CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The MIT men's fencing team placed a program-record 14 student-athletes on the Northeast Fencing Conference (NFC) Academic All-Conference Team. In addition, the Engineers qualified for the team award for the fifth year in a row.
 
To be eligible for the Academic All-Conference Team, a fencer must have a cumulative GPA of 3.3 or higher (on a 4.0 scale) at the conclusion of the fall semester (or the grading period that ends by January in the case of a non-semester grading period), include two consecutive marking periods, and the fencer must be on the roster at least one semester (or marking term) of the current season.
 
For the team award, the average of the entire roster's cumulative GPA must be 3.3 or higher. In addition, every fencer on the roster at any point during the season is included in the team average GPA.
 
MIT Honorees
Timmy Dang (Graduate student | San Francisco, Calif.)
Alex Harris (Sr. | New York, N.Y.)
Richard Lin (Sr. | Melville, N.Y.)
Niles Liu (Jr. | Bedford, Mass.)
Patrick Xinyi Liu (Sr. | Brookline, Mass.)
Brendon Murphy (Jr. | Mount Dora, Fla.)
Surya Sakhamuri (Jr. | Sharon, Mass.)
Henry Smith (Sr. | Columbia Falls, Mont.)
Nicolas Valayannopoulos (So. | Cambridge, Mass.)
Tony Xiao (Jr. | San Ramon, Calif.)
Andy Zhang (So. | Suwanee, Ga.)
Henry Zhang (Jr. | Scarsdale, N.Y.)
Max Zhu (So. | Diamond Bar, Calif.)
Wilson Zhu (Sr. | Diamond Bar, Calif.)
 
Dang collected his fourth award while Harris, Patrick Xinyi Liu, Smith, and Wilson Zhu qualified for the third time. Lin, Niles Liu, Murphy, Sakhamuri, Xiao, and Henry Zhang were repeat honorees.
 
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