Amelia Cuomo

Position:
Sabre/Left Hand
Height:
5-4
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Brewster, N.Y.
High School:
Brewster

Working toward a double major in physics and environmental geoscience with a minor in music ... Plays alto saxophone as a member of the Marching Tar Heels band ... Also a member of the Society of Physics Students and Visibility in Physics clubs

Fencing at UNC: In her fourth season on the fencing team after earning a spot in tryouts during her freshman year ... After fencing sabre for three years, will switch to epee for her senior season ... Selected by the UNC Strength & Conditioning staff as the team's Iron Ram (best all-around) for 2019-20 after being named Most Improved in 2017-18 ... Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll and honored as a Tar Heel Scholar-Athlete

Before UNC: At Brewster High School, lettered in lacrosse, cross country and track & field ... Ranked third in the nation and second in the state of New York in the race walk in her junior and senior years ... Earned a New York State Seal of Biliteracy in Italian

More on Cuomo: Daughter of Don and Angela Cuomo ... Has a younger brother and two younger sisters ... Favorite pastimes are running, reading, listing to and making music, and being outdoors ... Athlete she admires most is her younger brother Grant, a wrestler at Princeton ... After graduating from UNC, hopes to earn a Ph.D. in geophysics