SOUTH BEND, Ind. – The Notre Dame Fighting Irish fencing team and head coach Gia Kvaratskhelia announced six captains for the 2025-26 squad. Chelsea Delsoin, Grant Dodrill, Chase Emmer, Jonathan Hamilton-Meikle, Ryanne Leslie and Eszter Muhari all will represent Notre Dame as fencing captains this season.
The Irish are the defending national champions, and winners of four of the last five national titles. The program’s 14 national titles represent the most by any team in Notre Dame athletics history.
2025-26 Notre Dame Fencing Captains
Chelsea Delsoin (Jr./Sabre)
- Finished fourth at the 2024 ACC Championships in the individual sabre competition
Grant Dodrill (Sr./Sabre)
- 2024 All-ACC
- Finished third at the 2025 ACC Championships in the individual sabre competition
Chase Emmer (Jr./Foil)
- 2025 NCAA Men’s Foil Individual Champion
- 2025 ACC Foil Fencer of the Year
- 2025 All-ACC Academic Team
Jonathan Hamilton-Meikle (Sr./Epee)
- 2025 Third Team All-American
- 2025 All-ACC Academic Team
- 2024 First Team All-American
- 2024 ACC Men’s Epee Fencer of the Year
- 2024 All-ACC
- 2024 All-ACC Academic Team
Ryanne Leslie (Jr./Foil)
- 2025 All-ACC Academic Team
- January 31, 2025 ACC Fencer of the Week
- 2024 All-ACC Academic Team
Eszter Muhari (Sr./Epee)
- 2024 Olympian
- 2025 ACC Women’s Epee Individual Champion
- 2025 NCAA Women’s Epee Individual Champion
- 2025 ACC Women’s Championship MVP
- 2025 ACC Women’s Epee Fencer of the Year
- 2025 First Team All-American Team
- 2025 All-ACC Academic Team
- 2023 NCAA Women’s Epee Individual Champion
- 2023 ACC Women’s Epee Fencer of the Year
- 2023 First Team All-American Team