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2022-23 Women's Fencing Roster

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Tessy Udoh

  • Height:
    5-6
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Highschool:
    Lagoon Secondary
  • Hometown:
    Lagos, Nigeria

Summary

Biography


Awards:
  • 2023 Denison Presidential Medalist
  • 2022 USFCA Division III All-Region Team (sabre)
  • 2020, 2022 & 2023 NCAA Regional Qualifier (sabre)
  • 2022 & 2023 EWFC Woman of the Year Honorable Mention
  • 2022 EWFC Second-Team All-Conference (sabre)
  • 2023 CCFC Second-Team All-Conference (sabre)
  • 2022 CCFC Honorable Mention All-Conference (sabre)
  • 2021, 2022 & 2023 USFCA Scholar of Distinction
  • 2021, 2022 & 2023 USFCA All-Academic Team
  • 2020-21, 2021-22 & 2022-23 Denison Top-50 Scholar-Athlete (Ted Barclay Top-5 Award Recipient in 2021)
  • 2021-22 Chi Alpha Sigma Inductee
  • Member of 2022-23 Academic All-District® At-Large Team, selected by College Sports Communicators

2022-23 (Senior):
  • Led the Big Red in sabre wins: 60-49 (55.05 percent)
  • Finishes her career 155-164 (48.59 percent) in sabre
  • Placed 16th in sabre at NCAA Regionals (three-time regional qualifier)
  • Named Central Collegiate Fencing Conference (CCFC) second-team all-conference with her ninth-place finish in the individual sabre competition at the conference championships - Helped the Big Red sabre squad take the third-place squad award in the team portion of the event
  • Two-time Eastern Women's Fencing Conference (EWFC) Woman of the Year honorable mention honoree
  • Shined throughout the weekend with a strong 10-12 performance in sabre at the Northwestern Mega-Meet
  • Was MVP for the Denison women fencers at the Notre Dame DeCicco Duals, going 11-4, including one victory against No. 5 Northwestern
  • Went 6-4 in sabre at the CSU Duals
  • Medaled in second place in sabre at the Second Annual Denison Winter Open
  • Went 8-3 for Denison's undefeated sabre squad at the Vassar Invitational
  • At the Drew Invitational, Udoh went 6-6 on the day in sabre to become the first Denison women's fencer to enter the "100 Wins Club"
  • Finished in 13th in sabre at the Ohio State University Fall Open
  • Named to the Academic All-District® At-Large Team and was a 2023 Denison Presidential Medalist

2021-22 (Junior):
  • Finished junior season with a 64-49 sabre record (57 percent)
  • Earned all-conference (EWFC second-team; CCFC honorable mention)
  • Received All-region (Midwest Region) accolades
  • At the NCAA Midwest Regional Championships finished 14th in the sabre competition, tying her effort from two years before (Regionals were cancelled in 2021 due to Covid) and beating Ohio State's Evie Bustamante in the process
  • Named Woman of the Year Honorable Mention and from The Eastern Women's Fencing Conference -  finished seventh in the individual completion (second-team all-conference as one of the top-nine individual finishers) - Earned 11 victories in the team portion of the EWFC Championships
  • Helped led the Big Red women to a third-place finish at the Central Collegiate Fencing Conference (CCFC) Championships
  • Led the sabre squad and the Big Red team as a whole with ten victories on the day at the Notre Dame DeCicco Duals
  • Continued the roll she's been on all season, leading the day with six victories at the Ohio State Elite Invitational, including taking two hard-earned victories in Denison's 24-3 loss to Ohio State and earning one of Denison's three victories against UC-San Diego
  • Led the Big Red with a 6-6 record on the day at the Northwestern Fall Duals
  • Led the team with 11 wins on the day (11-6) at the Vassar Invitational
  • Went 8-5 with a 62 percent win rate at the Rangers Fall Invitational
  • Was 7-0 on the day at the CSU Duals - In round four against a tough NCAA Division I Cleveland State team, Udoh won a bout against CSU's Dorian Pichola

2020-21 (Sophomore):
  • Led sabre squad with four victories in shortened winter season
  • Added another outstanding performance during her sophomore campaign as she collected four wins against Cleveland State in Denison's home opener - Helped the Big Red sabre team post Denison's best performance on the day when they garnered a 6-3 win during the first round against CSU
  • Shined bright with two wins snatched from Northwestern's Jackie Hua (5-0) and the Air Force Academy's Faith Van Havel (5-4) at the Ohio State Invitational

2019-20 (First-Year): 
  • Finished her rookie season with the second-most wins on the Big Red sabre squad (27)
  • Closed out her 2019-20 campaign with a pair of top-15 finishes at the Midwest Conference Fencing Championships (15th) and the NCAA Regional (14th)
  • Went 2-2 in round one and 1-4 in round two with a win over Lawrence's Lexi Praxl at NCAA Regionals 
  • Led the charge for the Denison sabre squad with a 15th-place finish at the 2020 Midwest Conference Championships
  • Earned four wins at the Northwestern Mega-Meet and has five victories at Notre Dame's DeCicco Duals
  • Earned 22nd place in the mixed event and eighth in the women's sabre event as Denison women's fencing hosted its very first home event
  • Tallied four wins at the Drew Invitational
  • Fought hard and chipped in five wins as Denison competed in its first all-varsity tourney at the Vassar Invitational

Personal: 

  • Computer science major 
  • Daughter of Mfon and Michael Udoh
  • Also played basketball at Lagoon Secondary
  • Earned both the "MVP" and "Master at Arms" Team Awards in 2021-22 and was "Most Improved" in 2019-20
  • Member of the Forbes B. Wiley and Phi Societies at Denison , has earned the Forbes B. Wiley Award for Excellence in Computer Science two times (2020, 2021), and earned the Daniel D. Bonar Award for Computer Science in 2022
  • Has been named to the Dean's List in every semester at Denison and was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa
  • Was a Departmental Fellow in the Denison Computer Science Department and finished in third place at the 31st Annual Denison Spring Programming Contest in 2021
  • Other extracurricular activities include being a teaching assistant for the computer science department, a board member for the Academic Integrity Board and the University Conduct boards & University Appeals Board, being a Peer Learning Strategist for the PLS RAISE Science Program, and being a computer science tutor for the Academic Resource Center

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Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20First-Year

    Sabre
  • 2020-21Sophomore

    Sabre
  • 2021-22Junior

    Sabre
    5'6"
  • 2022-23Senior

    Sabre
    5'6"
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