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2024-25 MIT Women's Fencing Roster

Zandra Feland

  • Height 5-6
  • Year Junior
  • Hometown Los Gatos, Calif.
  • High School The Nueva School
  • Weapon Epee
  • Major Mechanical Engineering

Biography

Top Finishes
The Big One Invitational First Place (November 4, 2023)
NCAA Northeast Regional Championship 17th Place (March 12, 2023)


Accolades:
- USFCA Division III Epee All-America First Team (2022-23)
- USFCA Division III Epee All-America Second Team (2023-24)
- USFCA Division III Northeast Region All-Region Team (2023-24)
- NFC Epee All-Star First Team (2023-24)
- NFC Academic All-Conference Team (2023-24)
- USFCA All-Academic Team (2022-23)


2023-24 [INDIVIDUAL RESULTS]
- Overall record: 32-9
- NFC record: 18-5
- Finished first at The Big One Invitational (11/4)
- Finished 21st at the NCAA Northeast Regional Championship (3/10)

2022-23 [INDIVIDUAL RESULTS]
- Overall record: 53-35
- NFC record: 25-10
- Finished 17th at the NCAA Northeast Regional Championship (3/12)
- Finished 10th at The Big One Invitational (11/5)
- Went 10-6 in Group A at the New England Championship (2/25)


Favorite Sports Memory:
- My favorite sports memory is placing fifth at Summer Nationals and earning my A-22 rating.


Favorite Moment as an MIT Student-Athlete:
- Fencing at the Duke tournament with the women's epee team.


Off the Fencing Strip at MIT:
- Majoring in mechanical engineering
- Research: Vortical Flow Lab, Media Lab, Aerospace Computational Design Laboratory
- MIT Motorsports
- MIT Sigma Kappa
- Resident Peer Mentor


High School:
- Graduated from The Nueva School
- Earned a varsity letter for track and field, soccer, and basketball
- Also participated in Nordic skiing, biathlon, and field hockey
- President's Volunteer Service Award, Scholastic Achievement Award 2018, First Place Video BioEHS Competition, Second Place Biomedical BioEHS Competition, Judges Choice Award San Jose Tech Challenge
- Engineering Design Lead for Unwind Startup, Co-Founder of Science Environmental Engineering Competition Club, Led BioEHS Team 2020, Led Tech Challenge Team 2018, Member of Award Winning 4904 FIRST Robotics Team, Science Olympiad


Club:
- Academy of Fencing Masters
- Regional Gold Patch Winner 2020 Cadet Women's Epee, Regional Silver Patch Winner 2020 Junior Women's Epee
- USA Fencing 2021 All-Academic Team
- USA Fencing A-22 Rating, USA Fencing Epee referee level 8, USA Fencing Foil referee level 8, USA Fencing Saber referee level 9
- Team Captain for eighth place Senior Women’s Epee Team at 2022 Summer Nationals
- Team Captain of Senior Women’s Epee Team at Junior Olympics
- Fifth place in Div 1A at 2022 Summer Nationals (Earned A22 rating)
- 15th place in Cadet Women's Epee at 2021 May NAC
- First place in Junior Women's Epee at TFC Spring Fest RJCC
- Second Place in Junior Women's Epee at Fortune Fencing RJCC
- Third Place in Cadet Women's Epee at Fortune Fencing

Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23First Year

    Epee
    5'6"
  • 2023-24Sophomore

    Epee
    5'6"
  • 2024-25Junior

    Epee
    5'6"