Reza Merchant

Position:
Epee/Right Hand
Height:
6-4
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Scarsdale, N.Y.
High School:
Scarsdale

Fencing at UNC: In his third year on the men's epee squad ... Qualified for 2021 NCAA Championships and placed 18th ... As a freshman, won the ACC gold medal in epee to earn All-ACC honors ... Named the ACC Men's Championship MVP after going 6-0 during the team competition ... 2021 ACC Men's Epee Fencer of the Year, the first Tar Heel men's fencer to earn the honor since the ACC awards were reintroduced in 2015 ... Recipient of the men's team's Newcomer Award for strength & conditioning... Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll.

Before UNC: Graduate of Scarsdale High School ... Started fencing at age nine.

More on Merchant: Plans to major in business administration… Son of Amyn and Mariam Merchant ... Has one brother, Fayez, who plays soccer at Penn ... Favorite pastimes are cooking and watching soccer ... Favorite sport other than fencing is soccer ... Athlete he admires most is soccer player Lionel Messi.