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2023-24 MIT Women's Fencing Roster

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Brian Foley
Brian Foley

Erica Chen

  • Height 5-4
  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Dix Hills, N.Y.
  • High School Half Hollow Hills West
  • Weapon Sabre
  • Major Mechanical Engineering

Biography

Top Finishes
The Big One Invitational Sixth Place (November 5, 2022)
New England Championship n/a
NCAA Northeast Regional Championship 35th Place (March 12, 2023)


Accolades:
- NFC Academic All-Conference Team (2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24)
- USFCA All-Academic Team (2020-21, 2021-22, 2023-24)


2023-24 [INDIVIDUAL RESULTS]
- Overall record: 20-3
- NFC Record: 3-2
- Finished in seventh place at The Big One Invitational (11/4)
- Finished 38th at the NCAA Northeast Regional Championship (3/10)

2022-23 [INDIVIDUAL RESULTS]
- Overall record: 32-28
- NFC record: 22-11
- Finished 35th at the NCAA Northeast Regional Championship (3/12)
- Finished sixth at The Big One Invitational (11/5)
- Competed in foil vs. Notre Dame (0-2) at Duke Invitational (2/12)


2021-22 [INDIVIDUAL RESULTS]
- Overall record: 5-8
- NFC record: 0-0
- Finished eighth 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:
- My last high school senior meet where we fenced in a cafeteria.


Favorite Moment as an MIT Student-Athlete:
- Fencing foil for the first time at Duke Invitational.


Off the Fencing Strip at MIT:
- Majoring in mechanical engineering with a minor in computer science and a concentration in controls, instrumentation, and robotics
- Internships: Kairos Power, Lockheed Martin
- Lion Dance Team


High School:
- Graduated from Half Hollow Hills West High School
- Head captain
- Suffolk County Champion
- Newsday’s Suffolk Fencer of the Year
- All-Long Island First Team, All-County First Team, All-League First Team
- MVP, Coaches Award
- National Honor Society, National Art Honor Society
- National Merit Commended Student
- Gold Department Achievement Award in Art, Triple "A" Award in Academics, Athletics, and the Arts
- Science Olympiads


Club:
- H3 (Hills Fencing Institute)
- B18

Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21First Year

    Sabre
    5'4"
  • 2021-22Sophomore

    Sabre
    5'4"
  • 2022-23Junior

    Sabre
    5'4"
  • 2023-24Senior

    Sabre
    5'4"