCAAs.

In 1992, the U.S. Fencing Coaches Association retroactively classified as first team All-Americans first- through fourth-place finishers in the NCAA Championships, second team All-Americans fifth- through eighth-place finishers, and third-team All-Americans ninth- through 12th-place finishers.

Epeeist Ralph Dixon placed fifth at the 1950 NCAAs, combining with foilist Nick Scalera and sabre Bob Schlosser as Notre Dame’s first fencing All-Americans.

Jan Viviani Noel Young Avery Zuck

Epee Foil Sabre

2000 (3rd), 2001 (3rd) 1990 (3rd), 1991 (2nd) 2010 (3rd), 2011 (2nd)

Men’s Second Team All-Americans Name Weapon Andrzej Bednarski Sabre Foil Reggie Bentley John Bishko Foil Brian Casas Epee Foil Enzo Castellani John Crikelair Foil Sam Crimone Sabre Andre Crompton Sabre Doug Daher Sabre Mike Daher Sabre Rich Daly Epee Ted DeBaene Sabre Ozren Debic Foil Marc DeJong Foil Rich Deladrier Epee Ralph Dixon Epee John Donlon Epee Tom Dorwin Sabre John Edwards Sabre Matt Fabricant Sabre Ed Fellows Epee Bill Ferrance Foil Gerry Finney Sabre Pete Giaimo Epee Tim Glass Epee Kevin Hassett Sabre Greg Howard Epee Carl Jackson Epee Jakub Jedrkowiak Foil Don Johnson Sabre James Kaull Epee Yehuda Kovacs Foil Mark Kubik Foil Steve Kubik Foil Luke La Valle Sabre Bill Lester Sabre Chris Lyons Sabre Dick Marks Epee Mike McCahey Foil John McGinn Epee

Years 2000 (5th) 2011 (5th), 2012 (5th) 1966 (6th) 1999 (8th), 2001 (7th) 2009 (8th) 1967 (8th) 1964 (8th) 2001 (7th), 2002 (5th) 1971 (8th) 1968 (5th) 1982 (6th) 1960 (7th) 2001 (5th) 1983 (5th) 1970 (6th), 1971 (6th) 1950 (5th) 1961 (5th) 1955 (7th) 1985 (5th) 2003 (6th) 1974 (6th) 1965 (5th) 1953 (6th) 1960 (7th) 1976 (6th) 2012 (7th) 2007 (8th), 2008 (8th) 1995 (6th) 2005 (7th), 2006 (8th) 1986 (6th) 2012 (7th) 1987 (5th), 1989 (7th) 2007 (7th) 2008 (8th) 1997 (5th) 1996 (6th) 1980 (6th) 1964 (8th) 1975 (7th) 1953 (8th)

Bob Mendes Leszek Nowosielski Barron Nydam Rakesh Patel Andy Quaroni Jim Russomano Jeremy Siek Derek Snyder Ron Sollitto Kevin Stoutermire James Taliaferro Bill Thanhouser Mike Van der Velden Jan Viviani Avery Zuck

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1969 (8th) 1989 (5th) 2008 (6th), 2011 (6th) 1995 (8th) 1984 (6th) 1959 (6th), 1960 (6th) 1994 (5th), 1997 (6th) 2002 (7th), 2003 (5th) 1972 (7th) 1987 (6th) 1990 (7th) 2007 (6th) 1985 (8th) 2002 (5th) 2009 (5th)

Men’s Third Team All-Americans Name Weapon Bob Babineau Foil Ed Baguer Sabre Andrzej Bednarski Sabre Ray Benson Foil Stan Brunner Foil Mike Cornwall Foil John Crikelair Foil Rich Daly Epee Charles Daschle Sabre Ralph DeMatteis Sabre Sam DiFiglio Sabre Brian Duff Epee Rod Duff Epee Mike Dwyer Sabre Ted Fay Epee Patrick Ghattas Sabre Todd Griffee Epee Chris Hajnik Sabre Dick Hull Foil Epee Carl Jackson Jakub Jedrkowiak Foil Don Johnson Sabre James Kaull Epee Dan Kenney Epee John Klier Sabre Karol Kostka Epee Luke La Valle Sabre Tom Lee Sabre Dick Marks Epee Jack Mooney Foil Barron Nydam Sabre Rakesh Patel Epee Geoff Pechinsky Epee Jeff Pero Epee Greg Schoolcraft Epee Zach Schirtz Foil Bob Schlosser Sabre Tom Shipp Sabre Jeremy Siek Foil Michal Sobieraj Epee Matt Stearns Sabre Gabor Szelle Sabre Don Tadrowski Epee Jan Viviani Epee Foil Forest Walton Foil Jim Waters Bold indicates current fencers

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Claudette de Bruin (’93-’96) is one of 16 Notre Dame student-athletes ever to earn each of the following honors: All-America, Academic AllAmerica and Notre Dame’s Byron Kanaley Award (which honors the top student-athlete leaders).

Foilist Kristin Kralicek earned All-America honors in both 1989 and ’90.

Andrea Ament concluded her Irish career as a four-time All-American, three times earning firstteam distinction, while earning a second-team honor on one occasion. She also was part of two NCAA Championshp teams (2003, 2005).

Women’s First Team All-Americans

Women’s Second Team All-Americans

Women’s Third Team All-Americans

Name Weapon Years Andrea Ament Foil 2002 (2nd), 2003 (3rd), 2004 (2nd) Anne Barreda Foil 1988 (3rd) Sarah Borrmann Sabre 2008 (1st) Claudette de Bruin Epee 1995 (3rd), 1996 (3rd) Eileen Hassett Sabre 2011 (3rd) Courtney Hurley Epee 2009 (3rd), 2010 (3rd), 2011 (1st) Kelley Hurley Epee 2007 (2nd), 2008 (1st) Magda Krol Epee 1997 (1st) Alicja Kryczalo Foil 2002 (1st), 2003 (1st), 2004 (1st), 2005 (2nd) Nicole Mustilli Epee 1998 (4th) Ewa Nelip Epee 2008 (3rd), 2009 (3rd) Adrienne Nott Foil 2007 (3rd), 2008 (4th) Epee 2005 (2nd) Amy Orlando Foil 1995 (2nd) Maria Panyi Heidi Piper Foil 1990 (2nd), 1991 (1st), 1992 (4th) Valerie Providenza Sabre 2004 (1st), 2005 (4th), 2007 (4th) Hayley Reese Foil 2009 (2nd) Molly Sullivan Foil 1986 (1st), 1987 (3rd), 1988 (1st) Foil 1996 (2nd), 1997 (2nd), 1998 (3rd) Sara Walsh Kerry Walton Epee 2002 (1st), 2004 (2nd) Mariel Zagunis Sabre 2005 (2nd), 2006 (1st)

Name Weapon Years Andrea Ament Foil 2005 (7th) Anne Barreda Foil 1990 (8th) Sarah Borrmann Sabre 2010 (5th) Myriah Brown Foil 1996 (6th), 1997 (5th),1998 (6th) Meagan Call Epee 2001 (5th) Grace Hartman Foil 2012 (5th) Eileen Hassett Sabre 2008 (5th), 2009 (6th), 2010 (7th) Kelley Hurley Epee 2010 (6th) Janice Hynes Foil 1989 (6th) Kristin Kralicek Foil 1990 (7th) Magda Krol Epee/Foil (‘00) 1998 (6th), 1999 (8th), 2000 (5th) Destanie Milo Sabre 2003 (6th) Nicole Mustilli Epee 1999 (5th) Foil 2006 (6th) Adrienne Nott Lian Osier Sabre 2012 (8th) Hayley Reese Foil 2010 (5th), 2011 (8th) Ashley Severson Epee 2012 (5th) Madeleine Stephan Epee 2006 (6th) Molly Sullivan Foil 1985 (5th) Foil 1999 (5th) Sara Walsh Kerry Walton Epee 2003 (5th) Madison Zeiss Foil 2012 (8th)

Name Weapon Years Pia Albertson Foil 1984 (10th) Nicole Ameli Epee 2012 (11th) Liza Boutsikaris Foil 2000 (12th) Myriah Brown Foil 1999 (10th) Meagan Call Epee 2000 (12th), 2003 (10th) Anna Carnick Epee 2000 (9th), 2001 (12th), 2002 (10th) Janice Hynes Foil 1986 (11th) Kristin Kralicek Foil 1989 (10th) Carianne McCullough Sabre 2002 (12th) Natalia Mazur Sabre 2000 (10th) Epee 2011 (9th) Ewa Nelip Foil 2009 (9th) Adrienne Nott Amy Orlando Epee 2004 (10th) Lian Osier Sabre 2011 (9th) Valerie Providenza Sabre 2006 (9th) Hayley Reese Foil 2008 (11th) Susan Valdiserri Foil 1982 (10th) Bold indicates current fencers

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Award Winners CoSIDA Academic All-America Winners are selected from voting by the College Sports Information Directors of America.

Fencing is included in the fall/winter at-large category, with winners selected from nominees from 12 different sports.

1991......................................................................

Heidi Piper (2nd Team) 1992......................................................................

Heidi Piper (3rd Team) 1996......................................................................

Claudette de Bruin (2nd Team) 1996......................................................................

Bill Lester (2nd Team) 1997......................................................................

Bill Lester (1st Team) 2008......................................................................

Adrienne Nott (3rd Team) 2011.....................................................................

Reggie Bentley (1st Team)

Byron V. Kanaley Award The most prestigious honor awarded to a Notre Dame student-athlete, the Byron V. Kanaley Award has been presented since 1927 to senior monogram athletes who have been exemplary as students and leaders. The awards are named in honor of a 1904 graduate who was a member of the Notre Dame baseball team, went on to a successful banking career in Chicago and served as a lay trustee from 1915 until his death in 1960. Ten members of the men’s fencing team and seven women’s fencers have received the award: 1952........................................ James Walsh 1967.......................................... Jack Haynes 1971.......................................... Doug Daher 1973..................................... Richard Waugh 1974.................................... John Hathaway 1975.......................................... Paul Angelo 1987...................................... David Lennert 1992.......................................... Heidi Piper 1994.................................. Maura Gallagher,

Grzegorz Woznia 1995....................................Elizabeth Caruso 1996............................... Claudette de Bruin 1997............................................. Bill Lester 2005.......................................Alicja Kryczalo 2008.........................................Greg Howard Rachel Cota 2009....................................... Adrienne Nott

NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship Recipients are selected from a highly-competitive pool of nominees of college senior student-athletes and are awarded scholarships to be used for postgraduate studies.

1967................................................ Jack Haynes 1968................................................. Mike Daher 1975................................................ Paul Angelo 1992.................................................. Heidi Piper 1997................................................ Jeremy Siek

Bill Lester, Notre Dame’s career leader in men’s fencing wins (213-38), was recognized during a 1996 Notre Dame football game for his status as an Academic All-American (second team in 1996, first team in ’97). Lester is one of 51 all-time Notre Dame student-athletes (achieved a total of 63 times) ever to earn Academic All-America and All-America in the same year (he finished second in the sabre competition at the 1995 NCAAs, plus sixth in ’96, third in ’97).

Of those 51 All-America/Academic AllAmerica double honorees, Lester is one of only 15 who also received Notre Dame’s prestigious Kanaley Award – as are women’s fencers Heidi Piper (’92), Claudette de Bruin (’96) and Adrienne Nott (’09), football players George Kunz (’68), John Krimm (’81) and Tim Ruddy (’93), track-and-field competitors Errol Williams and Mike Brown (both ’98), basketball players Bob Arnzen (’68), Pat Garrity (’98) and Ruth Riley (’01), softball’s Jarrah Myers (’02), soccer’s Jen Renola (’97), tennis player Jen Hall (’99) and distance runner Stephanie Madia (’06).

James Walsh

Jack Haynes

Doug Daher

Richard Waugh

John Hathaway

Paul Angelo

David Lennert

Heidi Piper

Maura Gallagher

Grzegorz Wozniak

Elizabeth Caruso

Claudette de Bruin

Bill Lester

Alicja Kryczalo

Greg Howard

Rachel Cota

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Award Winners Walt Langford Memorial Award

Men’s Foil MVP

Recognizing sportsmanship, leadership and teamwork.

1978............................................... Pat Gerard 1979.............................................. Andy Bonk 1980.............................................. Andy Bonk 1981............................................. Ray Benson 1982.......................................... Marc De Jong 1983.......................................... Marc De Jong 1984......................... Charles Higgs-Coulthard 1985......................... Charles Higgs-Coulthard 1986........................................ Yehuda Kovacs 1987....................................... Derek Holeman 1988................................................ Phil Leary 1989....................................... Derek Holeman 1990................................................. Joel Clark 1991............................................. Noel Young 1992................................................. Jeff Piper 1993.......................................... Stan Brunner 1994........................................... Conor Power 1995............................................. Jeremy Siek 1996............................................. Jeremy Siek 1997............................................. Jeremy Siek 1998............................................. John Tejada 1999...................................... Stephane Auriol 2000............................................. Ozren Debic 2001............................................. Ozren Debic 2002............................................. Ozren Debic 2003............................................. Ozren Debic 2004.......................................... Forest Walton 2005..................................... Jakub Jedrowiak 2006......................... Jakub Jedrowiak 2007 Mark Kubik 2008............................................. Mark Kubik 2009.......................... Gerek Meinhardt 2010.........................................Enzo Castellani 2011.................................Ariel DeSmet 2012 ....................................... Enzo Castellani

1961........................................... John Donlon 1962............................................... Tom Shipp 1963..................................... Ralph DeMatteis 1964.......................................... Sam Crimone 1965.......................................... Joe McQuade 1966........................... John Bishko, John Klier 1967............................................ Jack Haynes 1968.......................................... John Crikelair 1969..................... Lou Emerson, Bob Mendes 1970..................................... Roger Holzgrave 1971...................... Rich Deladrier, John Lyons 1972...................... Matt Fruzynski, Tim Taylor 1973......................................... Mike Cornwell 1974................................................. Roy Seitz 1975................................................. Tom Coye 1976............................................ Sam DiFiglio 1977................................................. Tim Glass 1978................................................... Bill Kica 1979............. Steve Salimando, Mike Sullivan 1980.............................................. Chris Lyons 1981............................................... Greg Armi 1982.............................................. Sal D’Allura 1983..................................... Scott Rutherford 1984.............................................. Chris Grady 1985....................... Mike Janis, Andy Quaroni 1986......... Tony Consoli, Mike Van der Velden 1987......................... Charles Higgs-Coulthard 1988...................................... Gary Galizewski 1989.................................................... Ted Fay 1990............................................. Mark Gugel 1991.......................................... Anne Barreda 1992............. Chris Baguer, David Calderhead 1993.......................... Per Johnsson, Jeff Piper 1994.............................................. Rian Girard 1995.......................................... Stan Brunner 1996....................................... Mindi Kalogera 1997............................... Phil Lee, Phil Mages 1998.............................................. Anne Hoos 1999................ Tim Monahan, Nicole Paulina 2000............................................. Magda Krol 2001............................................ Kim DeMaio 2002.................................... Andre Crompton, Carianne McCullough 2003.......................... Ozren Debic, Jan Viviani 2004........................................... Kerry Walton 2005............... Alicja Kryczalo, Andrea Ament 2006........... Valerie Providenza, Amy Orlando 2007....................................... Patrick Ghattas 2008............................................. Mark Kubik 2009....................................... Bill Thanhouser 2010........................................... Kelley Hurley 2011...................Eileen Hassett, Hayley Reese Zach Schirtz, Avery Zuck 2012 ...................................... Reggie Bentley

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1978.............................................. Chris Lyons 1979.............................................. Chris Lyons 1980............................................... Greg Armi 1981................................................ Sal Muoio 1982............................................... Mike Janis 1983......................................... John Edwards 1984............................................... Mike Janis 1985......................................... John Edwards 1986........................................... Don Johnson 1987............................................... Tim Collins 1988................................. Leszek Nowosielski 1989................................. Leszek Nowosielski 1990........................................... Chris Baguer 1991................................. Leszek Nowosielski 1992............................................... Ed Baguer 1993............................................. Chris Hajnik 1994............................................. Chris Hajnik 1995................................................ Bill Lester 1996........................................... Luke La Valle 1997................................................ Bill Lester 1998........................................... Luke La Valle 1999........................................... Luke La Valle 2000............................................ Gabor Szelle 2001..................................... Andre Crompton 2002..................................... Andre Crompton 2003........................................ Matt Fabricant 2004....................................... Patrick Ghattas 2005....................................... Patrick Ghattas

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2006....................................... Patrick Ghattas 2007....................................... Patrick Ghattas 2008........................................ Barron Nydam 2009.............................................. Avery Zuck 2010............................................... Avery Zuck 2011............................................... Avery Zuck 2012 .............................. Kevin Hassett

Men’s Epee MVP 1978.............................................Bjorn Vaggo 1979...................................... Mike Schermoly 1980................................................. Rich Daly 1981........................................... Kevin Tindell 1982................................................. Rich Daly 1983.......................................... Ola Harstrom 1984.......................................... Andy Quaroni 1985.................................... Christian Scherpe 1986.................................... Christian Scherpe 1987............................................. Todd Griffee 1988............................................. Todd Griffee 1989.................................................... Ted Fay 1990.......................................... Jubba Beshin 1991................................... David Calderhead 1992................................... David Calderhead 1993..................................... Geoff Pechinsky 1994................................... Grzegorz Wozniak 1995............................................ Carl Jackson 1996................................................ Brice Dille 1997............................................. Brian Stone 1998............................................. Brian Stone 1999............................................ Carl Jackson 2000............................................... Jan Viviani 2001............................................... Jan Viviani 2002............................................... Jan Viviani 2003............................................... Jan Viviani 2004....................................... Michal Sobieraj 2005........................................Michal Sobieraj 2006........................................... Greg Howard 2007...................................... Patrick Gettings 2008........................................... Greg Howard 2009 ........................................... Karol Kostka 2010...................................James Kaull 2011...................................James Kaull 2012 ................................. James Kaull

Women’s Foil MVP 1978............................................ Karen Lacity 1979......................................... Dodee Carney 1980............................................... Liz Bathon 1981 ............ Denise Haradem, Kathy McCann 1982...................................... Susan Valdiserri 1983................................ Charlotte Albertson 1984.......................................... Pia Albertson 1985......................................... Molly Sullivan 1986......................................... Molly Sullivan 1987........................................ Kristin Kralicek 1988.......................................... Anne Barreda 1989........................................ Kristin Kralicek 1990........................................ Kristin Kralicek 1991.............................................. Heidi Piper 1992.............................................. Heidi Piper 1993.................................. Claudette de Bruin 1994............................................. Maria Panyi 1995............................................. Maria Panyi 1996.............................................. Sara Walsh 1997......................................... Myriah Brown 1998.............................................. Sara Walsh

1999.............................................. Sara Walsh 2000............................................. Magda Krol 2001....................................... Liza Boutsikaris 2002......................................... Alicja Kryczalo 2003............... Andrea Ament, Alicja Kryczalo 2004............... Andrea Ament, Alicja Kryczalo 2005........................................ Andrea Ament 2006......................................... Adrienne Nott 2007......................................... Adrienne Nott 2008......................................... Adrienne Nott 2009......................................... Adrienne Nott 2010........................................... Hayley Reese 2011........................................... Hayley Reese 2012 .............................. Madison Zeiss

Women’s Epee MVP 1994..................................... Maura Gallagher 1995.................................. Claudette de Bruin 1996.................................. Claudette de Bruin 1997............................................. Magda Krol 1998......................................... Nicole Mustilli 1999......................................... Nicole Mustilli 2000........................................... Anna Carnick 2001........................................... Anna Carnick 2002........................................... Kerry Walton 2003............................................ Meagan Call 2004........................................... Kerry Walton 2005........................................... Kerry Walton 2006........................................... Amy Orlando 2007........................................... Kelley Hurley 2008........................................... Kelley Hurley 2009........................... Courtney Hurley 2010........................................... Kelley Hurley 2011......................................Ewa Nelip 2012............................ Ashley Severson

Women’s Sabre MVP 1999*............................Carianne McCullough 2000..............................Carianne McCullough 2001..............................Carianne McCullough 2002..............................Carianne McCullough 2003.........................................Maggie Jordan 2004......... Danielle Davis, Valerie Providenza 2005........ Valerie Providenza, Mariel Zagunis 2006........................................ Mariel Zagunis 2007.................................. Valerie Providenza 2008..................................... Sarah Borrmann 2009......................................... Eileen Hassett 2010......................................Sarah Borrmann 2011..........................................Eileen Hassett 2012......................................Lian Osier

National Monogram Club Fencing Team MVP Men 1982.............................................. Sal D’Allura 1983.......................................... Marc de Jong 1984.......................................... Andy Quaroni 1985.......................................... Andy Quaroni 1986........................................ Mike Gostigian 1987......................... Charles Higgs-Coulthard 1988........................................ Yehuda Kovacs 1989.................................................... Ted Fay 1990.......................................... Jubba Beshin 1991................................. Leszek Nowosielski 1992................................... David Calderhead

1993................................................. Jeff Piper 1994................................... Grzegorz Wozniak 1995............................................. Jeremy Siek 1996................................................ Bill Lester 1997............................................. Jeremy Siek 1998....................... Luke LaValle, Brian Stone 1999............................................ Gabor Szelle 2000............................................ Gabor Szelle 2001............................................... Jan Viviani 2002.................. Andre Crompton, Jan Viviani 2003............................................. Ozren Debic 2004.......................................... Forest Walton 2005....................................... Patrick Ghattas 2006....................................... Patrick Ghattas 2007....................................... Patrick Ghattas 2008........................................... Greg Howard 2009.......................... Gerek Meinhardt 2010............................................... Avery Zuck 2011............................................... Avery Zuck 2012 ....................................... Enzo Castellani Women 1982...................................... Susan Valdiserri 1983...................................... Susan Valdiserri 1984.......................................... Pia Albertson 1985......................................... Molly Sullivan 1986........................................... Janice Hynes 1987........................................... Janice Hynes 1988......................................... Molly Sullivan 1989........................................... Janice Hynes 1990.............................................. Heidi Piper 1991.............................................. Heidi Piper 1992.............................................. Heidi Piper 1993......................................... Kathleen Vogt 1994............................................. Maria Panyi 1995............................................. Maria Panyi 1996.............................................. Sara Walsh 1997.......................... Magda Krol, Sara Walsh 1998..................... Nicole Mustilli, Sara Walsh 1999......................................... Nicole Mustilli 2000............................................. Magda Krol 2001............................................ Meagan Call 2002......................................... Alicja Kryczalo 2003......................................... Alicja Kryczalo 2004......................................... Alicja Kryczalo 2005......... Alicja Kryczalo, Valerie Providenza 2006........................................ Mariel Zagunis 2007 ................. Kelley Hurley, Adrienne Nott 2008......................................... Adrienne Nott 2009......................................... Adrienne Nott 2010......................................Sarah Borrmann 2011............................Courtney Hurley 2012..............................Grace Hartman

Knute Rockne Student-Athlete Award Fencers with highest grade-point average.

1989....................................... Steve Rawlings 1990................................................. Joel Clark 1991................................. Leszek Nowosielski 1992................................................ Tom Clare 1993................................................ Brian Ray 1994............................................. Greg Ripple 1995............................................. Chris Hajnik 1996................................................... Phil Lee 1997................................................... Phil Lee 1998............................................. Matt Hysell 1999......................................... Tim Monahan 2000.............................................. Steve Kane 2001.................................. George Viamontes 2002........................................... Neal Salisian 2003.......................................... Adam Harvey 2004............................. Brendan Prendergast 2005............................................. T.J. McNally 2006.................................... Alex Schumacher 2007........................................... Greg Howard 2008...................... Greg Howard, Mark Kubik 2010...........................Gerek Meinhardt 2011..............................................Steve Kubik 2012........................................Reggie Bentley Women 1982................................... Marcella Lansford 1982........................................ Mary Marshall 1984....................................... Kathy Morrison 1985..................................... Celeste Kowalski 1986.............................................. Linda Gase 1987...................................... Vittoria Quaroni 1988...................................... Mary-Jean Sully 1989.................................. Stephanie McNeill 1990.......................................... Anne Barreda 1991.................................... Margaret Connor 1992.............................................. Heidi Piper 1993......................................... Kathleen Vogt 1994..................................... Maura Gallagher 1995..................................... Elizabeth Caruso 1996.................................. Claudette de Bruin 1997................................... Maria Thieneman 1998......................................... Stacey Stough 1999......................................... Nicole Paulina 2000................................................. Kelly Orsi 2001.................................. Mary Beth Willard 2002............................. Carianne McCullough 2003............................................. Jill Inghram 2004........................................... Beth Emilian 2005..... Rebecca Chimahusky, Natalie Tenner 2006.......... Valerie Providenza, Colleen Walsh 2007.................................. Valerie Providenza 2008.................... Rachel Cota, Adrienne Nott 2009....................... Kim Montoya, Emilie Prot 2010............................Courtney Hurley 2011......................................Sarah Borrmann 2012...................................Radmila Sarkisova

Men 1981........................................ Jim Gunshinan 1982................................... Chuck Konzelman 1984.............................................. Joe Roveda 1985.................................................. Ted Dore 1986......................................... Sean Reardon 1987.......................................... Dave Lennert 1988......................................... Chris Reardon

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Award Winners The following six awards – the Donlon, Crikelair, Mulligan, DeCicco/Auriol, Langford and Bednarski Awards – are presented to fencers from specific weapons who best represent the fencing program and the University of Notre Dame ... “both on and off the strip.”

Steve Donlon

John Crikelair

Dan Mulligan

Steve Donlon Men’s Epee Leadership Award

John Crikelair Men’s Foil Leadership Award

Named in honor of All-American and epee captain Steve Donlon ’68, who was killed in a tragic automobile accident during the summer of 1967.

Named in honor of All-American and foil captain John Crikelair ’68, who was killed during a Vietnam War firefight while serving with the U.S. Army.

1978.............................................. John Strass 1979............................................ Mike Carney 1980....................................... Thomas Cullum 1981................................................. Rich Daly 1982........................................... Kevin Tindell 1983................................................. Rich Daly 1984.......................................... Andy Quaroni 1985.......................................... Andy Quaroni 1986........................................ Mike Gostigian 1987........................................... Tim Vaughan 1988........................................ Doug Dudinski 1989.................................................... Ted Fay 1990............................................. Mark Gugel 1991.......................................... Jubba Beshin 1992................................... Grzegorz Wozniak 1993................................... Grzegorz Wozniak 1994................................... Grzegorz Wozniak 1995........................................... Rakesh Patel 1996............................................. Brian Stone 1997................................................ Brice Dille 1998............................................ Carl Jackson 1999.............................................. Brian Casas 2000.............................................. Brian Casas 2001............................................ Scott Gabler 2002.............................................. Brian Casas 2003.................................... Nick Schumacher 2004................................... Michael Macaulay 2005..................................... Patrick Gettings, ..................................................Jesse Laeuchli 2006........................................... Greg Howard 2007........................................... Greg Howard 2008............................................ Karol Kostka 2009...............................................Brent Kelly 2010......................................... Andrew Seroff 2011.........................................Conor Gettings 2012 ................................. James Kaull

1978........................................ Mike McCahey 1979..................................... Steve Salimando 1980.............................................. Andy Bonk 1981............................................ Jim Sullivan 1982........................................ Jim Thompson 1983.......................................... Marc de Jong 1984.............................................. Chris Grady 1985............................... Mike Van der Velden 1986......................... Charles Higgs-Coulthard 1987........................................ Yehuda Kovacs 1988...................................... Gary Galizewski 1989........................................ Yehuda Kovacs 1990........................................... Colin Gumbs 1991................................................ Phil Leary 1992............................................... Ed LeFevre 1993................................................. Jeff Piper 1994.......................................... Stan Brunner 1995........................................... Conor Power 1996..................................... Paul Capobianco 1997............................................. Jeremy Siek 1998...................................... Stephane Auriol 1999.......................................... Charles Hayes 2000................................................ Jim Harris 2001.......................................... Forest Walton 2002....................................... Steve Mautone 2003.......................................... Forest Walton 2004........................................ Matt Castellan 2005..................................... Frank Bontempo 2006..................................... Frank Bontempo 2007..................................... Frank Bontempo 2008............................................ Zach Schirtz 2009............................................. Mark Kubik 2010.............................................Zach Schirtz 2011........................................Reggie Bentley 2012......................................... Nicholas Crebs

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Dan Mulligan Men’s Sabre Leadership Award Named in honor of sabre captain Dan Mulligan ’73, who was killed in 1976 during a simulated bombing run while training as a fighter pilot for the U.S. Air Force.

1978.......................................... Mike Sullivan 1979.......................................... Mike Sullivan 1980.............................................. Chris Lyons 1981............................................... Greg Armi 1982.............................................. Sal D’Allura 1983................................................. Joel Tietz 1984............................................ Tony Consoli 1985............................................... Mike Janis 1986......................................... John Edwards 1987.................................... Kevin Stoutemire 1988................................................ Jim Reilly 1989............................................... Tim Collins 1990..................................................... Dan Yu 1991........................................... Chris Baguer 1992............................................... Ed Baguer 1993.......................................... Bernard Baez 1994............................................. Chris Hajnik 1995............................................. Chris Hajnik 1996................................................ Bill Lester 1997.......................................... Jeff Wartgow 1998.................................. Andrzej Bednarski 1999....................................... Steve McQuade 2000................................. Andrzej Bednarski, Andre Crompton 2001.................................. Andrzej Bednarski 2002.................................. Andrzej Bednarski 2003............................................. Brian Dosal

Carianne McCullough (’99-’02) is the only Notre Dame fencer ever to receive the DeCicco/Langford Award (inspiration), the Langford Award (leadership) and the Rockne Student- Athlete Award – in addition to four women’s sabre MVP awards.

2004............................................. Brian Dosal 2005........................................... Matt Stearns 2006...................................... Nicholas Diacou 2007.......................................... Matt Stearns 2008...................................... Bill Thanhouser 2009............................................ Tom Horton 2010......................................... Barron Nydam 2011.........................................Keith Feldman 2012.........................................Marcel Frenkel

Polly DeCicco/ Georgette Auriol Women’s Epee Leadership Award Named in honor of the wives of former Notre Dame coaches Mike DeCicco and Yves Auriol.

1994........................................... Marit Fischer 1995.................................. Claudette de Bruin 1996...................................... Ashley Shannon 1997.............................................. Anne Hoos 1998............................................. Magda Krol 1999............................................. Magda Krol 2000............................................ Kim DeMaio 2001............................................ Meagan Call 2002........................................... Anna Carnick 2003.......................................... Anna Carnick, Kerry Walton 2004........................................... Kerry Walton 2005........................................... Amy Orlando 2006.............................. Rebecca Chimahusky 2007........................................... Amy Orlando 2008..................................... Ewa Nelip 2009.................................... Ewa Nelip 2010...........................................Vanessa Rosa 2011......................................... Diane Zielinski 2012......................Phenix Messersmith

Alice Langford Women’s Foil Leadership Award Named in honor of the wife of former Notre Dame head coach Walt Langford.

