DUKE UNIVERSITY FENCING MEDIA GUIDE
2016 DUKE FENCING 2016 MEDIA GUIDE INFORMATION QUICK FACTS TABLE OF CONTENTS INFORMATION DUKE INFORMATION MEDIA INFORMATION 1-3 Sophie Caplin ...... 14 Location Durham, N.C. Quick Facts/Table of Contents ...... 1 Haley Fisher ...... 14-15 Founded 1838 as Trinity College Duke Sports Information ...... 2 Jennifer Ling ...... 15 Duke Fencing Schedule ...... 3 Samantha Meyers ...... 15 Enrollment 6,504 Duke Fencing Roster ...... 3 Phoebe Caplin ...... 15 Colors Duke Blue and White Cathy Chi ...... 16 Nickname Blue Devils COACHING STAFF 4-5 Kristen Coury ...... 16 Affi liation NCAA Division I Alex Beguinet ...... 4 Camille Esnault ...... 16 Conference Atlantic Coast Darius Wei ...... 5 Rhiannon Harvey ...... 16 President Dr. Richard Brodhead Jacek Huchwajda ...... 5 Bridget Wallace ...... 17 Director of Athletics Kevin White Elizabeth Beguinet...... 5 Vivian Wang...... 17 Leslie Marx ...... 5 Claudia Wrampelmeier ...... 17 FENCING STAFF Head Coach Alex Beguinet MEN’S TEAM BIOS 6-11 2015 IN REVIEW 18-19 Alma Mater National Sports Institute ’76 Ted Cho...... 6 Team Results ...... 18 Years at Duke/Overall 31st Season/40th Season Charles Copti...... 6 Individual Results ...... 19 Duke Record/Men 296-215 Michael DeVito ...... 6 Duke Record/Women 260-266 Jacob Wiener ...... 7 RECORD BOOK 20-21 Offi ce Phone (919) 668-5752 Joseph Lam ...... 7 Men’s NCAA History ...... 20 Assistant Coach Darius Wei Alexander Merriman ...... 7 Women’s NCAA History ...... 21 Years at Duke Fourth Season Christopher Monti ...... 7-8 Alma Mater Rochester, ’01 Ethan Yu ...... 8 HISTORY 22-25 Assistant Coach Jacek Huchwajda Alec Ajnsztajn ...... 8 Honors and Awards ...... 22 Years at Duke Third Season Pascual Di Tella ...... 8-9 All-Time Letterwinners ...... 23-25 Alma Mater Trener Academy ‘94 Jared Garland ...... 9 Volunteer Assistant Coach Leslie Marx Sam Goodman ...... 9 Years at Duke 14th Season Dean Ischiropoulos ...... 9 Alma Mater Duke ’89 Jan Maceczek ...... 9-10 Recruiting Coordinator Elizabeth Beguinet Dakota Nollner ...... 10 Years at Duke 31st Season Bobak Shadpoor ...... 10 Alma Mater North Carolina ‘02 Peter Yang ...... 10 Email Address [email protected] Will Feldman ...... 10-11 Bryn Hammarberg ...... 11 TEAM INFORMATION Alan Ko ...... 11 Jake Shulman ...... 11 2015 Record Men: 16-5; Women: 17-6 Duke Athletics Website GoDuke.com WOMEN’S TEAM BIOS ...... 12-17 Duke Fencing Website GoDuke.com/Fencing Isabella Barna ...... 12 First Year of Program Men: 1965; Women: 1970 Samantha Lee ...... 12 Cheng Ma ...... 12-13 SPORTS INFORMATION Tara Mullen-Boustiha ...... 13 Sports Information Director Art Chase Julia Lee...... 13 Sports Information Assistant/Fencing Cory Foote Rita Somogyi ...... 13 Email [email protected] Emmeline Yoo ...... 14 Phone (919) 668-3195 Dara Buggay ...... 14 Senior Associate Director Lindy Brown Senior Associate Director Cory Walton Associate Director Meredith Rieder CREDITS Associate Director Ashley Wolf Associate Director Sarah Fetters The 2016 Duke University Fencing Media Guide is a publication of Assistant Director Leslie Gaber the Duke Sports Information Offi ce. The guide was created in Adobe Assistant Director Brad Amersbach InDesign CS6. Athletic Administrator Gerald Harrison Designed and edited: Cory Foote Headshot photography: Jon Gardiner, Duke Photography Editing and research assistance: The Duke Sports Information staff Special thanks: Lee Aldridge
