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2024-25 MIT Men's Fencing Roster

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Richard Lin

  • Height 6-0
  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Melville, N.Y.
  • High School Half Hollow Hills East
  • Weapon Foil
  • Major Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Biography

Top Finishes
The Big One Invitational Second Place (November 7, 2021)
New England Championship Sixth Place (February 26, 2022)
NCAA Northeast Regional Championship 26th Place (March 13, 2022)


Accolades:
- USFCA Division III All-America Foil Second Team (2021-22)
- NFC Foil All-Star First Team (2022-23)
- NFC Foil All-Star Second Team (2021-22)
- NFC Academic All-Conference Team (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: 16-10
- NFC record: 3-2
- Finished in 11th place at The Big One Invitational (11/4)

2022-23 [INDIVIDUAL RESULTS]
- Overall record: 29-19
- NFC record: 23-5
- Ranked 29th at the NCAA Northeast Regional Championship (3/12)
- Finished 10th at The Big One Invitational (11/5)
- Went 10-3 in Group C at the New England Championship (2/25)


2021-22 [INDIVIDUAL RESULTS]
- Overall record: 27-16
- NFC record: 16-6
- Ranked 26th at the NCAA Northeast Regional Championship (3/13)
- Finished sixth at the New England Championship (2/26)
- Was second at The Big One Invitational (11/7)


Favorite Sports Memory:
- Gold Medalist in Junior Men’s Foil Team event during 2020 Junior Olympics


Favorite Moment as an MIT Student-Athlete:
- Silver Medalist in Men's Foil event during 2021 The Big One Invitational


Off the Fencing Strip at MIT:
- Majoring in electrical engineering and computer science with a minor in finance and a concentration in comparative media studies
- Internships: Citadel Securities (SDE); Five Rings Capital (SDE);  Lockheed Martin (data science); Patient Velocity (software engineering); Kupenda for the Children (software engineering)
- Research: MIT Laboratory for Information & Decision Systems
- MIT Valorant Esports Team


High School:
- Graduated from Half Hollow Hills East High School (Long Island, N.Y.)
- National Honor Society
- National Merit Scholarship finalist
- AP Scholar with Distinction
- AP Capstone Diploma
- Ranked top 1% in high school, High Honor Roll
- Half Hollow Hills District Board of Education Scholastic Achievement Award
- USACO, RIT Computing Medal and Scholarship Award


Club:
- Tim Morehouse Fencing Club (Port Chester, N.Y.)
- Ranked No. 1 nationally in China for Youth U14 Men’s Foil
- Ranked No. 2 in Hong Kong for Youth U14 Men’s Foil
- Ranked No. 37 nationally for Cadet Men’s Foil in US (2019-2020 season)
- Ranked No. 47 nationally for Junior Men’s Foil in US (2021-2022 season)
- Ranked No. 81 nationally for Senior Men’s Foil in US (2021-2022 season)
- A2022 rated fencer
- Medalist for US national events from Division 2/3; Y14/Junior Team

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22First Year

    Foil
    6'0"
  • 2022-23Sophomore

    Foil
    6'0"
  • 2023-24Junior

    Foil
    6'0"
  • 2024-25Senior

    Foil
    6'0"