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Tom Horton |
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Former walk-on who is entering his fourth
season with the Irish ... a tremendous allaround
athlete who was a standout tennis
player during his prep sports career ... a hardworking
and intelligent fencer who is very
quick on the strip and has a good selection of
actions ... able to shift his tactics to fit the
situation ... an excellent student who carries a
3.76 cumulative grade point average -
including a 4.0 during the 2007 spring semester
- as an accounting major.
AS A SENIOR: Finished the season with a
28-13 record ... started the season with a 5-10
showing at the Western Invite ... went 2-0 at
the NYU Duals and 5-2 at the Northwestern
Duals ... finished the regular season with a 3-0
record at the Duke Duals and a 13-1 record at
the Notre Dame Duals ... made the round of
16 at the Midwest Conference Championships
... went 3-2 in the play-in pool to advance to
the first round of the NCAA Midwest
Regional ... went 1-5 in the round-robin
portion of the tournament before losing to
Notre Dame teammate Bill Thanhouser in the
first direct-elimination bout ... then lost to
Ohio State's Dexter Wilde (15-10) before
finishing his year with a 15-9 loss to Ohio
State's Robert Douville.
AS A JUNIOR: Posted a 25-11 record while
serving as one of top reserves on the men's sabre squad ... his 8-7 record at the Notre
Dame Duals included wins over Stanford's
Andrew Suciu (5-3), Wayne State's Patrick
Tomlinson (5-0) and the Cal State Fullerton
duo of Pham Nguyen (5-4) and Richard
Huang (5-1) ... fenced in three bouts (2-1) at
the NYU Duals before winning all nine of his
bouts at the Midwest Duals (held at ND) ...
his 3-3 mark at the Duke Duals included wins
over David Eitel from the host team (5-2), plus
a pair of 5-3 victories over Johns Hopkins
fencers Eitel and Andrew Carney ... closed
season by winning all three of his bouts at the
Northwestern Duals.
AS A SOPHOMORE: Went 19-10 in his
first season as a collegiate fencer ... placed
37th in the mixed sabre competition at the
Northwestern Open in the fall of 2005 ...
added 5-3 record later that fall at the
Northwestern Duals, with 5-1 win over Cal
State Fullerton's Jon Bellone and pair of wins
over fencers from Johns Hopkins (5-4 vs. Jake
Sand; 5-1 vs. Carney) ... his results in the 2006
spring regular season included a 4-2 record at
the Notre Dame Duals, 7-1 at the Ohio State
Duals and 3-4 at the UC San Diego Duals ...
placed 16th at the Midwest Fencing
Conference Championships.
PREP & PERSONAL: Earned six varsity
letters as a two-sport standout at St.
Catherine's High School ... twice placed fifth
in the Wisconsin state high school tennis
tournament ... a four-time all-conference
honoree and regional champion in tennis, also
earning all-city honors three times and all-state
as both a junior and senior ... compiled 97-12
career record in tennis, including an unbeaten
conference mark during all four of his seasons
... also lettered in soccer as a junior and senior,
helping team win conference and regional
titles during both seasons ... member of state
semifinalist soccer team during his junior
season before earning all-conference honors as
senior team captain ... member of the
National Honor Society while at St.
Catherine's ... brother-in-law to former Notre
Dame foil All-American Forest Walton (who
married his sister, Rebecca Horton) ... born
Aug. 30, 1986, in Racine,Wis. ... son of Daniel
and Susan Horton ... full name is Thomas
Daniel Horton ... an accounting major,
enrolled in the Mendoza College of Business.
