Eoin Gronningsater

Duke Fencing headshots. Durham, NC - October 10, 2019

Position:
Foil
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Brooklyn, N.Y.

Honors: NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship Award (2020) ... ACC Weaver-James-Corrigan Postgraduate Scholarship Award (2020) ... All-America (Foil - 2018, 2019, 2020) ... ACC Scholar-Athlete of the Year (2020) ... NCAA Championship Qualifier (Foil - 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020) ... NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional Qualifier (Foil - 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020) ... ACC Fencer of the Year (Foil - 2018) ... CoSIDA Academic All-District III (2019, 2020) ... Duke Male Student-Athlete of the Year (2020) ... ACC Top Six for Service Award (2020) ... ACC Male Fencer of the Week (1/18/17, 2/8/17) ... All-ACC Academic (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020) ... ACC Academic Honor Roll (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020)

2020: Left his mark as one of the most decorated fencers in Duke history … Honored with a 2020 NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship and the ACC Weaver-James-Corrigan Postgraduate Scholarship award recipient … Named the 2020 ACC Scholar-Athlete of the Year … Tabbed the 2020 Duke Male Student-Athlete of the Year … Collected All-America accolades for the third time in his career … Selected one of 15 recipients of the ACC's Go Teach Dr Pepper Tuition Giveaway ... Teamed up with fellow Blue Devil Lindsay Sapienza to create the ‘Fence for the Fight’ campaign in partnership with the Duke Cancer Institute in support of the Director of Administration/Recruiting for the fencing team Elizabeth Beguinet in her fight against breast cancer … The campaign totaled $30,144.55 … The duo was honored by the ACC with the league’s Top Six for Service Award … Finished his senior year with a 42-14 (.750) ledger … Closed out his Duke career with a whopping 182-38 (.827) career record … Helped the men’s foil squad to a 21-4 record this season … Went nearly undefeated (10-1) at the Philadelphia Invitational and followed up with a 14-3 performance at the Northwestern Duals … Finished in sixth during the individual portion of the ACC Fencing Championship … Placed fourth at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional in Durham … Named to the All-ACC Academic Team and the ACC Academic Honor Roll for the fourth time in his career.

2019: Became the first Blue Devil male foilist to capture back-to-back All-America accolades since Dorian Cohen in 2010-11 … Qualified for the NCAA Championships for the third time in his career and placed seventh … Named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District III Men’s At-Large Team … Led the foil squad with a 49-7 overall ledger … Won nearly 88 percent of his bouts as a junior … Nearly captured an ACC medal with a fourth-place finish during the individual portion of the ACC Championships … Went on to take first at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional … Opened the season with a nearly undefeated 12-1 ledger at the Penn State Duals … Went undefeated at the Philadelphia Invite (5-0) and posted a season-high 17 victories and just three losses at the Northwestern Duals … Went 8-1 and 7-2, respectively, at the annual Duke Meet and during the team event of the ACC Championships … Helped the men’s foil squad go 22-4 for the season … Named to the All-ACC Academic Team and the ACC Academic Honor Roll.

2018: Followed up a successful rookie campaign as a sophomore with All-America accolades with a fifth-place finish, earning the first All-America honor for a male foilist since 2011 … Posted a nearly perfect 48-8 overall record, winning 85.7 percent of bouts … Started the 2018 campaign with an 11-2 ledger at the Penn State Duals and followed up with a nearly perfect 13-1 record at the Philadelphia Invitational … Went 12-4 at the Northwestern Duals and a flawless 6-0 at the annual Duke Meet in front of a home crowd … Collected a silver medal with a second-place finish at the ACC Championships … Named ACC Fencer of the Year for men’s foil and ACC Most Valuable Player for his performance at the conference championships … Helped the men make history by capturing their first ACC team title … Finished fifth at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional … Helped the men’s foil squad to a nearly perfect 24-3 overall record … Named ACC Fencer of the Week on February 15 … Earned All-ACC Academic honors for the second year in a row and was named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll for the second-consecutive year.

2017: Led the men’s foil squad as a freshman with a 43-9 record … qualified for the NCAA Fencing Championships as a rookie … finished one spot short of All-America status, placing 13th in men’s foil at the national meet … notched a third-place finish and bronze medal during individual competition at the ACC Championships … finished fourth at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional … posted a perfect 12-0 showing at the Eric Sollee Invitational to lead the Blue Devil men to an undefeated meet … collected ACC Male Fencer of the Week following his performance at the Eric Sollee Invitational … helped lead Duke to a second undefeated weekend at the annual Duke Meet with a 5-1 ledger … earned a second ACC Male Fencer of the Week honor following his collegiate debut at the Penn State Duals, posting a 10-4 record … registered a foil team high at the Philadelphia Invitational with 10 wins … won nearly 85 percent of his bouts to end a successful freshman campaign … named to the All-ACC Academic team and ACC Academic Honor Roll.

Prep: Member of the Brooklyn Bridge Fencing Club under Daniel Kellner...12th in the nation in the under-20 group...top-eight in the 2016 Junior and Division I Summer Nationals...finished eighth in the under-17 group in 2015...two-time top-eight finish at the Cadet North American Cup...one-time top-four at the Cadet North American Cup (NAC).

Personal: Son of Sile Carroll and Kenny Gronningsater...born on June 23, 1998 in New York, N.Y...has one sister, Niamh.

YEAR	RECORD	WIN %	ACC	REGIONAL	NCAA
2017	43-9	.826	3rd	4th	13th
2018	48-8	.857	2nd	5th	5th
2019	49-7	.875	4th	1st	7th
2020	42-14	.750	6th	4th	N/A
TOTAL	182-38	.827