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Warrior of the Week

Ziad_Elsissy

Ziad Elsissy

  • Award
    Warrior of the Week
  • Week Of
    3/26/2018
  • Sport
    Men's Fencing
  • Bio
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Redshirt senior Ziad Elsissy (Alexandria, Egypt) went 7-4 on day two of the NCAA Championships to improve his overall record to 19-6 and finish as the national runner-up and earn First Team All-American honors for the second consecutive season.  He fell to Harvard's Eli Dershwitz, 15-14, for the second consecutive season.  The 2016 U.S. Olympian, Dershwitz was ranked the No. 1 sabreist in the United States on Feb. 26, 2018, by USA Fencing.

He becomes an All-American for the third time in his career.  He was the national runner-up last season and finished seventh in 2015.  In 2017, Elsissy was the first Warrior to compete in a gold medal bout since former three-time national champion Slava Zingerman claimed his third consecutive national title in the men's epee in 2009.


Athlete Awards
Date Athlete Sport
9/8/2019 Taylor Wagner Volleyball
5/6/2019 Noah Miller Baseball
5/6/2019 Aliyah McDonald Women's Track & Field
4/29/2019 Niklas Karcz Men's Tennis
4/29/2019 Megan Guitar Softball
4/22/2019 Justin Kelly Baseball
4/22/2019 Brooke Busse Women's Golf
4/15/2019 Megan Guitar Softball
4/15/2019 Taylor Vane Men's Tennis
4/8/2019 Hannah McClounie Softball
4/8/2019 Brendan Seys Men's Golf
4/1/2019 Hunter Brown Baseball
4/1/2019 Laura Cazacu Women's Tennis
3/25/2019 Amy Vangieson Women's Track & Field
3/25/2019 Ahmed Elsayed Men's Fencing
3/18/2019 Amanda Hurchalla Women's Swimming & Diving
3/18/2019 Sasha Palazzo Men's Swimming & Diving
3/11/2019 Hannah McClounie Softball
3/11/2019 Ahmed Elsayed Men's Fencing
3/4/2019 Hunter Brown Baseball
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