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2025-26 MIT Men's Fencing Roster

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Niles Liu

  • Height 5-8
  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Bedford, Mass.
  • High School Bedford
  • Weapon Foil
  • Major Mathematics and Computer Science

Biography

Top Finishes: 

  • The Big One Invitational: First Place (Nov. 5, 2022) 
  • New England Championship: Tied for Third Place (Feb. 25, 2023) 
  • NCAA Northeast Regional Championship: 20th Place (March 12, 2023) 
Accolades: 
  • 2022-23 USFCA Division III Foil All-America Second Team 
  • 2023-24 NFC Foil All-Star First Team 
  • 2x NFC Academic All-Conference Team (2023-24, 2024-25) 
  • 2x USFCA Scholar of Distinction (2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25) 
  • 3x USFCA All-Academic Team (2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25) 
2024-25: [INDIVIDUAL RESULTS] 
  • Overall Record: 20-18 
  • NFC Record: 4-5 
  • Finished 17th at The Big One Invitational (11/2) 
  • Ranked 41st at the NCAA Northeast Regional Championship (3/9) 
2023-24 [INDIVIDUAL RESULTS]
  • Overall record: 27-13
  • NFC record: 10-3
  • Finished in 22nd place at the NCAA Northeast Regional Championship (3/10)

2022-23 [INDIVIDUAL RESULTS]

  • Overall record: 41-16
  • NFC record: 7-2
  • Ranked 20th at the NCAA Northeast Regional Championship (3/12)
  • Captured first place at The Big One Invitational (11/5)
  • Tied for third place at the New England Championship (2/25)
Before MIT: 
  • Graduated from Bedford High School 
  • Earned four varsity letters as a member of the air rifle team 
  • Also competed in sailing, ultimate frisbee, and skiing 
  • National Honor Society 
  • AP Scholar, two-time AP Scholar Award with Distinction 
  • National Merit Scholarship 
  • Honor Roll all four years 
  • American Invitational Mathematics Examination (2020, 2021, 2022) 
Personal: 
  • Research: Fencing in mixed reality with mit.nano 
  • Emerson/Harris Scholarship for solo violin 
  • Volleyball Club 
  • Chamber Music Society 
  • Symphony orchestra 
  • Emerson/Harris solo violin performance 
  • Ultimate frisbee club 
  • Favorite Sports Memory: “2019 Capital Clash, where I earned two gold medals in two consecutive days, and earned my first A rating.” 
 Favorite Moment as an MIT Student-Athlete: 
  • “Traveling with my fencing team to Duke to compete.” 
 Club: 
  • USA Fencing All-Academic First Team 
  • 2019-20 USA Fencing National Rolling Point Standings – Junior Men’s Foil: No. 20, Cadet Men’s Foil: No. 6 
  • 2019-20 European Fencing Confederation Individual Ranking – Cadet Men’s Foil: No. 97 
Junior Achievements: 
  • 2020 USA Fencing Baltimore SJCC Tournament: No. 7 (5%) 
  • 2020 Junior Olympic Championship: No. 15 (4%) 
  • 2020 January NAC: No. 10 (4%) 
  • 2019 November NAC: No. 34 (10%) 
  • 2019 USA Fencing National Championships and July Challenge: No. 29 (9%) 
  • 2019 Junior Olympic Championships: No. 55 (17%) 
  • 2019 January NAC: No. 62 (24%) 
  • 2018 November NAC: No. 50 (15%) 
  • 2018 USA Fencing National Championships and July Challenge: No. 88 (35%) 
Cadet Achievements: 
  • 2020 Junior Olympic Championship: No. 9 (3%) 
  • 2019 Coupe Mondiale Cabriès: No. 40 (17%) 
  • 2019 European Cadet Circuit Foil Moedling: No. 12 (5%) 
  • 2019 November NAC: No. 66 (24%) 
  • 2019 October NAC: No. 15 (8%) 
  • 2019 USA Fencing National Championships & July Challenge: No. 26 (9%) 
  • 2019 Junior Olympic Championships: No. 26 (8%) 
  • 2019 Capitol Clash SYC: No. 1 (1%) 
  • 2018 November NAC: No. 36 (14%) 
  • 2018 October NAC: No. 10 (5%) 
  • 2018 USA Fencing National Championships and July Challenge: No. 31 (12%) 
Division I Achievements: 
  • 2020 January NAC: No. 49 (16%) 
  • 2019 December NAC: No. 33 (33%) 
  • 2019 October NAC: No. 76 (29%) 
  • 2019 USA Fencing National Championships and July Challenge: No. 26 

Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23First Year

    Foil
    5'8"
  • 2023-24Sophomore

    Foil
    5'8"
  • 2024-25Junior

    Foil
    5'8"
  • 2025-26Senior

    Foil
    5'8"