1977.................................... Kathy Valdiserri 1978....................................... Kathy Valdiserri 1979............................................ Karen Lacity 1980.................................... Elizabeth Bathon 1981.................................... Denise Haradem, Kathy McCann 1982...................................... Sharon DiNicola 1983...................................... Susan Valdiserri 1984.............................................. Mary Shilts 1985......................................... Janet Sullivan 1986......................................... Janet Sullivan 1987........................................... Cindy Weeks 1988......................................... Molly Sullivan 1989........................................... Janice Hynes 1990........................................ Kristin Kralicek 1991............................................... Lynn Kadri 1992......................................... Rachel Haugh 1993.................................... Dinamarie Garcia 1994.............................................. Kim Arndt, Corinne Dougherty 1995............................................. Maria Panyi 1996....................................... Mindi Kalogera 1997............................................... Rose Saari 1998............................................ Amee Appel 1999......................................... Myriah Brown

2000...................................... Aimee Kalogera 2001........................................ Katie Flanagan 2002....................................... Liza Boutsikaris 2003....................................... Liza Boutsikaris 2004......................................... Alicja Kryczalo 2005........................................ Andrea Ament 2006......................................... Colleen Walsh 2007............................................. Rachel Cota 2008.......................................... Hayley Reese 2009......................................... Darsie Malynn 2010...................................Radmila Sarkisova 2011..............................Grace Hartman 2012 ........................................ Darsie Malynn

Janusz Bednarski Women’s Sabre Leadership Award Named in honor of the current Notre Dame head coach.

2000........................................ Katie Flanagan 2001.................................... Donna Mowchan 2002.......................................... Destanie Milo 2003.......................................... Destanie Milo 2004.......................................... Destanie Milo 2005......................................... Danielle Davis 2006.................................. Valerie Providenza 2007....................................... Ashley Serrette 2008...................................... Christina Zoccoli 2009..................................... Sarah Borrmann 2010..........................................Eileen Hassett 2011.......Abigail Nichols, Marta Stepien 2012 ....................... Kathryn Palazzoto

2008............ Kimberlee Montoya, Avery Zuck 2009......................................... Darsie Malynn 2010..............................................Steve Kubik 2011...Teddy Hodges, Phenix Messersmith 2012......... Keith Feldman, Radmila Sarkisova

Yves Auriol Award Recognizing fencers who have shown the most improvement.

1994........................................... Marit Fischer 1995...................................... Monica Wagner 1996................................................... Phil Lee 1997.................................... John Scherpereel 1998.................... Gina Couri, Steve McQuade 1999.................................. Michelle Marafino, George Viamontes 2000........................... Kelly Orsi, Scott Gabler 2001..................... Erin Riley, Michelle Sutton 2002....................................... Mike Macaulay 2003................. Danielle Davis, Colleen Walsh 2004............................ Rebecca Chimahusky John Espinsosa 2005.................................... Melanie Bautista 2006............ Marielle Connor, Ashley Serrette 2007........................................... Ryan Bradley 2008...................Teddy Hodges, Vanessa Rosa 2009....................................... Reggie Bentley 2010......................................Greg Schoolcraft 2011.......................... Adriana Camacho 2012.................................... Jack Piasio Bold indicates current fencers.

DeCicco/ Langford Award Recognizing inspiration and dedication.

1981............................................ Jim Sullivan 1982....................................... Mike Mollinelli 1983..................................... Rowland Francis 1984............................................... Jim Hickey 1985...................................... David Stabrawa 1986............................................... Bob Walsh 1987...................................... Vittoria Quaroni 1988.............................................. Dan Fabian 1989............................................... Tim Collins 1990....................................... Derek Holeman 1991............... Phil Leary, Leszek Nowosielski 1992.......... David Calderhead, Mary Westrick 1993............................................ Tim Quenan 1994............... Dinamarie Garcia, Greg Ripple 1995..................................... Elizabeth Caruso 1996............................................. John Tejada 1997................................... Manolo Galinanes 1998............................................ Jason Boron 1999............................................... Gina Couri 2000............................................ Clay Morton 2001............................. Carianne McCullough 2002...................................... Michelle Sutton 2003................ Matt Castellan, Adam Harvey 2004........................................... Amy Orlando 2005...................................... Nicholas Diacou 2006............... Melanie Bautista, Rachel Cota 2007.................... Matt Stearns, Amy Orlando

Destanie Milo went into the Notre Dame record books as the only women’s sabreuse to be selected the Janusz Bednarski Women’s Sabre Leadership Award recipient on three occasions. She finished her career with a 166-36 record.

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Men’s Records Men’s Individual Career Win Leaders

Sabreist Mike Janis (’82-’85) ranks 13th all-time in Notre Dame men’s fencing wins (161-27) and was a two-time NCAA participant.

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Bill Lester - Sabre 1994-1997 Luke La Valle - Sabre 1996-1999 Mike Sullivan - Sabre 1976-1979 Gabor Szelle - Sabre 1999-2001, 03 Michał Sobieraj – Epee 2002-2005 Greg Howard – Épée 2005-2008 Carl Jackson - Épée 1995, 97-99 Karol Kostka – Épée 2006-2009 Bill Thanhouser – Sabre 2006-2009 Jeremy Siek - Foil 1994-1997 Brian Stone - Épée 1995-1998 Jan Viviani – Épée 2000-2003 Mike Janis - Sabre 1982-1985 Frank Bontempo – Foil 2004-2007 Tim Glass - Épée 1974-1977 Patrick Ghattas – Sabre 2004-2007 Forest Walton – Foil 2000-2001, 2003-2004 Ozren Debić – Foil 2000-2003 Jakub Jędrkowiak – Foil 2005-2008 Grezgorz Wozniak - Épée 1991-1994 Stephane Auriol - Foil 1996-1999 Brian Casas - Épée 1999-2002 André Crompton - Sabre 1999-2002 Andrzej Bednarski - Sabre 1998, 2000-2002 Matt Fabricant – Sabre 2000-2003 Greg Schoolcraft – Épée 2008-2011 Pat Gerard - Foil 1975-1978 Yehuda Kovacs - Foil 1986-1989 Charles Higgs-Coulthard - Foil 1984-1987 Matthew Stearns – Sabre 2004-2007 Mark Kubik – Foil 2006-2009 Terry McConville - Foil 1974-1977 Chris Hajnik - Sabre 1993-1995 Mike McCahey - Foil 1975-1978 Mike van der Velden - Foil 1983-1986 Steve Mautone - Foil 1999-2002 Ed Fellows - Épée 1974-1977 Avery Zuck – Sabre 2008-2011 Andy Quaroni - Épée 1982-1985 Enzo Castellani - Foil 2009-2012 Steve Kubik – Foil 2008-2011

Won Lost Pct. 193 188 183 182 176 174 174 173 172 169 165 162 161 160 160 158 158 157 157 154 154 154 153 152 151 148 146 146 145 145 145 142 141 138 137 137 136 135 133 132 132

38 18 4 13 12 44 58 47 53 20 21 20 27 69 26 19 35 8 45 48 53 55 21 32 21 76 19 11 17 44 54 44 53 21 41 59 38 25 23 30 29

.835 .913 .979 .933 .936 .798 .750 .786 .764 .894 .699 .890 .856 .699 .860 .893 .819 .952 .772 .762 .744 .737 .879 .826 .878 .660 .884 .929 .895 .767 .728 .763 .727 .868 .800 .699 .781 .844 .853 .815 .820

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David Calderhead - Épée Sam DiFiglio - Sabre Zach Schirtz – Foil Aaron Adjemian – Épée Cristian Baguer - Sabre Mike Matranga - Épée Phil Leary - Foil Don Johnson - Sabre Rian Girard - Foil & Épée Reggie Bentley - Foil James Kaull - Épée Rich Daly - Épée Stan Brunner - Foil Keith Feldman - Sabre John Edwards - Sabre & Foil Charles Hayes - Foil Barron Nydam – Sabre Todd Griffee - Épée Andy Bonk - Foil Jeff Piper - Foil Mike Cornwall - Foil Greg Armi - Sabre Jeff Wartgow - Sabre Derek Holeman - Foil & Épée John Strass - Épée Jim Mullenix - Foil Tom Coye - Foil Kevin Stoutermire - Sabre Marc de Jong - Foil Dan Yu- Sabre Nicholas Crebs - Foil Derek Snyder – Foil Marcel Frenkel - Sabre Chris Lyons - Sabre Tom Horton – Sabre James Taliaferro - Sabre Ed Baguer - Sabre Jim Russomano - Foil Steve Salimando - Foil

Mike Van der Velden (’83-’86) owns the 34th-most wins in Notre Dame men’s fencing history (13741; 12th among foilists) and earned All-America honors in 1985.

1990-1992 1974-1976 2008-2011 2004-2007 1988-1992 1970-1974 1988-1991 1983-1986 1991-1994 2009-2012 2010 - 1979-1983 1993-1995 2009-2012 1983-1986 1997-1999 2008-2011 1986-1989 1977-1980 1991-1993 1970-1973 1977-1981 1994-1997 1987-1990 1975-1978 1970-1974 1972-1975 1984-1987 1979-1983 1987-1991 2009-2012 2002-2004 2009-2012 1978-1979 2006-2009 1990-1993 1989-1992 1958-1960 1976-1978

131 130 130 129 129 129 126 126 126 124 124 123 122 122 121 119 119 118 117 116 115 114 113 111 111 111 111 108 107 106 106 104 103 102 102 101 100 100 100

32 23 37 53 17 31 18 34 42 38 43 29 36 36 20 35 44 26 14 18 45 31 58 19 42 44 45 14 27 18 24 19 19 22 44 17 10 17 17

.804 .850 .778 .709 .884 .806 .875 .787 .750 .765 .743 .809 .772 .772 .858 .773 .730 .819 .890 .866 .719 .786 .661 .854 .725 .716 .711 .885 .799 .855 .815 .846 .844 .823 .698 .856 .909 .855 .855

Men’s Individual Career Winning Pct. Leaders

Pl. Name, Weapon

Years

1. Leszek Nowosielski – Sabre 1988-1991 2. Michael Sullivan – Sabre 1976-1979 3. Ozren Debić – Foil 2000-2003 4. David Kirby – Sabre 1988-1992 5. Jan Tivenius – Épée 1983 Gabor Szelle - Sabre 1999-2001, 03 7. Michał Sobieraj – Épée 2002-2005 8. Yehuda Kovacs - Foil 1986-1989 9. Gerek Meinhardt – Foil 2009-10, 10. Luke La Valle- Sabre 1996-1999 11. Billy Meckling - Sabre 2011- Ed Baguer - Sabre 1989-1992 13. Will McGough - Sabre 2010- 14. Gerry Finney - Sabre 1952-1954 15. Charles Higgs-Coulthard - Foil 1984-1987 Tony Schlehuber – Sabre 2009-2012 17. Jeremy Siek - Foil 1994-1997 18. Patrick Ghattas – Sabre 2004-2007 19. Andy Bonk - Foil 1977-1980 20. Jan Viviani – Épée 2000-2003 21. Joel Clark - Foil 1987-1990 22. Kevin Stoutermire - Sabre 1984-1987 23. Pat Gerard - Foil 1975-1978 Cristian Baguer - Sabre 1988-1992 25. André Crompton - Sabre 1999-2002 26. Matt Fabricant – Sabre 2000-2003 27. Phil Leary - Foil 1988-1991 Mike Bathon - Sabre 1984-1986 29. Noel Young - Foil 1990-1991 30. Mike McCahey - Foil 1975-1978 31. Jeff Piper - Foil 1990-1993 32. Marcel Frenkel - Sabre 2009-2012 33. Grant Hodges – Foil 2010-

Minimum 35 career wins and two seasons.

Pct. Won Lost

.980 .979 .952 .941 .937 .937 .936 .930 .925 .913 .909 .909 .900 .897 .895 .895 .894 .893 .891 .890 .889 .885 .884 .884 .879 .878 .875 .875 .870 .868 .866 .844 .835

97 183 157 64 45 182 176 146 62 188 40 100 36 61 145 77 169 158 117 162 96 108 146 129 153 151 126 42 60 138 116 103 81

2 4 8 4 3 13 12 11 5 18 4 10 4 7 17 9 20 19 14 20 12 14 19 17 21 21 18 6 9 21 18 19 16

Sabreist Kevin Stoutermire (’84-’87) is one of 75 Notre Dame men’s fencers ever to post 100-plus wins (108-14) while his .885 career-winning percentage ranks 20th in the Irish record book (among all weapons).

Men’s Team Records Single-Season Wins 1. 2010................................ 33-0 2009................................ 33-0 2. 2011................................ 29-1 2006............................... 29-1 1996............................... 29-3 2012 .............................. 29-6 4. 1995............................... 28-2 5. 2008............................... 27-4 6. 1986............................... 26-0 1976............................... 26-0 8. 2001............................... 25-0 9. 2003............................... 24-0 2004............................... 24-1 1990............................... 24-1 1988............................... 24-1 1997............................... 24-2

Single-Season Winning Percentage 1. 2010 (33-0), 2009 (33-0), 2003 (24-0), 2002 (18-0), 2001 (25-0), 1986 (26-0), 1976 (26-0), 1991 (23-0), 1985 (23-0), 1977 (23-0), 1987 (22-0), 1994 (21-0), 1989 (21-0), 1979 (20-0), 2002 (18-0), 1978 (18-0), 1967 (18-0), 1958 (16-0), 1992 (14-0), 1936 (9-0),1950 (9-0),1935 (7-0). 1.000

Single-Season Bouts Won 1.

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2010..................................695 2012..................................679 2009..................................657 2006................................. 627 2008..................................623 2011................................. 619 1996................................. 606 1995................................. 601 1986................................. 568 1997................................. 561

1988 Notre Dame captains (from left): foilist Yehuda Kovacs, epeeist Todd Griffee and sabreist Tim Collins.

Single-Season Bout Winning Percentage 1.

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1989 (481-86)..................... . .848 1991 (504-100)................... . .834 1987 (486-108).................... .818 2002 (395-91)...................... .813 1986 (568-134)................... . .809 1978 (392-94)..................... . .807 1976 (550-135)................... . .803 1992 (305-75)..................... . .802 1984 (449-112)................... . .800 2003 (492-129).................... .799

Notre Dame’s dominant 1978 NCAA championship trio combined for a 102-5 regular-season record, including 41-0 from sabreist Mike Sullivan (far left), 31-3 by foilist Pat Gerard (second from right) and a 30-2 mark from epeeist Bjorne Vaggo (far right).

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Men’s Records Single-Season Wins (all weapons) Pl. 1.

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Name (weapon) Bill Lester (sabre) Jeremy Siek (foil) Michal Sobieraj (epee) Luke La Valle (sabre) Greg Schoolcraft (epee) Chris Hajnik (sabre) Brian Stone (epee) Gabor Szelle (sabre) Conor Power (foil) Carl Jackson (epee)

Year 1996 1996 2005 1996 2010 1995 1995 1999 1995 1995

Won Lost 67 7 66 6 65 4 64 8 58 25 57 19 57 19 56 2 56 12 56 17

Pct. .905 .917 .942 .889 .699 .750 .750 .966 .824 .767

Single-Season Win Pct. (all weapons) Pl. Name (weapon) Year 1. Mike Sullivan (sabre) 1978 Ed Baguer (sabre) 1992 3. Mike Sullivan (sabre) 1976 4. Mike Sullivan (sabre) 1977 5. Ozren Debic (foil) 2003 6. Yehuda Kovacs (foil) 1987 7. Gerry Finney (sabre) 1954 8. Yehuda Kovacs (foil) 1989 9. Gabor Szelle (sabre) 1999 10. Kevin Stoutermire (sabre) 1987 Minimum 30 wins

Won Lost 41 0 30 0 53 1 47 1 43 1 34 1 32 1 31 1 56 2 46 2

Pct. 1.000 1.000 .981 .979 .977 .971 .970 .969 .966 .958

Foilist Stephane Auriol (’96-’99) is tied for the 20th-most career wins (154-53) in Notre Dame men’s fencing history, among all weapons (sixth among foilists).

Foil Career Wins Pl. 1.

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Name Years Jeremy Siek 1994-97 Frank Bontempo 2004-07 Forest Walton 2000-01, ’03-’04 Ozren Debic 2000-03 Jakub Jedrkowiak 2005-08 Stephane Auriol 1996-99 Pat Gerard 1975-78 Yehuda Kovacs 1986-89 Charles Higgs-Coulthard 1984-87 Mark Kubik 2006-09 Terry McConville 1974-77 Mike McCahey 1975-78 Steve Mautone 1999-2002 Mike Van der Velden 1983-86

Won 191 160 158 157 157 154 146 146 145 145 142 138 137 137

Lost 21 69 35 8 45 53 19 11 17 54 44 21 59 41

Pct. .901 .699 .819 .952 .777 .744 .884 .930 .895 .729 .763 .868 .698 .770

Lost 8 11 5 4 21 17 9 14 12 19 18

Pct. .952 .930 .925 .918 .901 .895 .895 .891 .889 .884 .889

Foil Career Winning Percentage

Conor Power was a two-year monogram winner and NCAA competitor for the Irish, compiling an 89-23 (.795) foil record from 1994-95 while helping Notre Dame win the 1994 NCAA title.

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Pl. Name Years 1. Ozren Debic 2000-03 2. Yehuda Kovacs 1986-89 3. Gerek Meinhardt 2009-10, 4. Mike DeCicco 1947-49 5. Jeremy Siek 1994-97 6. Charles Higgs-Coulthard 1984-87 Tony Schlehuber 2009-12 7. Andy Bonk 1977-80 8. Joel Clark 1987-90 9. Pat Gerard 1975-78 10. Phil Leary 1988-91 Minimum 40 wins and two seasons

Won 157 146 62 45 191 145 77 117 96 146 126

Foil Single-Season Wins Pl. 1.

3.

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Name Jeremy Siek Rian Girard Conor Power Jakub Jędrkowiak Jeremy Siek Jeff Piper Forest Walton Stan Brunner Steve Mautone

Year 1996 1993 1995 2005 1995 1993 2003 1993 1999

Won 51 51 49 47 46 45 45 45 45

Epee Career Wins Lost 5 11 12 7 7 6 9 11 17

Pct. .911 .823 .803 .870 .868 .882 .833 .804 .726

Lost 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3

Pct. .977 .971 .969 .955 .955 .947 .939 .938 .933 .933 .917 .917

Foil Single-Season Win Percentage Pl. Name 1. Ozren Debić 2. Yehuda Kovacs 3. Yehuda Kovacs 4. Jeremy Siek Ozren Debić 6. Pat Gerard

7. Gerek Meinhardt 8. Ozren Debić 9. Charles Higgs-Coulthard Ozren Debić 10. Derek Holeman Grant Hodges Minimum 30 wins

Year 2003 1987 1989 1997 2001 1977 2009 2002 1985 2000 1987 2010

Won 43 34 31 42 42 36 31 30 33 42 33 33

Pl. 1.

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Name Years Michał Sobieraj 2002-05 Greg Howard 2005-08 Carl Jackson 1995-96, 98-99 Karol Kostka 2006-09 Brian Stone 1995-98 Jan Viviani 2000-03 Tim Glass 1974-77 Grzegorz Wozniak 1991-94 Brian Casas 1999-2002 Ed Fellows 1974-77

Won 176 174 174 173 165 162 160 154 154 136

Lost 12 44 58 47 71 20 26 48 55 28

Pct. .936 .798 .750 .786 .699 .890 .860 .762 .737 .871

Lost 3 12 20 15 26 23 13 11 18 11

Pct. .937 .936 .890 .861 .860 .853 .849 .825 .824 .820

Epee Career Winning Percentage Pl. Name Years 1983 1. Jan Tivenius 2. Michał Sobieraj 2002-05 2000-03 3. Jan Viviani 4. Ola Harstrom 1981-83 1974-77 5. Tim Glass 6. Andy Quaroni 1982-85 2004-06 7. Jesse Laeuchli 8. Ron Farrow 1957-58 1955-57 9. Dennis Hemmerle 10. Doug Dudinski 1985, 87-88 Minimum 40 wins and two seasons

Won 45 176 162 93 160 133 73 52 84 50

1994 NCAA Champions

Notre Dame claimed the 1994 NCAA Combined Fencing Championship behind a deep lineup that included just three All-Americans, led by sabre captain and All-American Chris Hajnik. Pictured from left are: foil captain Rian Girard (fenced epee in NCAAs), men’s head coach Mike DeCicco, Hajnik, epee captain Grzegorz Wozniak, Stanton Brunner, foil captain Dinamarie Garcia and women’s head coach Yves Auriol.

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Men’s Sabre Records/Women’s Records Epee Single-Season Wins Pl. 1.

2.

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8.

10.

Name Michał Sobieraj Greg Schoolcraft James Kaull Tim Glass Carl Jackson Brian Stone Karol Kostka Greg Howard Greg Howard Grzegorz Wozniak Karol Kostka

Year 2005 2010 2010 1976 1995 1995 2007 2008 2007 1994 2008

Won 65 58 49 48 48 48 48 47 47 46 46

Lost 4 25 13 6 15 18 18 10 17 9 16

Pct. .942 .699 .790 .889 .762 .727 .724 .824 .734 .836 .742

Epee Single-Season Win Percentage Pl. Name 1. Ted Fay 2. Michał Sobieraj 3. Jan Tivenius 4. Jan Viviani

5. Tim Glass Michał Sobieraj

7. Andy Quaroni 8. Michał Sobieraj Jan Viviani David Calderhead Minimum 30 wins Bold indicates current fencers.

Year 1989 2005 1983 2002 1977 2004 1984 2003 2001 1992

Won Lost 33 2 65 4 45 3 42 3 41 3 41 3 35 3 44 4 44 4 33 3

Pct. .943 .942 .938 .933 .932 .932 .921 .917 .917 .917

Won 193 188 183 182 172 158 157 153 152 151

Pct. .835 .913 .979 .933 .764 .893 .853 .879 .826 .878

Sabre Career Wins Pl. 1.

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Name Years Bill Lester 1994-97 Luke La Valle 1996-99 Mike Sullivan 1976-79 Gabor Szelle 1999-2001, 03 Bill Thanhouser 2006-09 Patrick Ghattas 2004-07 Mike Janis 1982-85 André Crompton 1999-2002 Andrzej Bednarski 1998, 2000-02 Matt Fabricant 2000-2003

Lost 38 18 4 13 53 19 27 21 32 21

Brian Casas (154-55) ranks eighth on the Notre Dame list for career men’s epee wins and earned All-America honors at the 1999 and 2001 NCAAs.

Sabre Career Winning Percentage Pl. 1.

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Name Years Leszek Nowosielski 1988-91 Mike Sullivan 1976-79 David Kirby 1988-92 Gabor Szelle 1999-2001, 03 Luke La Valle 1996-99 Ed Baguer 1989-92 Gerry Finney 1952-54 Tony Schlehuber 2009-12 Patrick Ghattas 2004-07 Kevin Stoutermire 1984-87

Won 97 183 63 182 138 100 61 77 158 108

Lost 2 4 4 13 12 10 7 9 19 17

Pct. .980 .979 .941 .933 .920 .909 .897 .895 .893 .885

Lost 2 7 1 6 10 5 12 18 6 8 20

Pct. .966 .885 .981 .898 .841 .911 .810 .739 .893 .862 .714

Minimum 40 wins and two seasons

Sabre Single-Season Wins Pl. Name 1. Gabor Szelle 2. Bill Lester 3. Mike Sullivan Luke LaValle Andrzej Bednarski 6. Patrick Ghattas Bill Thanhouser Chris Hajnik 9. Luke La Valle Bill Lester Chris Hajnik

Years 1999 1996 1976 1996 1998 2006 2007 1995 1999 1997 1993

Won 56 54 53 53 53 51 51 51 50 50 50

Sabre Single-Season Win Percentage Foilist Paul Capobianco helped Notre Dame win the 1994 NCAA championship while posting an 85-34 career record.

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Pl. Name 1. Mike Sullivan Ed Baguer 3. Mike Sullivan 4. Mike Sullivan 5. Gerry Finney

Kevin Stoutermire 7. Gabor Szelle 8. Dan Yu 9. Mike Sullivan 10. Avery Zuck Minimum 30 wins

Years 1978 1992 1976 1977 1954 1987 1999 1990 1979 2011

Won Lost 41 0 30 0 53 1 47 1 32 1 46 2 56 2 42 2 42 2 34 2

Pct. 1.000 1.000 .981 .979 .970 .970 .966 .955 .955 .944

Women’s Individual Career Win Leaders Pl.

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Nicole Mustilli - Foil/Epee Anne Hoos - Epee Myriah Brown - Foil Ashley Serrette – Sabre Magda Król - Epee/Foil Mindi Kalogera - Foil Adrienne Nott – Foil Claudette de Bruin - Foil/Epee Sara Walsh - Foil Kelley Hurley – Epee Nicole Paulina - Foil Amee Appel - Foil Kimberlee Montoya – Epee Valerie Providenza – Sabre Hayley Reese – Foil Sarah Borrmann – Sabre/Epee Anna Carnick – Epee Kerry Walton – Epee Eileen Hassett – Sabre Amy Orlando - Epee Meagan Call – Epee Maggie Jordan – Sabre/Foil Liza Boutsikaris – Foil Destanie Milo – Sabre Andrea Ament – Foil Colleen Smerek - Epee Diane Zielinski - Epee Alicja Kryczało – Foil Molly Sullivan - Foil Anne Barreda - Foil Cindy Weeks - Foil Kathy Valdiserri - Foil Courtney Hurley – Epee Heidi Piper - Foil Melanie Bautista – Foil

A talented foilist and epeeist for Notre Dame, Nicole Mustilli still holds the women’s career win mark after finishing with 294 for her career (29447).

Years

Won

Lost

Pct.

1996-1999 1995-1998 1996-1999 2006-2009 1997-2000 1993-1996 2006-2009 1993-1996 1996-1999 2007-2010 1996-1999 1995-1998 2006-2009 2004-2007 2008-2011 2008-2011 2000-2003 2002-2005 2008-2011 2004-2007 2000-2003 2001-2004 2000-2003 2001-2004 2002-2005 1994-95, 97 2009-12 2002-2005 1985-1988 1987-1991 1984-1987 1973-1978 2009-11, 1989-1992 2005-2007

294 289 280 234 230 225 223 221 217 213 210 209 192 191 191 190 179 175 175 172 171 168 168 166 165 164 162 161 160 159 159 157 153 147 147

47 62 26 83 30 61 35 21 6 23 67 64 54 30 40 44 43 28 68 59 51 58 37 36 15 44 72 12 14 24 57 29 15 15 46

.862 .823 .915 .738 .864 .787 .864 .913 .973 .902 .758 .776 .780 .864 .826 .812 .806 .862 .720 .745 .770 .743 .820 .822 .917 .788 .692 .931 .920 .869 .736 .844 .911 .924 .762

After just three seasons with the Irish program, epeeist Courtney Hurley has already climbed into the ranks of the elites in women’s program history, ranking 32nd on the career victory charts (153 wins) and leads all Irish women’s epeeist with a career .911 winning percentage (153-15).

Anne Hoos, the all-time leader in epee wins, graduated as the winningest fencer in Notre Dame women’s history with 289 only to be surpassed the next year by Nicole Mustilli

Ashley Serrette, an ’09 graduate, left the program as the all-time wins leader in sabre (234) and ranks fourth on the all-time wins list. The 234 victories stands 43 ahead of second place Valerie Providenza on the sabre charts.

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Individual Career Winning Pct. Leaders Pl. Name, Weapon

Years

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1994-1995 1996-1999 2005-2006 1984 2005-2007 2002-2005 1989-1992 1985-1988 2010- 2002-2005 1996-1999 1993-1996 2009-11, 2007-2010 2008-09, 11, 1997-2000 2000-2001, 04 2010- 1987-1991 2009-2011 1989-1992 2004-2007 2006-2009 1996-1999 2002-2005 1986-1989 2007-2008 1988-1989 1989-1992

141 217 75 37 32 161 147 160 92 165 280 221 153 213 126 230 111 67 159 73 96 191 223 294 175 127 34 34 115

3 6 3 2 2 12 15 14 8 15 26 21 15 23 16 30 15 9 24 11 15 30 35 47 28 21 6 6 21

.979 .973 .962 .949 .941 .931 .924 .920 .920 .917 .915 .913 .911 .902 .887 .882 .881 .881 .869 .869 .865 .864 .864 .862 .862 .858 .850 .850 .850

Maria Panyi - Foil Sara Walsh - Foil Mariel Zagunis – Sabre Pia Albertson - Foil Anna Rodríguez - Épée Alicja Kryczało – Foil Heidi Piper - Foil Molly Sullivan - Foil Marta Stepien - Sabre Andrea Ament – Foil Myriah Brown - Foil Claudette de Bruin - Foil/Epee Courtney Hurley – Epee Kelley Hurley – Epee Ewa Nelip – Epee Magda Król - Epee/Foil Natalia Mazur - Sabre Danielle Guilfoyle - Sabre Anne Barreda - Foil Katie Heinzen – Foil Mary Westrick - Foil Valerie Providenza – Sabre Adrienne Nott – Foil Nicole Mustilli - Foil/Epee Kerry Walton – Epee Janice Hynes - Foil Eleanor Leighton – Epee Stephanie McNeill - Foil Tara Kelly - Foil

Minimum 40 wins and two seasons ... current fencers in bold

Maria Panyi, an ’05 graduate and foilist for the Irish fencing team, holds the program’s top mark for career winning percentage. She concluded her career with a .979 percentage after going 141-3.

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Single-Season Wins 1. 2010.............................................. 35-0 2. 1995...............................................32-0 3. 1996.............................................. 31-1 4. 1997.............................................. 30-1 2009...............................................30-2

Single-Season Winning Pct.

1. 2011 (29-0).................................1.000 2010 (35-0).................................1.000 1995 (32-0)................................ 1.000 2004 (26-0)................................ 1.000 1994 (23-0)................................ 1.000 1986 (23-0)................................ 1.000 1991 (19-0)................................ 1.000 Single-Season Bouts Won

1. 1996............................................... 832 2. 1995............................................... 799 3. 1997............................................... 792 4. 2010................................................ 724 5. 2009................................................ 700 Single-Season Bout Win Pct.

1. 1987 (257-47).............................. .843 2. 1986 (309-59).............................. .840 3. 1991 (254-50).............................. .836 4. 1988 (253-51).............................. .832 5. 2005 (536-112)............................ .827

Sara Walsh ranks second on the all-time career winning percentage list, but represents the lone fencer in the top 10 of the list to have recorded more than 200 wins in her career (217-6, .973).

