Biography
2024-25: As squad leader, closed out his senior season with a 46-25 record… Went 6-0 at the Drew Club Invitational with victories over Army (3-0) and Drew (3-0)… Went 9-8 at the Vassar Invitational with victories over Yeshiva (2-0), Haverford (2-1), and Cleveland State (2-1)… Went 7-8 at the NFC Varsity Meet with victories over Sacred Heart (3-0), for which he earned Second Team All-Star… Went 6-3 at the Sacred Heart Tradition Meet with victories over Sacred Heart (2-1), NJIT (2-1), and LIU (2-1)… Went 10-2 at the Matt Lampell Invite with victories over Drew (2-1)… Went 4-2 at the Brian Palestis Memorial Invitational with victories over St. John’s (2-1) and Wagner (2-1)… Went 4-2 at the George Kolombatovich Historical Meet with victories over NYU (2-1) and Columbia (2-1)… Went 11-2 at the NEIFC Championship, which helped Vassar place 2nd for Top Men’s Epee Squad and 3rd for the Men’s 3-Weapon Team Championship, and for which he received Brewer of the Week… Made the semifinal pool and placed 14th at the NCAA Northeast Regional, for which he earned Division III All-Northeast Region Team and Division III All-American Second Team.
2023-24: As squad leader, accomplished an impressive 55-39 record… Went 9-8 at the Drew Invitational #1 with victories over Rutgers (2-1), Lafayette (3-0), and Yeshiva (2-0)… Went 5-1 in pools and won two direct elimination bouts to place 15th at the NEIFC Big One… Went 11-9 at the Vassar Invitational with victories over Hunter (2-0), Stevens (2-1), and Yeshiva (3-0)… Went 10-8 at NFC Varsity Meet with victories over Boston College (2-1), Brown (3-0), Sacred Heart (2-1), and Wagner (2-1)… Went 6-9 at the Sacred Heart Tradition Meet with victories over Sacred Heart (2-1) and NJIT (2-1)… Went 12-0 at the Matt Lampell Invite with victories over Hunter (3-0)… Had victories over Yale (2-1) at the Yale Invitational… Had a victory over Wagner (1-2) at the Brian Palestis Memorial Invitational… Went 4-2 at the George Kolombatovich Historical Meet with victories over NYU (2-1) and Columbia (2-1)… Went 11-2 at the NEIFC Championship, which helped Vassar place 3rd for Top Men’s Epee Squad 3rd for the Men’s 3-Weapon Team Championship… Made the semifinal pool at the NCAA Northeast Regional and placed 18th.
2022:23: Earned an impressive 52-43 record in his sophomore year… Went 4-7 at the Drew Invitational #1 with victories over Clemson (1-0) and Drew (2-0)… Went 6-0 in pools and won three direct elimination bouts to place 6th at the NEIFC Big One… Went 10-8 at the Vassar Invitational with victories over Hunter (1-0), Lafayette (3-0), and LIU (3-0)… Went 11-1 at the Matt Lampell Invite with victories over Drew (3-0) and Cornell (3-0)… Went 6-7 at the Sacred Heart Traditional Meet with victories over Harvard (1-1), Sacred Heart (2-1), and NJIT (1-1)… Went 4-6 at the Cleveland State Invitational with victories over Lawrence (2-1)… Went 9-5 at the NFC Meet #2 with victories over Drew (2-1), Brown (3-0), and Boston College (2-1)… Went 6-3 at the NFC Meet #3 with victories over Dartmouth (3-0) and University of Massachusetts (2-1)… Went 2-3 at the George Kolombatovich Historical Meet… Went 12-1 at the NEIFC Championship, which helped Vassar place 2nd for Top Men’s Epee Squad and 2nd for the Men’s 3-Weapon Team Championship, and placed 2nd in the individual round… Placed 29th at the NCAA Northeast Regional.
2021-22: During his first season, tallied a solid 51-27 record in epee… Went 11-5 at the Drew Tournament, including wins against Stevens (3-0), Drew (2-1), Rutgers (3-0), Yeshiva (2-1), and the Navy (1-0)… Went 14-8 at the Vassar Invitational, beating Yeshiva (2-1), Hunter (3-0), Haverford (2-1), Lafayette (2-1), West Point (3-0), and Cornell (2-1)… Went 7-4 at the Matt Lampell Hudson River Invite, with victories over Drew (2-1) and Cornell (3-0)… Went 6-5 at the Northeast Conference (NFC) Multimeet #2, with wins over Dartmouth (3-0) and Brown (2-1)… Went 10-2 at the NFC Multimeet #3, gaining victories against Tufts (3-0), U Mass (2-1), SHU (2-1), and UNH (3-0)… Earned a spot on the NFC second team… Beat Columbia (3-0) at the George Kolombatovich Historical Meet… Placed 11th at the New England Intercollegiate Fencing Conference (NEIFC) Championships… Helped the men’s epee squad place 3rd at the NEIFC Championships… Placed 39th at Northeast Regionals.
PRIOR TO VASSAR: Fenced for Kaizen Academy LLC and Maccabi USA 2019... Placed ninth at Division III 2019 Summer Nationals... Internationally was Junior Individual Bronze, Junior Team Silver, and Open Team Bronze at the 2019 European Maccabi Games.
PERSONAL: Decided to attend Vassar "because of its good reputation, variety of classes, and fencing team."