- 1 - DUKE FENCING 2016 MEDIA GUIDE DUKE UNIVERSITY SPORTS INFORMATION Room 115 Phone: 919-684-2633 Cameron Indoor Stadium Fax: 919-684-2489 Durham, N.C. 27708 STAFF DIRECTORY Art Chase Assistant Director of Athletics/External Affairs Sport Responsibilities: Football
INFORMATION Alma Mater: Guilford, 1991 Joined Duke SID: August, 2000 Offi ce: 919-684-2614 Cell: 919-599-9820 Email: [email protected] Art Chase Lindy Brown Sports Information Director Senior Associate Sports Information Director Lindy Brown Senior Associate Sports Information Director Sport Responsibilities: Women’s Basketball, Women’s Golf, Women’s Soccer Alma Mater: Western Carolina, 1996 Joined Duke SID: November, 1999 Offi ce: 919-684-2664 Cell: 919-599-9821 Email: [email protected]
Cory Walton Senior Associate Sports Information Director Sport Responsibilities: Men’s Basketball, Men’s Golf Alma Mater: Missouri, 2006 Joined Duke SID: August, 2015 Offi ce: 919-668-1712 Cell: 765-337-2063 Email: [email protected]
Meredith Rieder Associate Sports Information Director Cory Walton Sarah Fetters Sport Responsibilities: Men’s Lacrosse, Men’s Soccer, Wrestling Senior Associate Sports Associate Sports Alma Mater: Denison, 2002 Joined Duke SID: August, 2008 Information Director Information Director Offi ce: 919-684-3328 Cell: 919-812-6741 Email: [email protected]
Ashley Wolf Associate Sports Information Director Sport Responsibilities: Volleyball, Baseball Alma Mater: Cornell, 2008 Joined Duke SID: August, 2009 Offi ce: 919-668-5739 Cell: 603-325-2225 Email: [email protected]
Sarah Fetters Associate Sports Information Director Sport Responsibilities: Football2, Men’s Tennis, Rowing Alma Mater: Wittenberg, 2008 Joined Duke SID: August, 2014 Offi ce: 919-684-8708 Cell: 984-209-9104 Email: [email protected] Meredith Rieder Ashley Wolf Associate Sports Associate Sports Information Director Information Director Leslie Gaber Assistant Sports Information Director Sport Responsibilities: Women’s Lacrosse, M/W Swimming & Diving, Field Hockey, Women’s Basketball2 Alma Mater: DePauw, 2011 Joined Duke SID: July, 2011 Offi ce: 919-668-7938 Cell: 614-519-9872 Email: [email protected]
Brad Amersbach Assistant Sports Information Director Sport Responsibilities: M/W Cross Country, Women’s Tennis, Men’s Basketball2 Alma Mater: Millersville, 2008 Joined Duke SID: July, 2013 Offi ce: 919-684-2668 Cell: 484-948-8528 Email: [email protected]
Cory Foote Sports Information Staff Assistant Leslie Gaber Brad Amersbach Sport Responsibilities: M/W Indoor & Outdoor Track & Field, Fencing Assistant Sports Assistant Sports Alma Mater: Nebraska-Kearney, 2014 Joined Duke SID: August, 2014 Information Director Information Director Offi ce: 919-668-3195 Cell: 402-518-0886 Email: [email protected]
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2016 DUKE FENCING SCHEDULE INFORMATION Event Day Date Location Host Penn State Duals Sat. Jan. 16 State College, Pa. Penn State Philadelphia Invitational Sat.-Sun. Jan. 23-24 Philadelphia, Pa. Penn Northwestern Duals Sat. Jan. 30 Evanston, Ill. Northwestern Duke Meet Sat.-Sun. Feb. 6-7 Durham, N.C. Duke ACC Championships Sat.-Sun. Feb. 27-28 South Bend, Ind. Notre Dame NCAA Mid-Alantic/South Regional Saturday March 12 TBA TBA NCAA Championships Thurs.