Steve Kubik Class: Junior Hometown: San Antonio, TX High School: Reagan Height / Weight: 6-3 / 185 Event: Foiil Birthdate: 10/02/1989 Clubs: San Antonio Sports Foundation/Kanza Fencing Center (Salina, KS)

HONORS & AWARDS

Second Team All-American

Resilient foilist whose battling style meshes well with the NCAA five-touch bout format ... boasts extremely quick hands and reflexes ... a clever tactician on the strip who makes effective use of inbout calculations, allowing him to properly judge distance and complete proper actions for the situation ... has exciting combination of speed, size (6-3), strength and an aggressive approach to his offense ... makes up for seemingly average technique with a spirited mentality that allows him to rally the team while overcoming steep obstacles ... joins his All- America brother Mark Kubik (currently an ND senior) to form the latest Notre Dame fencing family duo ... looking to capitalize on his past fencing experience with his brother, assistant coach Gia Kvaratskhelia (his former club coach at the Kanza Fencing Club in Salina, Kansas) and Kanza teammate Teddy Hodges (a junior on the current Irish team) ... his father Wendell Kubik competed and coached at Air Force while his youngest brother Nick also is a top foilist ... his extroverted nature and free spirit stands in stark contrast to his more serious and understated brother Mark ... joined top ranks as 2006 U.S. Junior Olympic finalist (6th) while holding national rank of 14th in cadet/U-17 men's foil ... was listed 30th in USFA rankings for all men's foilists and 18th among junior level (U-20), as of Nov. 15, 2007 ... joined his brother Mark as part of threefencer Kanza foil team that finished fifth of 33 teams at 2007 Summer Nationals in Miami (that same Kanza team won the bronze in 2006) ... placed 17th individually in U-20 field at '06 Summer Nationals (20th among all men's foilists) ... placed 14th at the annual Penn State Open (fall of 2007), after losing a 13-15 bout to Ohio State's Andras Horanyi (the 2007 NCAA champ).

AS A FRESHMAN: Competed in 22 meets on the fencing season in the foil, earning a final regular season record of 42-9 (.823) ... opened the season by registering an individual 9-3 record at the 2008 NCAA Western Invitational, an event which saw the Irish, as a team, earn a 4-1 mark as well ... went 7-2 at the New York University Dual, posting a perfect slate in four of the five matches at the event and helped the team go 5-1 on the day ... earned a 16-3 record at the Northwestern Duals, including going a perfect 3-0 against both Cal State Fullerton and The Citadel at the event ... Irish team posted an overall 8-2 mark at the event as well ... helped the foil team post an overall 70-20 mark at the Notre Dame Duals by posting an individual mark of 10-1 at the event ... also helped the team to a perfect showing, going 10-0 versus the competition ... reached the Midwest Fencing Conference (MFC) Championships semifinals as the #5 seed before losing to his brother, Mark, 15-14 in their dual ... notched a 5-1 record in pool matches with his only defeat coming to Ohio State's Colin Sutter (5- 4) at the Midwest Regionals ... earned the bronze medal after falling to teammate Zach Schirtz in the semifinals but rebounded to defeat Ohio State's Ben Parkins (15-13) in the consolation match ... helped his team to a second-place finish, behind Ohio State, at the NCAA championships with a team score of 176 ... posted a record of 13-10 at the NCAAs individually and earned an eighth place finish in the individual foil tournament for his work...rewarded for his efforts in being named as a first team all- Midwest Conference member as well as a second team All-American.

PREP & PERSONAL: Started fencing at age five, when his family lived in southern Germany for three years at the Fechter Ring of Albstadt-Ebingen ... played youth soccer in Schwenningen-Baden ... continued to compete in soccer, baseball and fencing after moving to San Antonio before specializing in fencing in middle school ... coached by his father Wendall Kubik while training with Palo Alto Fencers club (part of San Antonio Sports Foundation's Community Olympic Development Program) ... that club became Dreams for Youth Fencing Center in 2002 ... SASF is supported by the USOC and provides opportunities in Olympic sports to youth in economically disadvantaged communities ... participated at SASF's "Inner City Games," sponsored by Arnold Schwarzenegger ... trained with Andrei Samorodov at Alamo Fencing Academy ... attended summer fencing camps at Kanza Fencing Club in Salina, Kansas ('04-'07), coached by current ND assistant Kvaratskhelia ... worked with former members of Soviet junior national team such as Kvaratskhelia, Soviet champion Slava Grigoriev, and Andrei Samorodov ... graduated from Ronald Reagan High School ... top results in 2006-07 included: seventh at Junior World Cup in Madrid, Spain (Nov. '06); 23rd in overall men's foil field at North American Cup (N.A.C.) in Richmond, Va. (Dec. '06); and 91st at Junior World Cup in Bratislava (Oct. '06) ... his '05-'06 season (ranked #14 among U.S. U-17s) included: sixth in U-20 men's foil and 14th among U-17s at 2006 Junior Olympics in Hartford, Conn.; 73rd at U-17 World Cup in Koblenz, Germany; 141st at Junior World Cup in Budapest (Jan '06); 11th in U-19 men's foil (also third among all men's foil teams) at the 2006 Summer Nationals (Atlanta); 23rd in overall men's foil bouts at the N.A.C. in Sacramento, Calif. (April '06) ... fenced foil and epee in early years ... his '04-'05 results included: fifth overall, 21st in U- 19 and 11th in U-16 men's foil at Summer Nationals (Sacramento) ... in '03-'04, he won D-2 men's epee at N.A.C. in Arlington while placing 25th in U-14 Atlanta N.A.C. ... U-14 runner-up in men's epee and 14th in U-14 men's foil at N.A.C. in Overland Park, Kan. (Oct. '03) ... his earliest results included: 22nd in U-14 foil at 2003 Summer Nationals; ninth in U-12 foil at 2002 Summer Nationals (Greenville, S.C.); runner-up in U-12 foil at Louisville N.A.C. (April '02); 5th in U-12 foil at N.A.C. in Saratoga Springs, Calif. (Jan. '02); seventh in U-10 foil at N.A.C. in Orlando (May 2000); U-10 runner-up in foil and third in U-10 epee at N.A.C. in St. Paul, Minn. (Oct '99); eighth in U-10 epee and 28th in U-10 foil at '99 Summer Nationals (Charlotte, N.C.) ... his father Wendell Kubik was 1981 Air Force fencing captain and placed 10th in NCAA foil ... his younger brother Nick was fifth in U-17 foil at '07 Junior Olympics (Denver) and 16th at U-17 World Cup in Koblenz, Germany (Jan. '07) ... a USFA-certified referee who has volunteered at various fencing camps ... member of National Honor Society ... graduated first in his class ... placed second at Texas State German Competition (for extemporary speech) ... grandfather Harold Yount was All-America rifleman at Penn State ('41), a career Colonel and project manager for U.S. Army's M-16 rifle ... son of Wendell and Jeana Kubik ... full name is Steven John Kubik ... born Oct. 2, 1989, in Colorado Springs ... enrolled in the Mendoza College of Business.