Conference Accolades

2023

Team Champions

champion men's team

Boston College

Champion women's team

George H. Fischer Trophy Winners

Brown University and Tufts University

Champion combined team

Sollee-Lilien Trophy Winners

Boston College

Fencers of the Year

Given to the top male and female fencers in the conference.

All-star rankings are used to select fencers of the year. The all-star who has the greatest victory percentage across all weapons in a gender is used to select the fencer of the year. In the case of ties, there are no tie-breakers defined; ties are possible.

Ryan Ho

Boston College

Foil

Maggie Shealy

Brandeis

Sabre

Rookies of the Year

Given to the top male and female fencers in the conference who are freshmen at the conclusion of the season.

All-star rankings are used to select rookies of the year. The all-star rookie who has the greatest victory percentage across all weapons in a gender is used to select the fencer of the year. In the case of ties, there are no tie-breakers defined; ties are possible.

Surya Sakhamuri

MIT

Sabre

Grace Li

Brown

Foil

Conference all-stars

We recognize sustained achievement by individuals by bestowing First Team (top 3 performers) and Second Team (next 3 top performers) in each weapon.

Once the bouts fenced threshold* is met, the victory percentage (greater value prevails) is used to determine all-star ranking . In the case of ties, indicators (touches scored – touches received; greater difference prevails) are used. Further tie breakers are undefined.

*Bouts fenced threshold: To be eligible, a fencer must fence in a minimum of 2/3 of the scheduled bouts in the season (minimums are 20 for men, 24 for women). This threshold is common to all of the conference's individual accolades.

Foil

First Team -- Men

Ryan Ho, Boston College (23/24, 95.83%)

Ben Shih, Brown University (27/30, 90.00%)

Richard Lin, MIT (24/29, 82.76%)

First Team -- Women

Anika Breker, Brown (29/32, 90.63%)

Lea Levi, Tufts (26/29, 89.66%)

Samantha Chon, Brown (23/26, 88.46%)

Second Team -- Men

David Belluomo, Sacred Heart (26/33, 78.79%)

Federico La Rosa, Vassar College (21/27, 77.78%)

Nathan Andrews, Brown, (21/27, 77.78%)

Second Team -- Women

Sydnee Lau, Tufts (26/30, 86.67%)

Anisha Kasi, Brown (24/28, 85.71%)

Grace Li, Brown (26/31, 83.87%)

EPee

First Team -- Men

Lucas Garcia-Rogers, Tufts (28/32 87.50%)

Robert Washbourne, UMass (25/31, 80.65%)

Chris Picard, MIT (24/31, 77.42%)

First Team -- Women

Arianna Baffa, Brown (31/36, 86.11%)

Eunice Choi, MIT (30/36, 83.33%)

Daria Smuk, Brown (24/29, 82.76%)

Second Team -- Men

Patrick Simpson, Sacred Heart (24/32, 75.00%)

Brian Li, Vassar (18/25, 72.00%)

Luke Fenwick, Sacred Heart (15/22, 68.18%)

Second Team -- Women

Karen Bei, Tufts (22/27, 81.48%)

Anisha Kundu, Boston College (30/40, 75.00%)

Grace Xu, Wellesley (22/30, 73.33%)

Sabre

First Team -- Men

Surya Sakhamuri, MIT (27/29, 93.10%)

Sanjeet Brar, Boston College (27/31, 87.10%)

Oliver Berger, Vassar (20/26, 76.92%)

First Team -- Women

Maggie Shealy, Brandeis (39/39, 100.00%)

Anat Katz, Tufts (23/27, 85.19%)

Isabella Zielinski, Boston College (27/32, 84.38%)

Second Team -- Men

Domenic Bartolo, Sacred Heart (23/30, 76.67%)

Balint Czaha, Boston College (22/29, 75.86%)

Lucas Chua, Tufts (17/23, 73.91%)

Second Team -- Women

Anna Mikulevica, MIT (23/28, 82.14%)

Emily Valadez, Tufts (29/36, 80.56%)

Kat Xikes, Brandeis (30/39, 76.92%)

Elliot Lilien Award

Robert Washbourne

UMass

Named after NFC founder, former Commissioner, and USA Fencing Hall of Fame - nominated coach Elliot Lilien. This award is given to that fencer in the conference who shows exemplary sportsmanship and an excellent parry system.

To be eligible, a fencer meet the bouts fenced threshold that is also applied to all-star eligibility.

The winner is selected by voting at the coaches and captains at the annual meeting.

Sachs Award

Daniel Friend

Smith

Foil

Named after Elif and Jason Sachs, former coaches at Tufts University. Given to the fencer "with the best record who started fencing in College." [from the award inscription]

To be eligible, a must not have had any experience in fencing prior to fencing in college.

All-star rankings are used to select the Sachs award winner. The eligible fencer who has the greatest victory percentage across all weapons and genders is selected. In the case of ties, there are no tie-breakers defined; ties are possible.

Coaching Staffs of the Year

Given for men's team and women's team coaching staffs.

The winner is selected by voting at the coaches and team captains at the annual meeting.

Prior to 2016, this award was the "Coach of the Year," and recognized the head coach of the team, or the entire team in the cases where the team did not have a coach. Starting in 2016, this award name was changed to reflect the contribution of the entire coaching staff, and the award was given in the school's name.

Boston College

Brown University

Men (Shared)

Tufts University

Women

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