-Sun. March 24-27 Waltham, Mass. Brandeis 2016 FENCING ROSTER MEN’S ROSTER WOMEN’S ROSTER Name Weapon Class Hometown (High School) Name Weapon Class Hometown (High School) Alec Ajnsztajn Epee So. Bernardsville, N.J. (Bernards) Isabella Barna Epee Sr. Bend, Ore. (Summit) Ted Cho Epee Sr. Indianapolis, Ind. (Park Tudor School) Dara Buggay Saber So. Birmingham, Ala. (Mountain Brook) Charles Copti Saber Sr. Wyckoff, N.J. (Ramapo) Phoebe Caplin Foil Fr. Earlysville, Va. (Tandem Friends) Michael DeVito Epee Sr. Ridgefi eld, Conn. (Ridgefi eld) Sophie Caplin Epee So. Earlysville, Va. (Tandem Friends) Pascual Di Tella Saber So. Buenos Aires, Argentina (St. Andrew’s Scots) Cathy Chi Foil Fr. Plainsboro, N.J. (West Windsor-Plainsboro South) Will Feldman Foil Fr. Atlanta, Ga. (Paideia School) Kristen Coury Foil Fr. Far Hills, N.J. (Bernards) Jared Garland Epee So. Hingham, Mass. (Hingham) Camille Esnault Epee Fr. Cupertino, Calif. (Cupertino) Sam Goodman Foil So. Rochester, N.Y. (Pittsford Mendon) Haley Fisher Saber So. Kennesaw, Ga. (Harrison) Bryn Hammarberg Epee Fr. Maplewood, N.J. (Columbia) Rhiannon Harvey Foil Fr. Norfolk, Va. (Homeschooled) Dean Ischiropoulos Epee So. Media, Pa. (Strath Haven) Julia Lee Foil Jr. Montville, N.J. (Trinity School) Alan Ko Foil Fr. Closter, N.J. (Northern Valley Regional) Samantha Lee Foil Sr. Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. (Ardsley) Joseph Lam Foil Jr. San Francisco, Calif. (Stuart Hall) Jennifer Ling Saber So. Cranbury, N.J. (West Windsor-Plainsboro South) Jan Maceczek Foil So. Colts Neck, N.J. (Colts Neck) Cheng Ma Foil Sr. New York, N.Y. (Stuyvesant) Alexander Merriman Foil Jr. Buffalo, N.Y. (Canisius) Samantha Meyers Foil So. Paris, France (International School of Paris) Christopher Monti Saber Jr. Chicago, Ill. (Elgin Academy) Tara Mullen-Boustiha Foil Sr. San Francisco, Calif. (French American International) Dakota Nollner Epee So. Ogden, Utah (Bonneville) Rita Somogyi Epee Jr. Portland, Ore. (Oregon Episcopal) Bobak Shadpoor Epee So. Basking Ridge, N.J. (Ridge) Bridget Wallace Epee Fr. Chicago, Ill. (St. Ignatius College Prep) Jake Shulman Foil Fr. Upper Saddle River, N.J. (Northern Higlands Regional) Vivian Wang Epee Fr. Boulder, Colo. (Fairview) Jacob Wiener Epee Sr. Santa Barbara, Calif. (Dos Pueblos) Claudia Wrampelmeier Epee Fr. Amarillo, Texas (Amarillo) Peter Yang Saber So. Portland, Ore. (Sunset) Emmeline Yoo Foil Jr. Wyckoff, N.J. (Ramapo) Ethan Yu Foil Jr. South Burlington, Vt. (South Burlington) PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Coaching Staff Alec Ajnsztajn “Einstein” Head Coach: Alex Beguinet (31st Season) Alex/Elizabeth Beguinet BAYG-in-ay Assistant Coach: Darius Wei (Fourth Season) Dara Buggay BOO-gay Assistant Coach: Jacek Huchwajda (Third Season) Charles Copti COP-tee Volunteer Assistant Coach: Leslie Marx (14th Season) Kristen Coury COR-ee Program Manager/Recruiting Coordinator: Elizabeth Beguinet (31st Season) Pascual Di Tella pass-QUAHL Camille Esnault cuh-MEEL ES-no Bryn Hammarberg Brin HAM-er-berg Rhiannon Harvey REE-a-nin Jacek Huchwajda YAH-seck huck-VI-duh Dean Ischiropoulos ISH-er-OP-uh-loss Jan Maceczek Yawn MAH-zah-seck Christopher Monti MAHN-tee Tara Mullen-Boustiha BOO-stee-ha Bobak Shadpoor Boh-BACK Shad-POOR Rita Somogyi Suh-MO-gee Darius Wei Way Claudia Wrampelmeier RAM-pull-MY-er
