2019-20 Fencing Roster

Regina O'Brien 2018-19 Fencing Roster

Sabre


Height 5'10''
Class Freshman
Hometown Wellesley, MA
High School Wellesley
Regina O'Brien - Fencing - Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Bio

AS A SOPHOMORE:

  • Finished the season with a 15-5 record, competing in all five regular-season contests
  • Posted a 3-0 record at the DeCicco Duals
  • Closed the season out with a 5-2 record at the Northwestern Duals

AS A FRESHMAN:

  • Began Irish career with a 28-20 dual record
  • Rebounded after beginning the season 5-6 to go 13-1 at the DeCicco Duals
  • Turned in a 6-3 record during the ACC Championship women’s team championship, helping the Irish to their third straight title
  • Finished fifth in the individual portion of the ACC Championship
  • Earned a monogram

PREP AND PERSONAL:

  • A member of the Zeta Fencing Studio
  • Joins the Irish having won three Junior Olympics gold medals in team sabre (2014-16) and a Junior Pan American team championship
  • Fenced with current Irish junior Francesca Russo at the Junior World Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, as well as at the Junior Pan American Games
  • Daughter of Duncan and Marlene O’Brien, and is also the sister to Duncan, who fenced for Harvard, and Justin
  • Her great aunt, Sister Eileen Bradshaw, earned her Master’s in Mathematics from Notre Dame in 1967
  • Will enroll in the First Year of Studies with plans to study International Economics and German