UND Roster
2020-21 Fencing
Roster
Marcello Olivares
Foil
Height
6-0
Class
Freshman
Hometown
Cooper City, FL
High School
Florida Virtual School
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