David Tierney

Position:
Foil
Height:
6-1
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Naples, Fla.

Honors: ACC Bronze Medal (2022) ... NCAA Regional Qualifier (2022, 2023) ... ACC Academic Honor Roll (2021, 2022, 2023)

2023: Went 16-10 overall during the regular season … Competed in two meets … Collected nine wins at the Penn State Duals … Placed tied for 16th at the NCAA Regional … Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll.

2022: Finished the year 26-20 overall in men’s foil … Captured a bronze medal during the individual portion of the ACC Championship … Qualified for the NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional and placed 28th … Helped guide the men’s foil squad to a 13-4 overall record … Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll.

2021: Competed during the shortened COVID-19 season … Helped guide the men’s squad to its second ACC team title in program history … Placed seventh at the individual event during the ACC Championship … Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll.

Prior to Duke: Member of the Naples Fencing Academy under German Paz … US Fencing first team All-American and first team All-Academic (2017-19) … US Fencing certified referee (2018) … seventh place at the 2018 Cadet Foil World Cup in Austria … 26th at the 2018 Cadet Foil World Cup in France … Earned 26th in Division I at the 2018 July Challenge … Earned the academic excellence award for his high school (freshman – junior) … Departmental Academic Achievement Award (Geometry, Biology, Algebra II and Chemistry) … AP Scholar with honors award … Member of the Barron Collier High School Jazz Band … Member of the National Honor Society, Fellowship of Christian Athletes and Moorings Presbyterian Church Young Group and Youth Priase Band.

Personal: Son of Jeanne and Peter Tierney … Has two sisters, Abby and Ashlynn.