CHARLOTTE – Junior Eszter Muhari was named the ACC Women’s Fencing Co-Scholar-Athlete of the Year as Notre Dame placed 16 on the 2026 Fencing All-ACC Academic Teams, the conference announced Thursday.
Muhari earned her third epee national championship, including her second straight. A senior from Budapest, Hungary, she helped lead the Fighting Irish to an NCAA championship on the home strips. Muhari claimed the 2026 NCAA individual championship in epee and was named the 2026 ACC Epee Fencer of the Year. Majoring in business analytics, she has been named to the All-ACC Academic Team three times.
For the women, Siobhan Sullivan, Ashley Chen, Victoria Pevzner, Meredith Palmer, Kaitlyn Hulseburg, Ariadna Tucker, Magda Skarbonkiewicz, Josephina Conway and Eszter Muhari all tallied the award. It’s the third time Conway has been named to the team and the second time that Sullivan, Pevzner, Hulseburg, Tucker, Skarbonkiewicz and Muhari have donned the honor.
On the men’s side, Grant Dodrill, Nick Candela, James Sennewald, Kent Iyoki, Ahmed Hesham, Ziyuan Chen and Jonathan Hamilton-Meikle earned the academic honors. It’s the third time Candela and Hamilton-Meikle have been named to the honor roll and the second time Sennewald, Iyoki, Hesham, Chen have earned the academic honor.
Academic requirements for selection to the All-ACC Academic Team include a 3.0-grade point average for the previous two semesters, a 3.0 cumulative average during one’s academic career, has to have been enrolled at the institution for at least one year and the student must be classified as an undergraduate student. In addition, student-athletes must compete in either the ACC Championship or NCAA Championship this season in the sport of fencing.
2026 All-ACC Academic Women’s Fencing Team
Siobhan Sullivan
Ashley Chen
Victoria Pevzner
Meredith Palmer
Kaitlyn Hulseburg
Ariadna Tucker
Magda Skarbonkiewicz
Josephina Conway
Eszter Muhari
2026 All-ACC Academic Men’s Fencing Team
Grant Dodrill
Nick Candela
James Sennewald
Kent Iyoki
Ahmed Hesham
Ziyuan Chen
Jonathan Hamilton-Meikle