Conference Accolades

2024-2025

Team Champions

Varsity Division

Women's Team Champion

Brown University

Men's Team Champion

Boston College

Combined Team Champion

Boston College

Club Division

Women's Team Champions

Dartmouth College

Men's Team Champion

Brown University

Combined Team Champion

Boston University

AND

University of Massachusetts

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.

Varsity Division

Club Division

Alexander North

Vassar -- Men's Epee

Taylor Sartori

Boston College -- Women's Foil

Ryan Lim

Brown -- Men's Sabre

Gracie Kim

Dartmouth -- Women's Foil

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.

Varsity Division

Club Division

Alexander North

Vassar -- Men's Epee

Ibla Piroska VADASZ

Brown -- Women's Sabre

Derek Kim

Brown -- Men's Foil

Emily Gu

Boston University -- Women's 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.

Varsity Division

First Team

Men's Foil: Phillip Nunnink (Wheaton); Elijah Onik (BC); David Belluomo (Sacred Heart)
Men's Epee: Alexander North (Vassar); Patrick Xinyi Liu (MIT); Mark Shamis (Brandeis)
Men's Sabre: Flavio Vinci (Wagner), Ryan Wong (BC); Zachary Tong (MIT)
Women's Foil: Taylor Sartori (BC); Grace Li (Brown); Apoorva Talwalkar (Brown)
Women's Epee: Maria Alvim (Sacred Heart); Katerina Cervenkova (Wagner); Karen Bei (Tufts)
Women's Sabre: Kat Xikes (Brandeis); Alexandra Tzou (Brown); Hannah Tao (MIT)

Second Team

Men's Foil: Chaissen Costello (Sarcred Heart); Grant Smith (Wheaton); Jacob Bartel (Sacred Heart)
Men's Epee: Eli Weisse (Vassar); Rishi Shiv (MIT); Damian Nguyen (Sacred Heart)
Men's Sabre: Oliver Lindholm (Sacred Heart); Devan McCarthy (Vassar); Matthew Chavez (Brandeis)
Women's Foil: Jessie Siya Chen (Brown); Cameron Cho (BC); Lea Levi (Tufts)
Women's Epee: Junyao Lu (BC); Nadia Gaberkorn (Sacred Heart); Alisha Li (Wellesley)
Women's Sabre: Catherine Tang (MIT); Alyssa Sun (Brown); Ibla Piroska Vadasz (Brown)

Club Division

First Team

Men's Foil: Derek Kim (Brown); Alexander Chi (Dartmouth); Roddy Atwood (Tufts)
Men's Epee: Edward Russell (UConn); Sean Quinlan (UNH); Jahaan Stetson (Dartmouth)
Men's Sabre: Ryan Lim (Brown); Connor Huang (Tufts); David Naranjo (Brown)
Women's Foil: Gracie Kim (Dartmouth); Emily Gu (BU); Adelaide Maloney (UMass)
Women's Epee: Maple Siu (Dartmouth); Parinitha Venkata Reddy (UMass); Ella Kwok (BU)
Women's Sabre: Ceren Atalar (BU); Bree Boyington (UNH); Sonia Meytin (Dartmouth)

Second Team

Men's Foil: Michael Wu (UMass); Jonah Gesenberg (UNH); Yuki Askew (UConn)
Men's Epee: Evan Vesmar (Tufts); Aston Hartwell (Tufts); Sam Zelin (Brown)
Men's Sabre: Moses Yang (Brown); Josh Kessler (Tufts); Max Hurowitz (BU)
Women's Foil: Amelia Bannister (UMass); Abigail Young (BU); Carina Montero (UConn)
Women's Epee: Kendra Flanigan (Smith); Lucy Bybee (Dartmouth); Kirsten Szala-Krotkov (UMass)
Women's Sabre: Nylah Haq (BU); Angelina Kofman (Northeastern); XiaoAn Wu (BU)

Elliot Lilien Award

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.

Tony Escueta

Brandeis -- Men's Sabre

Varsity Division

Adin Jennings

UConn -- Men's Epee

Club Division

Sachs Award

Bree Boyington

UNH -- Women's Sabre

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] As of 2023-2024, this award is given only in the Club Division.

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.

Varsity Division

Club Division

Women's Team

Brown

Men's Team

MIT

Club division did not vote on coaching staffs of the year for the 2024-2025 season.

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