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2022-23 MIT Women's Fencing Roster

Brian Foley
Brian Foley

Liz Yugov

  • Height 5-8
  • Year Junior
  • Hometown Basking Ridge, N.J.
  • High School Ridge
  • Weapon Foil
  • Major Electrical Engineering and Physics

Biography

Top Finishes
The Big One Invitational Second Place (November 7, 2021)
New England Championship 11th Place (February 26, 2022)
NCAA Northeast Regional Championship 34th Place (March 13, 2022)


Accolades:
- NFC Foil All-Star (Second Team: 2021-22)
- NFC Academic All-Conference Team (2021-22, 2022-23)
- USFCA Scholar of Distinction (2020-21)
- USFCA All-Academic Team (2020-21, 2021-22)


2022-23 [INDIVIDUAL RESULTS]
- Overall record: 0-8
- NFC record: 0-0


2021-22 [INDIVIDUAL RESULTS]
- Overall record: 35-33
- NFC record: 28-8
- Ranked 34th at the NCAA Northeast Regional Championship (3/13)
- Placed 11th 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


Favorite Sports Memory:
- Being down 13-5 in a DE bout and tying it up at 13-13 before winning in overtime.


Favorite Moment as an MIT Student-Athlete:
- Team dinners, travelling on the bus to meets, getting to know everyone on the team as friends instead of just teammates!


Off the Fencing Strip at MIT:
- Majoring in electrical engineering and physics
- Research: Civil Engineering Department – surveying hurricane-prone states to define target areas of mitigation
- Research: MIT’s Electromechanical Systems Group
- DEE FPOP counselor
- GEL member
- Maseeh Hall REX volunter


High School:
- Graduated from Ridge High School
- Team captain (2020), girls’ foil squad captain (2018 and 2019)
- Three-time New Jersey Interscholastic Fencing Association All-State selection
- 2019 Skyland Conference Fencing Foil First Team
- Team state champions (2019, 2020), finished third in 2018
- Finished third in the 2020 Women’s Foil State individual championship, sixth in 2019, and 12th in 2018
- Four-time varsity letterwinner
- Compiled a record of 111-19, including a 32-0 performance during the 2019-20 season
- National Honor Society, Science National Honor Society
- High Honor Roll
- AP Scholar with Distinction, National Merit Commended Student
- 2019 Maureen O'Donnell Oxford Classical Dictionary Award Winner
- Gold medal in National Latin Exam Level II, Level III, Level III/IV Poetry, and Level V Exams
- Co-founder and vice president of STEMxx, an all-girls STEM club to promote women’s involvement in STEM careers and research
- Certamen (Latin Quiz Bowl) Team


Club:
- V Fencing Club
- Recorded top eight finishes in Div II Women's Foil at the 2019 Summer Nationals, the 2018 December North America Cup, and the 2017 December North America Cup
- Four-time US Fencing Association All-Academic First Team
- Two-time US Fencing Association All-American selection

Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21First Year

    Foil
    5'8"
  • 2021-22Sophomore

    Foil
    5'8"
  • 2022-23Junior

    Foil
    5'8"