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Warrior of the Week

Ziad Elsissy

Ziad Elsissy

  • Award
    Warrior of the Week
  • Week Of
    3/9/2015
  • Sport
    Men's Fencing
  • Bio
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Five members of the Wayne State University men's fencing program participated in the 2015 NCAA Midwest Regional on March 7 hosted by Northwestern University.

Redshirt freshman 
Ziad Elsissy (Alexandria, Egypt), who entered the sabre event seeded second, claimed first place with an 11-2 record and +36 in touches (60-24).  One of his losses was 5-4 to Notre Dame's Jonathan Fitzgerald, who placed fourth.  Elsissy finished in a three-way tie for first with Notre Dame's Jonah Shainberg (11-2, +34) and Ohio State's Frederik Koch (11-2, +32), but won on touch differential.  By virtue of his regional championship title, Elissy has qualified for the 2015 NCAA National Championships to be held at Ohio State on March 19-20 (for men).


Athlete Awards
Date Athlete Sport
1/21/2019 Dima Drobnych Men's Swimming & Diving
1/14/2019 Pati Palczynska Women's Fencing
1/14/2019 Ryan Katulski Men's Swimming & Diving
1/7/2019 Darian Owens-White Men's Basketball
1/7/2019 Amanda Hurchalla Women's Swimming & Diving
12/17/2018 Alexis Miller Women's Basketball
12/17/2018 Max Seabury Men's Fencing
12/10/2018 Grace George Women's Basketball
12/10/2018 Darian Owens-White Men's Basketball
12/3/2018 Karim Murray Men's Basketball
12/3/2018 Emily Marginean Women's Swimming & Diving
11/26/2018 Karim Murray Men's Basketball
11/26/2018 Nastassja Chambers Women's Basketball
11/20/2018 Ethan Byrnes Men's Cross Country
11/19/2018 Ja'Nae Williams Women's Basketball
11/12/2018 Mia Teifer Women's Swimming & Diving
11/12/2018 Joao Martimbianco Ribeiro Men's Swimming & Diving
11/5/2018 Ethan Byrnes Men's Cross Country
11/5/2018 Ashley Defrain Women's Cross Country
10/29/2018 Khadija Da-Silva Women's Tennis
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