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
Marcello Olivares - Fencing - Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Bio

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