Defendng national champion Fighting Irish reload their roster in search of their second consecutive NCAA title.
HONORS AND AWARDS:
Captain (2012)
Second Team All-MFC (2011)
Honorable Mention All-MFC (2009, 2010)
AS A JUNIOR: Finished the year with a record of 21-4 in sabre ... earned third monogram ... opened the year with a 4-2 mark at the NYU Invitational, including going a perfect 2-0 against NYU ... claimed first win of the season against Columbia, taking down Billy Fink 5-2 ... followed that up by defeating Stevens Tech's David Barth on the final touch, 5-4 ... clinched both the sabre and the overall match against NYU with the 5-2 decision over Hugo Rodriguez ... also defeated Jonathan Tang, 5-1, in that match ... competed in only one match the following day at the St. John's Challenge, going 3-0 against Columbia ... defeated Mel Rodriguez (5-2), Billy Fink (5-0) and Tomasz Otowski (5-1) in the contest ... posted a mark of 8-2 at the Notre Dame Duals ... posted clean sheets against Detroit (1-0), Air Force (2-0), Florida (1-0), Lawrence (1-0), Swarthmore (1-0) and Cleveland State (2-0) ... earned the sabre clincher in the final match against Cleveland State, defeating Bryan Twichell 5-1 ... went 4-0 the following day at the Northwestern Duals, earning wins against Cal Tech (1-0), UC San Diego (2-0) and North Carolina (1-0) ... earned the match-clinching win against the Beavers of Cal Tech, dispatching Jeff Han 5-1 ... also earned the sabre clincher against UC San Diego in defeating Bryson Abilay 5-2 ... posted final two wins of the regular season at the Irish Duals, earning a victory against both Chicago and Illinois ... earned first second-team all-conference honor of career after placing eighth at the Midwest Fencing Conference Championships in direct elimination bouts ... helped the sabre unit capture the weapon team title the following day ... received the 2011 Dan Mulligan men's sabre leadership award following the season.
AS A SOPHOMORE: Took 10th at the Midwest Fencing Conference Championships ... posted an overall record of 35-6 ... won all three bouts during the St. John's Challenge, clinching the sabre win over Harvard, downing Thomas Kolasa, 5-4, and posting two victories vs. Columbia ... tallied a 16-2 mark at the Northwestern Duals, nabbing clinching wins against Detroit's Tom Lorenzo , Northwestern's Ed Paget, Wayne State's Andrew Opalewski and North Carolina's David Winer ... rounded out the season at the Notre Dame Duals posting a 14-1 record ... recorded a clinching win against Eric Harman of Michigan ... made a run at the NCAA Midwest Regionals to place fourth, defeating Ohio State's Dexter Wilde (15-11) before falling to teammate Avery Zuck (15-7).
AS A FRESHMAN: Completed his freshman year with a 35-12 regular season record and a eighth place finish at the NCAA Midwest Regionals ... began his Irish career with a loss at the St. John's Duals (finished 0-1) ... earned his first career win at the NYU Invitational versus Yale's Stephen Watty (5-2) ... finished with a perfect 4-0 record at the NYU Invitational ... led the Irish men's sabre team with 14 wins at the Northwestern Duals (finished14-2) ... went 3-0 against Northwestern and Lawrence at the Northwestern Duals ... posted a 4-5 record at the Duke Duals ... went 13-4 at the Notre Dame Duals ... finished the Midwest Conference Championships in ninth place to earn honorable-mention all-conference honors ... at the championships, beat Indiana's Makenzie Johnson, 15-5, in the round of 64 and Michigan State's Ryan Majewski, 15-7, in the round of 32 ... fell to eventual champion John Friend of Ohio State, 15-11, in the round of 16 ... placed eighth at the NCAA Midwest Regionals.
PREP & PERSONAL: Four-year letter winner in fencing at Ward Melville High School in East Setauket, N.Y. ... finished in the national rankings his last three years of high school ... regional champion as a freshman, junior and senior ... named a team captain his senior year ... coached by Jeff and Jennifer Salmon ... a two-year letter winner in tennis ... member of the Spanish Honor Society ... son of Ken Feldman and Carol LiVolis ... born June 3, 1990, in Stony Brook, N.Y. ... enrolled in the College of Engineering as a computer science and engineering major.
