Marcello Olivares 2022-23 Fencing Roster

HONORS AND AWARDS

• 2024 Second Team All-American
• 2024 ACC Men’s Foil Fencer of the Year
• 2023 ACC Men’s Foil Fencer of the Year
• 2023 All-ACC Academic Men’s Fencing Team
• 2021 NCAA Individual Men’s Foil Champion
• 2021 NCAA Team Champion
• 2021 First Team All-American
• 2020 NCAA Qualifier
• 2020 First Team All-American
• 2020 Midwest Regional Champion, Men’s Foil
• 2020 ACC Championships Most Valuable Fencer

AS A GRAD STUDENT

• Earned Second Team All-American honors.
• Placed sixth at the 2024 NCAA Championships in the individual foil competition.

AS A SENIOR

• Placed third at the 2023 NCAA Championships with a 20-4 record.
• Took first place at the NCAA Midwest Regional with a 13-0 record to qualify for the national championship.
• Named the ACC Men’s Foilist of the Year.
• Posted a 26-10 record on the season to improve his career record 130-36.
• Earned first team All-American honors with his finish at NCAA Championships.
• Named to the All-ACC Academic squad.

AS A JUNIOR

• Posted a 60-14 record fencing foil, and a 11-1 record fencing sabre.
• Went 13-1 at the at the Ohio State Elite Invitational.
• Earned a 10-4 record a the Philadelphia Invitational.
• Improved his career record to 104-26.

AS A SOPHOMORE

• Defeated teammate Andrew Machovec to claim the 2021 NCAA Men’s Foil Championship
• Was the third straight individual men’s foil championship won by a Notre Dame student athlete after Nick Itkin won in 2018 and 2019 and there were no NCAA’s in 2020
• Helped the Irish win their 11th national championship in program history at the NCAA Championships
• Earned his second career first team All-American honors
• Went 14-4 during the regular season
• Improved his career record to 44-12

AS A FRESHMAN

• Compiled a 22-7 record during the regular season after splitting time between the Irish and International Competitions
• Opened his collegiate career with a 10-5 record at the Elite Invitational
• Went 6-0 at home during the DeCicco Duals
• Went 8-1 in the team competition at the ACC Championships and helped the Irish claim the team title
• Following his performance at ACC’s, he was named the ACC Men’s Most Valuable Fencer for the Championship
• Captured the Midwest Regional Championship after going 14-0 on the day to claim a bid to the NCAA Championship

PREP AND PERSONAL

• Graduated from the Florida Virtual School in 2019
• Team gold medal and bronze individual medal at the 2019 Bolivia Junior Pan American Championships
• Team bronze medalist at the Aix-En-Provence Junior World Cup in 2019
• Sixth place individual finisher and fourth place team finisher at the 2019 Torun Junior World Championships
• Silver medalist at the 2018 Verona Cadet World Championships
• Team gold medalist at the 2018 San Jose Junior Pan American Championships in Costa Rica
• 2017 Junior Olympics Junior silver medalist, Cabries Cadet European Cup gold medalist, November NAC Junior silver medalist and Leszno Junior World Cup team silver medalist
• Member of the Blue Grass Fencing Club for four years
• Worked with coach Amgad Khazbak, who mentored former Irish fencers including Lee Kiefer and Gerek Meinhart
• Son to Maria Panyi and Frets Olivares
• Mom attended Notre Dame and was a member of the 1994 NCAA Champion fencing team
• Has an older sister, Francesca and a younger brother, Lucas
• Intends to major in Business Analytics