Neal Salisian

	Hometown: Pasadena, California
	High School: St. Francis
	Height / Weight: 5-11 / 180

	Position: Sabre
	Birthdate: 10/04/1979

Hard-working walk-on who has joined the top four of the Notre Dame men's sabre squad ... won both of his bouts as a sophomore in 2000 before posting 11-8 record in 2001 (for a 13-8 career record) ... product of the Notre Dame physical education fencing class who walked onto varsity team as a sophomore and earned a monogram as a junior ... posted Dean's List semesters during both terms of his sophomore and junior seasons ... entered senior year with a 3.68 cumulative grade-point average, as a finance and computer applications major.

PREP & PERSONAL: A three-year letterwinner as a linebacker on the St. Francis High School football team ... helped team win conference titles during his freshman (undefeated) and sophomore seasons ... also played high school volleyball as a freshman ... father Neal Salisian, Sr., played football at Stanford ... born Oct. 4, 1979, in Inglewood, Calif. ... a finance and computer applications major in the College of Business ... president of the Computer Applications Honor Society and treasurer of the PreLaw Society.