Maggie Shealy enters her first year as an assistant coach with MIT’s fencing programs in 2025-26. She joins the Engineers following an outstanding career as a student-athlete at Brandeis University.
Shealy was a four-time qualifier for the NCAA National Collegiate Fencing Championships, including the Covid cancelled event in 2020. In her national debut in 2022, she finished in eighth place in sabre. The following year, Shealy captured third place and then won the national championship in 2024. She joined MIT’s Caroline Purcell ‘02 as the only Division III women to win an NCAA National Collegiate Fencing title.
A two-time United States Fencing Coaches Association (USFCA) National and Division III Women’s Sabre Fencer of the Year, Shealy was named the 2024-25 USFCA Division I Women’s Athlete of the Year. She collected four All-America honors and was the 2022-23 Northeast Fencing Conference Fencer of the Year. She was voted to the College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-America At-Large Second Team on two occasions and earned a spot on the USFCA All-Academic First Team three times.
While competing at Brandeis, Shealy was a member of the U.S. Women’s National Travel Team from 2023-2025.
Shealy has served as a youth and intermediate coach at the Boston Fencing Club and was also a graduate assistant coach for Brandeis during the 2024-25 season.
Shealy graduated Summa Cum Laude from Brandeis in 2023 with a bachelor’s degree in political science. Two years later, she earned a master’s degree in public policy with a concentration in children, youth and families with a specialization in statistical modeling from The Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis.