Single-Season Win Pct. (all weapons) Pl. Name (Weapon) 1. Sara Walsh (foil) 2. Maria Panyi (foil)

Years 1997 1995

Won 48 105

4.

6.

8.

9.

11.

1999 1991 1996 1994 1997 2006 2012 2002

45 44 80 41 61 46 23 39

1 1 2 1 2 2 1 2

.978 .978 .976 .976 .968 .958 .958 .951

Won 280 225 223 217 210 209 191 168 165 161

Lost 26 61 3 6 67 64 40 37 15 12

Pct. .915 .787 .864 .973 .758 .766 .826 .827 .917 .931

Lost 3 6 2 12 15 26 14 15 6 14

Pct. .979 .973 .949 .931 .924 .915 .920 .917 .908 .827

3.

Kelley Hurley (epee)

Pl. 1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

Name Myriah Brown Mindi Kalogera Adrienne Nott Sara Walsh Nicole Paulina Amee Appel Hayley Reese Liza Boutsikaris Andrea Ament Alicja Kryczało

Sara Walsh (foil) Heidi Piper (foil) Sara Walsh (foil) Maria Panyi (foil) Magda Krol (epee) Mariel Zagunis (sabre) Marybeth Zier (sabre) Alicja Kryczalo (foil)

2008

47

Lost Pct. 0 1.000 2 .981 1

.979

Foil Career Wins Years 1996-99 1993-96 2006-09 1996-99 1996-99 1995-98 2008-11 2000-03 2002-05 2002-05

Foil Career Winning Percentage Pl. Name Years 1. Maria Panyi 1994-95 1996-99 2. Sara Walsh 1984 3. Pia Albertson 2002-05 4. Alicja Kryczało 1989-92 5. Heidi Piper 1996-99 6. Myriah Brown 1985-88 7. Molly Sullivan 2002-05 8. Andrea Ament 9. Nicole Mustilli 1996-99 10. Adriana Camacho 2011- Minimum 35 wins and two seasons

Won 141 217 37 161 147 280 160 165 59 67

Anne Barreda’s stellar Notre Dame career included a 159-24 foil record from 1987-91, plus All-America performances at the 1988 (third place) and 1990 (eighth) NCAAs.

Foil Single-Season Wins Pl. 1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

7.

8.

Name Maria Panyi Mindi Kalogera Myriah Brown Rose Saari Nicole Paulina Myriah Brown Amee Appel Myriah Brown Adrienne Nott Hayley Reese

Pl. 1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

10.

11.

12.

13.

14.

Name Sara Walsh Sara Walsh Maria Panyi Sara Walsh Heidi Piper Maria Panyi Alicja Kryczało Janet Sullivan Pia Albertson Andrea Ament Darsie Malynn Rachel Beck Grace Hartman Adriana Camacho

Year 1995 1995 1997 1997 1997 1999 1997 1996 2008 2008

Won 100 85 82 79 71 71 70 69 69 69

Lost 2 17 5 22 13 10 17 5 10 12

Pct. .980 .833 .943 .782 .845 .877 .805 .932 .873 .852

Lost 0 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 7 8 9 9

Pct. 1.000 .985 .980 .978 .978 .976 .951 .949 .949 .947 .825 .822 .786 .775

Foil Single-Season Winning Pct. Year 1997 1996 1995 1999 1991 1994 2002 1986 1984 2005 2012 2012 2012 2012

Won 48 66 100 45 44 41 39 37 37 54 33 37 33 31

Minimum 30 wins

Foilist Nicole Paulina posted one of the highest single-season victory totals (71-13, 1997) in Notre Dame women’s fencing history and ranks 10th on the Irish list for career wins (216-68) among all weapons.

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2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

Name Anne Hoos Nicole Mustilli Kelley Hurley Kimberlee Montoya Anna Carnick Kerry Walton Amy Orlando Meagan Call Magda Król Colleen Smerek

Year 1995-98 1996-99 2007-10 2006-09 2000-03 2002-05 2004-07 2000-03 1997-00 1995-97

Won 289 235 213 192 179 175 172 171 167 164

Lost 62 41 23 54 43 28 59 51 21 44

Pct. .823 .851 .902 .780 .806 .862 .745 .770 .888 .788

Lost 15 23 7 2 21 16 28 41 6 62

Pct. .911 .902 .949 .941 .888 .887 .862 .851 .850 .823

Lost 15 23 21 22 9 15 12 15 10 12

Pct. .848 .783 .794 .786 .898 .840 .859 .825 .873 .850

Lost 1 2 3 2 4 4 4 4 5 5

Pct. .979 .968 .957 .948 .939 .927 .920 .916 .909 .909

Lost 83 30 42 68 36 33

Pct. .738 .864 .814 .720 .822 .801

Epee Career Winning Percentage Pl. 1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

Name Courtney Hurley Kelley Hurley Claudette de Bruin Anna Rodríguez Magda Król Ewa Nelip Kerry Walton Nicole Mustilli Eleanor Leighton Anne Hoos

Year 2009-11, 2007-10 1995-96 2005-07 1997-2000 2008-09, 11, 2002-05 1996-99 2007-08 1995-98

Won 153 213 129 32 167 126 175 235 34 289

Minimum 40 wins and two seasons

Epee Single-Season Wins Pl. 1.

2.

3.

5.

7.

8.

9.

10.

Name Nicole Mustilli Colleen Smerek Colleen Smerek Anne Hoos Kelley Hurley Anne Hoos Nicole Mustilli Kimberlee Montoya Nicole Mustilli Anne Hoos

Pl. 1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

Name Kelley Hurley Magda Król Claudette de Bruin Ewa Nelip Claudette de Bruin Kelley Hurley Diane Zielinski Courtney Hurley Kerry Walton Courtney Hurley

Year 1997 1995 1997 1995 2010 1997 1999 2008 1998 1998

Won 84 83 81 81 79 79 73 71 69 68

Epee Single-Season Winning Pct. Year 2008 1997 1995 2009 1996 2007 2009 2011 2002 2009

Won 47 61 67 37 62 51 46 44 50 50

7.

8.

9.

10.

Angela Vincent Beatriz Almeida Danielle Davis Natalia Mazur

2004-06 2009-12 2002-05 2000-01, 2004

131 127 124 111

32 37 35 15

.804 .774 .780 .881

Lost 3 8 15 9 30 36 42 32 33 22

Pct. .962 .920 .881 .881 .864 .822 .814 .804 .801 .794

Lost 7 12 25 32 25 6 8 7 12 11

Pct. .912 .848 .725 .735 .695 .903 .871 .879 .810 .819

Pl. Name Year Won Lost 1. Mariel Zagunis 2006 46 2 2. Natalia Mazur 2000 49 4 3. Sarah Borrmann 2008 73 7 2003 56 6 4. Maggie Jordan 2003 40 5 5. Destanie Milo 6. Valerie Providenza 2007 51 7 7. Marta Stepien 2012 36 5 8. Valerie Providenza 2006 54 8 2004 39 6 9. Valerie Providenza 10. Destanie Milo 2002 45 8 Minimum 30 wins Bold indicates current fencers.

Pct. .958 .925 .912 .903 .889 .879 .878 .871 .867 .849

Sabre Career Winning Pct. (min. 40 wins) Pl. 1.

2.

3.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

Name Year Mariel Zagunis 2005-06 Marta Stepien 2010- Natalia Mazur 2000-01, 2004 Danielle Guilfoyle 2010- Valerie Providenza 2004-07 Destanie Milo 2001-04 Sarah Borrmann 2008-2011 Angela Vincent 2004-06 Carianne McCullough 1999-2002 Maggie Jordan 2001-04

Pl. 1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

10.

Name Sarah Borrmann Eileen Hassett Ashley Serrette Ashley Serrette Ashley Serrette Maggie Jordan Valerie Providenza Valerie Providenza Angela Vincent Ashley Serrette

Won 75 92 111 67 191 166 185 131 133 85

Sabre Single-Season Wins Year 2008 2008 2008 2007 2006 2003 2006 2007 2005 2009

Won 73 67 66 61 57 56 54 51 51 50

Sabre Single-Season Winning Pct.

Sabre Career Wins (since 2000) Pl. 1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

102

Name Ashley Serrette Valerie Providenza Sarah Borrmann Eileen Hassett Destanie Milo Carianne McCullough

Year 2006-09 2004-07 2008-11 2008-11 2001-04 1999-02

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Sarah Borrmann finished her career with the Irish program as a twotime All-American while ranking third on the career sabre wins list (185) and holding down the most sabre wins in a single season in ’08 with 73 (73-7).

Kelley Hurley very nearly put together the perfect season in ’08.

During her sophomore campaign, the talented epeeist finished with a stellar 48-1 record (.979) en route to capturing the ’08 NCAA gold medal.

NCAA Championship Results 1947 – 13th place (9 points) @ Chicago

1955 – 7th place (48 points) @ Michigan St.

Name, Weapon W L Rk. Jack Gaither, Foil, Missing Data Herb Melton, Sabre Russ Harris, Epee

Name, Weapon Jim Waters, Foil Tom Dorwin, Sabre Don Tadrowski, Epee

W 13 13 22

L 12 9 4

Rk. 10 7 1

Name, Weapon Mike DeCicco, Foil Bob Schlosser, Sabre Ralph Dixon, Epee

W 9 3 6

L 5 5 6

Rk. — — —

Name, Weapon Jack Friel, Foil Dave Frsike, Sabre Don Tadrowski, Epee

W 18 14 21

L 17 21 13

Rk. 18 25 9

Name, Weapon Lou Burns, Foil Bob Schlosser, Sabre Ralph Dixon

W 7 5 13

L 20 5 13

Rk. 22 14

Name, Weapon Pierre DuVair, Foil Joe Klein, Sabre Dennis Hemmerle, Epee

W 11 16 25

L 10 12 4

Rk. 20 13 2

Name, Weapon Nick Scalera, Foil Bob Schlosser, Sabre Ralph Dixon, Epee

W 24 19 18

L 8 11 10

Rk. 4 11 5

Name, Weapon Jim Russomano, Foil Dick Fagon, Sabre Ron Farrow, Epee

W 13 9 13

L 4 12 5

Rk. 4 14 3

Name, Weapon Nick Scalera, Foil Charlie Daschle, Sabre Brian Duff, Epee

W 14 10 11

L 12 12 16

Rk. 13 12 20

Name, Weapon Jim Russomano, Foil Tom Lee, Sabre Jim Johnson, Epee

W 21 13 13

L 5 11 13

Rk. 6 11 15

Name, Weapon Jack Jacobs, Foil Paul Gibbons, Sabre Brian Duff, Epee

W 10 13 17

L 19 15 13

Rk. 21 13 12

Name, Weapon Jim Russomano, Foil Ted DeBaene, Sabre Pete Giaimo, Epee

W 20 10 14

L 6 14 9

Rk. 6 7 7

Name, Weapon Jack Mooney, Foil Gerry Finney, Sabre John McGinn, Epee

W 21 24 22

L 13 9 12

Rk. 12 6 8

Name, Weapon Mike Curtin, Foil Rudy Ehrensing, Sabre John Donlon, Epee

W 11 14 22

L 18 13 8

Rk. 19 14 5

Name, Weapon Dick Hull, Foil Gerry Finney, Sabre Rod Duff, Epee

W 16 20 16

L 10 7 14

Rk. 9 4 12

Name, Weapon Mike Bishko, Foil Tom Shipp, Sabre Dan Kenney, Epee

W 13 14 18

L 15 15 14

Rk. 14 12 10

Name, Weapon Tom Dwyer, Foil Ralph DeMatteis, Sabre Dick Marks, Epee

W 8 12 11

L 4 9 10

Rk. 16 9 10

Name, Weapon Bill Ferrence, Foil Sam Crimone, Sabre Dick Marks, Epee

W 25 26 22

L 8 9 12

Rk. 4 8 8

Name, Weapon Bill Ferrence, Foil Mike Dwyer, Sabre Frank Hajnik, Epee

W 24 19 7

L 8 13 12

Rk. 5 10 27

W 13 12 0

L 9 15 6

Rk. 6 10 —

Name, Weapon John Crikelair, Foil Pat Korth, Sabre Steve Donlon, Epee

W 21 13 22

L 10 14 7

Rk. 8 15 4

Name, Weapon John Crikelair, Foil Mike Daher, Sabre Jeff Pero, Epee

W 25 25 23

L 14 8 13

Rk. 11 5 9

1948 – 12th place (21 points) @ Navy

1949 – 24th place (25 points) @ Army

1950 – 6th place (61 points) @ Wayne State

1951 – 10th place (41 points) @ Illinois

1952 – 16th place (40 points) @ Yale

1953 – 7th place (67 points) @ Pennsylvania

1954 – 8th place (48 points) @ Chicago

1956 – 15th place (33 points) @ Navy

1957 – 9th place (52 points) @ Detroit

1958 – 6th place (35 points) @ Texas Tech

1959 – 8th place (47 points) @ Navy

1969 – 6th place (36 points) @ N.C. State

Name, Weapon Bob Babineau, Foil Bob Mendes, Sabre Joe DePietro, Epee

W 18 20 9

L 12 10 11

Rk. 9 8 —

1961 – 13th place (47 points) @ Princeton

Name, Weapon Glenn Kalin, Foil Roger Holzgrafe, Sabre Rich Deladrier, Epee

W 9 14 19

L 25 20 15

Rk. 22 13 6

1962 – 12th place (45 points) @ Ohio State

Name, Weapon John Lyons, Foil Doug Daher, Sabre Rich Deladrier, Epee

W 18 21 20

L 14 11 12

Rk. 14 8 6

1963 – 10th place (31 points) @ Air Force

Name, Weapon Mike Cornwall, Foil Ron Sollito, Sabre Chuck Harkness, Epee

W 17 21 15

L 15 11 18

Rk. 13 7 18

Name, Weapon Mike Cornwall, Foil Dan Mulligan, Sabre Mike Matranga, Epee

W 18 17 16

L 15 16 16

Rk. 11 13 18

Name, Weapon Tom Coye, Foil Sam DiFiglio, Sabre Ed Fellows, Epee

W 3 20 24

L 7 13 10

Rk. — 10 6

Name, Weapon Mike McCahey, Foil Sam DiFiglio, Sabre Tim Glass, Epee

W 18 13 20

L 4 9 5

Rk. 7 11 6

Name, Weapon W L Mike McCahey, Foil 8 6 Mike Sullivan, Sabre 22 5 Tim Glass, Epee 16 7 Yearly listings include site of NCAA Championship Bold indicates All-Americans

Rk. 13 3 4

1960 – 7th place (44 points) @ Illinois

1964 – 5th place (73 points) @ Harvard

1965 – 15th place (58 points) @ Detroit

Name, Weapon John Bishko, Foil John Klier, Sabre Steve Donlon, Epee

1966 – @ Duke

1967 – 6th place (56 pts) @ Cal St. Northridge

1968 – 6th place (73 pts) @ Wayne State

Nick Scalera helped lead the 1950 Irish to the first of their 46 top-10 finishes at the NCAAs.

Notre Dame’s 1957 captains included foilist John Ryan (left) and All-America epeeist Dennis Hemmerle, whose runner-up finish at the 1957 NCAAs ranked as the second-best finish by a Notre Dame fencer until the 1977 national championship season.

1970 – 8th place (46 points) @ Notre Dame

1971 – 6th place (64 points) @ Air Force

1972 – 8th place (49 points) @ Illinois-Chicago

1973 – 12th place (47 points) @ Johns Hopkins

1974 – 13th place (52 points) @ Case Reserve

1975 – 3rd place (76 points) @ CS Fullerton

1976 – 3rd place (76 points) @ Pennsylvania

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NCAA Championship Results 1977 – 1st place (116 points) @ Notre Dame

Name, Weapon Pat Gerard, Foil Mike Sullivan, Sabre Tim Glass, Epee

W 18 20 16

L 4 2 7

Rk. 1 1 4

Name, Weapon Pat Gerard, Foil Mike Sullivan, Sabre Bjorn Vaggo, Epee

W 19 23 19

L 3 0 4

Rk. 2 1 1

Name, Weapon Andy Bonk, Foil Mike Sullivan, Sabre Thom Cullom, Epee

W 30 30 10

L 2 2 22

Rk. 1 2 23

Name, Weapon Andy Bonk, Foil Chris Lyons, Sabre Rich Daly, Epee

W 29 22 3

L 3 10 6

Rk. 2 6 —

Name, Weapon Ray Benson, Foil Greg Armi, Sabre Rich Daly, Epee

W 12 18 10

L 11 5 13

Rk. 12 3 12

Name, Weapon Marc DeJong, Foil Mike Janis, Sabre Rich Daly, Epee

W 21 17 22

L 11 15 10

Rk. 13 18 6

Name, Weapon Marc DeJong, Foil John Edwards, Sabre Ola Harstrom, Epee

W 21 19 29

L 10 12 2

Rk. 5 13 1

1978 – 1st place (121 points) @ Wis. Parkside

1979 – 2nd place (92 points) @ Princeton

1980 – 8th place (90 points) @ Penn State

1981 – 5th place (100 points) @ Wis. Parkside

1982 – 7th place (66 points) @ Notre Dame

1983 – 2nd place (80 points @ Wis. Parkside

1984 – 3rd place (46 points) @ Princeton

Name, Weapon W Charles Higgs-Coulthard, Foil 13 Mike Van der Velden,Foil 4 Don Jonson, Sabre 14 Mike Janis, Sabre 4 Andy Quaroni, Epee 7 Brian St. Clair, Epee 4

L 6 5 5 5 12 5

Rk. 1 14 3 14 6 18

Name, Weapon W Charles Higgs-Coulthard, Foil 14 Mike Van der Velden, Foil 11 John Edwards, Sabre 12 Don Johnson, Sabre 10 Andy Quaroni, Epee 12 Christian Scherpe, Epee 7

L 4 6 6 6 8 6

Rk. 4 8 5 9 3 17

Name, Weapon W Yehuda Kovacs, Foil 14 Charles Higgs-Coulthard, Foil 14 Don Johnson, Sabre 14 John Edwards, Sabre 8 Mike Gostigian, Epee 16 Christian Scherpe, Epee 14

L 6 5 4 5 3 5

Rk. 2 3 6 17 3 4

Name, Weapon W Charles Higgs-Coulthard, Foil 15 Yehuda Kovacs, Foil 14 Kevin Stoutermire, Sabre 15 Geoff Rossi, Sabre 6 Todd Griffee, Epee 8 Tim Vaughan, Epee 1

L 5 4 3 7 8 7

Rk. 4 5 6 22 12 30

Name, Weapon Yehuda Kovacs, Foil Phil Leary, Foil Leszek Nowosielski, Sabre Dan Yu, Sabre Todd Griffee, Epee Ted Fay, Epee

L 6 8 7 4 9 6

Rk. 3 16 4 13 2 18

1985 – 2nd place (140 points) @ ND (SMC)

1986 – 1st place (151 points) @ Princeton

1987 – 4th place (81 points) @ Notre Dame

1988 – 2nd place (83 points) @ Princeton W 13 7 10 8 10 7

Susan Valdiserri was Notre Dame’s first women’s fencing All-American.

1989 – 4th place (69 points) @ Northwestern

Name, Weapon Yehuda Kovacs, Foil Derek Holeman, Foil Leszek Nowesielski, Sabre David Kirby, Sabre Ted Fay, Epee Todd Griffee, Epee Bold indicates All-Americans

W 11 2 15 6 6 6

L 6 6 3 7 10 7

Rk. 7 30 5 17 12 18

NCAA Women’s Yearly Results 1982 – 6th place @ San Jose State

Name (all foil) W L Susan Valdiserri Marcella Lansford, Sharon DiNicola, Mary Shilts, Ann Burns

Rk. 10

1983 – 12th place @ Penn State

Susan Valdiserri, Charlotte Albertson, Sharon DiNicola, Mary Shilts, Ann Burns

1984 @ Princeton

Name, Weapon W L Pia Albertson 1985 – 9th place @ Notre Dame (SMC) Name, Weapon W L Molly Sullivan 11 3 Janet Sullivan, Vittoria Quaroni, Cindy Weeks, Cecilia Williams

Rk. 10

Name, Weapon W L Molly Sullivan 15 0 Janice Hynes 5 8 Vittoria Quaroni, Cindy Weeks, Janice Sullivan

Rk. 1 11

Name, Weapon W L Molly Sullivan 13 2 Janice Hynes 6 4 Kristin Kralicek, Anne Barreda, Cindy Weeks

Rk. 3 18

1986 – 2nd place @ Princeton

1987 – 1st place @ Notre Dame

Head coach Mike DeCicco poses with the 1984 Notre Dame captains Sharon DiNicola (left) and Mary Shilts, Mike Janis (front left), Chris Grady and Andy Quaroni, along with the 1977 and ’78 NCAA Championship trophies and the 1979 and ’83 NCAA runner-up awards (the Irish went on to win the NCAA title again in 1986).

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Rk. 5

1992 – 4th place (3,055 points) @ Notre Dame

Name, Weapon W L Rk. Jeff Piper, Foil 5 4 25 Mike Trisko, Foil 1 8 26 James Taliaferro, Sabre 10 8 4 Ed Baguer, Sabre 9 7 12 Chris Baguer, Sabre 2 7 24 Per Johnsson, Epee 6 10 16 Grzegorz Wozniak, Epee 4 5 22 14 5 4 Heidi Piper, Foil Mary Westrick, Foil 2 11 20 Rachel Haugh, Foil 1 7 24 Other Team Fencers: Henry Chou (S), Ed LeFevre (F), Rian Girard (F), Kelly Haugh (F), Tara Kelly (F), Ben Finley (E), Geoff Pechinsky (E)

1993 – 6th place (1,725 points) @ Wayne St.

Rakesh Patel (1993-94) earned All-America epee honors while helping Notre Dame win the 1994 NCAA title.

1988 – 2nd place @ Princeton

Name, Weapon Molly Sullivan Anne Barreda Kristin Kralicek Brenda Leiser, Lynn Kadri

W 15 10 5

Name, Weapon Janice Hynes Kristin Kralicek Heidi Piper Lynn Kadri, Brenda Leiser

W 9 9 7

L 0 6 7

1989 – 3rd place @ Northwestern L 5 4 5

Rk. 1 3 13 Rk. 6 10 13

1990 – 3rd place (30 points) @ Notre Dame (SMC)

Name, Weapon W L Rk. Noel Young, Foil 17 2 3 Jeff Piper, Foil 6 7 16 Phil Leary, Foil 6 7 18 Heidi Piper, Foil 15 3 2 Kristin Kralicek, Foil 11 6 7 Anne Barreda, Foil 9 8 8 Rachel Haugh, Foil 2 11 20 Leszek Nowosielski, Sabre 14 5 3 James Taliaferro, Sabre 13 3 7 Chris Baguer, Sabre 4 9 23 Jubba Beshin, Epee 13 6 1 David Calderhead, Epee 11 8 3 Other Team Fencers: Ed Baguer (S), Joel Clark (F), Mary Westrick (F), Lynn Kadri (F), Derek Holeman (E), Geoff Pechinsky (E)

1991 – 3rd place (3,900 points) @ Penn St.

Name, Weapon W L Rk. Noel Young, Foil 13 4 2 Phil Leary, Foil 7 8 13 Jeff Piper, Foil 8 8 16 Leszek Nowosielski, Sabre 16 1 2 Chris Baguer, Sabre 5 10 14 Ed Baguer, Sabre 4 6 21 Jubba Beshin, Epee 13 6 2 David Calderhead, Epee 11 6 3 Grzegorz Wozniak, Epee 8 7 13 Heidi Piper, Foil 17 1 1 Rachel Haugh, Foil 2 11 20 4 4 22 Anne Barreda, Foil Other Team Fencers: James Taliafero (S), Rian Girard (F), Mary Westrick (F), Lynn Kadri (F), Geoff Pechinsky (E)

Name, Weapon W L Rk. Stanton Brunner, Foil 9 7 11 Rian Girard, Foil 4 10 17 Jeff Piper, Foil 4 10 19 Geoff Pechinsky, Epee 11 4 9 Grzegorz Wozniak, Epee 2 7 17 Per Johnsson, Epee 2 6 20 Claudette de Bruin, Foil 6 6 18 Kathleen Vogt, Foil 1 9 25 Other Team Fencers: Jordan Maggio (F), Rian Girard (F), Corinne Dougherty (F), Mindi Kalogera (F), Kim Arndt (F)

1994 – 1st place (4,350 points) @ Brandeis

Name, Weapon W L Rk. Jeremy Siek, Foil 11 2 5 Stanton Brunner, Foil 4 7 17 Conor Power, Foil 2 9 24 Chris Hajnik, Sabre 7 7 10 Bill Lester, Sabre 3 8 21 Bernard Baez, Sabre 4 7 24 Rakesh Patel, Epee 7 7 12 Grzegorz Wozniak, Epee 6 7 13 Rian Girard, Epee 3 8 24 Claudette de Bruin, Foil 4 1 16 Mindi Kalogera, Foil 4 6 22 Corinne Dougherty, Foil 1 5 29 Other Team Fencers: Jeff Wartgow (S), Kim Arndt (F), Monica Wagner (F), Paul Capobianco (F), Jason Arnold (E)

1997 – 2nd place (1,470 points) @ Air Force

Name, Weapon Jeremy Siek, Foil Stephane Auriol, Foil Sara Walsh, Foil Myriah Brown, Foil Bill Lester, Sabre Luke La Valle, Sabre Brian Stone, Epee Carl Jackson, Epee Magda Krol, Epee Anne Hoos, Epee

W L Rk. 17 6 6 9 14 16 19 4 2 16 7 5 21 2 3 15 8 5 12 11 13 9 14 19 18 5 1 11 12 15

Name, Weapon John Tejada, Foil Stephane Auriol, Foil Sara Walsh, Foil Myriah Brown, Foil Luke La Valle, Sabre Andrzej Bednarski, Sabre Brian Stone, Epee Carl Jackson, Epee Nicole Mustilli, Epee Magda Krol, Epee Bold indicates All-Americans

W 9 6 21 17 17 12 17 13 19 16

Name, Weapon Charles Hayes, Foil Stephane Auriol, Foil Sara Walsh, Foil Myriah Brown, Foil Gabor Szelle, Sabre Luke La Valle, Sabre Brian Casas, Epee James Gaither, Epee Nicole Mustilli, Epee Magda Krol, Epee

W 11 10 19 13 20 12 14 11 15 14

1998 – 2nd place (147 points) @ ND (SMC) L 14 17 2 6 6 11 6 10 4 7

Rk. 18 19 3 6 1 11 4 11 4 6

1999 – 2nd place (139 points) @ Brandeis L 12 13 4 10 3 11 9 12 8 9

Rk. 14 16 5 10 2 11 8 14 5 8

1995 – 3rd place (370 points) @ Notre Dame (SMC)

Name, Weapon Jeremy Siek, Foil Conor Power, Foil Maria Panyi, Foil Mindi Kalogera, Foil Bill Lester, Sabre Chris Hajnik, Sabre Carl Jackson, Epee Rakesh Patel, Epee Claudette de Bruin, Epee Colleen Smerek, Epee

W L Rk. 16 12 12 8 17 21 25 3 2 5 23 24 23 6 2 8 20 20 19 12 6 15 13 8 23 6 3 1 4 28

Name, Weapon Jeremy Siek , Foil Sara Walsh, Foil Myriah Brown, Foil Luke La Valle, Sabre Bill Lester, Sabre Brice Dille, Epee Claudette de Bruin, Epee Anne Hoos, Epee

W L Rk. 15 7 9 21 2 2 15 8 6 18 5 4 16 7 6 7 16 22 17 6 3 10 13 15

1996 – 2nd place (1,190 points) @ Yale

Notre Dame’s 1997 fencing team – led by captains (from left) Jeremy Siek (foil), Anne Hoos (epee), Phil Lee (epee), Rose Saari (foil) and Bill Lester (sabre) – came just shy of winning the NCAA title, after being edged by Penn State (1,530-1,470) in the expanded scoring format that awarded 10 points for each win totaled by fencers in their respective 23 round-robin bouts (the score was the equivalent of 153-147 under the current tabulation system).

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L Rk. 5 4 6 5 4 1 4 3 8 6 11 11 7 6 17 21 3 2 11 10 8 5 10 10

Name, Weapon Barron Nydam,Sabre Bill Thanhouser, Sabre Steve Kubik, Foil Zach Schirtz, Foil Greg Howard, Epee Karol Kostka, Epee Sarah Borrmann, Sabre Eileen Hassett, Sabre Adrienne Nott, Foil Hayley Reese, Foil Kelley Hurley, Epee Ewa Nelip, Epee

W 16 11 13 12 13 13 18 18 19 11 16 16

L 6 12 10 11 10 10 5 5 4 12 7 7

Rk. 6 13 8 11 8 9 1 5 4 11 1 3

Name, Weapon Frank Bontempo, Foil Forest Walton, Foil Andrea Ament, Foil Alicja Kryczalo, Foil Patrick Ghattas, Sabre Matthew Stearns, Sabre Valerie Providenza, Sabre Angela Vincent, Sabre Michal Sobieraj, Epee Amy Orlando, Epee Kerry Walton, Epee

W 7 9 19 21 13 10 18 8 18 13 17

L 16 14 4 2 10 13 5 15 5 10 6

Rk. 20 17 2 1 10 14 1 16 3 10 2

Name, Weapon Avery Zuck, Sabre Barron Nydam,Sabre Gerek Meinhardt, Foil Enzo Castellani, Foil Karol Kostka, Epee

W 17 13 19 13 13

L 6 10 4 10 10

Rk. 5 10 2 8 10

Eileen Hassett, Sabre

15

Hayley Reese, Foil Adrienne Nott, Foil Courtney Hurley, Epee Ewa Nelip, Epee

19 14 21 17

5 10 3 7

Name, Weapon Jakub Jedrkowiak, Foil Andrea Ament, Foil Alicja Kryczalo, Foil Patrick Ghattas, Sabre Matt Stearns, Sabre Valerie Providenza, Sabre Mariel Zagunis, Sabre Aaron Adjemian, Epee Michal Sobieraj, Epee Amy Orlando, Epee Kerry Walton, Epee

W 15 15 21 18 14 19 21 5 18 16 11

L 8 8 2 5 9 4 2 18 5

Rk. 7 7 2 2 10 4 2 24 1

W 17 16 16 6 19

L 6 7 7 17 4

Rk. 1 3 5 23 3

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W 12 7 11 15 20 12 15 17 10 8 11 14

L 11 16 11 8 3 11 8 6 13 15 12 9

Rk. 8 21 14 6 2 11 9 1 16 18 15 6

17 16 12 12 19 17

6 7 11

Name, Weapon Jakub Jedrkowiak, Foil Mark Kubik, Foil Melanie Bautista, Foil Adrienne Nott, Foil Patrick Ghattas, Sabre Matt Stearns, Sabre Valerie Providenza, Sabre Mariel Zagunis, Sabre Aaron Adjemian, Epee Karol Kostka, Epee Amy Orlando, Epee Madeleine Stephan, Epee

Name, Weapon Gerek Meinhardt, Foil Enzo Castellani, Foil Hayley Reese, Foil Darsie Malynn, Foil Avery Zuck, Saber Barron Nydam, Saber Sarah Borrmann, Saber Eileen Hassett, Saber James Kaull, Epee Greg Schoolcraft, Epee Courtney Hurley, Epee Kelley Hurley, Epee

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W 20 16 19

L 5 7 6

Rk. 1

12 11

11 12

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Name, Weapon Jakub Jedrkowiak, Foil Mark Kubik, Foil Adrienne Nott, Foil Emilie Prot, Foil Patrick Ghattas, Sabre Bill Thanhouser, Sabre Valerie Providenza, Sabre Ashley Serrette, Sabre Greg Howard, Epee Karol Kostka, Epee Kelley Hurley, Epee

W 12 13 18 11 18 17 19 9 13 12 18

L 11 10 5 12 5 6 3 14 10 11 5

Rk. 9 7 3 14 2 6 4 16 8 11 2

Name, Weapon Ariel DeSmet – MF Reggie Bentley – MF Avery Zuck – MS Barron Nydam – MS James Kaull – ME Brent Kelly – ME Hayley Reese – WF Rachel Beck – WF Eileen Hassett – WS Lian Osier – WS Courtney Hurley – WE Ewa Nelip – WE

9 17 12 21 12

14 7 11 4 11

17 3 9 1 9

Name, Weapon Enzo Castellani – MF Reggie Bentley – MF Kevin Hassett – MS Jason Choy – MS James Kaull – ME Michael Rossi – ME Grace Hartman – WF Madison Zeiss – WF Lian Osier – WS Abigail Nichols – WS Ashley Severson – WE Nicole Ameli – WE Bold indicates All-Americans

W 16 16 14 11 14 7 16 15 13 10 16 12

L Rk. 7 T-3 7 5 9 7 12 14 9 7 16 23 7 5 8 8 9 8 12 15 7 5 11 11

2004 – 3rd place (153 points) @ Brandeis

Andre Crompton (150-19) finished eighth in Notre Dame history for career men’s sabre wins and win percentage (.888), also adding All-America finishes at the 2001 and 2002 NCAAs.

