Four Fencers Earn All-ACC Academic Honors - University of North Carolina Athletics

Four Tar Heels have been named to the All-Atlantic Coast Conference Academic Team for fencing, announced Thursday by the league. Seniors Wei Chee Chen and Jackie Litynski were selected for the women's team and sophomores James Mulligan and Beni Rabinowitz were named to the men's team.

The All-ACC Academic honors take into account both athletic and academic performance during the 2019-20 school year.

Chen, a business administration major, earned All-ACC Academic honors for the second time in her career. A foil fencer from Birmingham, Ala., she qualified for 2019 NCAA Championships as a junior.

Litynski, an environmental sciences/public policy double major, earned the honor for the fourth time. A sabre fencer from Niskayuna, N.Y., she also competed at the 2019 NCAA Championships.

Mulligan, an environmental sciences major, was named to the All-ACC Academic team for the first time. He was set to compete in men's foil at the 2020 NCAA Championships.

Rabinowitz, an information science major, earned the academic honor for the second year in a row. He is a two-time NCAA Championships qualifier in men's sabre and finished 13^th in 2019. This season, he led UNC at NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regionals with a fourth-place finish.

Minimum academic requirements for selection to the All-ACC Academic Team are a 3.0 grade point average for the previous semester and a 3.0 cumulative average during one's academic career. Athletic achievements during the most recent season are also considered in selecting the All-ACC Academic Team.

2020 All-ACC Academic Fencing Team
Men
Bin Huang, Boston College, Freshman, Foil, Finance
**Spencer Kuldell, Boston College, Sophomore, Sabre, Computer Science
**Bolang Meng, Boston College, Sophomore, Sabre, Economics
****Eoin Gronningsater, Duke, Senior, Foil, Political Science
***Brycen Rushing, Duke, Junior, Foil, Mechanical Engineering
**Jonathan Schwartzman, Duke, Senior, Foil, Biology and Philosophy
Agoston Walter, Duke, Senior, Sabre, Biomedical Engineering and Computer Science
James Mulligan, North Carolina, Sophomore, Foil, Environmental Sciences
**Beni Rabinowitz, North Carolina, Junior, Sabre, Information Science
**Alessandro Contreras, Notre Dame, Sophomore, Sabre, Finance

Women
**Gillian Lawlor, Boston College, Junior, Sabre, Elementary Education
Rylie Rueda, Boston College, Senior, Epee, Finance
**Huda Aldadah, Duke, Sophomore, Epee, Electrical and Computer Engineering
***Julia Gianneschi, Duke, Junior, Foil, Psychology
Alex Gorman, Duke, Sophomore, Sabre, Public Policy and International Comparative Studies
**Maria Papadopoulos, Duke, Junior, Epee, Environmental Sciences and Biology
**Zoe Superville, Duke, Foil, Sophomore, Computer Science
**Wei Chee Chen, North Carolina, Senior, Foil, Business Administration
****Jackie Litynski, North Carolina, Senior, Sabre, Environmental Sciences and Public Policy
**Stefani Deschner, Notre Dame, Junior, Foil, Pre-Professional Theology
**Natalie Disher, Notre Dame, Senior, Sabre, Psychology
**Miriam Grady, Notre Dame, Sophomore, Epee, Science-Business
Regina O'Brien, Notre Dame, Senior, Sabre, International Economics
****Amanda Sirico, Notre Dame, Graduate, Epee

* denotes individual's number of All-ACC Academic honors

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