2023-24 Fencing
Roster
Marcello Olivares 2022-23 Fencing Roster
Foil
Height
6-0
Class
Graduate
Hometown
Cooper City, FL
High School
Florida Virtual School
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HONORS AND AWARDS
- 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 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