GREENSBORO, N.C. (theACC.com) – Notre Dame’s Philip Dority and Duke’s Christina Ferrari have been named the 2023 Atlantic Coast Conference Men’s and Women's Fencing Scholar-Athletes of the Year, respectively, and lead the sport’s 2023 All-ACC Academic Teams, which were announced Monday.
This year’s ACC Men’s and Women’s All-ACC Fencing Academic Teams feature a combined eight All-All-America honorees from the 2023 NCAA Championships, including national champion Eszter Muhari (women’s epee) from Notre Dame.
A junior from Lexington, Kentucky, Dority won the foil competition at the 2023 ACC Championships, downing Boston College’s Brian Wang, 15-10, in the title bout. He posted a 37-18 record in dual-meet competition during the regular season. Dority is majoring in political science at Notre Dame.
Ferrari was an NCAA Championships qualifier in foil for the third straight year in 2023, finishing just outside of All-America status with a 13th-place finish. A USFCA Second-Team All-Mid-Atlantic/South Region honoree, Ferrari went 47-8 in regular-season duals. The junior from Armonk, New York, has now been selected to the All-ACC Academic Team in each of the last three seasons. She is majoring in linguistics.
Notre Dame’s Miriam Grady earned the All-ACC Academic Team honor for the fifth time in her career. The national champion Fighting Irish had 20 honorees on the All-ACC Academic Team. Duke led all schools with 23 selections to the All-ACC Academic Team.
Academic requirements for selection to the All-ACC Academic Team are a 3.0-grade point average for the previous semester and a 3.0 cumulative average during one’s academic career. In addition, student-athletes must compete in either the ACC Championship or NCAA Championship this season in the sport of fencing.
2023 All-Atlantic Coast Conference Academic Fencing Team
MEN
Name, School, Weapon, Class, Major
Sanjeet Brar, Boston College, Sabre. Fr., Computer Science
Balint Czaha, Boston College, Sabre, Fr., Management
Daniel Gaidar, Boston College, Epee, Jr., Computer Science
Ryan Ho, Boston College, Foil, So., Undeclared
Bin Huang, Boston College, Foil, Sr., Management
Levi Hughes, Boston College, Epee, So., Economics
Inigo Rivera, Boston College, Sabre, Jr., Management
Brian Wang, Boston College, Foil, Sr., Management
Zachary Westen, Boston College, Epee, Sr., Philosophy
Colin Yu, Boston College, Epee, Jr., Management
Allen Marakov, Duke, Epee, So., Undeclared
Brian Lee, Duke, Foil, Jr. , Mathematics
Cam Evans, Duke, Foil, So., Political Science
Danny Campbell III, Duke, Epee, Sr., Mechanical Engineering
Ethan Nguyen, Duke, Epee, So., Undeclared
Finn Hossfeld, Duke, Foil, Sr., Public Policy
Justin Morrill, Duke, Sabre, Fr., Undeclared
Lukas Dannull, Duke, Sabre, So., Statistical Science
Ryan Pelosky, Duke, Foil, So., Undeclared
Stephen Kim, Duke, Sabre, Jr., English
Terence Lee, Duke, Sabre, Sr., Mathematics
Nick Baumstein, North Carolina, Foil, Fr., Undecided
Xavier Hilbert, North Carolina, Epee, Sr., Computer Science
Alec Mulvaney, North Carolina, Sabre, Jr., Business Administration
Will Palazzolo, North Carolina, Foil, Sr., Business Administration
Nathan Paolini, North Carolina, Epee, Jr., Exercise and Sport Science
Henry Shugart, North Carolina, Epee, Sr., Statistics
Nicky Wind, North Carolina, Sabre, Fr., Economics
Elden Wood, North Carolina, Sabre, Fr., Undecided
Nicholas Candela, Notre Dame, Epee, Jr.
Hunter Candreva, Notre Dame, Epee, Sr., Finance, Political Science
Philip Dority^, Notre Dame, Foil, Jr., Political Science
Sean Moon, Notre Dame, Sabre, Jr., Finance
Henry Nadile, Notre Dame, Sabre, So., Political Science
Marcello Olivares, Notre Dame, Foil, Sr., Business Analytics
Maruan Osman Touson, Notre Dame, Epee, Fr.
Charles Oursler, Notre Dame, Foil, Fr., Pre-Health Studies
Jared Smith, Notre Dame, Sabre, Gr., Master of Science Business Analytics
Jason Zhao, Notre Dame, Foil, Fr., PreProfessional
WOMEN
Taylor Cho, Boston College, Foil, So., Economics
Samantha Davidson, Boston College, Foil, Sr., Environmental Science
Greta DeBack, Boston College, Foil, Fr., Political Science
Gianina DiDonato, Boston College, Epee, Sr., Philosophy
Katarina Hone, Boston College, Sabre, Sr., International Studies
Anisha Kundu, Boston College, Epee, So., Management
Rachel Liu, Boston College, Sabre, Jr., History
Emma Su, Boston College, Sabre, Fr., Biology
Samantha Yeh, Boston College, Foil, Jr., Management
Monica Balakrishnan, Duke, Epee, Fr., Undeclared
Chloe Beittel, Duke, Epee, Jr., Marine Science & Conservation
Christina Ferrari^, Duke, Foil, Jr., Linguistics
Skylar Knight, Duke, Foil, Fr., Undeclared
Rachel Koo, Duke, Foil, Fr., Undeclared
Rachel Kowalsky, Duke, Epee, So., Undeclared
Sarah Lurye, Duke, Epee, So., Psychology
Hava Stone, Duke, Sabre, Fr., Undeclared
Lulu Tang, Duke, Foil, Jr., Computer Science
Kunling Tong, Duke, Sabre, Fr., Undeclared
Zsofia Walter, Duke, Sabre, Sr., Mathematics
Anneke Zegers, Duke, Sabre, Sr., English
Tarleton Hunt, North Carolina, Foil, So., Environmental Studies
Toma Kobozeva, North Carolina, Sabre, So., Psychology
Sophia Mandour, North Carolina, Foil, Sr., Media and Journalism
Katie McGillion-Moore, North Carolina, Foil, Fr., Undecided
Nicole Milewski, North Carolina, Epee, Fr., Exercise and Sport Science
Sofia Molho, North Carolina, Foil, Jr., Business Administration
Abigale Parker, North Carolina, Sabre, Sr., Economics
Isabella Summers, North Carolina, Epee, So., Chemistry
Iman Tucker, North Carolina, Sabre, So., Psychology
Amita Berthier, Notre Dame, Foil, Sr., Sociology
Rebeca Candescu, Notre Dame, Foil, So., Neuroscience and Behavior
Emily Chang, Notre Dame, Sabre, So., Finance
Miriam Grady, Notre Dame, Epee, Gr.
Atara Greenbaum, Notre Dame, Sabre, Jr., Marketing
Imogen Harrison, Notre Dame, Sabre, Jr., Design and Marketing
Michaela Joyce, Notre Dame, Epee, Fr., Theology
Kara Linder, Notre Dame, Sabre, Gr., Global Health
Paige Luong, Notre Dame, Foil, Sr., Science - Business
Julia McKenna, Notre Dame, Foil, Sr., Sociology
Eszter Muhari, Notre Dame, Epee, Fr.
Amanda Pirkowski, Notre Dame, Epee, Jr., Film, Television and Theater, Marketing
Nicole Pustilnik,Notre Dame, Foil, So., Neuroscience and Behavior
Karina Yaroshenko, Notre Dame, Foil, Jr., Business Analytics
^denotes ACC Scholar-Athletes of the Year