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2025-26 MIT Women's Fencing Roster

Ricky Bassman
Ricky Bassman
Frank Poulin

Hannah Tao

  • Height 5-6
  • Year Junior
  • Hometown Mountainside, N.J.
  • High School Academy for Information Technology
  • Weapon Sabre
  • Major Computer Science and Engineering

Biography

Top Finishes: 
  • NCAA Championship: 23rd Place (March 23, 2025)
  • The Big One Invitational: Second Place (Nov. 4, 2023) 
  • NCAA Northeast Regional Championship: Seventh Place (March 9, 2025)  
Accolades: 
  • 2024-25 USFCA Sabre Division III All-America First Team 
  • 2024-25 USFCA Sabre Northeast All-Region Second Team 
  • 2024-25 USFCA Sabre Division III Northeast All-Region Team 
  • 2023-24 NFC Rookie of the Year 
  • 2x NFC Sabre All-Star First Team (2023-24, 2024-25) 
  • 2024-25 CSC Academic All-District At-Large Team 
  • 2x USFCA Scholar of Distinction (2023-24, 2024-25)  
  • 2x USFCA All-Academic Team (2023-24, 2024-25) 
  • 2024-25 NFC Academic All-Conference Team  
2024-25: [INDIVIDUAL RESULTS] 
  • Overall Record: 49-12 
  • NFC Record: 22-4 
  • Ranked fifth at The Big One Invitational (11/2) 
  • Captured seventh place at the NCAA Northeast Regional Championship (3/9) 
  • Finished 23rd at the NCAA Championship (3/23) 
2023-24: [INDIVIDUAL RESULTS]
  • Overall Record: 43-10 
  • NFC Record: 19-2 
  • Finished in second place at The Big One Invitational (11/4) 
  • Finished in 29th place at the NCAA Northeast Regional Championship (3/10) 
Before MIT: 
  • Graduated from Academy for Information Technology 
  • Two-year varsity team member and two-time team MVP 
  • Third place women’s sabre squad at 2023 NJSIAA Squad States 
  • Valedictorian 
  • Three-time AIME qualifier 
  • Future Business Leaders of America national champion and third place winner 
  • FBLA state officer and chapter president, Math League president, Newspaper Club editor-in-chief  
Personal: 
  • MIT Capital Partners  
  • Women Business Leaders 
  • Pi Beta Phi 
  • Favorite Sports Memory: “The friends we made along the way.” 
Club: 
  • Advance Fencing and Fitness Academy 
  • A-rated fencer 
  • Two-time Top 8 Cadet (U17) national medalist (2021 May and June North American Cups) 
  • Highest U.S. national rankings: #38 Junior (U20), #48 Senior 
  • Four-time USA All-American First Team 

Historical Player Information

  • 2023-24First Year

    Sabre
    5'6"
  • 2024-25Sophomore

    Sabre
    5'6"
  • 2025-26Junior

    Sabre
    5'6"