2000 – 2nd place (171 points) @ Stanford

Name, Weapon Ozren Debic, Foil Forest Walton, Foil Magda Krol, Foil Liza Boutsikaris, Foil Gabor Szelle, Sabre Andrzej Bednarski, Sabre Natalia Mazur, Sabre Carianne McCullough, Sabre Jan Viviani, Epee Brian Casas, Epee Anna Carnick, Epee Meagan Call, Epee

W 20 13 16 12 20 17 13 9 17 9 14 11

L Rk. 3 2 10 14 7 5 11 12 3 1 6 5 10 10 14 19 6 3 14 18 9 9 12 12

2001 – 3rd place (153 points) @ Wis. Parkside

Name, Weapon Ozren Debic, Foil Forest Walton, Foil Liza Boutsikaris, Foil Maggie Jordan, Foil Andre Crompton, Sabre Andrzej Bednarski, Sabre Carianne McCullough, Sabre Destanie Milo, Sabre Jan Viviani, Epee Brian Casas, Epee Meagan Call, Epee Anna Carnick, Epee

W 17 13 8 8 16 15 10 8 17 14 15 12

L 6 10 15 15 7 8 13 15 6 9 8 11

Rk. 5 9 16 17 7 10 15 17 3 7 5 12

2002 – 3rd place (186 points) @ Drew (N.J.)

Name, Weapon Ozren Debic, Foil Derek Snyder, Foil Alicja Kryczalo, Foil Andrea Ament, Foil Andre Crompton, Sabre Matt Fabricant, Sabre Carianne McCullough, Sabre Destanie Milo, Sabre Jan Viviani, Epee Michal Sobieraj, Epee Kerry Walton, Epee Anna Carnick, Epee

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L 5 8 0 1 5 14 11 15 6 11 5 9

Rk. 4 7 1 2 5 14 12 18 5 10 1 10

2008 – 2nd place (176 points) @ Ohio State

Name, Weapon Ozren Debic, Foil Derek Snyder, Foil Alicja Kryczalo, Foil Andrea Ament, Foil Matt Fabricant, Sabre Gabor Szelle, Sabre Destanie Milo, Sabre Maggie Jordan, Sabre Michal Sobieraj, Epee Jan Viviani, Epee Kerry Walton, Epee Meagan Call, Epee

2005 – 1st place (173 points) @ Houston

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2006 – 4th place (152 points) @ Houston

2007 – 4th place (160 points) @ Drew (N.J.)

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2009 – 2nd place (182 points) @ Penn State

Greg Schoolcraft, Epee

Sarah Borrmann, Sabre

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2010 – 3rd place (180 points) @ Harvard

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2011 – 1st place (174 points) @ Ohio State

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2012– 3rd place (160 points) @ Ohio State

NCAA Records Men’s Individual Career NCAA Leaders Men’s All-Time NCAA Victories (round-robin bouts) Pl. Name 1. Mike Sullivan 2. Ozren Debic 3. Patrick Ghattas Michal Sobieraj 5. Bill Lester Jan Viviani 7. Luke La Valle 8. Andy Bonk Leszek Nowosielski Jeremy Siek

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Sabre 1976-79 3-1-1-2 95 Foil 2000-03 2-5-4-4 73 Sabre 2004-07 10-2-2-2 72 Epee 2002-05 10-2-3-1 72 Sabre 1994-97 21-2-6-3 63 Epee 2000-03 3-3-5-10 63 Sabre 1996-99 4-5-1-11 62 Foil 1979-80 1-2 59 Sabre 1988-91 4-5-3-2 59 Foil 1994-97 5-12-9-6 59

L Pct. 9 .913 19 .794 26 .734 26 .734 18 .778 29 .685 30 .674 5 .922 13 .819 27 .686

Men’s All-Time NCAA Winning Percentage (min. 30 bouts, two years) Pl. Name

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Andy Bonk Mike Sullivan Pat Gerard Noel Young Leszek Nowosielski Gerek Meinhardt Ozren Debic Jim Russomano Bill Lester Tim Glass

Weapon Years Finishes Foil Sabre Foil Foil Sabre Foil Foil Foil Sabre Epee

1979-80 1976-79 1977-78 1990-91 1988-91 2009-10, 2000-03 1958-60 1994-97 1975-77

1-2 3-1-1-2 1-2 3-2 4-5-3-2 2-1 2-5-4-4 4-6-6 21-2-6-3 6-4-4

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59 95 37 30 59 36 73 54 63 57

5 .922 9 .913 7 .841 6 .833 13 .819 9 .800 19 .794 15 .783 18 .778 17 .770

A three-time NCAA Champion and one-time runner-up, Alicja Kryczalo finished her career with the most NCAA victories all-time in women’s program history. The foilist concluded with a record of 84-8, good for a .913 winning percentage.

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Foil Foil Foil Sabre Foil Sabre Foil/Epee Epee Foil Foil

84 80 75 73 67 66 64 63 62 61

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Alicja Kryczalo Sara Walsh Andrea Ament Valerie Providenza Adrienne Nott Eileen Hassett Magda Krol Kerry Walton Hayley Reese Myriah Brown

2002-05 1996-99 2002-05 2004-07 2006-2009 2008-11 1997-2000 2002-05 2008-11 1996-99

1-1-1-2 2-2-3-5 2-3-2-7 1-4-9-4 6-3-4-9 5-6-7-3 1-6-8-5 1-5-2-14 11-2-5-8 6-5-6-10

.913 .870 .815 .760 .691 .710 .696 .656 .653 .663

Epeeist Tim Glass finished in the top six at the NCAAs every year from 1975-77, with a 57-17 career NCAA record.

Women’s All-Time NCAA Winning Percentage (min. 30 bouts, two years) Pl. Name

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Molly Sullivan Alicja Kryczalo Sara Walsh Courtney Hurley Mariel Zagunis Andrea Ament Heidi Piper Valerie Providenza Kelley Hurley Nicole Mustilli

Weapon Years Finishes

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Foil 1985-88 5-1-3-1 Foil 2002-05 1-1-1-2 Foil 1996-99 2-2-3-5 Epee 2009-2011, 3-3-1 Sabre 2005-06 2-1 Foil 2002-05 2-3-2-7 Foil 1989-92 13-2-1-4 Sabre 2004-07 1-4-9-4 Epee 2007-08, 2010 2-1-6 Epee 1998-99 4-5

54 84 80 60 38 75 53 73 54 34

5 8 12 10 8 17 14 23 19 12

.915 .913 .870 .857 .826 .815 .791 .760 .740 .739

Epeeist Nicole Mustilli closed her Notre Dame career with a 34-12 combined record at the 1998 and ’99 NCAAs

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’47........................ 13th ’48........................ 12th ’49........................ 24th ’50......................... 6th. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 ’51........................ 10th. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 ’52........................ 16th. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 ’53......................... 7th. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 ’54......................... 8th. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 ’55......................... 8th. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 ’56........................ 15th. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 ’57......................... 9th. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 ’58......................... 6th. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 ’58......................... 8th. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 ’59......................... 7th. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 ’60......................... 7th. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 ’61........................ 13th. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 ’62........................ 12th. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 ’63........................ 10th. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 ’64......................... 5th. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 ’65........................ 15th. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 ’66.............................. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 ’67......................... 6th. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 ’68......................... 6th. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 ’69......................... 6th. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 ’70......................... 8th. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 ’71......................... 6th. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 ’72......................... 8th. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 ’73........................ 12th. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 ’74........................ 13th. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 ’75......................... 3rd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 ’76......................... 3rd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 ’77.......................... 1st. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 ’78.......................... 1st. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 ’79......................... 2nd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 ’80......................... 8th. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 ’81......................... 5th. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 ’82...................... 7th/6th. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 ’83.................... 2nd/12th. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 ’84......................... 3rd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3/1 ’85..................... 2nd/9th. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5/1 ’86...................... 1st/2nd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5/2 ’87...................... 4th/1st. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4/1 ’88..................... 2nd/2nd. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3/2 ’89...................... 4th/3rd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3/2 ’90......................... 3rd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5/3 ’91......................... 3rd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4/1 ’92......................... 4th. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2/1 ’93......................... 6th. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2/0 ’94.......................... 1st. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3/0 ’95......................... 3rd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3/2 ’96......................... 2nd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3/3 ’97......................... 2nd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3/3 ’98......................... 2nd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4/4 ’99......................... 2nd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3/4 ’00......................... 2nd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4/5 ’01......................... 3rd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6/2 ’02......................... 3rd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5/5 ’03.......................... 1st. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6/5 ’04......................... 3rd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2/5 ’05.......................... 1st. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4/5 ’06......................... 4th. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3/4 ’07......................... 4th. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6/3 ’08......................... 2nd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5/6 ’09......................... 2nd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5/5 ‘10..........................3rd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6/5 ‘11..........................1st. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4/5 ‘12.......................... 3rd ............................4/5

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1985 – 4th 1986 – 1st 1987 – 11th 1988 – 2nd (29 pts) 1989 – 10th (19 pts) 1990 – 5th (4 pts) 1991 – 7th 1992 – 5th 1993 – 6th (450 pts) 1994 – 2nd (1,000 pts) 1995 – 1st (92 pts) 1996 – 16th (70 pts) 1997 – 7th (210 pts) 1998 – 2nd (30 pts) 1999 – 5th (25 pts) 2000 – 2nd (26 pts) 2001 – 2nd (31 pts) 2002 – 2nd (29 pts) 2003 – 2nd (32 pts) 2004 – 7th (18 pts) 2005 – 6th (23 pts) 2006 – 8th (18 pts) 2007 – 5th (25 pts) 2008 - 3rd (26 pts) 2009 - 6th (22 pts) 2010 - 4th (24 pts) 2011 - t4th (23 pts) 2012 - t6th (21pts)

Men’s Foil 1985 – 2nd 1986 – 1st 1987 – 3rd 1988 – 3rd (27 pts) 1989 – 7th (24 pts) 1990 – 5th (13 pts) 1991 – 2nd 1992 – 4th 1993 – 4th (750 pts) 1994 – 1st (1,200 pts) 1995 – 8th (54 pts) 1996 – 11th (150 pts) 1997 – 1st (260 pts) 1998 – 7th (36 pts) 1999 – 7th (21 pts) 2000 – 2nd (33 pts) 2001 – 3rd (30 pts) 2002 – 2nd (33 pts) 2003 – 1st (35 pts) 2004 – 7th (16 pts)

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2005 – 8th (15 pts) 2006 – 6th (19 pts) 2007 – 5th (25 pts) 2008 - t-5th (25 pts) 2009 - 2nd (32 pts) 2010 - 2nd (33 pts) 2011 - 2nd (34 pts) 2012 - 1st (32 pts)

Men’s Sabre 1985 – 2nd 1986 – 6th 1987 – 4th 1988 – 3rd (27 pts) 1989 – 4th (26 pts) 1990 – 2nd (4 pts) 1991 – 2nd 1992 – 3rd 1993 – N.A. 1994 – 3rd (750 pts) 1995 – 3rd (85 pts) 1996 – 1st (340 pts) 1997 – 2nd (360 pts) 1998 – 3rd (29 pts) 1999 – 1st (32 pts) 2000 – 1st (37 pts) 2001 – 2nd (31 pts) 2002 – 4th (27 pts) 2003 – 1st (35 pts) 2004 – 5th (23 pts) 2005 – 2nd (32 pts) 2006 – 2nd (32 pts) 2007 – 1st (35 pts) 2008 - 4th (27 pts) 2009 - t3rd (30 pts) 2010 - 3rd (32 pts) 2011 - t1st (33 pts) 2012 - t4th (25 pts)

Women’s Epee 1995 – 5th (62 pts) 1996 – 3rd (270 pts) 1997 – 1st (290 pts) 1998 – 2nd (30 pts) 1999 – 3rd (29 pts) 2000 – 5th (25 pts) 2001 – 2nd (27 pts) 2002 – 3rd (32 pts) 2003 – 2nd (28 pts) 2004 – 1st (30 pts) 2005 – 3rd (27 pts) 2006 – 3rd (25 pts) 2007 – 7th (18 pts)

2008 - 1st (32 pts) 2009 - 1st (38 pts) 2010 - 2nd (36 pts) 2011 - 1st (31 pts) 2012 - 5th (28 pts)

Women’s Foil 1982 – 6th 1983 – 12th 1984 – N.A. 1985 – 9th 1986 – 2nd 1987 – 1st 1988 – 2nd (21pts) 1990 – 2nd (13 pts) 1991 – 2nd 1992 – 7th 1993 – 9th (525 pts) 1994 – 1st (1,400 pts) 1995 – 2nd (77 pts) 1996 – 1st (360 pts) 1997 – 2nd (350 pts) 1998 – 1st (38 pts) 1999 – 4th (32 pts) 2000 – 4th (28 pts) 2001 – 8th (16 pts) 2002 – 1st (45 pts) 2003 – 1st (38 pts) 2004 – 1st (40 pts) 2005 – 1st (36 pts) 2006 – 5th (26 pts) 2007 – 3rd (29 pts) 2008 - t-2nd (30 pts) 2009 - 2nd (33 pts) 2010 - 8th (22 pts) 2011 -6th (24 pts) 2012 - 2nd (31 pts)

Women’s Sabre 2000 – 7th (22 pts) 2001 – 5th (18 pts) 2002 – 6th (20 pts) 2003 – 7th (23 pts) 2004 – 5th (26 pts) 2005 – 1st (40 pts) 2006 – 3rd (32 pts) 2007 – 4th (28 pts) 2008 - 2nd (36 pts) 2009 - 5th (27 pts) 2010 - 1st (33 pts) 2011 - t2nd (29 pts) 2012 - 6th (23 pts)

Individual NCAA Results Men’s NCAA National Champions Name (Weapon, Class) Don Tadrowski (Epee, Jr.) Pat Gerard (Foil, Jr.) Mike Sullivan (Sabre, So.) Mike Sullivan (Sabre, Jr.) Bjorne Vaggo (Epee, Fr.) Andy Bonk (Foil), Jr. Ola Harstrom (Epee, Jr.) Charles Higgs-Coulthard (Foil, Fr.) Jubba Beshin (Epee, So.) Luke La Valle (Sabre, Jr.) Gabor Szelle (Sabre, So.) Michal Sobieraj (Epee, Sr.) Gerek Meinhardt (Foil, So.) Ariel DeSmet (Foil, Fr.)

Year 1955 1977 1977 1978 1978 1979 1983 1984 1990 1998 2000 2005 2010 2011

W-L/Pct. Runner-Up (record or title bout) 22-4/.846 Nyles Ayers, Columbia (21-3 record) 18-4/.818 Mike Marx, Portland State (16-6) 20-2/.909 Yuri Rabinovich, Wayne State (19-3) 23-0/1.000 Greg Hasyn, Temple (18-5) 19-4/.826 Chris Hanson, Penn (19-4) 30-2/.938 Bradley Thomas, Maryland 29-2/.935 Ettore Bianchi, Wayne State 13-6/.684 Stefan Kogler, Wayne State 13-6/.684 Dan Nowosielski, Princeton (4-5, 3-5) 17-6/.739 Michael Golia, Penn (11-15 bout) 20-3/.867 Jakub Krochmalski, Wayne State (12-15) 18-5/.783 Marek Petraszek, Wayne State (13-15) 17-6/.739 David Willette, Penn State (15-9) 18-5/.783 Miles Chamley-Watson, Penn State (15-13)

NCAA Runner-Up Finishers Name (Weapon, Class) Dennis Hemerle (Epee, Sr.) Pat Gerard (Foil, Sr.) Mike Sullivan (Sabre, Sr.) Andy Bonk (Foil, Sr.) Yehuda Kovacs (Foil, Fr.) Todd Griffee (Epee, Jr.) Jubba Beshin (Epee, Jr.) Leszek Nowosielski (Sabre, Sr.) Noel Young (Foil, So.) Bill Lester (Sabre, So.) Gabor Szelle (Sabre, Fr.) Ozren Debic (Foil, Fr.) Michal Sobieraj (Epee, So.) Patrick Ghattas (Sabre, So.) Patrick Ghattas (Sabre, Jr.) Patrick Ghattas (Sabre, Sr.) Gerek Meinhardt (Foil, Fr.) Avery Zuck (Sabre, Sr.)

Year 1957 1978 1979 1980 1986 1988 1991 1991 1991 1995 1999 2000 2003 2005 2006 2007 2009 2011

Luke La Valle Sabre Champion – 1998

W-L/Pct. 25-4/.862 19-3/.864 30-2/.938 29-3/.906 14-6/.700 10-9/.526 13-6/.684 16-1/.941 13-4/.765 23-6/.793 21-4/.840 20-3/.867 20-3/.867 18-5/.783 20-3/.870 18-5/.782 19-4/.826 18-5/.783

Champion (title bout) James Margolis, Columbia Ernest Simon, Wayne St. (5-4 fence-off) Yuri Rabinovich, Wayne State Ernest Simon, Wayne State Adam Feldman, Penn St. (10-5) Jon Normile, Columbia (10-2) Marc Oshima, Columbia (3-5, 5-2, 5-1) Vitali Nazlimov, Penn St. (0-5, 5-2, 5-2) Ben Atkins, Columbia (3-5, 5-4, 5-3) Paul Palestis, NYU (5-2 fence-off) Keeth Smart, St. John’s (15-4) Felix Reichling, Stanford (15-10) Seth Kelsey, Air Force (8-7, OT) Sergey Isayenko, St. John’s (15-12) Adam Crompton, Ohio State (15-9) Tim Hagamen, Harvard (15-14) Nicholas Chinman, Penn State (15-14) Daryl Homer, St. John’s (15-14)

Gabor Szelle Sabre Champion – 2000

Gerek Meinhardt Foil Champion – 2010 Foil Runner-Up - 2009

Don Tadrowski Epee Champion – 1955

Pat Gerard Foil Champion – 1977 Foil Runner-Up – 1978

Mike Sullivan Sabre Champion – 1977 Sabre Champion – 1978

Bjorne Vaggo Epee Champion – 1978

Andy Bonk Foil Champion – 1979 Foil Runner-Up – 1980

Ola Harstrom Epee Champion – 1983

Charles Higgs-Coulthard Foil Champion – 1984

Jubba Beshin Epee Champion – 1990 Epee Runner-Up – 1991

Michal Sobieraj Epee Champion – 2005 Epee Runner-Up - 2003

Ariel DeSmet Foil Champion - 2011

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NCAA Men’s Results Third-Place Finishers Name (Weapon, Class) Ron Farrow (Epee, Sr.) Mike Sullivan (Sabre, Fr.) Greg Armi (Sabre, Sr.) Don Johnson (Sabre, So.) Andy Quaroni (Epee, Sr.) Charles Higgs-Coulthard (Foil, Jr.) Mike Gostigian (Epee, Sr.) Noel Young (Foil, Fr.) Leszek Nowsielski (Sabre, Jr.) David Calderhead (Epee, So.) David Calderhead (Epee, Jr.) Bill Lester (Sabre, Sr.) Jan Viviani (Epee, Fr.) Jan Viviani (Epee, So.) Michal Sobieraj (Epee, Jr.) Enzo Castellani (Foil, So.) Avery Zuck (Sabre, So.) Enzo Castellani (Foil, Sr.)

Year 1958 1976 1981 1984 1985 1986 1986 1990 1990 1990 1991 1997 2000 2001 2004 2010 2010 2012

W-L/Pct. 13-5/.722 22-5/.814 18-5/.783 14-5/.736 12-8/.600 14-5/.736 16-3/.842 17-2/.895 14-5/.737 11-8/.579 11-6/.647 21-2/.913 17-6/.739 18-5/.783 18-5/.783 16-7/.696 9-14/.391 16-8/.667

Fourth-Place Finishers Name (Weapon, Class) Year Nick Scalera (Foil, Jr.) 1950 Gerry Finney (Sabre, Sr.) 1954 Jim Russomano (Foil, So.) 1958 Bill Ferrence (Foil, Jr.) 1964 Steve Donlon (Epee, Jr.) 1967 Tim Glass (Epee, So.) 1975 1977 Tim Glass (Epee, Sr.) Charles Higgs-Coulthard (Foil, So.) 1985 Christian Scherpe (Epee, Sr.) 1986 Charles Higgs-Coulthard (Foil, Sr.) 1987 Leszek Nowosielski (Sabre, Fr.) 1988 Yehuda Kovacs (Foil, Jr.) 1988 James Taliaferro (Sabre, Jr.) 1992 Luke La Valle (Sabre, Fr.) 1996 Brian Stone (Epee, Sr.) 1998 2002 Ozren Debic (Foil, Jr.) Ozren Debic (Foil, Sr.) 2003

W-L/Pct. 24-8/.750 20-7/.740 13-4/.764 25-8/.757 22-7/.758 21-5/.807 16-7/.695 14-4/.777 14-5/.736 15-5/.750 10-9/.526 13-6/.684 10-8/.625 18-5/.782 17-6/.739 18-5/.783 18-5/.783

Fifth-Place Finishers Name (Weapon, Class) Ralph Dixon (Epee, Sr.) John Donlon (Epee, Sr.) Bill Ferrence (Foil, Sr.) Mike Daher (Sabre, Sr.) Marc DeJong (Foil, Sr.) John Edwards (Sabre, Jr.) Yehuda Kovacs (Foil, So.) Leszek Nowosielski (Sabre, So.) Jeremy Siek (Foil, Fr.) Luke La Valle (Sabre, So.) Andrzej Bednarski (Sabre, Jr.) Ozren Debic (Foil, So.) Andre Crompton (Sabre, Sr.) Jan Viviani (Epee, Jr.) Derek Snyder (Foil, So.) Avery Zuck (Sabre, So.) Reggie Bentley (Foil, Jr.) Reggie Bentley (Foil, Sr.)

Year 1950 1961 1965 1968 1983 1985 1987 1989 1994 1997 2000 2001 2002 2002 2003 2009 2011 2012

W-L/Pct. 18-10/.642 22-8/.733 24-8/.750 25-8/.757 21-10/.677 12-6/.667 14-4/.778 15-3/.833 11-2/.846 15-8/.652 17-6/.739 17-6/.739 18-5/.783 17-6/.739 17-6/.739 17-6/.739 16-7/.696 16-7/.696

Sixth-Place Finishers Name (Weapon, Class) Gerry Finney (Sabre, Jr.) Jim Russomano (Foil, Jr.) Jim Russomano (Foil, Sr.) John Bishko (Foil, Jr.)

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Year 1953 1959 1960 1966

W-L/Pct. 28-9/.727 21-5/.807 20-6/.769 13-9/.590

Rich Deladrier (Epee, Jr.) Rich Deladrier (Epee, Sr.) Ed Fellows (Epee, Fr.) Tim Glass (Epee, Jr.) Chris Lyons (Sabre, Sr.) Rich Daly (Epee, Jr.) Andy Quaroni (Epee, Jr.) Don Johnson (Sabre, Sr.) Kevin Stoutermire (Sabre, Sr.) Carl Jackson (Epee, Fr.) Bill Lester (Sabre, Jr.) Jeremy Siek (Foil, Sr.) Matt Fabricant (Sabre, Sr.) Bill Thanhouser (Sabre, Fr.) Barron Nydam (Sabre, Fr.) Barron Nydam (Sabre, Sr.)

1970 1971 1974 1976 1980 1982 1984 1986 1987 1995 1996 1997 2003 2007 2008 2011

19-15/.558 20-12/.625 28-10/.706 20-5/.800 22-10/.687 22-10/.687 7-12/.367 14-8/.777 15-3/.833 19-12/.613 16-7/.695 17-6/.739 15-8/.652 17-6/.739 16-6/.696 15-8/.652

Seventh-Place Finishers Name (Weapon, Class) Tom Dorwin (Sabre, Sr.) Ted DeBaene (Sabre, Sr.) Pete Giaimo (Epee, Sr.) Ron Sollitto (Sabre, Sr.) Mike McCahey (Foil, Fr.) Yehuda Kovacs (Foil, Sr.) James Taliaferro (Sabre, Fr.) Brian Casas (Epee, Jr.) Andre Crompton (Sabre, Jr.) Derek Snyder (Foil, Fr.) Jakub Jedrkowiak (Foil, Fr.) Mark Kubik (Foil, So.) Greg Howard (Epee, Sr.) Kevin Hassett (Sabre, So.) James Kaull (Epee, Jr.)

Year 1955 1960 1960 1972 1975 1989 1990 2001 2001 2002 2005 2007 2008 2012 2012

W-L/Pct. 13-9/.591 10-14/.417 14-9/.609 21-11/.656 18-4/.818 11-6/.647 13-3/.813 14-9/.609 14-9/.609 15-8/.652 15-8/.652 13-10/.565 13-10/ .565 14-9/.609 14-9/.609

Eighth-Place Finishers Name (Weapon, Class) John McGinn (Epee, Jr.) Sam Crimone (Sabre, Sr.) Dick Marks (Epee, Sr.) John Crikelair (Foil, Jr.) Bob Mendes (Sabre, Sr.) Doug Daher (Sabre, Sr.) Mike Van der Velden (Foil, Jr.) Rakesh Patel (Epee, Sr.) Brian Casas (Epee, Fr.) Jakub Jedrkowiak (Foil, So.) Greg Howard (Epee, Jr.) Greg Howard (Epee, Sr.) Steve Kubik (Foil, Fr.) Karol Kostka (Epee, Sr.) Enzo Castellani (Foil, So.)

Year 1953 1964 1964 1967 1969 1971 1985 1995 1999 2006 2007 2008 2008 2008 2009

W-L/Pct. 22-12/.647 26-9/.743 22-12/.647 21-10/.677 20-10/.667 21-11/.656 11-6/.647 15-13/.536 14-9/.609 12-11/.522 13-10/.565 13-10/.565 13-10/.565 13-10/.565 13-10/.565

10th-Place Finishers Name (Weapon, Class) Jim Waters (Foil, Sr.) Dan Kenney (Epee, Sr.) Dick Marks (Epee, Sr.) Mike Dwyer (Sabre, Sr.) John Klier (Sabre, Sr.) Chris Hajnik (Sabre, Jr.) Andrzej Bednarski (Sabre, Sr.) Michal Sobieraj (Epee, Fr.) Jan Viviani (Epee, Sr.) Patrick Ghattas (Sabre, Fr.) Matt Stearns (Sabre, So.) Barron Nydam (Sabre, So.) Karol Kostka (Epee, Sr.) Barron Nydam (Sabre, Jr.) James Kaull (Epee, Fr.)

Year 1955 1962 1963 1965 1966 1994 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2009 2009 2010 2010

W-L/Pct. 13-12/.520 18-14/.563 11-10/.524 19-13/.594 12-15/.444 7-7/.500 15-8/.652 12-11/.521 12-11/.521 13-10/.565 14-9/.609 13-10/.565 13-10/.565 13-10/.565 12-9/.522

11th-Place Finishers Name (Weapon, Class) Bob Schlosser (Sabre, Sr.) Tom Lee (Sabre, Sr.) John Crikelair (Foil, Sr.) Mike Cornwall (Foil, Sr.) Sam DiFiglio (Sabre, Jr.) Stanton Brunner (Foil, So.) Andrzej Bednarski (Sabre, Fr.) Carl Jackson (Epee, Sr.) Luke La Valle (Sabre, Sr.) Gabor Szelle (Sabre, Sr.) Matt Stearns (Sabre, Jr.) Karol Kostka (Epee, So.) Zach Schirtz (Foil, Fr.)

Year 1950 1959 1968 1973 1975 1993 1998 1998 1999 2003 2006 2007 2008

W-L/Pct. 19-11/.633 13-11/.542 25-14/.641 18-15/.545 13-9/.591 9-7/.563 12-11/.521 13-10/.565 12-11/.521 12-11/.521 12-11/.522 12-11/.522 12-11/.522

12th-Place Finishers Name (Weapon, Class) Charlie Daschle (Sabre, Sr.) Brian Duff (Epee, Sr.) Jack Mooney (Foil, Sr.) Rod Duff (Epee, Sr.) Tom Shipp (Sabre, Sr.) Ray Benson (Foil, Sr.) Rich Daly (Epee, So.) Todd Griffee (Epee, So.) Ted Fay (Epee, Sr.) Ed Baguer (Sabre, Sr.) Rakesh Patel (Epee, Jr.) Jeremy Siek (Foil, So.) Greg Schoolcraft (Epee, Jr.) Bold indicates current fencers

Year 1951 1952 1953 1954 1962 1981 1981 1987 1989 1992 1994 1995 2010

W-L/Pct. 10-12/.455 17-13/.567 21-13/.618 16-14/.533 14-15/.483 12-11/.522 10-13/.435 8-8/.500 6-10/.375 9-7/.563 7-7/.500 16-12/.571 12-11/.522

Ninth-Place Finishers Name (Weapon, Class) Dick Hull (Foil, Sr.) Don Tadrowski (Epee, Sr.) Ralph DeMatteis (Sabre, Sr.) Jeff Pero (Epee, Sr.) Bob Babineau (Foil, Sr.) Don Johnson (Sabre, Jr.) Geoff Pechinsky (Epee, Sr.) Jeremy Siek (Foil, Jr.) Forest Walton (Foil, So.) Jakub Jedrkowiak (Foil, Jr.)

