Completed Event: Fencing at NCAA Championship on March 20, 2025 , , 12th

Honors:Â All-America (Epee - 2017) ... NCAA Championships Participant (Epee - 2017) ... NCAA Regional Participant (Epee - 2016, 2017) ... All-ACC (2017) ... ACC Academic Honor Roll (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)
2019: Competed in the annual Duke Meet in Durham … Went 2-5 on her home strips as an epeeist … Named to the 2019 ACC Academic Honor Roll.
2018: Led the women’s epee squad with a career-best 50 victories, good for the second-most wins on the women’s team … Collected a season-best 21 victories with only eight losses at the Northwestern Duals … Picked up nine wins at both the Philadelphia Invitational and at the annual Duke Meet … Helped the women’s epee team to a 22-6 overall record … Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll for the third time.
2017: Capped her sophomore year at Duke with All-America honors after placing 12th in women’s epee at the NCAA Fencing Championships ... placed fifth at the ACC Championships during the individual portion of the event … finished ninth at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional … led the women’s epee squad with an overall 30-7 ledger … competed in two competitions during the regular season … tallied a near perfect 13-1 ledger at the Eric Sollee Invitational … added nine victories at the annual Duke Meet … led the epee squad with eight victories during the team portion of the conference championships … won over 80 percent of bouts … selected to the All-ACC Academic team … named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll.
2016: Paced the women’s epee squad in wins as a freshman, posting a record of 40-17 … also went 1-0 in women’s saber … placed 14th in women’s epee at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional and eighth at the ACC Championships … during the team portion of the ACC tournament, logged a team-best 8-1 record … opened the year with a 5-6 performance at the Penn State Duals … combined for a 27-10 ledger over the next two meets, going 17-7 at the Northwestern Duals and 10-3 at the Duke Meet.
Prep: Fenced for East Bay Fencers Gym under the coaching tutelage of Abdul Habek … served as captain for Team USA #3 Cadet Women’s Epee in 2013, guiding the team to a gold medal at the International Circuit competition in Klagenfurt, Austria … a 2015 USA Fencing All-Academic first team selection … additionally, led her team to a third-place showing out of more than 500 entries at The Tech Challenge 2013: Asteroids Rock! competition in the Best Device Performance category, inventing a reliable device to deliver fragile cargo on an “asteroid” with her team.
Personal: Daughter of Jean-Michel Esnault and Padma Pillay-Esnault … born June 26, 1997 in Palo Alto, Calif. … has one brother, Kevin.
CAREER STATS
YEAR | Â RECORDÂ | Â WIN %Â | Â ACCÂ | Â REGIONALÂ | Â NCAAÂ |
2016 | 41-17 | .707 | 8th | 14th | -- |
2017 | 30-7 | .810 | 5th | 9th | 12th |
2018 | 50-29 | .633 | 7th | 14th | -- |
2019 | 2-5 | .286 | -- | -- | -- |
TOTAL Â | 123-58 | .679 | Â |