SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Notre Dame head fencing coach Gia Kvaratskhelia announced seven captains for the upcoming 2024-25 season. The seven captains are Kaylin Sin Yan Hsieh, Jonathan Hamilton-Meikle, Atara Greenbaum, Jadeyn Williams, Alexandre Lacaze, Chase Emmer and Ryanne Leslie.
The Irish are coming off another successful season, placing second at the 2024 NCAA Championships and capturing the 2024 ACC Women’s Team Championship.
The first team competition for Notre Dame will be the Elite Invitational at Penn University in Philadelphia on Nov. 17, as the Irish kick off the 2024-25 season.
More info on each captain is below.
Kaylin Sin Yan Hsieh (Sr./Epee)
- 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Hong Kong, China (Individual & Team Women’s Epee)
- 2023 ACC Epee, Individual Champion
- 2022 NCAA Epee, Individual Champion
- 2022 NCAA Team Champion
- 2022 ACC Women’s Epee of the Year
- 2022 First Team All-American
- 2021 NCAA Championships, Runner-Up
- 2021 NCAA Team Championship
- 2021 First Team All-American
Jonathan Hamilton-Meikle (Jr./Epee)
- 2024 First Team All-American
- 2024 NCAA Epee, Individual 2nd Place
- 2024 ACC Men’s Epee Fencer of the Year
- 2024 All-ACC
- 2024 ACC Epee, Individual 2nd Place
- 2024 All-ACC Academic Team
Atara Greenbaum (Sr./Sabre)
- 2024 ACC Women’s Sabre Individual Champion
- 2024 ACC Women’s Sabre Fencer of the Year
- 2024 Second Team All-American
- 2024 All-ACC
- 2022 NCAA Championships, 2nd place
- 2022 ACC Championships, 2nd place
- 2022 First Team All-American
Jadeyn Williams (Sr./Sabre)
- 2024 All-ACC
- 2023 All-ACC
- 2024 ACC Championships, 3rd place
- 2024 Third Team All-American
- 2024 All-ACC Academic
- 2023 ACC Championships, 2nd place
Alexandre Lacaze (Sr./Sabre)
- 2024 Second Team All-American
- 2024 NCAA Championships, 7th place
- 2024 All-ACC Academic
- 2022 ACC Academic Honor Roll
Chase Emmer (So./Foil)
- 2023 First Team All-American
- 2023 NCAA Championships, 3rd place
- 2023 NCAA Team Champion
Ryanne Leslie (So./Foil)
- January 31 ACC Fencer of the Week
- 2024 All-ACC Academic Team
- 2023 ACC Championships, 5th place