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Year 1954 1956 1963 1968 1969 1985 1993 1996 2001 2007

W-L/Pct. 16-10/.615 21-13/.618 12-9/.571 23-13/.639 18-12/.600 10-6/.625 11-4/.733 15-7/.682 13-10/.565 12-11/.522

Bill Ferrence was cut from Notre Dame basketball tryouts in the fall of 1963 before making a quick transition to fencing, earning All-America honors as a foilist the next spring (and the following year, in ’65) despite no previous fencing experience.

NCAA Women’s Results Women’s NCAA National Champions Name (Weapon, Class) Molly Sullivan (Foil, So.) Molly Sullivan (Foil, Sr.) Heidi Piper (Foil, Jr.) Magda Krol (Epee, Fr.) Alicja Kryczalo (Foil, Fr.) Kerry Walton (Epee, So.) Alicja Kryczalo (Foil, So.) Alicja Kryczalo (Foil, Jr.) Valerie Providenza (Sabre, Fr.) Mariel Zagunis (Sabre, So.) Sarah Borrmann (Sabre, Fr.) Kelley Hurley (Epee, So.) Courtney Hurley (Epee, Jr.)

Year 1986 1988 1991 1997 2002 2002 2003 2004 2004 2006 2008 2008 2011

Molly Sullivan

Foil Champion 1986, 1988

Kerry Walton

Epee Champion 2002

Alicja Kryczalo

W-L/Pct. Runner-Up (title bout) 15-0/1.000 Catlin Bilodeaux, Columbia-Barnard (3-8) 15-0/1.000 Loredana Ranza, Wayne State (7-9) 17-1/.944 Ute Schaeper, F. Dickinson (2-5, 1-5) 18-5/.783 Nicole Dygert, St. John’s (14-15) 23-0/1.000 Andrea Ament, Notre Dame (6-15) 18-5/.783 Stephanie Eim, Penn State (12-15) 19-4/.826 Iris Zimmermann, Stanford (12-15) 21-2/.913 Andrea Ament, Notre Dame (12-15) 18-5/.783 Sophia Hiss, Penn State (8-15) 17-6/.739 Emily Jacobson, Columbia-Barnard (8-15) 18-5/.783 Siobhan Bryne, Ohio State (11-15) 16-7/.696 Reka Szele, St. John’s (10-11) 19-4/.826 Noam Mills, Harvard (7-8)

Heidi Piper

Foil Champion 1991

Foil Champion 2002, 2003, 2004

Kelley Hurley

Epee Champion 2008

Valerie Providenza

Sabre Champion 2004

Sarah Borrmann

Sabre Champion 2008

Magda Krol

Epee Champion 1997

Mariel Zagunis

Sabre Champion 2006

Courtney Hurley

Epee Champion 2011

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NCAA Women’s Results Women’s NCAA Runner-Up Finishers Name (Weapon, Class) Heidi Piper (Foil, So.) Maria Panyi (Foil, Jr.) Sara Walsh (Foil, Fr.) Sara Walsh (Foil, So.) Andrea Ament (Foil, Fr.) Andrea Ament (Foil, Jr.) Kerry Walton (Epee, Sr.) Amy Orlando (Epee, So.) Alicja Kryczalo (Foil, Sr.) Mariel Zagunis (Sabre, Fr.) Kelley Hurley (Epee, Fr.) Hayley Reese (Foil, So.)

Year 1990 1995 1996 1997 2002 2004 2004 2005 2005 2005 2007 2009

W-L/Pct. 15-3/.833 25-3/.893 21-2/.913 19-4/.826 22-1/.956 19-4/.826 17-6/.739 16-7/.696 21-2/.913 21-2/.913 18-5/.783 19-4/.826

Third-Place Finishers Name (Weapon, Class) Molly Sullivan (Foil, Jr.) Anne Barreda (Foil, So.) Claudette de Bruin (Epee, Jr.) Claudette de Bruin (Epee, Sr.) Sara Walsh (Foil, Jr.) Andrea Ament (Foil, So.) Adrienne Nott (Foil, So.) Ewa Nelip (Epee, Fr.) Ewa Nelip (Epee, So.) Courtney Hurley (Epee, Fr.) Courtney Hurley (Epee, So.) Eileen Hassett (Sabre, Sr.)

Year 1987 1988 1995 1996 1998 2003 2007 2008 2009 2009 2010 2011

Fifth-Place Finishers W-L/Pct. 13-2/.867 10-6/.625 23-6/.793 17-6/.739 21-2/.913 19-4/.826 18-5/.783 16-7/.606 17-6/.739 21-3/.875 19-4/.826 17-6/.739

Fourth-Place Finishers Heidi Piper (Foil, Sr.) Nicole Mustilli (Epee, Jr.) Valerie Providenza (Sabre, So.) Valerie Providenza (Sabre, So.) Adrienne Nott (Foil, Jr.)

1992 1998 2005 2007 2008

Champion (record or title bout) Tzu Moy, Columbia-Barnard (18-0 record) Olga Kalinovskaya, Penn State (23-0 record) Olga Kalinovskaya, Penn State (15-4 bout) Yelena Kalkina, Ohio State (15-6 ) Alicja Kryczalo, Notre Dame (15-6) Alicja Kryczalo, Notre Dame (15-12) Anna Garina, Wayne State (15-10) Anna Garina, Wayne State (15-6) Emily Cross, Harvard (15-5) Emily Jacobson, Columbia/Barnard (15-11) Anna Garina, Wayne State (15-13) Doris Willette, Penn State (15-5)

14-5/.737 19-4/.826 19-4/.826 19-3/.864 19-4/.826

Molly Sullivan (Foil, Fr.) Myriah Brown (Foil, So.) Nicole Mustilli (Epee, Sr.) Sara Walsh (Foil, Sr.) Magda Krol (Foil, Sr.) Meagan Call (Epee, So.) Kerry Walton (Epee, Jr.) Eileen Hassett (Sabre, Fr.) Hayley Reese (Foil, Jr.) Sarah Borrmann (Sabre, Jr.) Grace Hartman (Foil, Jr.) Ashley Severson (Epee, Fr.)

1985 1997 1999 1999 2000 2001 2003 2008 2010 2010 2012 2012

11-3/.786 16-7/.696 15-8/.522 19-4/.826 16-7/.696 15-8/.522 15-8/.522 18-5/.783 16-7/.696 17-6/.739 16-7/.696 16-7/.696

Sixth-Place Finishers Janice Hynes (Foil, Sr.) Myriah Brown (Foil, Fr.) Myriah Brown (Foil, Jr.) Magda Krol (Epee, So.) Destanie Milo (Sabre, Jr.) Madeleine Stephan (Epee, Fr.) Adrienne Nott (Foil, Fr.) Eileen Hassett (Sabre, So.) Kelley Hurley (Epee, Sr.)

1989 1996 1998 1998 2003 2006 2006 2009 2010

9-5/.643 15-8/.652 17-6/.782 16-7/.695 16-7/.695 14-9/.609 15-8/.652 15-8/.652 17-6/.739

Hayley Reese earned runner-up status at the 2009 NCAA Championship in women’s foil.

Seventh-Place Finishers Kristin Kralicek (Foil, Sr.) Andrea Ament (Foil, Sr.) Eileen Hassett (Sabre, Jr.)

1990 2005 2010

11-6/.647 15-8/.652 16-7/.696

Eighth-Place Finishers Anne Barreda (Foil, Sr.) Magda Krol (Epee, Jr.) Hayley Reese (Foil, Sr.) Madison Zeiss (Foil, Fr.) Lian Osier (Sabre, Jr.)

1990 1999 2011 2012 2012

9-8/.529 14-9/.609 15-8/.652 15-8/.652 13-9/.591

Ninth-Place Finishers Anna Carnick (Epee, Fr.) Valerie Providenza (Sabre, Jr.) Adrienne Nott (Foil, Sr.) Lian Osier (Sabre, So.) Ewa Nelip (Epee, Jr.)

2000 2006 2009 2011 2011

14-9/.609 15-8/.652 14-10/.583 12-11/.522 12-11/.522

10th-Place Finishers Name (Weapon, Class) Susan Valdiserri (Foil, Jr.) Pia Albertson (Foil, Fr.) Kristin Kralicek (Foil, Jr.) Myriah Brown (Foil, Sr.) Natalia Mazur (Sabre, Fr.) Anna Carnick (Epee, Jr.) Meagan Call (Epee, Sr.) Amy Orlando (Epee, Fr.)

Year 1982 1984 1989 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004

W-L/Pct. 9-4/.692 13-10/.565 13-10/.565 14- 9/.609 13-10/.565 13-10/.565

11th-Place Finishers Janice Hynes (Foil, Fr.) Hayley Reese (Foil, Fr.) Nicole Ameli (Epee, Fr.)

1986 2008 2012

5-8/.385 11-12/.478 12-11/.522

12th-Place Finishers Liza Boutsikaris (Foil, Fr.) Meagan Call (Epee, Fr.) Anna Carnick (Epee, So.) Carianne McCullough (Sabre, Sr.) Destanie Milo’s sixth-place sabre finish at the 2003 NCAAs helped Notre Dame hold off Penn State for the program’s sixth national title.

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2000 2000 2001 2002

12-11/.522 11-12/.478 12-11/.522 12-11/.522

Conference Championship History Notre Dame’s Midwest Championship History The below results indicate Notre Dame’s finish in the Great Lakes Championship (1974-91), the Midwest Intercollegiate (’92-’98) and the Midwest Fencing Conference Championships (’99-’09). Teams in parentheses refer to the teams ahead of Notre Dame.

Year Men Women 1968 1st 2nd (Wayne State) 1969 1970 1st 2nd (Detroit) 1971 3rd (Detroit, Wayne State) 1972 3rd (Detroit, Wayne State) 1973 2nd (Wayne State)............................................... 1st 1974 1975 1st........................................................................ 5th 1976 1st........................................................................ 4th 1977 1st......................................................................... 1st 1978 1st........................................................................ 4th 2nd (Wayne State).............................................. 4th 1979 2nd (Wayne State)......................... 2nd (Wayne St.) 1980 2nd (Wayne State).............................................. 4th 1981 2nd (Wayne State) ........................ 2nd (Wayne St.) 1982 1983 2nd (Wayne State) ........................ 2nd (Wayne St.) 1984 1st .................................................. 2nd (Wayne St.) 1985 1st .................................................. 2nd (Wayne St.) 1986 1st ........................................................................ 1st 1987 1st ........................................................................ 1st 1988 1st .............................................. 2nd (Wayne State) 1989 1st ........................................................................ 1st 1990 1st ........................................................................ 1st 1991 1st......................................................................... 1st 1st (combined) 1992 1st (combined) 1993 1st (combined) 1994 1st (combined) 1995 1st (combined) 1996 1st (combined) 1997 1st (combined) 1998 1st (combined) 1999 2000 1st............................................. 2nd (Northwestern) 2001 1st............................................. 2nd (Northwestern) 1st (combined) 2002 2nd (Ohio State)................................................... 1st 2003 2nd (Ohio State)............................. 2nd (Ohio State) 2004 2nd (Ohio State)................................................... 1st 2005 2nd (Ohio State)............................. 2nd (Ohio State) 2006 2nd (Ohio State)............................. 2nd (Ohio State) 2007 2nd (Ohio State)..............................2nd (Ohio State) 2008 2009 2nd (Ohio State)..............................2nd (Ohio State) 1st (combined) 2010 2011 1st (combined) 1st ........................................................................3rd 2012

Conference Champions 1971 John Crikelair (MF) 1974 Kathy Valdiserri (WF) Mike Sullivan (MS), Tim Glass (ME) 1976 Pat Gerard (MF), Tim Glass (ME) 1977 Mike McCahey (MF), Mike Sullivan (MS) 1978 Andy Bonk (MF) 1980 Rich Daly (ME) 1981 Marc DeJong (MF) 1982 Ola Harstrom (ME) 1983 1984 Mike Janis (MS), Pia Albertson (WF) Charles Higgs-Coulthard (MF), 1985

Molly Sullivan (WF) Yehuda Kovacs (MF), Molly Sullivan (WF) 1986

Christian Scherpe (ME) Yehuda Kovacs (MF), Janice Hynes (WF) 1987 Leszek Nowosielski (MS), Todd Griffee (ME) 1988 1989 Leszek Nowosielski (MS), David Calderhead (ME) James Taliafero (MS), Jubba Beshin (ME) 1990 James Taliafero (MS), Anne Barreda (WF) 1991

Jubba Beshin (ME) David Calderhead (ME) 1992 Heidi Piper (MF) 1993 Jeremy Siek (MF), Bill Lester (MS), 1994

Maria Panyi (WF) 1995-98 No individual championships contested.

1999 James Gaither (ME), Nicole Mustilli (WE)

Gabor Szelle (MS), Sara Walsh (WF) Ozren Debic (MF), Anna Carnick (WE) 2000 Brian Casas (ME), Andre Crompton (MS), 2001

Ozren Debic (MF) Jan Viviani (ME), Ozren Debic (MF) 2002

Kerry Walton (WE), Alicja Kryczalo (WF) Ozren Debic (MF), Alicja Kryczalo (WF) 2003 Michal Sobieraj (ME) 2004 Michal Sobieraj (ME), Frank Bontempo (MF), 2005

Patrick Ghattas (MS), Kerry Walton, (WE),

Andrea Ament (WF), Valerie Providenza (WS) Emilie Prot (WF) 2006 2007 Jakub Jedrkowiak (MF), Kelley Hurley (WE), Adrienne Nott (WF) Karol Kostka (ME), Ewa Nelip (WE) 2008 Hayley Reese (WF), Kelley Hurley (WE), 2010

Gerek Meinhardt (MF), Barron Nydam (MS) Hayley Reese (WF), Courtney Hurley (WE) 2011 2012 Enzo Castellani (MF), Madison Zeiss(WF)

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Women’s Results

Notre Dame’s first varsity women’s fencing team (1976-77) included (front row, from left) coach Mike DeCicco, Cathy Buzard, Kathy Valdiserri, Pat Farro, Karen Lacity and coach Tom Coye; (back row, from left) Chris Marciniak, Joan Richtmeier, Chris Simony, Debbie Valentino and Terri Foley.

Women’s Series Records

School Record

Air Force............................................. 28-1 Army................................................... 1-0 Boston College .................................. 2-0 Bowling Green................................... 8-1 Brandeis............................................. 4-0 Brockport............................................ 1-0 Brown................................................. 3-0 California (Pa.).................................... 1-0 Cal State Fullerton.............................. 9-0 Cal State Long Beach ..........................6-0 Cal Tech............................................... 7-0 Carnegie-Mellon................................ 1-0 Case Western Reserve....................... 19-0 Chicago.............................................. 19-0 Clemson............................................. 1-0 Cleveland State................................. 36-0 Columbia-Barnard ............................14-9 Cornell................................................ 5-1 Culver Military Academy.................... 4-0 Detroit .............................................. 39-0 Duke.................................................. 18-1 Eastern Michigan............................... 9-0 Fairleigh-Dickinson........................... 11-1 Florida................................................ 6-0 Harpeth Hall....................................... 1-0 Harvard.............................................. 7-0 Haverford........................................... 2-0 Hollins................................................ 1-0 Illinois................................................. 3-0 Illinois-Chicago.................................. 2-1

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Indiana............................................... 7-1 James Madison.................................. 4-0 Johns Hopkins................................... 10-0 Kent State........................................... 1-0 Lawrence........................................... 35-0 M.I.T. .................................................. 6-0 Miami (Ohio)...................................... 6-0 Michigan........................................... 24-0 Michigan-Dearborn.......................... 10-0 Michigan State.................................. 28-0 Milwaukee Tech.................................. 8-0 Minnesota......................................... 12-1 Mount Mary ...................................... 1-0 Navy .................................................. 1-0 NYU................................................... 22-1 North Carolina................................... 25-0 North Carolina State........................... 4-0 Northwestern................................... 40-10 Oakland.............................................. 4-0 Oberlin................................................ 6-2 Ohio State......................................... 34-14 Pennsylvania...................................... 2-3 Penn State.......................................... 7-9 Princeton........................................... 10-0 Purdue............................................... 39-0 Rutgers............................................... 8-0 St. John’s............................................ 19-3 St. Mary’s............................................ 0-2 Stanford............................................. 20-1 Stevens Tech ...................................... 1-0 SUNY - Binghampton ........................ 1-0 Swarthmore....................................... 1-0

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Temple............................................... 13-4 Tri-State............................................. 22-0 UC San Diego..................................... 15-0 Vanderbilt........................................... 2-1 Washington (Mo.).............................. 3-0 Wayne State..................................... 30-17 Winnipeg............................................ 2-0 Wisconsin.......................................... 12-9 Wisconsin-Parkside............................ 9-2 Yale.................................................... 11-1

Women’s Win Streaks Rank Wins 1.

89 2.

75 3.

42 4.

41 5.

38 6.

35 7.

31 8.

27 9.

21 10.

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Year(s) 2009-2011 1993-1996 1986-1988 2003-2004 1997-1998 1990-1992 2006-2007 2005-2006 1989-1990 1996-97

Year-by-Year Women’s All-Time Results

Team Individual Year W L W L (Non-Varsity Seasons) 1972 2 3 22 41 1973 3 2 26 19 1974 13 2 125 54 1975 8 5 61 68 1976 8 6 74 71 (Varsity Seasons) 1977 13 1 72 44 1978 8 3 59 40 1979 14 3 132 63 1980 11 2 118 67 1981 16 4 128 77 1982 11 8 130 112 1983 17 6 210 126 1984 13 5 207 93 12 7 168 106 1985 1986 23 0 309 59 19 0 257 47 1987 1988 17 2 253 51 1989 18 1 225 51 22 1 297 69 1990 1991 19 0 244 50 1992 11 2 154 54 1993 17 3 237 83 1994 23 0 304 64 1995 32 0 799 209 1996 31 1 832 192 1997 30 1 792 168 1998 24 1 619 181 1999 19 4 521 215 2000 18 2 393 147 2001 21 4 484 196 2002 20 2 442 151 2003 22 2 530 118 2004 26 0 535 167 2005 22 2 536 112 2006 29 1 659 151 2007 24 4 553 203 2008 29 2 645 192 2009 32 2 700 164 35 0 724 221 2010 29 0 598 185 2011 2012 25 6 587 240 Total 786 100 (.887)

Name

Richard Hosinski Tim Taylor Tom Coye Mike DeCicco Yves Auriol Janusz Bednarski Totals

Captains (all foil fencers)

Coach

None None Cathy Schoendiens Cindy Rebholz Pat Ferro, Kathy Valdiserri

Richard Hosinski Richard Hosinski Richard Hosinski Richard Hosinski Tim Taylor

Kathy Valdiserri Tom Coye Kathy Valdiserri Tom Coye Karen Lacity Mike DeCicco Dodee Carney Mike DeCicco Susan Valdiserri Mike DeCicco Susan Valdiserri Mike DeCicco Susan Valdiserri Mike DeCicco Sharon DeNicola, Mary Shilts Mike DeCicco Janet Sullivan Mike DeCicco Vittoria Quaroni Yves Auriol Cindy Weeks Yves Auriol Molly Sullivan Yves Auriol Janice Hynes Yves Auriol Anne Barreda Yves Auriol Lynn Kadri Yves Auriol Heidi Piper Yves Auriol Dinamarie Garcia Yves Auriol Marit Fischer (epee), Dinamarie Garcia (foil) Yves Auriol Claudette de Bruin (epee), Maria Panyi (foil) Yves Auriol Claudette de Bruin (epee), Mindi Kalogera (foil) Yves Auriol Anne Hoos (epee), Rose Saari (foil) Yves Auriol Anne Hoos (epee), Myriah Brown (foil) Yves Auriol Nicole Mustilli (epee), Nicole Paulina (foil) Yves Auriol Kim DeMaio (e), Magda Krol (f), Carianne McCullough (s) Yves Auriol Kim DeMaio (epee), Carianne McCullough (sabre) Yves Auriol Anna Carnick (epee), Liza Boutsikaris (foil), Carianne McCullough (s) Yves Auriol Anna Carnick (epee), Liza Boutsikaris (foil), Destanie Milo (sabre) Janusz Bednarski Kerry Walton (epee), Alicja Kryczalo (foil), Destanie Milo (sabre) Janusz Bednarski Kerry Walton (epee), Alicja Kryczalo (foil), Danielle Davis (sabre) Janusz Bednarski Amy Orlando (e), R. Cota (f), Val. Providenza (s), M. Zagunis (s) Janusz Bednarski Orlando (e), Cota (f), Adi Nott (f), Providenza (s), Zagunis (s) Janusz Bednarski Kelley Hurley (e), Kim Montoya (e), Rachel Cota (f), Adi Nott (f), Ashley Serrette (s) Janusz Bednarski Kim Montoya (e), Ewa Nelip (e), Adrienne Nott (f), Ashley Serrette (s), Sarah Borrmann (s) Janusz Bednarski Hayley Reese (f), Kelley Hurley (e), Sarah Borrmann (s) Janusz Bednarski Ewa Nelip (e), Hayley Reese (f), Sarah Borrmann (s) Janusz Bednarski Radmila Sarkisova (f), Diane Zielinski (e), Lian Osier (s) Janusz Bednarski

Women’s Coaching Records

Years (Seasons)

1972-75 (4, non-varsity) 1976 (1, non-varsity) 1977-78 (2) 1979-85 (7) 1986-2002 (17) 2003- (10) 41 Seasons

W

26 8 21 94 364 273 786

L T

12 6 4 35 24 19 100

0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Pct.

.684 .571 .840 .729 .938 .935 .887

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Men’s Results Men’s Series Records (since ’34) School Record Air Force....................................................... 33-6 Army.............................................................. 2-1 Baruch........................................................... 3-0 Boston College.............................................. 2-0 Bowling Green.............................................. 6-0 Brandeis........................................................ 3-0 Brown............................................................ 4-0 Buffalo State................................................. 2-0 California (Pa.)............................................... 1-0 Cal State Fullerton......................................... 9-0 Cal State Long Beach ................................... 7-0 Cal Tech ........................................................ 7-0 UC-San Diego.............................................. 15-0 Carnegie-Mellon........................................... 1-0 Case Western Reserve................................. 58-0 Chicago........................................................ 61-8 Cincinnati.................................................... 17-0 Clemson........................................................ 2-0 Cleveland State........................................... 60-1 Columbia..................................................... 22-2 Cornell........................................................... 6-0 Culver Military Academy............................... 1-0 Detroit......................................................... 70-6 Duke............................................................ 24-0 Eastern Michigan.......................................... 6-0 Florida........................................................... 7-0 Harper........................................................... 1-0 Harvard......................................................... 9-0 Haverford ..................................................... 2-0 Hobart........................................................... 1-0 Illinois........................................................ 41-13 Illinois-Chicago........................................... 15-0 Illinois Tech.................................................... 3-0 Indiana........................................................ 34-0 Indiana Tech................................................ 15-0 Johns Hopkins............................................. 12-0 Kent State...................................................... 1-0 Kentucky....................................................... 4-0 Lawrence..................................................... 43-0 LePanche Fencers.......................................... 1-0 Louisville....................................................... 2-0 Marquette..................................................... 5-0 Maryland....................................................... 1-0 M.I.T. ............................................................. 6-0 Miami (Ohio)................................................. 8-0 Michigan..................................................... 25-0 Michigan-Dearborn...................................... 8-0 Michigan State.......................................... 71-10 Milwaukee Tech........................................... 15-0 Minnesota................................................... 14-0 Missouri-Kansas City..................................... 1-0 Navy.............................................................. 2-1 NYU............................................................. 20-3 North Carolina............................................. 27-0 North Carolina State...................................... 4-0 Northwestern.............................................. 58-4 Oakland......................................................... 4-0 Oberlin......................................................... 21-0 Ohio State.................................................. 64-20 Oklahoma City............................................... 1-0 Pennsylvania................................................. 6-1 Penn State................................................... 10-8 Princeton..................................................... 10-3

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Purdue......................................................... 51-2 Rutgers.......................................................... 8-0 St. John’s...................................................... 17-7 St. Thomas..................................................... 1-0 Stanford....................................................... 21-2 Stevens Tech.................................................. 5-0 SUNY-Binghamton........................................ 1-0 Syracuse........................................................ 8-0 Swarthmore...................................................2-0 Temple........................................................... 1-0 Tri-State....................................................... 29-0 Vanderbilt...................................................... 5-0

Washington (Mo.)....................................... 14-0 Wayne State.............................................. 57-14 Western Reserve........................................... 9-0 William & Mary............................................. 2-0 William Paterson........................................... 1-0 Winnipeg....................................................... 2-0 Wisconsin.................................................. 46-10 Wisconsin-Parkside..................................... 18-0 Wittenberg.................................................... 1-0 Windsor......................................................... 1-0 Yale.............................................................. 12-0

1935 Notre Dame men’s fencing team

Year-by-Year Men’s Team Won-Loss Records

Team Individual Year W L W L Captains 1934 3 5 59 76 David Ryan (epee) 1935 7 0 73 41 Carlos DeLandero (sabre) 1936 9 0 94 58 Carlos DeLandero (sabre), Kevin Kehoe (all weapons) 1937 5 3 89 63 Telmo DeLandero (foil) 1938 7 2 111 87 John Zerbst (sabre) 1939 7 2 110 69 Salvatore Scarlata (sabre) 1940 5 4 102 95 Robert Sayia (foil/epee) 1941 7 2 132 90 John Gaither (foil) 1942 5 3 106 100 Frank Veit (epee) 1943 2 4 75 77 James Madigan (foil) 1944-46 No fencing due to World War II 1947 4 3 105 83 Ventura Gonzalez (foil), Alfredo Ortiz (sabre) 1948 9 1 170 111 Lou Burns (foil) 1949 8 1 150 93 Ralph Witucki (foil) 1950 9 0 187 55 Bob Schlosser (sabre) 1951 8 2 161 109 Nick Scalera (foil), Dan Parisi (foil) 1952 9 2 190 107 James Walsh (foil) 1953 13 1 243 135 Jack Mooney (f) 1954 12 1 239 112 Rod Duff (e) 1955 12 3 146 159 Jim Waters (f), Tom Dorwin (s) 1956 15 2 291 168 Don Tadrowski (e) 1957 14 1 259 146 Jack Ryan (f), Dennis Hemmerle (e) 1958 16 0 293 139 Dick Fagon (s) 1959 13 2 262 143 Jim Johnson (e), Joe Klein (s) 1960 14 2 273 160 Jim Russomano (f), Jerry Johnson (f) 1961 10 6 241 191 Mike Curtin (f), John Donlon (e) 1962 7 8 222 183 Dan Kenney (e), Tim Shipp (s) 1963 14 2 266 166 John Wagner (e), Ralph DeMattis (s) 1964 15 2 303 156 Jack Joyce (f), Sam Crimone (s) 1965 15 2 285 174 Joe McQuade (f), Mike Dwyer (s) 1966 17 4 259 208 Jack Haynes (e), Joe Malone (s) 1967 18 0 344 142 Jack Haynes (e), Pat Korth (s) 1968 20 1 379 188 John Crikelair (f), Tom Sheridan (f), Steve Donlon (e) 1969 16 1 323 135 Lou Emerson (f), Bob Mendes (s)

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Men’s Win Streaks Rank Wins Years 1.

122 1975-1980 2.

98 1984-1988 3.

90 2000-2004 4.

80 2008-2011 5.

50 1991-1993 6.

46 1989-1990 7.

37 1993-1995

37 1997-1998 9.

32 2011-2012 10.

31 1967-1968

31 1995-1996 12.

26 1973-1974 13.

25 1957-1959 14.

23 1981-1982 15.

23 2005-2006

23 2006-2007 17.

22 1999-2000

22 1983-1984 19.

21 1981 20.

20 2004-2005 21.

19 1955-1956 22.

18 1971-1972

18 1968-1969 24.

17 1952-1953

17 1934-1936

Year-by-Year Team Won-Loss Records (cont’d.)

