North Carey Class: Senior Hometown: Los Alamos, NM High School: Los Alamos Height / Weight: 5-11 / 170 Event: Epee Birthdate: 03/30/1981

Emerging member of men's epee squad who heads into his second full year of competition with the Notre Dame fencing team, after returning to the fencing program for his junior season in 2002-03 ... an intelligent fencer who battles through each bout ... has steadily improved his technique ... a consistent performer in training ... could show further strides as he continues to adjust to the speed of college fencing ... a devoted fencer with a strong upbringing in the sport ... coached by his father North Carey, Sr., who fenced epee for Notre Dame from 1970-1973 ... combined with his namesake to become eighth father-son pair to earn monograms with the ND fencing program ... earned a monogram in 2003, after posting 28-17 record in regular-season bouts ... went 8-2 in his debut, at the Ohio State Duals (including key late win as Irish took final five bouts for 16-11 win over OSU) ... faced challenging bouts at ND Duals (5-9), with noteworthy win over Matt Bouloubasis of Johns Hopkins (5-3) ... placed eighth at the Midwest Fencing Conference Championships, after losing to Wayne State's Wojciech Dudek in the quarterfinals (11-15) ... went on to finish sixth at the Midwest Regional (held at Ohio State), earning second alternate spot for NCAAs.

PREP & PERSONAL: Went undefeated and maintained a national ranking as part of the Los Alamos Fencing Club ... posted undefeated record throughout his final two years ... served as club's team captain from 1997-99 ... four-time conference champion ... won state epee title in his senior year ... won the 1998 New Mexico Open ... son of North and Marsha Carey ... full name is North Joseph Carey ... born March 30, 1981, in Tampa, Fla. ... a management and information systems major in the Mendoza College of Business.

Carey's Career Record

Year	W	L	Pct.	NCAA Finish
2003	28	17	.622