Garden City High School salutes senior fencers

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Emma joined the fencing team as a freshman in high school and was a Foil Captain during her senior year. She was introduced to fencing by her sister who was previously on the fencing team. Fencing is a solitary sport, yet the Garden City team has such a deep sense of camaraderie. It's a team that is built with individuals with different backgrounds and experiences that can come together to build a supportive environment. Emma plans to participate in club fencing and to study engineering at college.

Louis joined the fencing team when he was a freshman in high school. He had never fenced before but quickly learned to love the sport and his weapon of choice — épée. In addition to fencing on the high school varsity team, he joined a local club and has participated in a number of tournaments. This past year, he qualified for the fencing junior Olympics taking place in mid-February in Denver. He also was named to the All Nassau County Second Team for his excellent fencing record during his senior year. Louis also credits the fencing varsity squad with introducing him to a group of great friends and teaching him to be part of a team. This past year, he was elected to serve as co-captain of the épée squad for his senior year. Louis intends to continue fencing as part of a club when he heads off to college. He intends to study biology and is still deciding which college he would like to attend, but he looks forward to continuing to fence, wherever he goes.

Cate Rovelli

Cate

Rovelli

Cate grew up hearing about how much fun fencing is from her neighbors, who were on the fencing team for many years. She joined the team in 9th grade as an épée fencer. Cate has enjoyed helping the younger fencers on the team during practices and loves the friends she has made over the years. Cate appreciates all of the help and guidance provided by the coaches. She placed ninth for épée in the 2022 Nassau County Individual Championships and was épée captain senior year. Cate looks forward to attending Lehigh University in the fall.