Team I ndividual Year W L W L Captains (epee, foil, sabre) 1970 20 2 402 192 John Albright (e), Roger Holzgrafe (s) 1971 21 3 458 195 Rich Deladrier (e), John Lyons (f), Doug Daher (s) 1972 19 2 408 159 Tim Taylor (e), Mike Cornwall (f), Matt Fruzynski (s) 1973 15 3 328 158 Mike Matranga (e), Mike Cornwall (f), Dan Mulligan (s) 1974 22 1 446 175 Mike Matranga (e), Jim Mullinix (f), Roy Seitz (s) 1975 23 2 465 202 Tom Coye (f) 1976 26 0 550 135 Tim Glass (e), Terry McConville (f), Mike Sazdanoff (s) 1977 23 0 468 153 Tim Glass (e), Terry McConville (f), Tim Mulligan (s) 1978 18 0 392 94 Bill Kica (e), Pat Gerard (f), Mike Sullivan (s) 1979 20 0 412 128 Mike Carney (e), Steve Salimando (f), Mike Sullivan (s) 1980 19 1 395 144 Thom Cullum (e), Andy Bonk (f), Chris Lyons (s) 1981 21 2 453 175 Kevin Tindell (e), Ray Benson (f), Greg Armi (s) 1982 20 1 411 179 Rich Daly (e), Jim Thompson (f), Sal D’Allura (s) 1983 23 2 418 189 Rich Daly (e), Marc DeJong (f), Joel Tietz (s) 1984 19 1 449 112 Andy Quaroni (e), Chris Grady (f), Mike Janis (s) 1985 23 0 439 148 Andy Quaroni (e), Mike Van der Velden (f), Mike Janis (s) 1986 26 0 568 134 Tim Vaughan (e), Mike Van der Velden (f), Tony Consoli (s) 1987 22 0 486 108 Tim Vaughan (e), Charles Higgs-Coulthard (f), Kevin Stoutermire (s) 1988 24 1 538 137 Todd Griffee (e), Yehuda Kovacs (f), Tim Collins (s) 1989 21 0 481 86 Ted Fay (e), Joel Clark (f), Tim Collins (s) 1990 24 1 534 140 Mark Gugel (e), Joel Clark (f), Chris Baguer (s) 1991 23 0 504 100 David Calderhead (e), Phil Leary (f), Chris Baguer (s) 1992 14 0 305 75 David Calderhead (e), Jeff Piper (f), Chris Baguer (s) 1993 23 1 463 186 Grzegorz Wozniak (e), Jeff Piper (f), James Taliaferro (s) 1994 21 0 394 173 Grzegorz Wozniak (e), Rian Girard (f), Chris Hajnik (s) 1995 24 2 601 209 Rakesh Patel (e), Stanton Brunner (f), Chris Hajnik (s) 1996 23 2 606 249 Jeremy Siek (f), Bill Lester (s) 1997 24 2 566 163 Phil Lee (e), Jeremy Siek (f), Bill Lester (s) 1998 25 1 522 170 Brian Stone (e), Stephane Auriol (f), Luke La Valle (s) 1999 22 1 482 139 Tim Monahan (e), Stephane Auriol (f), Luke La Valle (s) 2000 18 2 427 113 James Harris (f), Clay Morton (s) 2001 25 0 509 166 Jan Viviani (e), Ozren Debic (f) 2002 18 0 395 91 Jan Viviani (e), Ozren Debic (f), Andre Crompton (s) 2003 24 0 518 130 Jan Viviani (e), Ozren Debic (f) 2004 24 1 515 160 Forest Walton (f), Brian Dosal (s) 2005 21 3 497 151 None 2006 29 1 627 183 Greg Howard (e), Frank Bontempo (f), Patrick Ghattas (s) 2007 19 5 508 194 Greg Howard (e), Frank Bontempo (f), Patrick Ghattas (s) 2008 27 4 623 214 Greg Howard (e), Mark Kubik (f), Bill Thanhouser (s) 2009 33 0 657 234 Karol Kostka (e), Mark Kubik (f), Bill Thanhouser (s) 2010 33 0 695 191 Zach Schirtz (f), Andy Seroff (e), Avery Zuck (s) 2011 29 1 620 188 Andrew Seroff (e), Zach Schirtz (f), Avery Zuck (s) 2012 29 6 679 265 Reggie Bentley (f), Keith Feldman (s) Total 1,322 - 126 (.913)

Coach Mike DeCicco Mike DeCicco Mike DeCicco Mike DeCicco Mike DeCicco Mike DeCicco Mike DeCicco Mike DeCicco Mike DeCicco Mike DeCicco Mike DeCicco Mike DeCicco Mike DeCicco Mike DeCicco Mike DeCicco Mike DeCicco Mike DeCicco Mike DeCicco Mike DeCicco Mike DeCicco Mike DeCicco Mike DeCicco Mike DeCicco Mike DiCicco Mike DeCicco Mike DeCicco Yves Auriol Yves Auriol Yves Auriol Yves Auriol Yves Auriol Yves Auriol Yves Auriol Janusz Bednarski Janusz Bednarski Janusz Bednarski Janusz Bednarski Janusz Bednarski Janusz Bednarski Janusz Bednarski Janusz Bednarski Janusz Bednarski Janusz Bednarski

Men’s Coaching Records Bill Thanhouser captained the men’s sabre squad in 2008 and 2009.

Name Pedro DeLandero Walt Langford Herb Melton Mike DeCicco Yves Auriol Janusz Bednarski Totals

Years (Seasons) 1934-39 (6) 1940-43, 1951-61 (15) 1947-50 (4) 1962-95 (34) 1996-2002 (7) 2003- (10) 74 Seasons

W 38 155 30 676 155 268 1,322

L 12 35 5 45 8 21 126

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Pct. .760 .816 .857 .938 .951 .941 .913

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Men’s All-Time Roster Sabreist Greg Armi posted a 114-81 career record, placed third at the 1981 NCAAs and received the fencing program’s Langford Leadership Award.

Sabreist Chris Baguer compiled a 129-17 career sabre record (’89-’92) and was a three-year captain while also competing in the 1990-92 NCAAs.

Ed Baguer’s 110-10 career sabre record (’88, ’90-’92) was capped by an AllAmerica sabre finish (11th) at the 1992 NCAAs.

Stanton Brunner posted a 122-36 career record (199395) and competed in the NCAAs from 1993-94, helping the Irish foil squad earn first place in 1994.

Hometown

A Name

Years (MW)

Record

Pct.

Weapon

Acuña, Gabriel Adams, John Adjemian, Aaron Albright, John Aldrich, John Amaro, Josue Angelo, Paul Anthony, David Arena, Anthony Armi, Gregory Armstrong, Gary Arnold, Jason Asher, Gerald Audino, Richard Aumen, Carl Auriol, Stephane

2012- 1986 2004-07 (4) 1968-70 (2) 1970-73 (1) 1987-88 (1) 1973-75 (1) 1981 (1) 1974-76 (2) 1978-81 (2) 1964-65 (1) 1993-94 (1) 1965-66 (2) 1984-85 1979-80 (1) 1996-99 (4)

17-6 1-0 129-53 46-25 12-7 10-4 10-5 13-6 21-10 114-31 9-5 28-15 8-5 2-11 9-3 154-53

.739 1.000 .709 .649 .632 .714 .667 .684 .677 .786 .636 .651 .714 .154 .750 .744

Foil The Woodlands, TX Mgr./ Epee Cincinnati, OH Epee El Paso, TX Epee Columbus, NE Epee Geneseo, NY Sabre Guayama, Puerto Rico Sabre Columbus, OH Foil Centereach, NY Foil Absecon, NJ Sabre Los Altos, CA Sabre Columbus, OH Epee Williams Bay, WI Sabre San Diego, CA Foil New Castle, PA Epee/Sabre Fairview, MI Foil Elkhart, IN

Babineau, Bob Baez, Bernard Baguer, Ed Baguer, Chris Banas, Brian Bannon, Greg Bares, Theodore Barr, James Barton, Edmund Barwick, John Barwick, Robert Bathon, Michael Batill, Stephen Batow, David Beary, John Beau, Jeremy Bednarski, Andrzej Beeler, Thomas Belle, Lawrence Belczyk, Dave Benson, Raymond Bentley, Reggie Beshin, Jubba Bevilaqua, Paul Bird, Robert Bishko, John Bishko, Michael Blaine, Duane Blazina, John Blazina, Joseph Bloschock, Leo Bonk, Andy Bontempo, Frank Borchard, Brian Borchard, Phillip Boron, Jason Bosler, Robert Boyd, John Bradley, Ryan Brainerd, James Brainerd, Jerome Brede, Craig

1967-69 (1) 1993-94 (2) 1989-92 (3) 1988, ‘90-’92 (4) 1996-99 (1) 1993-96 (2) 1957-59 (1) 1958 1960-62 1984 1985 1984-86 (3) 1967 1972-74 (2) 1968-69 (1) 1999-2002 (3) 1998, 2000-02 (4) 1953-54 (2) 1959 2001 1978-81 (4) 2009-12 (4) 1990-91 (2) 1965-66 (2) 1971-73 (2) 1965-67 (3) 1960-62 (2) 1980 1963 1955-57 (3) 1998-2001 (1) 1977-80 (4) 2004-07 (4) 2002 1976-78 (1) 1995-98 (2) 1947-50 (4) 1950 2005-07 (2) 1977-79 (2) 1952-54 (2) 2004-06 (1)

43-9 79-43 100-10 129-17 22-6 24-24 14-7 1-0 24-25 2-1 0-1 42-6 1-1 41-16 9-4 61-11 152-32 11-8 0-1 1-5 86-31 124-38 58-20 8-5 19-14 53-13 42-27 1-1 2-1 37-21 16-11 117-14 160-69 7-0 8-7 26-14 46-38 1-0 56-14 11-18 43-31 26-11

.827 .648 .909 .889 .786 .500 .667 1.000 .490 .667 .000 .875 .500 .719 .692 .847 .826 .579 .000 .167 .735 .765 .743 .714 .528 .803 .609 .500 .667 .638 .593 .890 .699 1.000 .533 .650 .548 1.000 .800 .379 .581 .703

Foil Sabre Sabre Sabre Sabre Foil/Sabre Foil Mgr./Epee Foil Mgr./Sabre Mgr./Sabre Sabre Sabre Sabre Foil Foil Sabre Foil Foil Foil Foil Foil Epee Epee Foil Foil Foil Mgr./Epee Foil Foil Foil Foil Foil Sabre Epee Epee Sabre Sabre Sabre Foil Foil Epee

B

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Fitchburg, MA Roslyn Heights, NY North Newark, NJ North Newark, NJ Sterling Heights, MI Guilford, CT Salt Lake City, UT Columbus, OH White Plains, NY Paterson, NJ Paterson, NJ Hanover, PA Park Forest, IL Wilmette, IL Albia, IA Dunedin, FL Granger, IN Greentown, IN Soldow, OH Ambridge, PA Centereach, NY Little Rock, AR Newark, NJ Miami, FL Demarest, NJ Clifton, NJ Clifton, NJ Ohio, IL Chicago, IL Chicago, IL Columbia, SC Park Ridge, IL Pittsburgh, PA Rochester Hills, MI Buffalo, NY Bethel Park, PA Louisville, KY East Orange, NJ Warrensburg, MO Amarillo, TX Huntsville, AL Bloomfield Hills, MI

Epeeist David Calderhead placed third at the 1991 and ’92 NCAAs while compiling a 133-32 regularseason record (’89-’92).

Name

Brian Casas concluded his epee career with a 15655 record. The local product of out Mishawaka, Ind., finished with a .739 winning percentage.

Joel Clark (’87-’90) posted a 96-12 career foil record and earned the program’s 1990 Rockne StudentAthlete Award.

Sabreist Tony Consoli (’83-’86) owned a 94-21 career record and was presented with the team’s 1986 Langford Leadership Award.

Hometown

Years (MW)

Record

Pct.

Weapon

Brehm, Drew Brennan, Raymond Brick, Tim Brockmole, Dean Brogan, James Brogan, John Brooks de Vita, Ceschino Brough, Chris Brown, Sommers Brunner, Stanton Buell, Alex Buhl, Thomas Burchett, Glenn Burlage, James Burns, Louis Burns, Jerome

1975-76 (2) 1955-57 2000 1973-74 (1) 1957-59 (3) 1954-56 (1) 2006 1997-2000 (3) 1950 1993-95 (3) 2008-12(3) 1963-65 (3) 1966-68 (3) 1954-56 1942-3, 48-9 (2) 1953

20-9 1-5 0-1 14-10 21-19 51-32 5-4 23-2 0-1 122-36 60-32 40-37 58-25 8-13 50-17 0-1

.690 .167 .000 .583 .525 .525 .556 .920 .000 .772 .652 .519 .699 .381 .746 .000

Epee Epee Epee Epee Epee Epee Sabre Foil Foil Foil Sabre Epee Epee Foil Foil Foil

Calderhead, David Calmback, Walter Capobianco, Paul Caresio, John Carey, North E. Carey, North J. Carney, Dennis Carney, Michael Carroll, Errol Carroll, John Casas, Brian Castellan, Chris Castellan, Matt Castellani, Enzo Caulfield, Justin Cazeau, Charles Cenedella, Phillip Chandra, Nitin Cheng, Christopher Chou, Henry Choy, Jason Clancy, Daniel Clare, Thomas Clark, Joel Clarke, James Coccia, Alexander Cochrane, William Colgan, Charles Colley-Capo, Jaime Collins, Tim Collins, William Colman, Richard Conlon, Joseph Conner, Craig Connor, Thomas Connor, David Connors, Michael Consoli, Tony Corbett, James Corda, William Cornwall, Michael Coscia, Michael Cotter, Gary

1989-92 (4) 1975 (1) 1993-96 (3) 1934-35 (2) 1970-73 (4) 2003-2004 (2) 1982 1977-79 (2) 1958 1965-67 (3) 1999-2002 (4) 2004-05 2001-2004 (4) 2009-12 (4) 1995 1952-53 (1) 1956 1999 1968-69 1989, ‘91-’92 (3) 2010- (3) 1957-59 (3) 1989-92 (1) 1987-90 (4) 1959, 61 (1) 2011- (2) 1961 1937-39 (3) 1980-83 (3) 1986-89 (4) 1976 1955-56 (1) 1950-52 (2) 1990-92 (1) 1966-68 (3) 1973-75 (1) 1961-63 (2) 1983-86 (3) 1940-41 (1) 1969-71 (1) 1970-73 (4) 1976-77 (1) 1970

133-32 7-4 85-34 30-21 42-16 53-34 9-3 44-21 1-0 54-24 156-55 12-1 95-21 132-30 1-0 8-11 0-2 5-1 1-1 56-13 78-46 27-27 26-5 96-12 4-6 52-25 1-0 32-21 65-42 92-21 0-1 5-7 30-26 17-7 41-22 33-22 33-26 94-21 16-23 29-14 115-45 15-3 1-1

.806 .636 .714 .588 .724 .609 .750 .677 1.000 .692 .739 .923 .819 .815 1.000 .421 .000 .833 .500 .812 .629 .500 .806 .889 .400 .675 1.000 .518 .607 .814 .000 .416 .536 .708 .651 .600 .560 .817 .415 .675 .719 .833 .500

Epee Epee Foil Foil Epee Epee Sabre Epee Epee Foil Epee Epee Foil Foil Mgr./Epee Sabre Mgr./Epee Epee Foil Sabre Sabre Epee Foil Foil Epee Sabre Epee Epee Foil Sabre Sabre Epee Epee Epee Foil Epee Sabre Sabre Epee Epee Foil Epee Epee

Kettering, OH Brook, NY Bridgewater, NJ Evansville, IN Rocky River, OH Rocky River, OH South Bend, IN Fairfield, CT Memphis, TN Manassas, VA Waterford, WI Colorado Springs, CO Anaheim, CA Fort Wayne, IN Washington, DC Saginaw, MI

C York, England San Antonio, TX Seldon, NY Chicago, IL Fort Lauderdale, FL Los Alamos, NM Wellesley, MA Sanford, NC Traverse City, MI Grosse Pointe, MI Mishawaka, IN Short Hills, NJ Short Hills, NJ Keller, TX Wood Ridge, NJ Rochester, NY Uniontown, PA Centereach, NY Hong Kong Pompton Lakes, NJ Basking Ridge, NJ Rocky River, OH Fredericksburg, VA Hackettstown, NJ Detroit, MI Columbus, OH Beloit, WI Buenos Aires, Argentina Mayaguez, PR Morristown, NJ Chesterton, IN Dorchester, MA St. Louis, MO Katy, TX Peoria, IL Cincinnati, OH West Nyack, NY Wayne, NJ Elmhurst, NY Belleville, NJ Chicago, IL Memphis, TN Pontiac, MI

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All-America foilist Marc DeJong (’80’83) posted a 10727 career record while placing 5th and 11th in NCAA tournament action.

Rich Daly an AllAmerica epeeist, placed sixth at the 1982 NCAAs and owned a 123-29 career record.

Two-time AllAmerican Sam DiFiglio compiled a 130-23 sabre record during the 1974-76 seasons.

Tom Dorwin earned sabre All-America status following his seventh-place finish in the 1955 NCAAs, with a 38-28 record in regular-season bouts (’53-’55).

Name

Years (MW)

Record

Pct.

Weapon

Hometown

Couch, John Coye, Thomas Cragin, Marleau Crebs, Nicholas Cregg, George Crikelair, John Crimone, Sam Crolley, Kevin Crompton, Andre Cullinane, Daniel Cullum, Thomas Cunningham, Thomas Curtin, Michael

1963-64 (2) 1972-75 (4) 1942 (1) 2009-12 (4) 1965 1966-68 (3) 1962-64 (3) 1979 1999-2002 (4) 1984-85 (2) 1977-80 (4) 1985 1960-61 (2)

12-7 111-34 3-0 106-24 2-1 91-24 66-37 1-0 150-19 24-8 88-41 0-1 30-20

.632 .766 1.000 .815 .667 .792 .641 1.000 .888 .750 .680 .000 .600

Foil Foil Epee Foil Epee Foil Sabre Mgr./Sabre Sabre Epee Epee Mgr./Sabre Foil

Kinderhook, NY Brooklyn, NY Las Vegas, NV Portland, OR Syracuse, NY Ridgewood, NJ Somerset, PA Minneapolis, MN Irvington, NJ Topsfield, MA Evansville, IN West Orange, NJ Tulsa, OK

D’Allura, Salvatore Daby, John Daher, Michael Daher, Doug Daly, Rich Darko, Richard Daschle, Charles DeBaene, Ted DeCicco, Michael DeCicco, Michael, Jr. Debic, Ozren DeJong, Marc Deladrier, Richard DeLandero, Carlos DeLandero, Telmo DeLaVergne, Pierre DeMatteis, Ralph Dentino, Michael DePaolo, Hugh DePaul, Andrew DePietro, Joseph DeSmet, Ariel DeTalance, William Detzner, Richard Devita, Robert Diacou, Nicholas Dieckelman, David Dietrich, Robert DiFiglio, Sam Dille, Brice Dixon, Donald Dixon, Ralph Dobson, Arthur Dobyns, Jerome Doerr, Louis Doherty, Matt Domzalski, Henry Donlon, John Donlon, Jerome Donlon, Steve Donnelly, Patrick Donovan, Gerard Donovan, Sean Doody, Francis Dore, Ted Dorwin, Tom

1979-82 (3) 81-34 .704 Sabre Centereach, NY 1967-68 1-2 .333 Sabre Fall River, MA 1966-68 (3) 70-34 .673 Sabre Grosse Pointe, MI 1969-71 (1) 99-38 .768 Sabre Grosse Pointe, MI 1980-83 (4) 123-29 .809 Epee Centereach, NY 1963 2-2 .500 Sabre Indianapolis, IN 1949-51 (2) 47-24 .662 Sabre Aberdeen, SD 1958-60 (1) 34-16 .680 Sabre Detroit, MI 1947-49 (3) 63-20 .759 All Weapons Newark, NJ 1984 (1) 8-5 .615 Epee South Bend, IN 2000-03 (3) 157-8 .952 Foil Zagreb, Croatia 1980-83 (4) 107-27 .799 Foil Pretoria, South Africa 1969-71 (1) 86-23 .788 Epee Annapolis, MD 1934-37 (1) 31-15 .783 Sabre South Bend, IN 1935-37 (1) 48-33 .591 Foil South Bend, IN 1937-38 (1) 13-11 .541 Sabre New Orleans, LA 1961-63 (2) 43-30 .589 Sabre Holidaysburg, PA 1951-52 (1) 4-6 .400 Foil Peoria, IL 1969-71 (1) 28-16 .637 Epee Casper, WY 1976-77 (1) 7-24 .225 Foil Pittsburgh, PA 1967-69 (1) 34-17 .667 Epee Glen Head, NY 2011- (1) 28-1 .966 Foil Troutdale, OR 1968-70 1-2 .333 Epee North Manchester, IN 1977-80 (2) 24-10 .710 Epee Des Plaines, IL 1970 New York, NY 2004-2006 (3) 81-49 .623 Sabre New York, NY 1975 1-0 1.000 Mgr./Epee Elm Grove, WI 1965 2-1 .667 Epee Birmingham, MI 1974-76 (3) 130-23 .850 Sabre Skokie, IL 1994-97 (3) 99-69 .589 Epee Atlanta, GA 1953-54 (1) 11-14 .440 Foil Toldeo, OH 1947-50 (3) 61-21 .741 Epee Long Beach, CA 1968-69 (1) 27-19 .587 Epee Arlington, VT 1948-50 (3) 26-16 .619 Epee Jacksonville, FL 1951 0-3 .000 Epee Alice, TX 2005-06 (1) 14-3 .824 Sabre Cupertino, CA 1970 0-1 .000 Epee Grosse Pointe, MI 1959-61 (3) 55-18 .767 Epee Farmingdale, NY 1961 0-1 .000 Sabre Farmingdale, NY 1966-68 (3) 57-21 .731 Epee Farmingdale, NY 2005 8-10 .444 Foil Bridgeton, MO 1938-40 (2) 15-13 .536 Sabre Tulsa, OK 2001-03 (1) 18-16 .529 Foil Tulsa, OK 1941 0-1 .000 Foil Oak Park, IL 1982-85 11-2 .846 Epee Butler, NJ 1953-55 (2) 38-28 .576 Sabre Minocqua, WI

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Sabreist John Edwards was a three-time NCAA competitor, earning second team AllAmerica after placing fifth in 1985 (121-20 career record).

Name

All-America epeeist Ron Farrow (’57’58) compiled a 52-11 record and placed third at the 1958 NCAAs.

Ed Fellows posted a 136-38 record (’74’77) and earned epee All-America honors with his sixth-place finish at the 1974 NCAAs.

Two-time AllAmerica sabreist Gerard Finney (’52’54) owned a 61-7 career regularseason record and was fourth at the 1954 NCAAs.

Hometown

Years (MW)

Record

Pct.

Weapon

Dosal, Brian Dreher, Stephen Dudinski, Douglas Duff, Roderick Duff, Brian Duffy, Patrick Duffy, Robert Duggan, Charles Dunn, Terrence duVair, Pierre Dwan, Francis Dwyer, Michael Dwyer, Thomas

2003-04 (1) 1962-64 (3) 1985, ’87-’88 (2) 1952-54 (3) 1950-52 (2) 1974 1966 1957-59 (1) 1982 1955-57 (1) 1955-57 (3) 1963-65 (3) 1960-63 (3)

57-28 55-25 50-11 59-20 37-16 1-1 0-1 5-13 1-3 50-19 33-37 65-25 74-41

.671 .688 .820 .747 .694 .500 .000 .278 .250 .725 .472 .722 .643

Sabre Epee Epee Epee Epee Foil Foil Foil Sabre Foil Sabre Sabre Foil

Miami, FL Baldwinsville, NY Saugus, MA Peabody, MA Peabody, MA South Attleboro, MA Northbrook, IL Chicago, IL Cleveland, OH Madison, WI Summit, IL Racine, WI Omaha, NE

Edwards, Thomas Edwards, John Ehrensing, Rudolph Ehrlich, Bill Eichelman, Robert

1977 (1) 1983-86 (4) 1959-61 (1) 2007-09 (1) 1954-56 (1)

37-11 121-21 41-34 21-17 21-24

.771 .852 .547 .553 .466

Sabre Sabre Sabre Epee Sabre

St. Louis, MO St. Louis, MO New Orleans, LA Woodbury, MN Chicago, IL

2003-05 (3)

55-17

E

Emerson, Louis

1967-69 (3)

40-26

.606

Eusterman, Joseph Evan, Allen Eyerman, Raymond

1949 (1) 1965-67 (2) 1955-56

5-3 28-19 5-4

.625 .594 .555

Sabre Sabre Epee

Rochester, MN Trumbull, CT Columbus, OH

Fabian, Dan Fabricant, Matt Fagon, Richard Fallat, Thomas Farrow, Ron Farrow, Geoffrey Fay, Ted Feeney, Edward Feeney, Michael Feighery, Daniel Feldman, Keith Fellows, Ed Fenech, Craig Fernandez, Miguel Ferrall, Charles Ferrence, Bill Finley, Benjamin Finn, Michael Finney, Gerard Fleisch, Paul Flynn, John Fox, Frank Fox, William Francis, Rowland Franzgrote, Ernest Frenkel, Marcel Friel, John Friske, Dave Froess, James Fruzynski, Matthew Funai, Craig Fuster, Alexander

1988 2000-03 (4) 1956-58 (3) 1962-63 (1) 1957-58 (2) 1971 1986-89 (4) 1975 1969-71 (1) 1998-2000 (1) 2009-12 (4) 1974-77 (4) 1969 1959-61 (1) 1966-69 (2) 1964-65 (2) 1990-92 (2) 1996-97 (1) 1952-54 (2) 1996-98 (1) 1941-42 (1) 1965-67 (2) 1954-56 (3) 1983 (1) 1950-52 (3) 2009-12 (3) 1954-56 (3) 1955-56 (2) 1971-72 (1) 1970-72 (3) 1982-83, ‘85-’86 (4) 1985-87 (1)

0-1 151-21 55-34 11-8 52-11 2-2 95-25 6-3 72-36 8-5 122-36 136-38 2-0 16-21 25-13 56-13 27-7 23-7 61-7 19-11 25-30 16-13 30-25 1-0 31-15 103-19 35-23 37-20 19-6 81-24 62-34 14-7

.000 .878 .618 .579 .825 .500 .729 .667 .667 .615 .772 .781 1.000 .435 .658 .812 .794 .767 .897 .633 .455 .552 .545 1.000 .673 .844 .603 .648 .760 .771 .646 .667

Epee Sabre Sabre Foil Epee Foil Epee Epee Sabre Foil Sabre Epee Sabre Epee Foil Foil Epee Foil Sabre Epee Foil Foil Foil Epee Epee Sabre Foil Sabre Foil Sabre Foil Foil

Park Ridge, IL Elizabeth, NJ Mt. Vernon, NY Atlas, PA St. Louis, MO Itasca, IL Oakland, NJ Ivesdale, IL Chicago, IL Yonkers, NY Stony Brook, NY Oakland, NJ Clifton, NJ Miramar, PR Larchmont, NY Mercer, PA Los Angeles, CA Atwood, KS Grosse Pointe, MI Milwaukee, WI Westport, CT Birmingham, AL Chicago, IL Somerville, NJ Peoria, IL Sao Paulo, Brazil Gary, IN Saginaw, MI Erie, PA Chicago, IL Fair Lawn, NJ El Dorado, Panama

Espinosa, John

.764

Foil

Denison, TX

Sabre

Plantation, FL

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Patrick Ghattas racked up 158 career wins in sabre, while also serving as a member of the 2005 National Championship team.

Pat Gerard’s foil career saw him post 146 career wins (146-19), while also being a part of the first National Championship team in Irish history in 1977.

Epeeist Michael Gostigian (’82-’86) compiled a 49-18 career record and was named Notre Dame’s 1986 team MVP.

Sabreist Chris Hajnik ranks 26th on the Irish career wins list (147-54; ’93-’95) and twice earned the Mulligan Sabre Leadership Award.

G Name Gabler, Scott Gaither, James Gaither, John Galbraith, Mark Galbraith, James Galeziewski, Gary Galiñanes, Manolo Gamarra, Joseph Garcia, David Garcia, Enrique Gardner, Alan Gasperetti, Matt Gase, Eugene Gavan, John Geary, John George, Thomas Gerard, Pat Gerrity, John Gettings, Conor Gettings, Patrick Ghattas, Patrick Giaimo, Peter Gibbons, Paul Girard, Rian Glass, Tim Gleason, Patrick Glock, Earl Glover, Leon Goeller, Thomas Goetz, Jack Goff, James Golden, Ronald Gonzalez, Angel Gonzalez, Ventura Gootwald, John Gostigian, Michael Grady, Christopher Graham, James Graham, James Green, Patrick Griffee, Todd Grigorenko, Alexander Gross, Peter Grosso, Louis Gruman, Alexander Guarnaschelli, Dominic Guerin, Harold Gugel, Mark Gumbs, Colin Gunshinan, James

Years (MW)

Record

Pct.

Weapon

Hometown

1998-2001 (2) 1997-2000 (4) 1939-41 (2) 1969 1969 (1) 1986-88 (1) 1994-95 (2) 1980-81 (1) 1989-90 1980-81 (1) 1981-83 (1) 2008 1954-55 (1) 1938-40 (3) 1964-65 (2) 1957 1975-79 (4) 1975 2008-11 (2) 2004-07 (4) 2004-07 (4) 1958-60 (1) 1950-52 (1) 1991-94 (4) 1974-77 (4) 1978 (1) 1972-74 (1) 1957 1972-73 (1) 2003, 2005-06 (1) 1965 1986-87 (1) 1941-43 (2) 1943, ‘47 (2) 1964 1982-86 (4) 1981-84 (3) 1937-39 (1) 1950-52 (3) 1957-59 (1) 1986-89 (4) 2006-07 (2) 1947-48 (2) 1934-35 1985-86 (2) 1997-2000 (4) 1938 1988-90 (3) 1987-90 (4) 1979-81 (2)

56-17 76-42 42-33 3-0 7-5 22-7 15-10 14-0 6-3 7-5 9-6 5-3 37-15 40-15 21-19 0-1 146-19 3-2 52-15 127-34 158-19 37-11 32-21 126-42 160-26 25-9 24-13 0-1 9-7 24-14 1-2 15-4 20-20 27-28 1-1 49-18 59-34 19-18 29-32 43-29 118-26 44-13 16-20 24-14 23-12 50-27 1-6 60-26 83-19 31-19

.727 .644 .560 1.000 .583 .759 .600 1.000 .667 .583 .600 .625 .713 .727 .525 .000 .884 .600 .776 .789 .893 .770 .604 .750 .860 .735 .640 .000 .563 .632 .333 .789 .500 .491 .500 .731 .634 .518 .475 .597 .814 .772 .444 .631 .657 .649 .143 .698 .814 .620

Foil Epee Foil Sabre Sabre Foil Sabre Foil Foil Foil Epee Epee Sabre Sabre Sabre Foil Foil Foil Epee Epee Sabre Epee Sabre Epee/Foil Epee Sabre Foil Mgr./Sabre Epee Foil Sabre Epee Foil Foil Epee Epee Foil Epee Epee Sabre Epee Foil Epee Foil Epee Epee Epee Epee Foil Epee

Chatsworth, CA Piedmont, CA Louisville, KY Steubenville, OH South Bend, IN South Bend, IN San Juan, Puerto Rico Langley Park, MD Quito, Ecuador Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico Hamburg, IA South Bend, IN Saginaw, MI Milwaukee, WI Tulsa, OK Flint, MI Norridge, IL Annandale, VA Lake Forest, IL Lake Forest, IL Beaverton, OR New York, NY Andover, MA Vancouver, WA Niles, IL Boulder, CO Johnstown, PA Palo Alto, CA Amawalk, NY Jericho, VT Arlington, VA York, PA Dallas, TX Dallas, TX New York, NY Newton Square, PA Middletown, RI Tulsa, OK York, PA Chicago, IL Niles, MI New York, NY Brooklyn, NY New York, NY Los Angeles, CA Louisville, KY Wingdale, NY Reynoldsburg, OH Freeport, NY Silver Spring, MD

2001 2005-06 1999 1993-95 (3) 1963-65 (1) 1987-88 (2) 1970-72 (2)

2-4 16-4 1-0 141-53 29-18 8-5 80-23

.667 .800 1.000 .727 .617 .615 .776

Foil Foil Foil Sabre Epee Sabre Epee

H Habig, Adam Hagmann, Joseph Haines, Andrew Hajnik, Chris Hajnik, Frank Harding, Norris Harkness, Charles

122

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Sheridan, IN Westfield, NJ Concord, MA Santa Maria, CA Springdale, PA New Brunswick, NJ Chippewa Falls, WI

Foilist Derek Holeman earned the fencing program’s 1990 DeCicco/Langford Award (most inspirational) and compiled a 109-16 record from 19871990.

