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2024-25 MIT Men's Fencing Roster

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Ricky Bassman
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Patrick Xinyi Liu

  • Height 5-10
  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Brookline, Mass.
  • High School Brookline
  • Weapon Epee
  • Major Computer Science

Biography

Top Finishes
The Big One Invitational First Place - Foil (November 7, 2021)
New England Championship First Place - Foil (February 26, 2022)
NCAA Northeast Regional Championship 10th Place - Foil (March 13, 2022)
14th Place - Epee (March 10, 2024)
NCAA Championship Eighth Place - Foil (March 27, 2022)


Accolades:
- NCAA All-America - Foil (2021-22)
- USFCA National Collegiate Foil All-America Second Team (2021-22)
- USFCA Division III Foil All-America First Team (2021-22, 2022-23)
- USFCA Division III Epee All-America Second Team (2023-24)
- NFC Foil All-Star Second Team (2021-22)
- USFCA National Collegiate Foil Northeast All-Region Team Honorable Mention (2021-22)
- USFCA Division III Epee Northeast All-Region Team (2023-24)
- USFCA Division III Foil Northeast All-Region Team (2021-22, 2022-23)
- College Sports Communicators Academic All-America At-Large Second Team (2022-23)
- College Sports Communicators At-Large Academic All-District Team (2022-23)
- NFC Academic All-Conference Team (2022-23, 2023-24)
- USFCA Scholar of Distinction (2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24)
- USFCA All-Academic Team (2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24)


2023-24 [INDIVIDUAL RESULTS]
- Overall record (epee): 24-16
- NFC record (epee): 10-6
- Finished in 14th place in epee at the NCAA Northeast Regional Championship

2022-23 [INDIVIDUAL RESULTS]
- Overall record (foil): 41-6
- NFC record (foil): 7-2
- Finished 16th in foil at the NCAA National Collegiate Championship (3/24)
- Ranked 16th in foil at the NCAA Northeast Regional Championship (3/12)
- Tied for third place in foil at The Big One Invitational (11/5)


2021-22 [INDIVIDUAL RESULTS]
- Overall record (foil): 31-13
- NFC record (foil): 19-5
- Finished eighth in foil at the NCAA Championship (3/27)
- Ranked 10th in foil at the NCAA Northeast Regional Championship (3/13)
- Placed first in foil at the New England Championship (2/26)
- Captured first place in foil at The Big One Invitational (11/7)


Favorite Sports Memory:
- Winning silver at the Pan American Games with the Canadian National Team


Favorite Moment as an MIT Student-Athlete:
- Placing eighth at the NCAA Championship in my freshman year and winning All-America Honors 


Off the Fencing Strip at MIT:
- Majoring in computer science with a concentration in music
- Research: UROP at the MCSC
- President of Asian American Association
- MIT Consulting Group
- Phi Delta Theta fraternity 


High School:
- Graduated from Brookline High School
- National Honor Society
- Harvard Prize Book Award
- President's Volunteer Service Award Program Gold Medal Recipient


Club:
- Marx Fencing Academy
- 54th in Senior World Rankings in the ('22-'23 season)
- 18th in Junior World Rankings ('19-'20 season)
- 2023 Canadian Senior National Team
- Seven-time Canada Cup/Canadian Nationals Champion
- Silver Medal (Senior Team): 2023 Pan American Games, 2023 Pan American Championships
- Silver Medal (Junior Team): 2020 Pan American Championships
- Third Place: Division I Individual (2021 June North American Cup)
- Fifth Place: Junior Individual (2020 Guatemala City Junior World Cup)

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22First Year

    Foil
    5'10"
  • 2022-23Sophomore

    Foil
    5'10"
  • 2023-24Junior

    Epee
    5'10"
  • 2024-25Senior

    Epee
    5'10"