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2022-23 MIT Men's Fencing Roster

Aryo Patel

  • Height 5-5
  • Year Junior
  • Hometown Wilmette, Ill.
  • High School New Trier
  • Weapon Foil
  • Major Mathematics

Biography

Top Finishes
The Big One Invitational 13th Place (November 7, 2021)
New England Championship n/a
NCAA Northeast Regional Championship n/a


Accolades:
- NFC Academic All-Conference Team (2021-22, 2022-23)
- USFCA Scholar of Distinction (2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23)
- USFCA All-Academic Team (2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23)


2022-23 [INDIVIDUAL RESULTS]
- Overall record: 0-0
- NFC record: 0-0
- Finished 40th at The Big One Invitational (11/5)


2021-22 [INDIVIDUAL RESULTS]
- Overall record: 15-1
- NFC record: 12-0
- Finished 13th at The Big One Invitational (11/7)


2020-21
- Did not compete as the season was cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic


Favorite Sports Memory:
- The Big One -- the tournament was very high energy and the team bonding the night before was great fun.


Favorite Moment as an MIT Student-Athlete:
- Fencing bonding parties after tournaments.


Off the Fencing Strip at MIT:
- Majoring in mathematics
- Internships: Floating Point Group (software engineering); Microsoft
- Research: UROP under Andrew Lo on indicators of market crashes
- MIT VentureCap
- SBC


High School:
- Graduated from New Trier High School
- Two-year captain
- Midwest Open Champion
- State runner-up and Great Lakes Fencing Conference runner-up
- Four-time All-Conference
- Two-time MVP and four-time Academic Scholar
- 90 percent win rate on high school circuit
- Was also a member of the track and field team
- National Merit finalist
- Four-time Honor Roll qualifier
- Cyber-security (CS) Club founder, music tutoring club


Club:
- Fencing Center of Chicago

Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21First Year

    Foil
    5'5"
  • 2021-22Sophomore

    Foil
    5'5"
  • 2022-23Junior

    Foil
    5'5"