Huda Aldadah

Duke Fencing headshots at Kennedy Tower in Durham, NC on November 9, 2021.

Position:
Epee
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Peoria, Ill.

Honors: NCAA Championships Qualifier (Epee - 2019) ... ACC Fencer of the Year (2021) ... NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional Qualifier (Epee - 2019, 2020) ... All-ACC Academic Team (2019, 2020, 2021) ... ACC Academic Honor Roll (2019, 2020, 2021)

2021: Competed during the shortened COVID-19 season … Named ACC Fencer of the Year in epee … Captured an individual gold medal at the ACC Championship with 12 victories … Helped guide the women’s squad to its first ACC team title in program history … Named to the All-ACC Academic Team and the ACC Academic Honor Roll for her work in the classroom.

2020: 2020 campaign was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic … Earned a second-place finish at the individual portion of the ACC Championships to garner All-ACC status … Led the women’s epee squad with a 39-27 overall record … Opened the season at the Penn State Duals with nine victories before a 10-win performance at the Northwestern Duals … Finished in 17th at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional … Named to the All-ACC Academic Team and the ACC Academic Honor Roll.

2019: Qualified for the NCAA Championships as a rookie … Placed seventh during the individual portion at the ACC Championships and seventh at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional … Opened the year at the Penn State Duals with 11 victories and posted a season-best 20 wins at the Northwestern Duals … Went nearly undefeated at the Philadelphia Invitational with a 7-1 record … Owns the second-best win total on the women’s epee squad with a 45-17 overall ledger … Helped the women’s epee squad go 20-8 this season … Won 72.6 percent of bouts as a freshman … Concluded the year in 22nd at the NCAA Championships … Named to the All-ACC Academic Team and the ACC Academic Honor Roll.

Prep: Member of the Peoria Fencing Academy under Elsayed Emara … Most recently posted a 12th-place finish at the 2017 Cadet Circuit in Grenoble, France and 13th on the same circuit in Bratislava, Slovakia … Finished in 17th in the junior division at the 2017 January North American Cup (NAC) … Notched sixth at the 2016 November NAC in cadet … Named the valedictorian of her high school in 2018 … Member of the National Honor Society (2016-2018) … TEDxDHS Club President (2016-2018) … High school freshman advisor (2016-2018).

Personal: Daughter of May Abouhouli and Monzer Aldadah … Born April 13, 2000 in Peoria, Ill. … Has one brother, Waleed, and two sisters, Ayah and Lina … Ayah is a current freshman on the cross country and track teams for Bradley University.