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2021-22 MIT Men's Fencing Roster

Brian Foley
Brian Foley

Ritaank Tiwari

  • Height 5-11
  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Los Gatos, Calif.
  • High School Los Gatos
  • Weapon Epee
  • Major Computer Science

Biography

Top Finishes
The Big One Invitational Second Place (November 7, 2021)
New England Championship Second Place (February 26, 2022)
NCAA Northeast Regional Championship 19th Place (March 13, 2022)


Accolades:
- USFCA Division III All-America Epee Second Team (2021-22)
- USFCA Northeast All-Region Division III Team (2021-22)
- NFC Academic All-Conference Team (2020-21, 2021-22)
- USFCA Scholar of Distinction (2020-21)
- USFCA All-Academic Team (2020-21, 2021-22)


2021-22 [INDIVIDUAL RESULTS]
- Overall record: 30-19
- NFC record: 18-10
- Finished 19th at the NCAA Northeast Regional Championship (3/13)
- Placed second at the New England Championship (2/26)
- Finished second at The Big One Invitational (11/7)


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


2019-20 [INDIVIDUAL RESULTS]
- Overall record: 23-20
- NFC record: 8-1
- Tied for seventh place at the New England Championship (2/22)
- Finished ninth at The Big One Invitational (11/2)


2018-19: [INDIVIDUAL RESULTS]
- Overall record: 15-19
- NFC record: 6-4
- Ranked 36th at the NCAA Northeast Regional Championship (3/10)
- Tied for third place at the New England Championship (3/2)
- Finished 14th at The Big One Invitational (10/28)


Favorite Moment as an MIT Student-Athlete:
- Winning the Vitale Cup with the Epee Squad at the end of the 2019-2020 season


Off the Fencing Strip at MIT:
- Majoring in computer science
- Was a machine learning intern at Markforged
- Was a software engineer intern at Altinity
- Was an embedded software systems engineer intern at Diamond Systems
- Was a machine learning/software development intern at ScoreData Corporation
- Undergraduate student researcher with the MIT Deng Energy and Nanotechnology Group
- MIT Class of 2022 Council publicity chair
- Phi Delta Theta president
- WMBR Radio
- MIT Consulting Group
- 2019 MIT Office of the First Year Leadership Award


High School:
- Graduated from Los Gatos High School


Club:
- The Fencing Center (San Jose)
- Captain
- 2017 USA Fencing All-Academic First Team
- 2017 USA Fencing All-America First Team
- Was the runner-up in Junior Men’s at the 2017 CenCal Junior Olympic Qualifiers
- Finished third in Junior Men’s at the 2017 Rocky Mountain RJCC
- Finished third in Open Mixed at the 2017 Bay Cup EBFG
- Finished 26th in Division 3 Men’s Epee at the 2016 National Championship
- Epee A rating

Historical Player Information

  • 2018-19First Year

    Epee
    5'11"
  • 2019-20Sophomore

    Epee
    5'11"
  • 2020-21Junior

    Epee
    5'11"
  • 2021-22Senior

    Epee
    5'11"