CAREER RECORD |
Season |
Won-Loss |
2022-23 |
95-45 |
2023-24 |
73-42 |
2024-25 |
60-56 |
Total |
228-143 |
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ATHLETIC HONORS & AWARDS
- First Team USFCA All-American (2024, 2025)
- Second Team USFCA All-American (2023)
- USFCA Mid-Atlantic/South All-Region (2023, 2024, 2025)
- Ranks 9th in JHU history in career Epee wins (228) |
2024-25
- Finished in 44
th place (4-5) at Coach Nikki Franke Classic
- Won seven bouts at MACFA C at Navy
- Picked up nine wins at Philadelphia Invitational
- Grabbed eight wins at Miller Invitational
- Went undefeated (6-0), and earned 200
th career win, at MACFA B vs C
- Won six bouts at Temple Invitational
- Won three of four bouts at MACFA Championships
- Placed 10
th at NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional with 14 wins
2023-24
- Went 73-42 on the season and ranked second on the Epee squad in wins
- Finished in a tie for third with a 9-4 record at Franke Classic
- Won five bouts at Vassar Invitational
- Won five of six bouts at Columbia Invitational
- Earned eight wins at Philadelphia Invitational
- Picked up six wins at Duke Invitational
- Won five of six bouts at Hopkins Invitational
- Won seven bouts at Temple Invitational
- Went a combined 14-4 and finished as the runner-up at the MACFA Championship
- Placed 16
th with 10 wins at NCAA Regional
2022-23
- Went 95-45 in freshman campaign, tied for lead in Epee wins
- Placed 23
rd at Temple Open with seven wins
- Won 13 of 14 bouts at Vassar Invitational
- Went 6-3 at Columbia Invitational
- Won nine of 10 bouts at D’Arnstein Invitational
- Earned nine wins at Philadelphia Invitational
- Won five bouts at Duke Invitational
- Picked up six wins at JHU invitational
- Went 12-1 at MACFA B vs. C
- Earned six wins at Temple Invitational
- Won 12 of 14 bouts at MACFA Championships
- Finished in a tie for third in the Epee at MACFAs
- Placed 13
th (8-7) at NCAA Regional
At Bishop Gorman
- Fenced nine years with Battle Born Fencing Club
- Won six national medals and competed in Junior Olympics and North American Cups
- USA Fencing First Team All-American
- Co-Valedictorian
- USA Fencing All-Academic First Team
- National Merit Finalist and AP Scholar with Distinction
- Volunteer with Families for Effective Autism Treatment, Poet’s Walk Memory Care Center, Las Vegas Rescue Mission, Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth and Clean the World
- Vice-President of Youth Men’s Service League
Personal
- Matthew Dao
- Son of Khoi Dao and Tam Nguyen
- Majoring in mechanical engineering