Fencing (Ewa Nelip, Courtney Hurley and Eileen Hassett photos)
HONORS & AWARDS
NCAA Third-Place Finisher (2009, 2010)
First Team All-American (2009, 2010)
MFC Epee Champion (2009)
MFC Epee Runner-Up (2010)
First Team All-MFC (2009, 2010)
RECENT NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL RESULTS: Named the 2009-10 Junior World Cup Points winner for the junior women's epee division ... finished nearly 20 points clear of second-place Johanna Bergdahl from Sweden ... in the seven tournaments she competed in on the year, finished first in five ... finished her junior circuit with a victory in Mexico on May 5, 2010 ... also finished third in the senior table
at the Pan-American Championships held in San Jose in April ... captured 2009 Junior World Cup gold medals at Montreal, Helsinki, Tauberbischofsheim and Budapest ... won the 2008 Carl Schwende Junior World Cup event held in Montreal ... teamed with her sister, Kelley, and two other fencers to win the 2008 Junior Team World Championships in Italy ... placed first at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil ... in 2007, finished third at the Senior Pan American Championships in Montreal, fifth at a Senior World Cup event held in Germany and 11th at a Senior World Cup event in Luxembourg ... won the gold medal at the 2006 Cadet World Championships in Korea ... also won the Pittsburgh and Albuquerque N.A.C. events in 2006.
AS A SOPHOMORE: Named a first-team All-American as a result of her showing at the NCAA Championships ... earned first team all-MFC honors for her runner-up finish at the Midwest Fencing Championships ... recipient of the 2010 Knute Rockne Student-Athlete Award ... concluded the regular season with a record of 59-6 in epee competition and earned her second straight berth into the NCAA Championships ... began season with a perfect 18-0 ledger at the NYU Invitational, including 3-0 records against Yale, Columbia, Northwestern, St. John's and Ohio State ... followed that with a 9-3 mark at the St. John's Challenge ... went 20-2 in competition at the Northwestern Duals and notched the match-clinching point at 14-3 against Christine Forsythe of Fairleigh Dickenson (5-0) ... wrapped up the regular season with a 15-1 showing at the Notre Dame Duals ... finished runner-up at the Midwest Fencing Conference championships, falling to teammate and sister Kelley in the finals, 15-11 ... advanced into the finals with four convincing wins ... defeated teammate Caroline Dikibo in the round of 32, 15-2 ... downed Amanda Cantlin of Chicago in the round of 16, 15-3 ... earned her ticket to the finals with back-to-back wins over Nicole Tilley (15-4) and Kayley French (15-6) of Northwestern ... helped her epee squad capture the team title at the event, defeating Northwestern in the final by the score of 5-1 ... claimed a 4-3 victory over Christa French in the bout ... secured her second-consecutive NCAA Midwest Regional title, defeating Kayla French (Northwestern) in the finals, 15-14 ... advanced to the finals with a 15-4 win over Mary Pozydaev of Ohio State in the round of eight, and a 15-12 decision over Christa French of Northwestern in the semifinals ... concluded her season with a tie for third place in the NCAA Championships ... excelled through round robin play, posting a 19-4 record to go along with a +32 indicator, good for
the third seed in the final four table ... fell to Penn State's Margherita Guzzi Vincenti in the semifinals, 15-11.
AS A FRESHMAN: Finished the regular season with a 50-5 record before earning first team All-American honors at the NCAA Championship ... began her college career with a 6-0 record at the St. John's Duals ... recorded her first career win against Columbia's Martyna Urbanowicz (5-2) ... went 8-3 at the NYU Invitational, including 3-0 against St. John's ... had an impressive day (17-2) at the Northwestern Duals, including going 3-0 against both John Hopkins and Temple ... also went 2-0 against North Carolina, Northwestern and Detroit at the Northwestern Duals ... went undefeated at the Notre Dame Duals, finishing 19-0 ... went 3-0 against Stanford and Cal Tech at the Notre Dame Duals ... registered 50th career win at the Notre Dame Duals ... beat Northwestern's Joanna Niklinska, 15-8, to win the women's epee title at the Midwest Fencing Conference Championships and earn first-team all-conference honors ... beat Lawrence's Meghan Bonham, 15-0, and Wayne State's Emanuela Bercera, 15-7, in the early rounds of the championships to advance to the round of 16 ... in the round of 16, knocked off Ohio State's Mary Pozydaev, 15-11 ... beat Notre Dame teammate Ewa Nelip, 15-10, in the quarterfinals ... disposed of Northwestern's Christa French, 15-10, in the semifinals to advance to take on Niklinska ... won the NCAA Midwest Regional title ... her run to the title began with a perfect 5-0 record in pool play, which earned her the top seed in the final eight ... beat her sister and Notre Dame teammate Kelley, 15-9, in the semifinals ... won the title bout against Nelip, 15-9 ... her run to the title was so dominant that no non-Irish opponent landed more than seven touches against her all day, while Kelley and Nelip could only land nine ... went 21-2 during pool play at the NCAA Championships to advance to the semifinals ... lost to Penn State's Anastasia Ferdman, 15-13, in the semifinal ... went 2-0 against Penn State, Ohio State, Columbia and St. John's during round-robin play at the championship.
PREP & PERSONAL: Graduated from Earl Warren High School in San Antonio, Texas ... coached by her father, Robert Hurley, and the late Paul Pesthy at the family's Team Hurley Fencing Club in San Antonio ... ranked 160th in the world senior rankings and third in the world junior rankings entering her first season at Notre Dame ... ranked as high as 14th in the world senior rankings and second in the world junior rankings ... sister, Kelley, also fenced for Notre Dame ... daughter of Robert and Tracy Hurley ... full name is Courtney Lyn Hurley ... born September, 30 1990 in Houston, Texas ... enrolled in the College of Arts and Letters, majoring in film, television and theatre with a supplementary major in computer applications.