Name

All-American Carl Jackson ranks tied for fourth on the Irish list for career epee wins (174-58; ’95-’99) and received the 1998 Donlon Epee Leadership Award.

Sabreist Don Johnson amassed a 126-34 record from 1983-86 and is one of 16 Irish men’s fencers to claim AllAmerica honors three-plus times (he was 3rd, 9th and 6th from 1984-86).

Years (MW)

Record

Pct.

Weapon

Hometown

Harris, James Harris, Russell Harris, Shaun Harstrom, Ola Harvey, Adam Hassett, Kevin Hathaway, John Haugh, John Hayes, Charles Haynes, John He, Albert Heinzen, Fritz Helm, Jeffrey Hemmerle, Dennis Henry, Robert Henzler, Thomas Hernandez, Mickey Hickey, James Hicks, Gregory Higgs-Coulthard, Charles Higgs-Coulthard, Michael Hodges, Grant Hodges, Teddy Hogan, Noah Holeman, Derek Holzgrafe, Roger Horton, Tom Horvath, Peter Howard, Greg Howard, Kevin Hull, Dick Humphreys, Michael Hunt, Gordon Hurley, James Hutchings, John Hysell, Matt

1997-2000 (2) 1938, ’40-’41 (2) 1999-2001 (1) 1981-83 (3) 2001-03 (1) 2011- (2) 1973-74 (2) 1984-87 (4) 1997-99 (3) 1965-67 (3) 2012- (1) 1975 1982-83 1955-57 (3) 1960-61 1974-76 (2) 1977 1981-84 (1) 1994 1984-87 (4) 1983, ’90 2010- (2) 2008-11 (3) 1996-98 (1) 1987-90 (4) 1968-70 (2) 2006-2009 (4) 1983 2005-08 (4) 1985-86 (1) 1952-54 (1) 1940-42 (2) 1967 1951-53 (2) 1958-60 (1) 1996-98 (1)

23-7 55-25 11-6 93-15 23-10 60-21 25-11 81-25 119-35 54-32 21-12 1-4 2-7 84-18 2-3 38-13 1-0 18-7 1-3 45-17 21-5 81-16 84-26 21-12 109-16 76-24 102-44 1-4 174-44 22-15 52-22 31-27 1-1 30-13 9-8 21-8

.767 .688 .647 .861 .697 .741 .692 .764 .773 .628 .636 .200 .222 .824 .400 .745 1.000 .720 .250 .895 .807 .835 .764 .636 .886 .753 .699 .200 .798 .595 .703 .535 .500 .697 .529 .724

Foil Foil/Epee Foil Epee Epee Sabre Epee Epee Foil Epee Epee Foil Foil Epee Epee Epee Sabre Epee Epee Foil Sabre Foil Foil Sabre Foil Sabre Sabre Foil Epee Foil Foil Sabre Sabre Sabre Foil Foil

North Haven, CT Little Rock, AR North Haven, CT Goteborg, Sweden Connersville, IN Beaverton, OR Columbus, OH Portland, OR South Bend, IN Syracuse, NY Chevy Chase, MD Peoria, IL Elizabeth, PA Cincinnati, OH Bluffton, IN Arnold, MO New Orleans, LA Bethlehem, PA St. Charles, IL Boxford, MA Boxford, MA Salina, KS Salina, KS Rochester, IN Beaverton, OR Quincy, IL Franksville, WI Centereach, NY Granger, IN Owensboro, KY Honolulu, HI Fullerton, CA North Little Rock, AR Newark, NJ Muncie, IN Midland, MI

Ianiro, Carl Isaacs, Jerome Isaacs, John Jackson, Carl Jacobs, James Janis, Mike Jansen, George Jedrkowiak, Jakub Joaquin, Manuel Jock, Paul Joe, Ronald Johnson, Donald Johnson, James Johnson, Jerry Johnsson, Per Johnston, John Jones, Jerry Joyce, Jack

2011 1954-56 (2) 1969-71 (2) 1995, ‘97-’99 (4) 1951-52 (2) 1982-85 (4) 1947-49 (3) 2005-08 (4) 1975-77 (1) 1963-65 (3) 1980-83 (3) 1983-86 (4) 1957-59 (1) 1958-60 (1) 1992-93 (2) 1968 1956-57 1962-64 (3)

15-3 36-12 17-11 174-58 31-13 161-27 9-17 157-45 15-15 32-37 23-18 126-34 70-20 88-28 49-23 1-0 3-6 45-34

.833 .750 .609 .750 .704 .856 .356 .777 .500 .464 .561 .787 .778 .759 .681 1.000 .333 .570

Sabre Epee/Sabre Epee Epee Foil Sabre Epee Foil Sabre Epee Epee Sabre Epee Foil Epee Epee Foil Foil

I-J West Orange, NJ Petersburg, VA Wilmette, IL Ringoes, NJ Bloomington, IN Franklin Lakes, NJ Bala Cynwyd, PA Leszno, Poland Utica, NY Ft. Wayne, IN Oakland, NJ Boxford, MA Indianapolis, IN Newark, NJ Goteborg, Sweden Chatham, NJ Boise, ID Rockford, IL

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David Kirby’s .943 career win percentage (67-4; ’88-’92) ranks fourth all-time among Notre Dame men’s sabreists.

Foilist Phil Leary compiled a 126-18 regular-season record, competed in the 1990 and ’91 NCAAs, and earned Notre Dame’s 1991 DeCicco/Langford Award (most inspirational).

Epeeist Phil Lee (6244; ’95-’97) earned the 1995 Auriol Award (most improved), the ’96 and ’97 Knute Rockne StudentAthlete Awards, and the ’97 Langford Leadership Award.

All-America sabreist Chris Lyons placed sixth at the 1980 NCAAs, capping his career that included a 107-22 record and the 1980 Notre Dame Fencing Langford Leadership Award.

K Name

Years (MW)

Record

Pct.

Weapon

Hometown

Kalin, Glenn

1969-71 (2)

79-29

.739

Foil

Des Plaines, IL

2010- (3) 1989 1956-58 (2) 1968-70 (2) 1934-36 1974, ‘76 (1) 1999 2009-11 (2) 1962-64 (3) 1960-62 (2) 1988 1959-61 (1) 1987-88 (1) 1975-78 (4) 1940 1988-90, ‘92 (4) 1985-86 (1) 1956-58 (2) 1964-66 (2) 1981 1954-56 (1) 1979-82 (1) 1965-67 (3) 1951 2006-2009 (4) 1986-89 (4) 1987, ‘89 (1) 1987-89 (2)

124-43 2-1 24-16 32-17 65-33 12-10 1-1 54-25 30-19 46-34 4-3 24-30 11-4 41-12 0-1 67-4 23-7 64-20 53-31 0-2 11-15 14-10 67-30 2-1 198-56 115-10 15-4 20-9

.743 .667 .600 .654 .663 .545 .500 .684 .678 .575 .571 .444 .733 .774 .000 .944 .766 .697 .631 .000 .428 .583 .691 .667 .780 .920 .789 .690

Epee Mgr./Epee Epee Foil All Weapons Foil Epee Epee Sabre Epee Mgr./Epee Sabre Sabre Foil/Epee Foil Sabre Foil Sabre Sabre Mgr./Epee Sabre Epee Sabre Epee Epee Foil Sabre Foil

2011- (2) 2008-12 (4) 1993 (1)

52-26 132-29 7-5

.667 .820 .583

.696

Foil Foil Foil

Sabre

San Antonio, TX San Antonio, TX Radnor, PA

.849 .375 .690 .602 .694 .596 .909 .765 .833 .856 .875 .630 .585 .652 .777 .360 .476 .682 .000

Epee Foil Epee Foil Epee/Foil Foil Sabre Epee Sabre Sabre Foil Foil/Sabre Epee Sabre Foil Sabre Foil Epee Epee

Dulles, VA Hong Kong Muncie, IN Marinette, WI Long Beach, CA Lewiston, ME New York, NY Califon, NJ Charlotte, NC Pompton Lakes, NJ Elizabeth, NJ Greenwich, CT Pasadena, CA Memphis, TN Fairfield, CT Buffalo, NY Buffalo, NY Cincinnati, OH Grand Rapids, MI

Kane, Richard Kane, Steve

Kaull, James Keane, Robert Kearns, John Keeler, David Kehoe, Kevin Kelleher, Kevin Keller, David Kelly, Brent Kennedy, William Kenney, Daniel Keough, George Keough, Larry Kerrigan, Elie Kica, William Kiefer, Eugene Kirby, David Kirsch, Matthew Klein, Joseph Klier, John Kluczyk, Richard Koester, Edward Konzelman, Charles Korth, Patrick Kosse, Louis Kostka, Karol Kovacs, Yehuda Kowalski, Jim Kroener, Kent

Krug, Louis Kubik, Mark

Kubik, Nick Kubik, Steve Kurz, Richard

Kvatsak, Robert

1977 1998-2000 (1)

1978-79 (1) 2006-2009 (4)

1939

0-4 13-7

.000 .650

10-3 145-54

.769 .729

16-7

Foil Epee

Foil Foil

Park Ridge, IL Cincinnati, OH

Washington, DC West Orange, NJ Champaign, IL Hudson, NY Chicago, IL Columbus, OH Adelphi, MD Grapevine, TX Cheshire, CT Chicago, IL Fort Lauderdale, FL San Antonio, TX Dublin, Ireland Glenview, IL Snyder, NY North Andover, MA Syracuse, NY San Antonio, TX Syracuse, NY Bayonne, NJ Wichita, KS Brunswick, ME Bloomington Hills, MI Louisville, TX Krakow, Poland Hod Hosharon, Israel St. Clair Shores, MI Camp Hill, PA

Baltimore, MD San Antonio, TX

Pittsburgh, PA

L Laeuchli, Jesse Lam, Arthur Lauck, John Lauerman, John Laughlin, Terry Laurendeau, Norman La Valle, Luke Lawless, Mark Laws, Jason Le Dinh, Thuy Leary, Phil Lebec, Xavier Lee, Phil Lee, Thomas LeFevre, Edouard Leising, James Leising, Joseph Lennert, Dave Leonard, Thomas

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2004-06 (3) 2005- 1971-73 (2) 1957-59 (3) 1956-57, ‘60 (2) 1964-66 (4) 1996-99 (4) 1989 (1) 2005 1989-90 1988-91 (4) 2007-2010 (1) 1995-97 (2) 1957-59 (1) 1989-92 (4) 1940-42 (1) 1937-39 (1) 1986-87 (1) 1949

73-13 3-5 29-13 56-37 34-15 31-21 200-20 13-4 5-1 18-3 126-18 34-20 62-44 30-16 73-21 7-12 20-22 15-7 0-1

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Sabreist Anthony Mandolini compiled a 44-19 career record (’52-’54) and recently served on the Notre Dame Monogram Club board of directors.

All-American Michael McCahey (’75-’78) ranks 11th on the Irish list for career foil wins (138-21).

Terry McConville owns the 10th-most career wins (142-44; ’74’77) of any Notre Dame men’s foilist.

Name

Years (MW)

Record

Pct.

Weapon

Lesso, William Lester, Bill Letscher, David Lolli, Francis Long, Thomas Longeway, Thomas Lubin, Gerald Luzak, Kevin Lyons, Chris Lyons, John III Lyons, John IV Lyons, Michael

1953 (1) 1994-97 (4) 1990-92 (1) 1953-54 1965 1961, ‘63 (1) 1947-49 (2) 1984 1978-80 (3) 1969-71 (2) 1995 (1) 1971-73 (1)

7-9 206-38 10-7 1-2 3-4 18-15 10-7 4-3 107-22 72-32 18-10 32-14

.438 .844 .588 .333 .429 .546 .588 .571 .829 .693 .642 .696

Epee Sabre Foil Sabre Foil Foil Foil Foil Sabre Foil Epee Sabre

Hometown Cleveland, OH Windsor, Ontario Brookfield, WI Oak Park, IL DeWitt, NY Lincolnwood, IL El Paso, TX West Redding, CT Berwyn, PA Berwyn, PA Marietta, GA Berwyn, PA

M Macaulay, Michael MacDonald, Colin Maddalone, Ray Madigan, David Madigan, James Mages, Phil Maggio, Jordan Mahoney, William Malecz, Richard Malfa, John Maliszewski, William Malone, Joseph Mandolini, Anthony Markel, Michael Markow, Alan Marks, Dick Maroon, Frederick Marterseck, Paul Martin, Edward Masserer, Johannes Matranga, Michael Mattern, Paul Mautone, Steve Mazure, John McAuliffe, John McBride, David McBride, John McCabe, Thomas McCahey, Mike McCandless, Paul McCarty, Shaun McConville, Terry McCue, Leonard McDonough, Patrick McDonough, Ryan McEnearney, Burton McGee, George McGinn, John McGookey, James McGough, William McGuire, John McNally, T.J. McNamara, John McQuade, Chris McQuade, Michael McQuade, Joseph McQuade, Steve

2001-04 (3) 44-19 .698 Epee 1948 (1) Epee 1968-70 (2) 17-11 .609 Foil 1979-81 (2) 15-9 .625 Epee 1941-43 (3) 30-36 .455 Foil 1996-97 (2) 29-10 .744 Foil 1993-95 (3) 64-19 .771 Foil 1938 0-4 .000 Epee 1973 (1) 8-4 .667 Foil 1953-54 18-19 .486 Epee 1969-71 (1) 16-15 .516 Sabre 1963-66 (4) 38-34 .528 Sabre 1952-54 (2) 44-19 .698 Sabre 1976-78 (1) 9-6 .600 Epee 2012- 18-2 .900 Foil 1962-64 (3) 64-27 .707 Epee 1955 1-0 1.000 Mgr./Sabre 1934 4-5 .444 Epee 1948-49 2-2 .500 Epee 2004-05 (1) 7-4 .636 Foil 1971-74 (4) 129-31 .806 Epee 1948 1999-2002 (4) 137-59 .698 Foil 1967-68 (1) 11-8 .579 Epee 1935-37 (1) 37-33 .529 Foil 1951-53 (2) 31-34 .476 Epee 1980-81 (1) 15-9 .584 Epee 1982 1-0 1.000 Mgr./Epee 1975-78 (4) 138-21 .868 Foil 1967-69 (2) 46-31 .597 Sabre 1981-83 (2) 17-8 .635 Sabre 1974-77 (4) 142-44 .764 Foil 1960-62 (1) 8-4 .667 Epee 1968-69 (1) 4-6 .400 Epee 2012- 17-8 .680 Epee 1938-39 (2) 25-21 .543 Foil/Epee 1967 0-1 .000 Foil 1952-54 (2) 53-21 .716 Epee 1970 1-2 .333 Foil 2010- (1) 36-4 .900 Sabre 1977-79 (2) 27-9 .750 Sabre 2003-05 (3) 27-14 .659 Epee 1985-86 (1) 10-9 .526 Foil 1992, ‘94-’96 (3) 114-53 .683 Sabre 1963-65 (3) 42-20 .677 Foil 1963-65 (3) 37-20 .650 Foil 1996-99 (3) 89-32 .736 Epee/Sabre

Temple, TX Providence, RI Munster, IN South Bend, IN Little Rock, AR Thousand Oaks, CA New York, NY Winslow, AZ Denville, NJ Auburn, NY New York, NY New York, NY Elmwood Park, IL Akron, OH Prospect Heights, IL New York, NY Wilson, NC South Bend, IN Canton, NY Frankenhardt, Germany Wantagh, NY N/A Short Hills, NJ Fargo, ND Oak Park, IL Chicago, IL Oak Park, IL Wilmette, IL Shaker Heights, OH Omaha, NE Los Angeles, CA Niles, IL Newburgh, NY Pittsfield, MA Long Grove, IL Rockville Centre, NY Pittsburgh, PA Des Moines, IA Sandusky, OH Bronxville, NY Sea Cliff, NY Fredericksburg, VA Johnstown, NY Clifton, NJ New York, NY New York, NY Clifton, NJ

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Foilist James Mullenix compiled a 111-44 regularseason record with the Irish from 1971-74.

Sabreist Bob Mendes earned three monograms and owned a 52-24 record from 196769.

Name

Years (MW)

Record

Pct.

Barron Nydam became the 21st member of the Irish to be a four-time All-American, while finishing with a career record of 118-45.

A 2011 graduate, Jacob Osborne nearly reached the 100-win plateau, finishing his career with a 99-41 record in epee.

Weapon

Hometown

Meathe, Edward Meckling, William Meinhardt, Gerek Melton, Herbert Melton, Herbert III Mendes, Bob Mercado, Victor Mergen, Matthew Merrill, William Merten, Dean Mertens, Richard Metrailer, Andrew Meyer, Eric Meyer, Gerald Miller, John Miller, Lawrence Mitalo, Brian Mlachak, Ivan Mock, Phillip Molina, Rich Molinelli, Michael Monahan, Joseph Monahan, Tim Mooney, John Moran, Richard Moran, Kevin Morton, Clay Moschella, Phillip Muckenhirn, Carl Mulhern, John Mullenix, James Muller-Bergh, Klaus Mulligan, Dan Mulligan, Timothy Mulrooney, Patrick Muoio, Salvatore Murphy, Eamon Murphy, Greg Murphy, Ryan Myers, Walter Myron, Joseph

1966 1-0 1.000 Epee 2012- (1) 40-4 .909 Sabre 2009-10, (2) 62-5 .925 Foil 1941-43 (3) 35-20 .636 Sabre 1969 0-1 .000 Sabre 1967-69 (3) 52-24 .684 Sabre 1936-38 (1) 17-9 .654 Foil 1988 (1) 23-14 .621 Foil 1965-67 (2) 14-11 .560 Sabre 1980 (1) 0-1 .000 Epee/Armorer 1970 1997-99 (1) 14-8 .636 Epee 1968 0-1 .000 Foil 1956-58 (2) 34-23 .596 Sabre 1999-2000 (1) 7-5 .583 Epee 1976-78 (2) 18-13 .581 Sabre 1984-87 (1) 12-12 .500 Foil 1982-83 (2) 9-7 .563 Sabre 1975, ‘77 (1) 12-5 .706 Sabre 2008-2010 (1) 18-4 .818 Epee 1979, ‘81-’82 (2) 19-12 .613 Sabre 1995 (1) 8-8 .500 Epee 1997-99 (2) 35-10 .778 Epee 1951-53 (3) 53-18 .746 Foil 1963 0-2 .000 Epee 1966 0-1 .000 Epee 1998-2000 (1) 23-7 .767 Sabre 1985 (1) 13-4 .765 Foil 1981-82 9-11 .450 Foil 1961 1-0 1.000 Sabre 1971-74 (4) 111-44 .716 Foil 1957-59 (1) 7-9 .437 Sabre 1971-73 (1) 60-25 .706 Sabre 1975-77 (2) 70-20 .778 Sabre 1951-53 (2) 16-16 .500 Sabre 1978-79, ‘81 (2) 70-17 .779 Sabre 2004 (1) 22-5 .815 Foil 1996 1-0 1.000 Mgr./Epee 2012- 15-6 .714 Foil 2012- 8-2 .800 Foil 1935 2-2 .500 Sabre

Nagle, Gerold Nahser, Frank Nanovic, Roy Nasher, Frank Navin, Richard Nee, Christopher Nenoff, Robert Nerlinger, Andrew Nigro, Joseph Noonan, Timothy Nowacki, Theodore Nowosielski, Leszek Nydam, Barron

1971 1-0 1.000 Foil 1962 7-6 .539 Foil 1967-68 (1) 12-8 .600 Sabre 1960-61 Foil 1956 Epee 1989 (1) 7-5 .583 Foil 1966-67 1-2 .333 Foil 2001-02 (1) 8-5 .615 Epee 1939 Foil 1984 1968 1-1 .500 Epee 1988-91 (4) 97-2 .980 Sabre 2008-11(4) 118-45 .724 Sabre

Whittier, CA Denver, CO San Francisco, CA Paducah, KY Paducah, KY Merrick, NY Woodhaven, NY Glen Gardner, NJ Fort Worth, TX Kenosha, WI Dolvay, NY Dallas, TX West Hartford, CT Arlington, VA Las Vegas, NV Pittsford, NY Chicago, IL Houston, TX Winston-Salem, NC Newark, NJ Briarcliff, NY Arcola, IL Arcola, IL Cleveland, OH N/A Wormleysburg, PA Hernando, MS Selden, NY Northfield, IL Evergreen Park, IL Golf, IL Potsdam, NY Highland Park, NJ Highland Park, NJ Eagle River, WI Centereach, NY Winnetka, IL South Pasadena, CA Commack, NY El Paso, TX Jamaica, NY

N Hyde Park, MA Winnetka, IL Jackson Heights, NY N/A Des Plaines, IL South Bend, IN Greensburg, PA Wilmington, DE Kansas City, MO Waterloo, IA South Bend, IN Ottawa, Ontario Rancho Sante Fe, CA

O O’Donnell, Robert O’Malley, Michael Olivares, Jose

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1938 1994-97 1951

0-1 15-9 0-1

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.000 .625 .000

Foil Foil Foil

Chicago, IL Sherman Oaks, CA San Antonio, TX

All-America epeeist Geoff Pechinsky placed ninth at the 1993 NCAAs, after going 81-45 in his career (’90-’93) .

Epeeist Jeff Pero (’66-’68) posted a 53-18 career record and added an AllAmerica finish (9th) at the 1968 NCAAs.

Foilist Jeff Piper fenced at the NCAAs from 1991-93, also owning a 116-18 career record and earning the 1993 Langford Leadership Award.

All-America epeeist Andy Quaroni (’82’85) placed sixth and third at the 1994 and ’95 NCAAs and compiled a 133-23 career record.

Name

Years (MW)

Record

Pct.

Weapon

Hometown

Ortiz, Alfredo Osborne, Jacob Ott, William Owoc, Richard

1943, ‘47 (2) 2009-11 (3) 1964-66 (2) 1974-75

9-9 99-41 28-24 1-2

.500 .707 .539 .333

Sabre Epee Epee Foil

Santa Fe, NM Colleyville, TX St. Louis, MO Akron, OH

Hometown

P Name

Years (MW)

Record

Pct.

Weapon

Packo, John Parisi, Daniel Parker, William Pashel, George Patel, Rakesh Patout, Rivers Paul, Michael Paulus, Alan Pauwels, Joseph Pechinsky, Geoff Peck, Louis Pellecchia, Leonard Pentz, Matt Perez, John Pero, Jeff Peters, Matt Petrungaro, Charles Pfarr, Chris Pfeiffer, Charles Piasio, Jack Pietrusiak, William

1975-76 (1) 1949-51 (3) 1961 1972-74 1993-94 (2) 1959-60 (1) 1995 1978 (1) 1970-72 (3) 1990-93 (4) 1940-41 (1) 1966-68 2007-09 (1) 1986 (1) 1966-68 (3) 2001 1957-59 (1) 2008-12 (2) 1968 2010- (3) 1988-89 (1)

24-11 38-13 1-4 5-11 65-39 6-5 0-1 1-1 27-23 81-45 6-7 4-3 38-22 1-1 53-18 8-2 13-8 26-6 2-1 90-41 15-7

.686 .746 .200 .312 .615 .546 .000 .500 .540 .643 .461 .571 .633 .500 .746 .800 .619 .813 .667 .687 .682

Sabre Foil Foil Foil Epee Sabre Epee Mgr./Epee Sabre Epee Sabre Sabre Sabre Armorer/Foil Epee Sabre Sabre Epee Epee Epee Sabre

2009-12 (1)

48-18

.727

Epee

.538 .795 .667 .538 .640 .740

Sabre Foil Sabre Sabre Sabre Epee

.853 .500 .762 .573

Epee Mgr./Epee Sabre Foil

.757 .200 .000 .854 .676 .711 .529 .813 1.000 .900 .286 .333 .747 .500 .534

Epee Epee Foil Sabre Epee Epee Foil Sabre Foil Sabre Epee Epee Foil Foil Epee

Pikna, Raymond

1974-76 (2)

Piper, Jeff

1990-93 (4)

116-18

Quaroni, Andy Quenan, Timothy Quinn, Brian Quiñonez, Diego

1982-85 (4) 1993 1986-87 (1) 2005-06 (2)

133-23 1-1 16-5 47-35

Radde, James Raley, Charles Rastellini, James Rawlings, Steven Ray, Brian Reardon, Chris Reardon, James Reardon, Sean Recoy, Martin Reilly, James Repilado, Frank Reuter, Joseph Reuter, David Reyes, Paul Ricci, John

1959-60 (1) 1943 1972 1987-89 (3) 1990, 93 (1) 1987-88 (2) 1969-71 (1) 1984-86 (2) 1970 1987-88 (1) 1943 (1) 1964 1983-86 (4) 2005 1961-63 (2)

28-9 1-4 0-1 35-6 24-11 27-11 9-8 39-9 3-0 27-3 8-20 1-2 68-23 2-2 40-35

Pinkowski, Chris

Plunkett, John Power, Conor Prendergast, Brendan Price, Arthur Progar, Michael Purdy, Dale

2008-11 (1) 1994-95 (2) 2003-04 (2) 1956-57 (1) 1973-75 (2) 2012- (1)

25-11

.694 .866

28-24 89-23 32-16 21-18 32-18 37-13

Foil Foil

Toldeo, OH Newark, NJ Nebraska City, NE Pittsburgh, PA Hackettstown, NJ Navasota, TX Worcester, MA Midland, MI Jackson, MI Danvers, MA Montpelier, VT Newark, NJ Oak Ridge, NC Chicago, IL Rochester, NY Helena, MT Chicago, IL Highlands Ranch, CO Montclair, NJ Dubois, PA Medfield, MA

Akron, OH

Simi Valley, CA

Gold Coast, Australia Wyckoff, NJ Beaumont, TX St. Petersburg, FL Chestertown, IN Sheboygan, MS Ligonier, PA

Q San Antonio, TX Shell Lake, WI Littleton, CO San Salvador, El Salvador

R Wahpeton, ND Wilmington, DE Woburn, MA New Fairfield, CT Akron, OH Cincinnati, OH Roxbury, ME Cincinnati, OH Mexico City, Mexico Staten Island, NY Havana, Cuba Pasadena, CA Bethesda, MD Los Angeles, CA Drexel Hill, PA

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Foilist Jim Russomano posted three All-America seasons while compiling a 54-15 record at the 195860 NCAA tournaments.

Steve Salimando owned a 100-17 career foil record and received the fencing program’s 1979 Walter Langford Leadership Award.

Christian Scherpe, a two-time AllAmerican at Cal State-Northridge, posted a 68-15 record at Notre Dame (’85-’86) and placed fourth at the 1986 NCAAs (also All-America).

Name

Years (MW)

Record

Pct.

Weapon

Rice, George Riechenbach, Tom Riegel, Martin Ripple, Gregory Rizzuti, Tony Ronayne, John Roney, David

1962-63 1966-68 (1) 1982 1992 (2) 1999-2000 (2) 1958-60 (2) 1943 (1)

8-4 60-29 3-1 5-3 8-2 17-4 9-8

.667 .674 .750 .625 .800 .810 .529

Sabre Epee Foil Foil/Armorer Sabre Epee Sabre

Name

Years (MW)

Record

Pct.

Weapon

1947-49 (2) 2000-01 1979-80 (2) 1961 1987 1967 (1) 1985, ‘87, ‘89 (3) 2011- (2) 1982, 84 1979 (1) 1958-60 (2) 1980-83 (4) 1934 1955-57 (3) 1953 (1) 1986 (1)

8-5 0-3 19-10 1-1 0-1 7-6 73-17 60-29 9-11 0-2 100-17 40-23 8-17 13-16 0-1 2-0

.614 .000 .660 .500 .000 .538 .823 .674 .450 .000 .855 .635 .327 .448 .000 1.000

Sabre Epee Epee Sabre Sabre Epee Sabre Epee Foil Epee/Armorer Foil Foil/Epee Epee Foil Foil Armorer/Sabre

Detroit, MI South Bend, IN Des Moines, IA Bloomfield, NJ West Caldwell, NJ Fredevick, MD Manchester, MA White Plains, NY Lincolnshire, IL Decatur, IL Caldwell, NJ Louisville, KY South Bend, IN Berwyn, PA Berwyn, IL Allentown, PA

Sabre Foil Sabre Epee Sabre Foil/Epee Sabre Foil Foil Sabre Sabre Epee Epee Sabre Foil Foil Sabre Sabre Epee Foil Sabre Foil Epee Foil Foil/Epee Sabre Epee Foil Epee Foil Sabre Sabre Sabre

Solon, OH Selden, NY Pasadena, CA Haughton, LA Seattle, WA Montclair, NJ Mansfield, OH Newark, NJ West Covina, CA Lodi, NJ Memphis, TN Overland Park, KS Krefield, Germany Murrysville, PA Rochester, NY St. Louis, MO Carmel, IN Springfield, IL San Jose, CA Chicago, IL New Berlin, WI New Berlin, WI New Berlin, WI South Bend, IN Newark, NJ Cleveland, OH Boulder, CO Forest Hills, NY Mansfield, OH Washington, D.C. South Bend, IN Tulsa, OK Galena, OH

Roney, Thomas Rooney, Ben Rooney, Patrick Rosamilia, Victor Rosamilia, Steven Rose, William Rossi, Geoffrey Rossi, Michael Roveda, Joseph Rueter, Scott Russomano, Jim Rutherford, Scott Ryan, David Ryan, Jack Ryan, John Ryder, Thomas

Hometown Medawaska, ME Alton, MA Indianapolis, IN South Bend, IN St. Louis, MO New Rochelle, NY Detroit, MI

Hometown

S Sabol, Mark Salimando, Steve Salisian, Neal Sanabria, Chris Sanderson, Sam Sayia, Robert Sazdanoff, Michael Scalera, Nick Scallon, James Scarlata, Salvatore Schaefgen, Harold Schermoly, Michael Scherpe, Christian Scherpereel, John Schirtz, Zach Schlafly, Hubert Schlehuber, Anthony Schlosser, Bob Schoolcraft, Greg Schnierle, Michael Schumacher, Alex Schumacher, Andrew Schumacher, Nick Schwalbach, Joseph Seco, Robert Seitz, Roy Seroff, Andrew Sheridan, Thomas Schwartz, David Shields, John Shipman, Richard Shipp, Thomas Shonkwiler, Joe

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1966-68 (1) 2-1 .667 1976-79 (4) 100-17 .855 2001-02 (2) 13-8 .619 1999 1-0 1.000 1999 2-0 1.000 1938-40 (2) 22-26 .459 1974-76 (2) 63-35 .643 1949-51 (3) 64-14 .820 1982 0-3 .000 1937-39 (3) 28-16 .636 1960-61 6-10 .375 1978-79 (1) 36-12 .750 1985-86 (2) 68-15 .803 1995-97 (1) 44-14 .759 2008-12 (4) 130-37 .778 1939-40 4-9 .353 2009-12 (1) 77-9 .895 1947-50 (4) 71-23 .755 2008-12(4) 148-76 .660 1967-69 (1) 9-3 .750 2003-06 (3) 45-14 .763 2006 1-1 .500 2001-04 (3) 35-14 .714 1968 2-2 .500 1936-37 (1) 33-27 .549 1972-74 (3) 59-33 .641 2008-12 (4) 95-36 .725 1966-68 (3) 64-23 .736 1958-59 (1) 5-3 .625 1957-58 0-5 .000 1951 1960-62 (2) 53-27 .589 2001 (1) 9-6 .600

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Sabreist Ron Sollitto earned All-America honors at the 1972 NCAAs (7th) and posted an 80-23 career record during the 1970-72 seasons.

