2019-20 Fencing Roster

Katherine Wallace 2018-19 Fencing Roster

Epee


Height 5-2
Class Senior
Hometown New York, NY
High School NEST+m
Katherine Wallace - Fencing - Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Bio

AS A SENIOR:

  • Compiled a 24-14 record after competing at the DeCicco Duals and Northwestern Duals
  • Season best performance came at DeCicco during senior weekend when she finished with a 21-9 record
  • Ended her Irish career with a 97-46 overall record

AS A JUNIOR:

  • Went 22-7 on the season
  • Opened the year at the Penn State Garret Open, where she placed 45th
  • Posted a 17-4 mark at the DeCicco Duals
  • Opened the season 1-0 at the St. John’s Invitational
  • Went 3-1 at the Philadelphia Invitational

AS A SOPHOMORE:

  • Posted a 37-18 record on the season, competing in four contests
  • Went 23-7 at the DeCicco Duals
  • Finished the season with a 9-7 record at the Northwestern Duals

AS A FRESHMAN:

  • Went 14-6 during rookie campaign, competing at the DeCicco and Northwestern Duals
  • Posted a 10-3 record at the DeCicco Duals; went 4-3 at the Northwestern Duals.
  • Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll
  • Named to the Notre Dame Dean’s List for spring 2017

PREP AND PERSONAL:

  • Graduated from NEST+m High School in June 2016
  • Participated in fencing, track & field and horseback riding in high school
  • Founded the girls’ fencing team after starting on the boys’ team as a high school sophomore
  • Three-year fencing captain
  • Named team MVP as a junior and senior
  • Two-year member of the National Honor Society
  • Four-year Principal’s Honor Roll honoree
  • Won the National AP Scholar Award and Scholar-Athlete Award as a senior
  • Member of the Fencers Club (New York, NY)
  • Placed ninth in Division 2 women’s epee at the October 2016 NAC
  • Placed fifth at 2017 Summer National Championships in Division I women’s epee
  • Is a Thrive Wellbeing Leader at Notre Dame’s McDonald Center for Wellebing
  • Volunteers at Reins of Life, a therapeutic riding center in South Bend
  • Member of Notre Dame Christian Athletes
  • Daughter of Mark Wallace and Andrea Kwiatkowski
  • Father, Mark, is a 1978 Notre Dame graduate who played rugby and wrestled
  • Cousin Shawn Wallace currently fences at Harvard and cousin Kaitlyn Wallace fences at Northwestern
  • Uncle Patric Wallace wrestled at Franklin and Marshall
  • Uncle Michael Wallace played football and wrestled at Brown
  • Uncle Sean Wallace played football and wrestled at Harvard
  • Enrolled in the Mendoza College of Business