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2024-25 MIT Men's Fencing Roster

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Alex Harris

  • Height 5-6
  • Year Senior
  • Hometown New York, N.Y.
  • High School Hunter College HS
  • Weapon Sabre
  • Major Mechanical Engineering

Biography

Top Finishes
The Big One Invitational Tied for Third Place (November 4, 2023)
New England Championship 10th Place (February 25, 2023)
NCAA Northeast Regional Championship 23rd Place (March 12, 2023)


Accolades:
- NFC Sabre All-Star (Second Team: 2021-22)
- NFC Academic All-Conference Team (2022-23, 2023-24)
- USFCA Scholar of Distinction (2021-22, 2022-23)
- USFCA All-Academic Team (2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24)


2023-24 [INDIVIDUAL RESULTS]
- Overall record: 26-28
- NFC record: 9-9
- Tied for third place at The Big One Invitational (11/4)
- Finished 35th at the NCAA Northeast Regional Championship (3/10)

2022-23 [INDIVIDUAL RESULTS]
- Overall record: 29-23
- NFC record: 16-5
- Ranked 23rd at the NCAA Northeast Regional Championship (3/12)
- Finished 14th at The Big One Invitational (11/5)
- Finished 10th at the New England Championship (2/25)


2021-22 [INDIVIDUAL RESULTS]
- Overall record: 19-10
- NFC record: 18-5
- Ranked 12th at the New England Championship (2/26)
- Finished 16th at The Big One Invitational (11/7)


Favorite Sports Memory:
- Winning the city championship in JV flag football in sixth grade.


Favorite Moment as an MIT Student-Athlete:
- Winning the Vitale Cup


Off the Fencing Strip at MIT:
- Majoring in mechanical engineering with a minor in computer science
- Research: UROPs at CSAIL, Newman Lab, MIT HAUS
- Engineers Without Borders treasurer
- Sigma Nu treasurer
- Camp Kesem
- Orientation Leader
- Associate Advisor


High School:
- Graduated from Hunter College High School
- Bowling team MVP
- Second place individual in the PSAL Manhattan boys bowling championship
- 2021 USA Fencing All-Academic First Team


Club:
- Sheridan Fencing Academy
- Second Place: Cadet Men's Saber (2018 Cobra Challenge SYC/RCC/Y8, 2019 Mission RJCC)
- Third Place: Junior Men's Saber (2019 Mission RJCC)
- C18 rating

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22First Year

    Sabre
    5'6"
  • 2022-23Sophomore

    Sabre
    5'6"
  • 2023-24Junior

    Sabre
    5'6"
  • 2024-25Senior

    Sabre
    5'6"