All-American Brian Stone ranks second on the Notre Dame list for career epee wins (183-81; ’95’98).

Two-time AllAmerica sabreist James Taliaferro owned a 101-17 career record, also placing seventh at the 1990 NCAAs and fourth in 1992.

Record

Foilist John Tejada received Notre Dame’s 1996 DeCicco/Langford Award (most inspirational) and competed in the 1998 NCAAs.

Name

Years (MW)

Pct.

Weapon

Hometown

Siek, Jeremy Sierra, Jose Silha, Elmer Silva, Diego Slevin, Eugene Smalley, Joseph Smith, Richard Snooks, Richard Snyder, Derek Sobieraj, Michal Sollitto, Ron Songer, Thomas Spahn, Thomas Spejewski, Eugene Spitzer, Norbert St. Clair, Brian Stabrawa, David Stachowski, Russell Stearns, Matt Stone, Brian Stoutermire, Kevin Strass, John Stratter, Stewart Sullivan, Michael Sullivan, Mike Sullivan, James Suwalsky, Albert Swiney, Mark Switek, Michael Szelle, Gabor

1994-97 (4) 184-21 .898 1981 1943 (1) 6-3 .667 2007-2010 (1) 39-16 .709 1943 (1) 7-6 .538 1938-40 (2) 40-15 .727 1953-54 2-7 .222 1935-36 (1) 4-5 .444 2002-04 (3) 104-19 .846 2002-05 (4) 176-12 .936 1970-72 (3) 80-23 .753 1983 0-2 .000 1971-73 (1) 11-7 .611 1958-60 (1) 11-11 .500 1958-60 (2) 24-20 .546 1984-86 (2) 53-13 .803 1983-86 (1) 9-9 .500 1979-81 (1) 6-8 .428 2004-07 (4) 145-44 .767 1995-98 (4) 183-81 .693 1984-87 (4) 108-14 .885 1975-78 (4) 111-42 .725 1943 0-1 .000 1960-61 3-5 .375 1976-79 (4) 183-4 .979 1979-81 (2) 13-9 .590 1952 0-1 .000 1997-99 (1) 7-7 .500 1986 1-0 1.000 1999-01 (3) 134-8 .944

Foil Foil Foil Foil/Epee Sabre Sabre Epee Foil Foil Epee Sabre Mgr./Epee Epee Sabre Foil Epee Epee Foil Sabre Epee Sabre Epee Sabre Foil Sabre Foil Foil Foil Epee Sabre

Newmarket, NH Adelphi, MD Chicago, IL Greenwich, CT Peoria, IL New York, NY South Bend, IN St. Joseph, MI Chatsworth, CA Krakow, Poland Scotch Plains, NJ Greensburgh, PA Westchester, IL East Chicago, IN Green Bay, WI Huntington Station, NY Oak Lawn, IL Lindstrom, MN Minnetrista, MN Hackettstown, NJ Troy, MI Glenview, IL Sharon, PA Kalamazoo, MI Peabody, MA Walpole, NH Leavenworth, KS Tulsa, OK Houston, TX Budapest, Hungary

Tadrowski, Don Taliaferro, James Tan, Desney Tansey, James Tate, Jack Tawadros, Adele Taylor, Tim Tearney, Thomas Tejada, John Terreault, Matthew Thanhouser, Bill Thompson, James Tietz, Joel Till, Mark Tindell, Kevin Tivenius, Jan Todd, Michael Townsend, William Trayers, Frederick Trisko, Michael Truog, James Tschetter, John Turgeon, Joseph Tyler, David

1954-56 (2) 1990-92 (3) 1995 1958 1962-63 (1) 1973 1969-72 (3) 1940-42 (1) 1996-98 (3) 2004 (1) 2006-2009 (4) 1979-82 (4) 1980-83 (4) 1978-79 (2) 1979-82 (4) 1983 (1) 1956 1986 (1) 1988, ‘90 (2) 1989-92 (4) 1993 1966-67 (2) 1975-77 (2) 2000-01 (1)

76-18 101-17 1-1 0-1 11-6 0-2 70-28 6-11 97-39 7-2 174-51 98-34 78-28 1-0 94-32 45-3 0-2 11-3 14-3 64-14 2-3 10-3 32-17 14-12

.808 .856 .500 .000 .647 .000 .715 .353 .713 .778 .773 .742 .736 1.000 .746 .937 .000 .783 .824 .821 .400 .769 .653 .538

Epee Sabre Sabre Epee Foil Epee Epee Sabre Foil Epee Sabre Foil Sabre Mgr./Foil Epee Epee Foil Foil Foil Foil Sabre Sabre Epee Epee

Chicago, IL Montclair, NJ Monroe, LA Caracas, Venezuela Allentown, PA South Bend, IN Columbus, IL Chicago, IL Brooklyn, NY Boonton, NJ Portland, OR Oberlin, OH Somerville, NJ Houston, TX Newark, NJ Orebor, Sweden Chicago, IL Guaynabo, Puerto Rico Peabody, MA Northfield, IL Waukesha, WI South Bend, IN East Hartford, CT Somers, CT

Ubbing, William Vaggo, Bjorne Valdiserri, Thomas

1974-76 (2) 1977-78 (2) 1978-80 (2)

28-7 30-2 24-12

.800 .938 .670

Epee Epee Sabre

T

U-V Columbus, OH Goteborg, Sweden South Bend, IN

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Men’s All-Time Roster Jeff Wartgow received the 1997 Dan Mulligan Award for sabre team leadership and concluded his career with a 12362 regular-season record.

All-America foilist Jim Waters owned a 48-20 record and capped his career with a 10th-place finish at the 1955 NCAAs.

Grzegorz Wozniak compiled a 154-48 career record and received the Donlon Epee Leadersip Award from 199294.

Foilist Noel Young racked up a 30-6 record at the NCAAs while posting AllAmerica finishes in both 1990 and ’91.

Name

Years (MW)

Record

Pct.

Weapon

Valdiserri, Richard Valentino, Paul Valerio, Michael Van der Velden, Mike Vaughan, Timothy Veit, Francis Venerus, Joseph Vermeersch, David Viamontes, George Viamontes, George, Jr. Vincent, John Vivado, Guillermo Viviani, Jan Vizcarrondo, Julio Vogt, Paul Vozella, John

1975, ‘77 (1) 1978-79 (1) 1979, ‘81 (1) 1983-86 (4) 1984-87 (4) 1941-42 (2) 1966-67 (2) 1978-80 (2) 1971-73 (2) 1999-2001 (1) 1947-50 (2) 1958 2000-03 (4) 1954-56 (3) 1989-90 (2) 1974-75 (2)

14-19 12-6 6-8 137-41 80-19 19-9 8-2 13-9 43-15 30-6 45-25 0-1 162-20 27-15 31-8 37-33

.424 .667 .428 .770 .808 .672 .800 .590 .741 .833 .644 .000 .890 .642 .795 .528

Sabre Sabre Foil Foil Epee Epee Foil Foil Sabre Sabre Epee Foil Epee Foil Epee Sabre

South Bend, IN Clarkston, MI Phoenixville, PA Seattle, WA North Andover, MA Grand Rapids, MI Woodbridge, NJ Grand Rapids, MI St. Louis, MO Chesterfield, MO Amarillo, TX La Paz, Bolivia Haworth, NJ San Juan, Puerto Rico Gretna, LA Reading, MA

Hometown

Epee Epee Sabre Foil Mgr./Epee Foil Epee Epee Foil Sabre Sabre Epee Foil Epee Epee Sabre Foil Foil Foil Foil Epee Foil Foil Foil Foil Foil/Sabre Epee Epee Sabre

Utica, NY Minneapolis, MN Bristol, IN N/A Chicago, IL St. Louis, MO Hartford, CT Greenfield, WI Londonderry, NH Indianapolis, IN Golden, CO Sharon, PA Manhatten, MT New Orleans, LA Columbus, OH Philadelphia, PA Hinsdale, IL Hinsdale, IL Lebanon, TN Lebanon, TN Sterling Heights, MI Arlington, VA Lorain, OH Detroit, MI South Bend, IN South Bend, IN Fremont, OH Chicago, IL Wildwood, NJ

Foil Foil Sabre Epee Sabre

Hong Kong, China Brisbane, Australia New York, NY Dearborn, MI Kansas City, KS

W Wagner, John Walker, Kevin Walker, Robert Wallace, George Walsh, Brian Walsh, James Walsh, Robert Walter, Robert Walton, Forest Warnicke, Edward Wartgow, Jeffrey Wassil, John Waters, Jim Watters, John Waugh, Richard Weir, William Westrick, Howard Westrick, Robert Wheaton, Joe Wheaton, Kelly White, Richard Whitesell, Frank Wilke, William Wilkowski, Joseph Witucki, Robert Witucki, Ralph Wolfe, Michael Wozniak, Grzegorz Wursta, John

1961-63 (2) 28-29 .492 1984-86 (1) 14-7 .667 1962 (1) 1939-40 0-4 .000 1987 1-2 .333 1950-52 (3) 36-18 .667 1985-86 (1) 10-11 .476 1961-63 10-10 .500 2000-01, ’03-04 (4) 158-35 .819 1956-57 0-3 .000 1994-97 (4) 123-62 .665 1959-60 (1) 6-6 .500 1953-55 (1) 48-20 .706 1943 (1) 11-6 .647 1971-73 (3) 37-12 .755 1947-48 1-2 .333 1954 0-1 .000 1948, ‘50 (1) 19-4 .826 1978-80 (1) 9-5 .640 1980-82 (1) 8-7 .573 1973 (1) 5-4 .556 1973 0-3 .000 1964 0-2 .000 1972, ‘74 5-9 .357 1943 (1) 3-4 .429 1947-49 (3) 45-24 .452 1990-91 8-6 .571 1991-94 (4) 154-48 .762 1958-60 (1) 9-13 .409

Y-Z Yau, Warren Young, Noel Yu, Dan Zarrow, Andrew Zerbst, John

Zodda, Andrew Zuck, Avery Zwettler, Michael

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1970-72 (3) 1990-91 (2) 1987-89, ‘91 (4) 1965 1937-38 (2)

2005-06 (1) 2008-11 (4) 1960-61

35-28 60-7 107-18 2-1 25-8

30-8 135-25 1-6

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.555 .870 .856 .667 .758

.789 .844 .143

Foil Sabre Foil

Berwyn, PA Beaverton, OR Upland, CA

All-American Pia Albertson posted a 37-2 season record, placed 10th at the 1984 NCAAs and received the ’84 women’s foil MVP Award (as did her sister Charlotte, in ’83).

Foilist Amee Appel totaled a 215-65 career record (’95’98) while training with four-time AllAmericans Sara Walsh and Myriah Brown and 1995 NCAA runner-up Maria Panyi.

Meagan Call finished her career with a 168-52 record in epee and was the recipient of the 2003 women’s epee MVP award for the Irish.

Epeeist Kim DeMaio (’98-’01) posted a 95-75 career record and received the Notre Dame fencing program’s 2001 Langford Leadership Award.

A Name

Years (MW)

Record

Pct.

Weapon

Al-Aali, Ghadeer Albertson, Charlotte Albertson, Pia Almeida, Beatriz Alokolaro, Pauline Ament, Andrea Ameli, Nicole Appel, Amee Arndt, Kimberly

2000 1983 (1) 1984 (1) 2009-12 (4) 2000-01 (1) 2002-05 (4) 2012- (1) 1995-98 (4) 1992-94 (3)

5-2 51-10 37-2 127-37 13-4 164-15 39-26 215-65 72-17

.714 .836 .949 .774 .765 .916 .600 .768 .828

Epee Foil Foil Sabre Sabre Foil Epee Foil Foil

Barreda, Anne Bathon, Elizabeth Bautista, Melanie Beck, Rachel Behnke, Susan Bonifert, Joan Borrmann, Sarah Boutsikaris, Liza Brown, Myriah Burns, Anne Bustamante, Natalie Buzard, Catherine

1987-91 (4) 1978-81 (4) 2005-07 (3) 2011- (2) 1979 (1) 1972-74 2008-2011 (4) 2000-03 (4) 1996-99 (4) 1982-83 (2) 2003-05 (3) 1975-76 (1)

159-24 73-37 147-46 64-20 10-4 14-15 185-42 168-37 291-28 26-23 66-34 44-47

Call, Meagan Camacho, Adriana Campos, Angela Carney, Dorothy Carnick, Anna Caruso, Elizabeth Chimahusky, Rebecca Clark, Susan Connor, Margaret Connor, Marielle Cota, Rachel Couri, Gina

2000-03 (4) 2011- (2) 2000-02 1979-80 (2) 2000-03 (4) 1993-95 (2) 2003-06 (4) 2000-2002 (1) 1988-91 (2) 2004-06 (3) 2005-08 (4) 1997-99 (3)

168-52 67-14 0-4 68-15 179-43 63-30 144-56 10-3 53-35 55-12 135-48 70-18

Dailey, Elizabeth Davis, Danielle Dawes, Colleen de Bruin, Claudette DeMaio, Kimberly Dikibo, Caroline

1998-2000 (1) 2002-05 (4) 2009-12 1993-96 (4) 1998-01 (4) 2010-

19-8 125-35 21-20 235-24 95-75 28-20

Hometown Manama, Bahrain Goteborg, Sweden Frolunda, Sweden Chappaqua, NY Seattle, WA Gates Mills, OH Las Vegas, NV Hackettstown, NJ Romeo, MI

B .868 .663 .762 .762 .714 .483 .814 .820 .912 .531 .660 .484

Foil Peabody, MA Foil Hanover, PA Foil Dayton, OH Foil Tucson, AZ Foil Battle Creek, MI Foil N/A Sabre/Epee Beaverton, OR Foil Sparta, NJ Foil Mishawaka, IN Foil Columbus, OH Epee Bakersfield, CA Foil Lake Forest, IL

C .764 .827 .000 .810 .806 .677 .720 .769 .602 .821 .738 .795

Epee Foil Foil Foil Epee Foil Epee Epee Foil Epee Foil Foil

Eugene, OR Puebla, Mexico San Diego, CA Sanford, NC South Bend, IN Hampton, VA Bartlesville, OK Harbeson, DE Oakland, NJ Atlanta, GA Altadena, CA East Peoria, IL

.704 .781 .512 .907 .559 .583

Foil Sabre Sabre Epee/Foil Epee Epee

Moline, IL Grand Rapids, MI Golden, CO Wilsonville, OR Pompton Lakes, NJ Houston, TX

D

DiNicola, Sharon Dougherty, Corinne Durney, Tara

1981-84 (4) 1992-94 (2) 1987

108-83 72-18 1-2

.725 .800 .333

Foil Foil Foil

Huntington, NY Waukesha, WI Dallas, TX

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Women’s All-Time Roster Kiersten Ferguson’s finished her Irish career with a 11480 record (’98-’00) in the epee.

Anne Hayes (’96’97) compiled a 90-26 career record, with her .776 winning percentage now ranking 11th in Irish women’s epee history.

Lynn Kadri (’88-’91) owned a 137-42 career record and received the fencing program’s 1991 Langford Foil Leadership Award.

Mindi Kalogera’s 248-63 foil record from 1993-96 ranks as the fourthhighest victory total by any Notre Dame women’s fencer.

E-F Efta, Christine Emilian, Beth Enydedy, Louise Feher, Mary-Hope Ferguson, Kiersten Fischer, Marit Fischer, Sally Filkins, Jessie Flanagan, Katie Foley, Maig Foley, Terri Foster, Channing

1999 2002-04 (2) 1978-80 2002 1998-2000 (3) 1994 (1) 1972-74 2001-02 (1) 2000-01 (2) 2000 1977-79 (1) 2012- (1)

8-3 43-15 25-31 2-4 114-81 29-10 26-39 44-23 54-32 0-1 10-13 33-26

.727 .741 .446 .333 .585 .744 .400 .657 .628 .000 .714 .545

Epee/Foil Foil Foil Sabre Epee Epee Foil Sabre Sabre/Foil Foil Foil Epee

South Bend, IN Fort Wayne, IN N/A Berwyn, PA Winston Salem, NC Fort Pierre, SD Elkhart, IN Wilmette, IL North Hills, PA Seabrook, TX Chicago, IL Washington, D.C.

Name

Years (MW)

Record

Gallagher, Maura Garcia, Dinamarie Gase, Linda Gerard, Carole Gerard, Terri

1994 (1) 1993-94 (2) 50-29 .633 1984-86 (1) 34-13 .723 1982-84 (1) 27-24 .529 1980 0-3 .000

Pct.

Weapon

Hometown

G

Girardi, Danielle Goulet, Brigette

Guilfoyle, Danielle

1994 1981

2010- (2)

7-0 1-1

1.000 .500

67-9

.882

Epee Foil Foil Foil Foil

Yonkers, NY Monegan Lake, NY Tarzana, CA Norridge, IL Norridge, IL

Epee Foil

Winnetka, IL South Bend, IN

Sabre

Pittstown, NJ

H Haradem, Denise Hartman, Grace

1978-81 (1) 2010- (3)

19-28

.404

97-27

.782

61-23 90-26 73-11 0-0 313-70 67-39 16-9 153-15 213-23 126-21

.755 .776 .869 – .817 .632 .640 .911 .903 .857

Hassett, Eileen Haugh, Kelly

2008-2011 (4) 1989-92 (1)

Inghram, Jill Jordan, Maggie Kadri, Lynn Kalogera, Aimee Kalogera, Mindi Kellmann, Suzanne Kelly, Tara Kluge, Susan Kohn, Julia

2001-03 (1) 23-14 .622 2001-04 (4) 168-58 (83-36 foil; 85-22 sabre) .743 1988-91 (4) 137-42 .602 1997-2000 (4) 129-62 .675 1993-96 (4) 248-63 .797 2000 0-1 .000 1989-92 (4) 115-21 .846 1979 6-12 .333 2010-11 8-5 .615

Haugh, Rachel Hayes, Anne Heinzen, Katie Helmich, Adria Hoos, Anne Housing, Erin Housing, Kirsten Hurley, Courtney Hurley, Kelley Hynes, Janice

1989-92 (2) 1996-97 (2) 2009-11 (3) 2006 1995-98 (4) 2005-07 (1) 2000-2002 (2) 2009-11, (3) 2007-2010 (4) 1986-89 (4)

175-68 63-14

.729 .818

Foil

Foil

Sabre Foil Foil Epee Foil Epee Epee Sabre Epee Epee Epee Foil

Avon, OH

St. Paul, MN

Beaverton, OR Portland, OR

Portland, OR South Bend, IN Fairfax, VA Sandea Park, NM Wilmette, IL New Lenox, IL New Lenox, IL San Antonio, TX San Antonio, TX Peabody, MA

I-K

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Foil Foil/Sabre Foil Foil Foil Foil Foil Foil Sabre

Grand Rapids, MI Maplewood, NJ Chatham, NJ Wyckoff, NJ Wyckoff, NJ Fremont, CA Fort Sam Houston, TX N/A Wilmette, IL

Foilist Brenda Leiser (’86-’89) posted a 119-32 career record while also competing in the 1988 and ’89 NCAAs.

Natalia Mazur finished her sabre career with an .881 winning percentage (111-15), which ranks in the top 10 for career winning percentage in the weapon.

Kimberlee Montoya nearly claimed 200 career wins, finishing her epee career with 192 victories (192-54) and a career winning percentage of .780.

Record

Epeeist Amy Orlando finished her illustrious career with a record of 172-59 (.745) as well as receiving the 2006 women’s epee MVP award for the Irish.

Name

Years (MW)

Pct.

Weapon

Hometown

Kowalski, Celeste Kralicek, Kristin Krol, Magda Kryczalo, Alicja

1983-85 (1) 14-12 .538 1987-90 (4) 142-30 .826 1997-2000 (4) 230-30 (167-21 epee; 63-9 foil) .885 2002-05 (4) 161-12 .931

Foil Foil Epee/Foil Foil

South Hampton, PA Portland, OR Vancouver, British Columbia Gdansk, Poland

L LaBarge, Christina

Lacity, Karen Lambert, Barbara Landgraf, Jocelyn Lansford, Marcella Lara, Evelyn Leighton, Eleanor Leiser, Brenda Long, Elise Lubold, Nikki

2009-12 (3)

1977-79 (2) 1981-84 (4) 2003- (2) 1979-82 (4) 1979 2007 (1) 1986-89 (4) 1981 2008

60-25

.706

56-24 25-25 23-12

.700 .500 .657

108-45 2-1 34-6 119-32 1-0 14-13

.640 .667 .850 .788 1.000 .519

Foil

Pasadena, CA

Foil Foil Epee

Margate, NJ Scituate, MA West Hills, CA

Foil Foil Epee Foil Foil Epee

Angola, IN Memphis, TN Mishawaka, IN Portland, OR Wayzata, MN Scottsdale, AZ

M Malynn, Darsie Mazur, Natalia McCann, Mary McCullough, Carianne McKenna, Mary McNamara, Denise McNeill, Stephanie Marafino, Michelle Marciniak, Christine Marshall, Mary Medina, Melissa Messersmith, Phenix

2009-12 (4) 133-37 .782 2000-01, ‘04 (3) 111-15 .881 1980-81 (2) 22-11 .667 2000-2002 (3) 161-38 .809 2000-2002 (1) 0-1 .000 1972 4-3 .571 1988-89 (1) 34-6 .850 1997-99 (2) 54-54 .500 1976-77 (1) 24-14 .632 1981-83 (1) 19-23 .452 2012 1-6 .143 2010- (2) 89-49 (40-8 foil; 49-41 epee) .645

Foil Sabre Foil Sabre Foil Foil Foil Epee Foil Foil Epee Foil/Epee

Grapevine, TX Summit, NJ Palm Desert, CA Philadelphia, PA Aurora, IL N/A Winnetka, IL Rochester, NY Chicago, IL Newton, MA Long Beach, CA El Cerrito, CA

Montoya, Kimberlee Morrison, Kathleen Mowchan, Donna Muller, Tiffany Mustilli, Nicole Myers, Stephanie

2006-2009 (4) 1981-84 (2) 2000-01 (2) 2003-05 (2) 1996-99 (4) 2009-12 (1)

192-54 27-20 33-14 28-10 (10-1 F, 18-9 S) 304-51 37-35

.780 .475 .702 .737 .855 .514

Epee Foil Sabre Foil/Sabre Foil/Epee Epee

Las Vegas, NV Indianapolis, IN McMurray, PA Midlothian, VA South Orange, NJ El Paso, TX

1995 (1) 2008-09, ‘11, - (3) 2010- (3) 2006-2009 (4) 1997 1981, ‘83-’84 (1) 1975-76 1972-74 2004-07 (4) 1998-2000 (3) 2010- (2)

47-23 126-16 97-39 223-35 2-1 14-14 4-9 50-25 172-59 39-10 62-28

.671 .887 .713 .864 .667 .500 .308 .667 .745 .796 .689

Epee Epee Sabre Foil Epee Foil Foil Foil Epee Foil Sabre

Milo, Destanie

2001-04 (4)

166-36

.822

Sabre

Knox, IN

N-O Nieboer, Elizabeth Nelip, Ewa Nichols, Abigail Nott, Adrienne O’Boyle, Kathleen O’Connell, Joanne O’Donnell, Trish Offerle, Judy Orlando, Amy Orsi, Kelly Osier, Lian

South Bend, IN Katowice, Poland Concord, MA Pittsford, NY Oceanport, NJ Monterey, MA Palos Heights, IL Fort Wayne, IN Brookline, MA Crystal Lake, IL Battle Ground, WA

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Women’s All-Time Roster Vittoria Quaroni (’84-’87) and Andy Quaroni became Notre Dame’s first brother-sister combination ever to compete in the NCAAs (Vittoria owned a 119-43 career foil record).

Foilist Hayley Reese became the 20th four-time AllAmerican in Irish program history, ending her career with a record of 191-40 (.826).

Epeeist Colleen Smerek (’95, ’97) racked up a 164-44 record in regularseason bouts and competed in the 1995 NCAAs.

Foilist Molly Sullivan became the first woman to earn AllAmerica honors on four occasions while also graduating with the best NCAA Championship winning percentage of .915 (54-5).

Hometown

P-Q Name

Years (MW)

Record

Pct.

Weapon

Palazzoto, Kathryn Panyi, Maria Paulina, Nicole Piper, Heidi Prot, Emilie Providenza, Valerie Quaroni, Vittoria

2010- (3) 1994-95 (2) 1996-99 (4) 1989-92 (4) 2006-2009 (3) 2004-07 (4) 1984-87 (4)

73-34 146-3 216-68 152-15 146-51 191-30 119-43

.682 .980 .761 .910 .741 .864 .735

Sabre Foil Foil Foil Foil Sabre Foil

Nutley, NJ Budapest, Hungary South Orange, NJ Brisbane, Australia Limoges, France Beaverton, OR San Antonio, TX

Real, Monica Reese, Hayley Ries, Noelle Riley, Erin Rodriguez, Anna Rosa, Vanessa

2004-06 (2) 2008-2011 (4) 1993-94 (1) 2001-02 (1) 2005-07 (1) 2008- (2)

15-8 191-40 41-15 18-4 32-2 81-63

.652 .826 .732 .818 .941 .563

Foil Foil Foil Epee Epee Epee

Drexel Hill, PA Crestwood, KY Mount Holly, NJ Waldorf, MD El Zompapero, Guatemala El Paso, TX

1995, ‘97 (2) 1985 (1) 1998-99, ‘01 (2)

144-38 13-7 44-50

.791 .650 .468

Foil Foil Epee/Foil Foil Foil Foil Sabre Epee Epee Foil Epee Foil Epee Epee Sabre Foil Foil Foil Foil Epee Foil Foil

Grand Rapids, MI Columbus, OH Iowa City, IA Orange, NJ Franklin Lakes, NJ Worcester, MA Fairfield, CA Hiram, OH Cincinnati, OH Anderson, IN Tauberbischofsheim, Germany South Amboy, NJ Dunedin, FL North Andover, MA Conway, NH West Orange, NJ South Bend, IN Orlando, FL Edina, MN

1998 (1) 2003-05 (2) 1995, ’97 (2) 2000-02

10-8 30-10 75-47 1-3

.556 .750 .615 .250

Epee Sabre Epee Sabre

Morris, IL Lubbock, TX St. Joseph, MI Deer Park, TX

R

S Saari, Rose Sardegna, Christina Salb, Teri

Sarkisova, Radmila Scanlon, Patricia Schuster, Kathryn Serrette, Ashley Severson, Ashley Shannon, Ashley Shilts, Mary Smerek, Colleen Sollinger, Kym Sromek, Amy Stephan, Madeleine Stepien, Marta Stough, Stacey Sullivan, Molly Sullivan, Janet Sully, Mary Jean Sutton, Jennifer Sutton, Michelle Sweetser, Sara

2009-12 (4) 1979 2001-02 (1) 2006-2009 (4) 2012- (1) 1994-96 (3) 1981-84 (3) 1995, ‘97 (2) 1988 1994-97 (2) 2006 (1) 2010- (3) 1997-98 (1) 1985-88 (4) 1983-86 (2) 1987-88 (2) 1996-97 (2) 2000-02 (3) 1982

142-51 1-2 11-10 234-83 36-8 149-68 67-67 113-44 7-1 65-27 60-15 92-8 30-10 160-14 106-55 41-9 19-20 41-34 3-1

.736 .333 .524 .738 .818 .687 .500 .720 .875 .707 .800 .920 .750 .919 .658 .820 .487 .547 .750

Marquette, WI Malibu, CA Hobbs, NM

T Talarico, Liz Tenner, Natalie Thieneman, Maria Treviño, Melissa

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Foilist Kathy Valdisseri, a South Bend, Ind., native, finished with a 157-29 record while also serving as the first team captain of the team after earning varsity status in 1977.

Sabreuse Angela Vincent eclipsed the .800 winning percentage for her career, finishing with a 131-32 record, good for a .804 mark.

Monica Wagner (’93-’95) compiled a 99-28 career foil record and fenced on the 1994 NCAA championship squad.

Foilist Mary Westrick (’89-’92) posted a 96-15 career record and received the program’s 1992 DeCicco/Langford Award (most inspirational).

U-V Name

Years (MW)

Record

Pct.

Weapon

Urbanic, Theresa Valdiserri, Kathy Valdiserri, Susan Varga, Elisabeth Vidaurri, Tish Vincent, Angela Vogt, Kathleen

1996-97 1973-78 (2) 1980-83 (4) 1988 1978 2004-06 (3) 1992-94 (3)

21-4 157-29 145-55 7-2 0-3 131-32 75-31

.840 .844 .725 .778 .000 .804 .708

Foil Foil Foil Foil Foil Sabre Foil

Ann Arbor, MI South Bend, IN South Bend, IN Chardon, OH San Antonio, TX Lake Oswego, OR Gretna, LA

Hometown

Wagner, Monica Walsh, Colleen Walsh, Sara Walton, Kerry Weber, Tess Weeks, Cynthia Westrick, Mary Wiessler, Lynda Willard, Mary Beth Williams, Cecila

1993-95 (2) 2003-04, 2006-07 (4) 1996-99 (4) 2001-05 (4) 1980 1984-87 (1) 1989-92 (3) 1982 (1) 2000-01 (2) 1985-86 (1)

99-28 108-39 231-7 175-28 0-4 159-57 96-15 5-8 36-10 30-10

.780 .735 .970 .862 .000 .736 .865 .385 .783 .750

Foil Foil Foil Epee Foil Foil Foil Foil Sabre Foil

Rochester, NY Monticello, IL Mishawaka, IN Londonderry, NH N/A Oakland, NJ Washington, MI Mishawaka, IN Bethel Park, PA Santa Ana, CA

Zagunis, Mariel Zeiss, Madison

2005-06(2) 2012- (1)

75-3 42-5

.962 .894

Sabre Foil

Beaverton, OR Los Angeles, CA

Zoccoli, Christina

2007- (3)

72-37

.661

Sabre

Delran, NJ

W-Z

Zielinski, Diane Zier, Marybeth

2009-12 (4) 2012

131-44 23-1

.749 .958

Epee Sabre

Bernardsville, NJ Franklin Lakes, NJ

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