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4/12/2021 11:30:00 AM | Fencing
DURHAM, N.C. - With the 2021 collegiate fencing season in the books, a combined 13 Duke fencers garnered spots on the All-ACC Academic Men's and Women's Fencing Teams, as announced by the conference office Monday.Â
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Duke had the most selections of the four ACC fencing schools and the most in program history since fencing returned as a league-sponsored sport.
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Five Blue Devil men and eight women were selected. Seniors Julia Gianneschi, Maria Papadopoulos and Brycen Rushing, juniors Huda Aldadah, Alex Gorman and Zoe Superville, sophomores Sam Gruber, Finn Hossfeld, Jason Post and Anneke Zegers and freshmen Christina Ferrari, Stephen Kim and Lulu Tang were honored.Â
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This marks the fourth-consecutive year Gianneschi and Rushing have picked up the academic accolade while Aldadah, Papadopoulos and Superville were named to the list for the third time.Â
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Ferrari, Gorman, Hossfeld, Kim, Post, Rushing, Tang and Zegers qualified for the NCAA Fencing Championship and secured All-America accolades. Outside of the national stage, nine of the 13 notched medals at the ACC Championship in Chapel Hill in February.Â
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To be eligible for the All-ACC Academic Teams, a student-athlete must have at least a 3.0 grade point average for both the previous semester and as a cumulative average during their academic career as undergraduate students. Athletic achievements during the most recent season also factored into the selection process.
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The ACC Honor Roll, which recognizes all conference student-athletes with a grade point average of 3.0 for the current academic year, will be released in July.
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For more information on Duke fencing, follow the Blue Devils on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram by searching for "DukeFEN".
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2021 All-ACC Academic Fencing Team
Men
Stephen Ewart, Notre Dame, Jr., Business Analytics
Samuel Gruber, Duke, So., Biology
Finn Hossfeld, Duke, So., Public Policy
Connor Head, North Carolina, So., Undecided
Bin Huang**, Boston College, So., Finance
Stephen Kim, Duke, Fr., Undeclared
Spencer Kuldell**, Boston College, Jr., Comp Science
Bolang Meng***, Boston College, Jr., Finance                                Â
Jason Post, Duke, So., Undeclared
Reza Merchant, North Carolina, Fr., Undecided
James Mulligan**, North Carolina, Jr., Environmental Sciences
Alec Mulvaney, North Carolina, Fr., Undecided
Beni Rabinowitz***, North Carolina, Sr., Information Sciences and Computer Science
Brycen Rushing****, Duke, Sr., Mechanical Engineering
Henry Shugart, North Carolina, So., Statistics and Analytics         Â
Ariel Simmons, Notre Dame, Sr., Business Analytics
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Women
Huda Aldadah***, Duke, Jr., Electrical and Computer Engineering
Stefani Deschner***, Notre Dame, Sr., Preprofessional Studies
Christina Ferrari, Duke, Fr., Undeclared
Julia Gianneschi****, Duke, Sr., Psychology
Alex Gorman**, Duke, Jr., Public Policy and International Comparative Studies
Miriam Grady***, Notre Dame, Jr., Science-Business
Gillian Lawlor***, Boston College, Sr., Elementary Ed & Applied Psych/Human Dev.
Aubrey Molloy, North Carolina, Jr., Global Studies
Maria Papadopoulos***, Duke, Sr., Biology and Environmental Science and Policy
Abigale Parker, North Carolina, So., Economics Â
Zoe Superville***, Duke, Jr., Computer Science
Louise Tang, Duke, Fr., Undeclared
Samantha Yeh, Boston College, Fr., UndeclaredÂ
Anneke Zegers, Duke, So., English          Â
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Bold denotes ACC Fencing Scholar-Athletes of the Year
* denotes individual's number of All-ACC Academic honors
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Duke had the most selections of the four ACC fencing schools and the most in program history since fencing returned as a league-sponsored sport.
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Five Blue Devil men and eight women were selected. Seniors Julia Gianneschi, Maria Papadopoulos and Brycen Rushing, juniors Huda Aldadah, Alex Gorman and Zoe Superville, sophomores Sam Gruber, Finn Hossfeld, Jason Post and Anneke Zegers and freshmen Christina Ferrari, Stephen Kim and Lulu Tang were honored.Â
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This marks the fourth-consecutive year Gianneschi and Rushing have picked up the academic accolade while Aldadah, Papadopoulos and Superville were named to the list for the third time.Â
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Ferrari, Gorman, Hossfeld, Kim, Post, Rushing, Tang and Zegers qualified for the NCAA Fencing Championship and secured All-America accolades. Outside of the national stage, nine of the 13 notched medals at the ACC Championship in Chapel Hill in February.Â
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To be eligible for the All-ACC Academic Teams, a student-athlete must have at least a 3.0 grade point average for both the previous semester and as a cumulative average during their academic career as undergraduate students. Athletic achievements during the most recent season also factored into the selection process.
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The ACC Honor Roll, which recognizes all conference student-athletes with a grade point average of 3.0 for the current academic year, will be released in July.
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For more information on Duke fencing, follow the Blue Devils on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram by searching for "DukeFEN".
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#GoDukeÂ
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2021 All-ACC Academic Fencing Team
Men
Stephen Ewart, Notre Dame, Jr., Business Analytics
Samuel Gruber, Duke, So., Biology
Finn Hossfeld, Duke, So., Public Policy
Connor Head, North Carolina, So., Undecided
Bin Huang**, Boston College, So., Finance
Stephen Kim, Duke, Fr., Undeclared
Spencer Kuldell**, Boston College, Jr., Comp Science
Bolang Meng***, Boston College, Jr., Finance                                Â
Jason Post, Duke, So., Undeclared
Reza Merchant, North Carolina, Fr., Undecided
James Mulligan**, North Carolina, Jr., Environmental Sciences
Alec Mulvaney, North Carolina, Fr., Undecided
Beni Rabinowitz***, North Carolina, Sr., Information Sciences and Computer Science
Brycen Rushing****, Duke, Sr., Mechanical Engineering
Henry Shugart, North Carolina, So., Statistics and Analytics         Â
Ariel Simmons, Notre Dame, Sr., Business Analytics
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Women
Huda Aldadah***, Duke, Jr., Electrical and Computer Engineering
Stefani Deschner***, Notre Dame, Sr., Preprofessional Studies
Christina Ferrari, Duke, Fr., Undeclared
Julia Gianneschi****, Duke, Sr., Psychology
Alex Gorman**, Duke, Jr., Public Policy and International Comparative Studies
Miriam Grady***, Notre Dame, Jr., Science-Business
Gillian Lawlor***, Boston College, Sr., Elementary Ed & Applied Psych/Human Dev.
Aubrey Molloy, North Carolina, Jr., Global Studies
Maria Papadopoulos***, Duke, Sr., Biology and Environmental Science and Policy
Abigale Parker, North Carolina, So., Economics Â
Zoe Superville***, Duke, Jr., Computer Science
Louise Tang, Duke, Fr., Undeclared
Samantha Yeh, Boston College, Fr., UndeclaredÂ
Anneke Zegers, Duke, So., English          Â
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Bold denotes ACC Fencing Scholar-Athletes of the Year
* denotes individual's number of All-ACC Academic honors
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