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HONORS AND AWARDS:

• 2020 NCAA Qualifier
• 2020 Midwest Regional Champion, Men’s Foil
• 2020 ACC Championships Most Valuable Fencer

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