2016-17 Fencing
Roster
Erin Dietsche 2015-16 Fencing Roster
Foil
Height
5'4''
Class
Junior
Hometown
Long Valley, NJ
High School
West Morris Central
HONORS AND AWARDS:
- 2016 Alice “Dit” Langford Award
- 2015 Yves Auriol Award
- 2015 World University Games Participant
AS A JUNIOR:
- Turned in a 35-6 record as a junior
- Opened the season with a 4-3 day at the Elite Invitational
- Won next 17 bouts at St. John’s (2-0), NYU (1-0) and DeCicco Duals (14-0)
- Wrapped the season at the Northwestern Invitational (14-3)
AS A SOPHOMORE:
- Posted a 43-12 mark during regular-season bouts
- Opened the season with a 14th-place finish at the Penn State Open
- Went 19-1 over two days at the DeCicco Duals
- Turned in an 11-3 record at the Northwestern Duals
- Wrapped the regular season with a 12-3 day at the Duke Duals
- Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll
- Named the team’s Alice Langford Women’s Foil Leadership Award
- Earned a monogram
AS A FRESHMAN:
- Amassed a 28-6 record in first season at Notre Dame
- Earned 1-1 record at St. John’s Invitational, followed by 6-0 mark at NYU Invite the following day
- Posted 8-5 log at Northwestern Duals
- At DeCicco Duals, posted third-best record on the women’s foil squad, earning undefeated, 13-0 mark
- Earned a monogram
PREP AND PERSONAL:
- Started fencing her freshman year of high school at Manchen Academy of Fencing with head coach Darren Manchen
- As a sophomore finished 21st at New Jersey State Individual Championships
- Placed 11th as a junior and finished the year ranked first in Northwest Jersey Athletic Conference (District 1)
- Compiled 23-1 bout record and served as captain
- Went undefeated as a senior, posting an unblemished 23-0 record and again finishing first in conference
- Placed eighth at state championships and earned All-State second team accolades
- With club team, placed second at Division III Summer Nationals as a senior and was ninth at Division II North American Cup (NAC) in Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Graduated from West Morris Central High School in June of 2014
- Earned membership in school’s French Honor Society and served as vice president of the National Honor Society
- Biggest athletic thrill to date is walking on to the Notre Dame fencing team
- Hails from Long Valley, New Jersey
- Youngest child of Douglas and Catherine Dietsche
- Has one sister, Courtney
- Enrolled in the College of Science, majoring in math