2023-24 Fencing
Roster
Amanda Pirkowski 2022-23 Fencing Roster
Epee
Height
5-10
Class
Senior
Hometown
Longwood, FL
High School
Lake Mary HS
HONORS AND AWARDS
- 2023 All-ACC Academic Women’s Fencing Team
- 2023 ACC Team Champion, Women’s Epee
- 2023 ACC Academic Honor Roll
- 2022 ACC Individual Champion, Women’s Epee
- 2022 ACC Team Champion, Women’s Epee
- 2022 ACC Women’s Fencing MVP
- 2022 All-ACC Academic Women’s Fencing Team
- 2022 NCAA Championships, Individual Women’s Epee, 8th Place
- 2022 NCAA Team Champion
- 2022 Second Team All-American
- 2022 ACC Academic Honor Roll
- February 28, 2022 Notre Dame Women’s Athlete of the Week
- February 9, 2022 ACC Women’s Fencer of the Week
- 2021 Yves Auriol Award
- 2021 Ted Hodges Award
- 2021 ACC Academic Honor Roll
AS A SENIOR
- 5th place out of 152 competitors in 2023 December North American Cup (Division I)
- 19th place out of 204 competitors in 2023 October North American Cup (Division I)
AS A JUNIOR
- Achieved a 9-0 winning record as part of the epee squad for the team title at the 2023 ACC Championship
- Won gold at the 2022 December North American Cup (Division I) out of 155 competitors
- 7th place out of 169 competitors at the 2022 October North American Cup (Division I)
- 9th place out of 125 competitors at the 2022 July Challenge/North American Cup (Division I)
- 19th place out of 122 competitors in 2023 April North American Cup (Division I)
- 18th place out of 195 competitors in 2023 January North American Cup (Division I)
- Tallied an 11-0 record against other ACC schools in the 2022-2023 season
- Compiled a 31-11 record during the season to improve career record to 111-43
AS A SOPHOMORE
- Won 1st place in the individual women’s epee competition at the ACC Championship with a 16-1 record
- Chosen as ACC Women’s MVP of the 2022 ACC Championship
- Named ACC Fencer of the Week on February 9, 2022
- Helped the Irish claim 12th national championship in program history at the 2022 NCAA Championships
- Earned 8th place in individual epee at the 2022 NCAA Championships, receiving All-American honors with this performance
- Named Notre Dame’s Women’s Athlete of the Week on February 28, 2022
- Won gold at the 2021 December North American Cup (Junior) out of 195 competitors
- Tallied a 15-2 record at the Northwestern Invitational
- Won 3rd place at the Midwest Regional Championship
- 16th place out of 153 competitors at the 2021 October North American Cup (Division I)
- 7th place out of 155 competitors at the 2022 January North American Cup (Junior)
- 9th place out of 209 competitors at the Junior Olympic Championship
- Finished the 2022 season with a 51-21 record
AS A FRESHMAN
- NCAA Championship Qualifier
- Third place at 2021 May North American Cup (Division I) out of 116 competitors
- Second place at 2021 April North American Cup (Division I) out of 75 competitors
- Made collegiate debut at the Ohio State Invitational and went 9-5 on the day
- Compiled an 8-1 record at the Northwestern Invitational
- Finished the NCAA season with a 22-9 record
- Eighth place out of 119 competitors at the 2021 May North American Cup (Junior)
- 6th place out of 219 competitors at the Junior Olympic Championship in 2021
- 10th place out of 127 competitors at the 2021 July North American Cup (Division I)
- 11th place out of 143 competitors at the 2021 June North American Cup (Division I)
- Received Yves Auriol Award for showing the most improvement during the season
- Earned Ted Hodges Award for facing adversity and prevailing
PREP AND PERSONAL
- Double majoring in Marketing and FTT (Film/Television/Theater) with a minor in Theology
- Graduated from Lake Mary High School with 4.6 GPA
- 2019 USA Cadet World Team Member
- Second place 2019 Bratislava, Slovakia Cadet Team European Cup
- Third place 2019 Dijon, France Junior Team World Cup
- Sixth place 2019 Bratislava, Slovakia Cadet European Cup
- 13th place 2019 Torun, Poland Cadet World Championships
- 14th place 2019 Bratislava, Slovakia Junior World Cup
- Second place 2018 November North American Cup (Cadet)
- Third place 2018 Heidenheim, Germany Cadet Team European Cup
- Third place 2018 October North American Cup (Cadet)
- Sixth place 2018 July Challenge (Junior)
- Seventh place 2018 Heidenheim, Germany Cadet European Cup
- Eighth place 2018 December North American Cup (Division I)
- 12th place 2018 Krakow, Poland Cadet European Cup
- Third place 2017 Espoo, Finland Cadet Team European Cup
- Third place 2017 USA Fencing National Championships (Y14)
- Fifth place 2017 Bratislava, Slovakia Cadet Team European Cup
- Ninth place 2017 March North American Cup (Y14)
- 10th place 2017 USA Fencing Junior Olympic Championships (Cadet)
- 12th place Klagenfurt, Austria Cadet European Cup
- 13th place December North American Cup (Division I)
- 14th place Espoo, Finland Cadet European Cup
- Second place 2016 Junior Team Cancun, Mexico Pan American Championships
- First place 2016 Cancun, Mexico Estafeta (all-weapon) Team Pan American Championship
- Fifth place 2016 November North American Cup (Y14)
- Fifth place 2016 March North American Cup (Y14)
- 22nd place 2015 Copenhagen Denmark Cadet World Cup
- Eighth place 2016 November North American Cup (Junior)
- Third place 2015 November North American Cup (Cadet)
- 6th place 2015 October North American Cup (Div II)
- First place 2015 Lima, Peru Pan American Youth Championship (Foil)
- Third place 2015 Lima, Peru Pan American Youth Championship (Epee)
- Second place 2015 USA Fencing National Championships (Y-12)