Amanda Sirico 2018-19 Fencing Roster

HONORS AND AWARDS:

• 2019 NCAA Championships Women’s Epee Runner-Up
• 2017, 2018 NCAA Championships Women’s Epee Third Place
• 2017, 2018, 2019 First Team All-American
• 2018, 2019 NCAA Midwest Regional Champion Women’s Epee
• 2017 NCAA Midwest Regional Championship Women’s Epee Third Place
• 2017, 2018 ACC Champion Women’s Epee
• 2018, 2019 ACC Fencer of the Year (women’s epee)
• 2017, 2019 Notre Dame Women’s Epee MVP
• 2018, 2019 ACC Scholar-Athlete of the Year
• 2019 Notre Dame Monogram Club MVP
• ACC Women’s Fencer of the Week (Feb. 1, 2017)

AS A GRADUATE STUDENT:

• Compiled a 22-9 record in the regular season after battling injuries during the year
• Opened the season with a 9-4 performance at the Elite Invitational
• Appeared in the team competition at the ACC Championship, helping the Irish claim the team title
• Placed fourth at the Midwest Regional in Detroit and earned an at-large berth to the NCAA Championship
• Earned ACC All-Academic honors for the fourth time in her career
• Finished her career with a 142-38 record

AS A SENIOR:

• Posted the best season finish of her career with a second-place finish at the National Collegiate Fencing Championships after recovering from injury that limited her time on the strip
• Went 18-4 on the season, bringing her career record to 120-29
• Turned in a gold-medal performance at the Penn State Garret Open to begin the year
• Opened the dual slate with a 10-1 outing at the Elite Invitational
• Did not compete as an individual at the ACC Championships, but posted an 8-0 mark during team competition, scoring the winning point against Duke to capture the team title
• Captured gold at the NCAA Midwest Regional Championships for her second straight regional title
• Went 19-4 in pool play at NCAAs to take the top seed in direct elimination
• Defeated Princeton’s Tatjiana Stewart 14-12 in the national semifinal
• Fell to Columbia’s Anne Cebula 5-3 in overtime after three passivity periods
• Named the ACC Fencer of the Year for women’s epee
• Named the ACC Women’s Fencing Scholar-Athlete of the Year
• Named the team’s MVP for Women’s Epee
• Earned the team’s Ted Hodges Award, “presented to a Notre Dame fencer who, when faced with extraordinary adversity, did not merely endure, but prevailed”
• Earned the team’s Rockne Student-Athlete Award
• Named the women’s Monogram Club MVP
• Earned a monogram

AS A JUNIOR:

• For the second straight season, placed third at the National Collegiate Fencing Championships
• Competing in all six contests on the year, racked up a record of 52-9
• Went undefeated in the season opener, posting a 13-0 record
• Finished the NYU Invitational with a 7-1 record
• Went 14-3 in the regular-season finale at the Northwestern Duals
• Captured her second straight ACC Championship in women’s epee
• Wrapped the season with a 9-0 record during team competition at the ACC Championships
• Named the ACC Fencer of the Year for women’s epee
• Named the ACC Women’s Fencing Scholar-Athlete of the Year
• Named the Irish women’s epee MVP
• Earned a monogram

AS A SOPHOMORE:

• Turned in a breakout year during first season competing for Notre Dame, finishing in a third-place tie at the NCAA Championships and earning First Team All-America honors
• Also turned in a third-place finish at the NCAA Midwest Regional to qualify for the NCAA Championship
• Captured the ACC Championship in women’s epee, going undefeated during pool play to take the No. 1 seed into the semifinal
• Went 7-2 during team play at ACCs to help the Irish to their third straight conference title
• Assembled a 50-16 dual record
• Began the season 7-5 at the Elite Invitational
• Went 12-3 to lead the Irish at the St. John’s Invitational
• Went 3-2 at the NYU Invite
• Went 4-0 at the DeCicco Duals, including winning the clinching point in Notre Dame’s 14-13 win over Northwestern on Jan. 28, 2017
• Named the ACC Women’s Fencer of the Week the following Tuesday (Feb. 1, 2017)
• Finished the regular season with a 17-4 mark at the Northwestern Invitational
• Named the team’s most valuable women’s epeeist
• Earned a monogram

AS A FRESHMAN:

• Did not compete for the Irish

PREP AND PERSONAL:

• Competed internationally as a member of Team USA all throughout prep career
• At one point was ranked first at the Cadet level, fourth at the Junior level and sixth in the Senior national rankings
• Clinched the title both at the 2012 Grenoble Cadet World Cup and the 2013 Goteberg Junior World Cup
• Took second at the Klagenfurt Cadet World Cup
• As a senior, took third at the Dijon Junior World Cup and finished sixth at the Goteberg Junior World Cup
• Placed eighth at Junior World Championships and was selected as a member of the 2014 USA Junior World Team
• Graduated from Alpha Omega Academy in Huntsville, Texas, in July of 2014
• Oldest daughter of Thomas and Cynthia Sirico, both of whom fenced at the University of Texas -El Paso (UTEP)
• Has two younger sisters, Brooke and Meghan
• Born in El Paso, Texas, but calls Bowie, Maryland home these days
• From same area as Irish men’s basketball player Jerian Grant
• Graduated in 2019 and currently enrolled in Graduate Studies