- 3 - DUKE FENCING 2016 MEDIA GUIDE COACHING STAFF COACHING CAREER Men Women Year School W-L Pct. W-L Pct. Note 1977 Lewis & Clark Alex Beguinet 1978 Lewis & Clark Head Coach 1979 Lewis & Clark 1980 Lewis & Clark 31st Season 1981 Lewis & Clark 1982 Lewis & Clark 1983 Lewis & Clark 1984 Lewis & Clark 1985 Lewis & Clark Head coach Alex Beguinet will enter his 31st season at the helm 1986 Duke 4-9 .308 2-10 .167 1 NCAA of the Duke program in 2016. Beguinet has compiled a 556-481 1987 Duke 4-2 .667 4-9 .308 1 NCAA (.536) overall record in his 30 years with the Blue Devils and has 1988 Duke 6-8 .429 8-8 .500 1 NCAA coached two NCAA Champions. 1989 Duke 9-10 .474 4-10 .286 3 NCAA In Beguinet’s time at Duke, the women’s program has compiled 1990 Duke 10-6 .625 1-8 .111 3 NCAA a 260-266 record under his direction and produced one three-time
COACHES & STAFF COACHES 1991 Duke 11-8 .579 2-16 .111 4 NCAA NCAA Champion and fi ve All-Americans, while the men’s program has posted a 296-215 mark with 16 All-Americans and one NCAA 1992 Duke 6-6 .500 1-11 .083 3 NCAA Champion. Beguinet has helped Blue Devil fencers reach the NCAA 1993 Duke 1-13 .071 5-9 .357 2 NCAA Fencing Championships in 29 of his 30 years while sending 100 1994 Duke 2-6 .250 1-7 .125 — participants to the national championships. 1995 Duke 5-9 .357 2-11 .154 2 NCAA In 2015, the Duke fencing teams sent a program-best seven 1996 Duke 8-6 .571 8-4 .667 2 NCAA student-athletes to the NCAA Fencing Championships, led by 1997 Duke 8-7 .533 9-7 .563 4 NCAA freshman saber Pascual Di Tella’s fi fth-place performance. The 1998 Duke 5-7 .417 8-5 .615 1 NCAA Blue Devils placed ninth as a team, earning their fi fth top-10 fi nish 1999 Duke 12-3 .800 5-11 .313 4 NCAA in the past six seasons. The 2015 campaign also saw the return 2000 Duke 12-7 .632 9-10 .474 4 NCAA of the ACC Fencing Championships, where both the Duke men 2001 Duke 5-11 .313 6-10 .375 2 NCAA and women fi nished second behind Notre Dame. In the individual 2002 Duke 8-6 .571 6-8 .429 3 NCAA competitions, Di Tella and fellow freshmen Jan Maceczek (foil) and 2003 Duke 6-9 .400 10-6 .625 3 NCAA Dean Ischiropoulos (epee) earned bronze medals, while freshman 2004 Duke 12-7 .632 10-9 .526 4 NCAA Haley Fisher (saber) placed fourth. The men ended the regular 2005 Duke 8-6 .571 9-5 .643 5 NCAA season with a 16-5 record, while the women fi nished 17-6. 2006 Duke 8-9 .889 11-7 .579 4 NCAA Beguinet mentored one of the most successful fencers in NCAA 2007 Duke 13-6 .684 13-9 .591 3 NCAA history in three-time NCAA Saber Champion Becca Ward. Ward, 2008 Duke 19-4 .826 16-12 .571 4 NCAA who won the bronze medal at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, 2009 Duke 13-5 .722 9-11 .450 5 NCAA reached the NCAA Championship match in each of her four seasons. 2010 Duke 16-7 .676 17-9 .654 5 NCAA She won the 2009, 2011 and 2012 NCAA titles while fi nishing as 2011 Duke 16-7 .676 17-6 .739 6 NCAA runner-up in 2010. 2012 Duke 18-9 .667 22-9 .710 5 NCAA Beguinet served at US Fencing’s annual summer Junior 2013 Duke 15-9 .625 11-10 .523 4 NCAA Olympic Training Camps as a staff member for 10 years, served as 2014 Duke 20-8 .714 17-13 .567 5 NCAA coach for several International Cadet Championships and World 2015 Duke 16-5 .762 17-6 .739 7 NCAA Championships, and also participated as a coach at the fencing AT DUKE 296-215 .579 260-266 .494 100 NCAA events for seven Olympic Festivals. Alex Beguinet was the Director of the US Fencing Association’s coaching education program, Coaches College, from 1993 until the