2024-25 Women's Fencing Roster

Amanda O'Donnell

  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Chicago, Ill.
  • High School Chicago Laboratory Schools
  • Opendorse amanda-odonnell

Biography

2025-26:
  • Elected team captain for 2025-26 season
2024-25:
  • Placed 12th in epee at Ivy Championships
  • Placed 42nd at NCAA Regionals
2023-24:
  • Finished eighth in epee at NCAA Regionals
  • Finished 19th in epee at NCAA Championships
2022-23:
  • Fenced 68 bouts in the regular season with a 52-16 record
Before Yale:
  • Four-time USA Fencing High School First Team All-American
  • National Merit Scholarship recipient
  • Four-time USA Fencing High School All-Academic First Team
  • Illinois State Scholar
  • Nine-time national medalist
  • Three top-16 finishes in Division I North American
  • New York Athletic Club High School Invitational Champion
Personal:
Ran track and cross country in high school...Yale Women's Athletic Council...Society of Women Engineers...Yale Harvest.

Why Yale?
“Yale’s unparalleled opportunities in both academics and fencing stood out to me. When I came to campus and discovered Yale’s welcoming, supportive, motivated, and vibrant community, I knew that Yale would be the perfect place for me to call home for the next four years.”

Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23First Year

    Epee
  • 2023-24Sophomore

    Epee
  • 2024-25Junior

    Epee