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2021-22 MIT Women's Fencing Roster

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Anita Dey Barsukova

  • Height 5-1
  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Richardson, Texas
  • High School Plano East
  • Weapon Sabre
  • Major Mechanical Engineering

Biography

Top Finishes
The Big One Invitational Eighth Place (October 28, 2018)
New England Championship T-Third Place (March 2, 2019)
NCAA Northeast Regional Championship 21st Place (March 10, 2019)


Accolades:
- NFC Sabre All-Star Second Team (2018-19)
- 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: 13-14
- NFC record: 12-12
- Captured sixth place at the New England Championship (2/26)
- Finished 12th 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: 36-37
- NFC record: 21-11
- Finished 33rd at the NCAA Northeast Regional Championship (3/8)
- Captured 10th place at the New England Championship (2/22)
- Ranked 16th at The Big One Invitational (11/2)


2018-19: [INDIVIDUAL RESULTS]
- Overall record: 56-24
- NFC record: 27-8
- Ranked 21st at the NCAA Northeast Regional Championship (3/10)
- Tied for third place at the New England Championship (3/2)
- Finished in eighth place at The Big One Invitational (10/28)


Favorite Sports Memory:
- Traveling to Durham, North Carolina with the fencing team to compete in the Duke Invitational tournament.


Favorite Moment as an MIT Student-Athlete:
- Traveling to Durham, North Carolina with the fencing team to compete in the Duke Invitational tournament.


Off the Fencing Strip at MIT:
- Majoring in mechanical engineering with a minor in computer science and a concentration in German
- Conducted research in the MIT Space Systems Laboratory: WaferSat
- Conducted research in the MIT Douglas A. Lauffenburger and Linda Griffith Laboratory: Development of a Vascularized In Vitro Endometrial model
- 2020 Ruhr Fellowship
- DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst)
- RISE Germany Scholarship
- Director/Founder of MIT Ukrainian Folk Dance Ensemble
- Next House Next Big Thing Design Lead/EHS Liaison
- NEET - Living Machines


High School:
- Graduated from Plano East Senior High School
- National Honor Society
- U.S. Fencing All-Academic Scholarship
- Ukrainian folk dance, varsity orchestra, regional/state science fair, National History Day competitions


Club:
- Lone Star Fencing Center
- Finished eighth at the 2014 December NAC

Historical Player Information

  • 2018-19First Year

    Sabre
    5'1"
  • 2019-20Sophomore

    Sabre
    5'1"
  • 2020-21Junior

    Sabre
    5'1"
  • 2021-22Senior

    Sabre
    5'1"