Conference Accolades

2025-2026

Team Champions

Varsity Division

Women's Team Champion

Brown University

Men's Team Champion

MIT

Combined Team Champion

Boston College

Club Division

Women's Team Champions

Northeastern University

Men's Team Champion

Northeastern University

Combined Team Champion

Northeastern University

Fencers of the Year

There were ties in both the Club and Varsity Divisions this season.

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.

Club Division Fencers of the Year

Emily Gu

Boston University -- Women's Foil

Angelina Kofman

Northeastern -- Women's Sabre

Charles Leone

Brown University -- Men's Epee

Varsity Division Fencers of the Year

Karen Bei

Tufts University -- Women's Epee

Phillip Nunnink

Wheaton College -- Men's Foil

Alex Sennewald

Boston College -- Men's Epee

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

Tolga Aslan

Sacred Heart -- Men's Sabre

Asher Boynton

Tufts -- Women's Sabre

Sophia LAO

Northeastern -- Women's Foil

Charles Leone

Brown -- Men's Epee

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

Women's Foil: Apoorva TALWALKAR (Brown), Sartori TAYLOR (Boston College), Julia BABIAC (Boston College)
Women's Epee: Karen BEI (Tufts), Hannah BEAVER (MIT), Veronic SCHERK (Vassar)
Women's Sabre: Asher BOYNTON (Tufts), Sela FEIG (Boston College), Anna HUNG (MIT)
Men's Foil: Phillip NUNNINK (Wheaton), Andy ZHANG (MIT), Henry ZHANG (MIT)
Men's Epee: Alex SENNEWALD (Boston College), Daniel GAO (Boston College), Alexander NORTH (Vassar)
Men's Sabre: Tolga ASLAN (Sacred Heart), Sanjeet BRAR (Boston College), Surya SAKHAMURI (MIT)

Second Team

Women's Foil: Grace LI (Brown), Layla ROY (Tufts), Hannah DU (Brandeis)
Women's Epee: Junyao LU (Boston College), Priscilla LEANG (MIT), Nadia GABERKORN (Sacred Heart)
Women's Sabre: Kat XIKES (Brandeis), Alissa KHAN (Boston College), Victoria FANG (MIT)
Men's Foil: David KNIZHNIK (Brandeis), Grant SMITH (Wheaton), Henry STIRLING (Boston College)
Men's Epee: Corey ZHAO (MIT), Rishi SHIV (MIT), Alex ZHANG (MIT)
Men's Sabre: Jonathan MORALES (Sacred Heart), Oliver BERGER (Vassar), Colin NOBLE (Boston College)

Club Division

First Team

Women's Foil: Emily Gu (BU); Red Sullivan (UConn); Sophia Lao (Northeastern)
Women's Epee: Nikki Bajaj (Northeastern), Kai McFarland (BU), Noa Hellquist (UNH)
Women's Sabre: Angelina Kofman (Northeastern), Nylah Haq (BU), Ceren Atalar (BU)
Men's Foil: Elliot Davidson (Northeastern), Derek Kim (Brown), Michael Wu (UMass)
Men's Epee: Charles Leone (Brown), Sean Quinlan (UNH), Aedin Lai (Northeastern)
Men's Sabre: Luke Lesueur (Northeastern), David Naranjo (Brown), Max Hurowitz (BU)

Second Team

Women's Foil: Uma Shtrom (Northeastern), Abigail Hebert (Bowdoin), Stephanie Flores Aguilar (UConn)
Women's Epee: Marwa Ellis (Northeastern), Parinitha Venkata Reddy (UMass), Devyn Pelillo (UConn)
Women's Sabre: Alyssa Roberts (Northeastern), Kate Koenig (Mt Holyoke), Anju Ito (Mt Holyoke)
Men's Foil: Ansel Edison (Brown), Max Uhlberg (Northeastern), Zachary Findler (Tufts)
Men's Epee: Anton Kubatin (UMass), Seva Plotnichenko (UMass), Evan Vezmar (Tufts)
Men's Sabre: Jeremy Kim (Brown), Ekam Bhatia (Northeastern), Manatsaran Janyong (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.

Club Division

Selected at annual meeting

Varsity Division

Selected at annual meeting

Sachs Award

Kate Koenig

Mt Holyoke -- Women's Sabre

Named after Elif and Jason Sachs, coaches at Tufts University at the time the award was created. 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

TBD -- Selected at annual meeting

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