GREENSBORO, N.C. — It was announced on Wednesday morning by the ACC office that Hunter Candreva has been named the Men’s Scholar-Athlete of the Year. It is the fourth straight season at least one member of the Irish have claimed the Scholar-Athlete of the Year award.
Candreva is joined by eight other Irish athletes on the ACC All-Academic Team. He is joined by teammates Stephen Ewart, Jared Smith, Amita Berthier, Miriam Grady, Kaylin Hsieh, Dasha Kudriavtseva, Kara Linder, and Amanda Pirkowski. This is Ewart’s second All-ACC Academic honor and Grady’s fourth occasion being named to the squad.
The Katonah, New York native went 32-19 in dual meet competition in the 2022 season. He finished runner up in the 2022 ACC Championship and finished in 8th place, in his first selection to the 2022 NCAA Championship.
Hsieh joins the All-ACC Academic squad after winning the individual title in women’s epee at the 2022 NCAA Championships, becoming the sixth female épéeist in program history to win a national championship in the weapon class. Pirkowski finished in eighth place at the NCAA Championship, and was awarded second-team All-America honors. Kara Linder finished in fifth place of the weapon class to secure second-team honors. Amita Berthier, who was the national runner-up, received first-team All-America honors at the 2022 NCAA Championships. Kudriavtseva finished first in sabre at the 2022 ACC Championships to help the Irish to their team title.
Ewart and Smith both competed at the NCAA Championships. Ewart finished in eighth giving him third team All-American honors. Smith finished in sixth place earning second-team All-American honors.
2022 All-ACC Academic Fencing Team
Men
Bin Huang***, Boston College, Foil, Jr., Finance
Bolang Meng****, Boston College, Sabre, Sr., Business Analytics
Brian Wang, Boston College, Foil, Jr., Business Analytics
Finn Hossfeld**, Duke, Foil, Jr., Public Policy
Stephen Kim**, Duke, Sabre, So., English
Terence Lee, Duke, Sabre, Jr., Math & Computer Science
David Tierney, Duke, Foil, So., Global Cultural Studies
James Mulligan***, North Carolina, Foil, Sr., Environmental Sciences
Cameron Santos, North Carolina, Epee, Jr., Business Administration
Henry Shugart**, North Carolina, Epee, So., Statistics and Analytics
Hunter Candreva, Notre Dame, Epee, Jr., Finance
Stephen Ewart**, Notre Dame, Epee, Sr., Business Analytics
Jared Smith, Notre Dame, Sabre, Sr., Mechanical Engineering
Women
Laura Boden, Boston College, Epee, Sr., International Studies
Christina Ferrari, Duke, Foil, So., Linguistics
Alex Gorman***, Duke, Sabre, Sr., Public Policy & International Comparative Studies
Rachel Kowalsky, Duke, Epee, Fr., Undeclared
Sarah Lurye, Duke, Epee, So., Undeclared
Zoe Superville****, Duke, Foil, Sr., Computer Science
Anneke Zegers**, Duke, Sabre, Jr., English
Sophia Mandour, North Carolina, Foil, Jr., Media and Journalism
Amita Berthier, Notre Dame, Foil, Jr., Sociology
Miriam Grady****, Notre Dame, Epee, Sr., Science-Business
Kaylin Hsieh, Epee, So., Marketing
Dasha Kudriavtseva, Notre Dame, Sabre, So., Computer Science
Kara Linder, Notre Dame, Sabre, Sr., Environmental Sciences
Amanda Pirkowski, Notre Dame, Epee, So., Marketing
Nicole Pustilnik, Notre Dame, Foil, Fr., Science Pre-Professional
Bold denotes ACC Fencing Scholar-Athletes of the Year
* denotes individual’s number of All-ACC Academic honors
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