program was dissolved in 2011, and was a member of the education staff since the program, held annually at US Olympic Training Centers, was fi rst implemented in 1985. Born in Toulouse, France, Maitre Beguinet received his Master of Arms Degree from the National Sports Institute in Paris in 1976. Beguinet came to Duke after serving eight years as the head fencing THE BEGUINET FILE coach at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Ore. • 31st season as head fencing coach at Duke Beguinet was the owner/director of Salle La Boessiere in Portland • Career overall record of 556-481 from 1980-84. While there, in addition to coaching for Lewis and • Career men’s record of 296-215 Clark College in Portland, he coached at Portland Community • Career women’s record of 260-266 College, Clark College in Vancouver, Wash., Mt. Hood Community • Has coached two NCAA Champions who have won a total of College in Gresham, Ore., and instructed for the city of Portland’s four national titles at Duke Park Bureau. • Has coached 21 All-America selections He lives with his wife, Elizabeth, on their recently acquired • Sent 100 Duke fencers to the NCAA Championships abandoned farm, restoring it to working order. They have one • He and wife, Elizabeth, have a daughter, Heather daughter, Heather, who is a Duke alumnae.
- 4 - DUKE FENCING 2016 MEDIA GUIDE 1994, 1996), a two-time team bronze medalist at the World Fencing Championship (1991, 1993), a silver medalist at the 1996 Senior World Cup, a three-time German Senior National individual and team Champion, a three-time German Junior National Champion Darius Wei and a winner of the 1987 Junior World Cup. Assistant Coach Huchwajda also served in the German military in the sport Fourth Season division where he competed as a saber fencer and was the 1991 World Champion at the World Military Championships. A native of Pozna, Poland, Huchwajda graduated from Trener Academy in 1994. He and his wife, Magda, have four children: Marcel, Pola, Alex and Sophia. Darius Wei will enter his fourth year with the program in 2016 COACHES & STAFF after joining the Duke coaching staff in July of 2012. He is a coaching veteran of over 10 years with stints at the University of Rochester (2002-08), the Northwest Fencing Center (2008-2011) and the Vega Fencing Academy (2011-12). Elizabeth Beguinet In his third season, Wei helped guide the Blue Devils to a ninth- place fi nish at the 2015 NCAA Championships. As the staff’s foil Program Manager specialist, Wei mentored a women’s foil unit that featured one fencer Recruiting Coordinator produce 40 wins and a men’s squad that boasted three fencers with at least 30 wins. 31st Season Previously, Wei coached at the Northwest Fencing Center in Portland, Ore., working with the senior women’s foil team that won back-to-back national championships in 2008 and 2009 and the Elizabeth has been the Duke University Fencing Team Manager senior men’s foil team which won a national championship in 2010 from 1985 to present. In addition to managing the program and and a bronze medal in 2011. Athletes who have trained with Wei recruits with the head coach, Elizabeth oversees all Duke fencing have earned success at a high level, including North American Cup events. Elizabeth was a team co-manager for the 2006 Junior/Cadet fi nals, National Championships and NCAA Championship berths. World Championship Team in Taebaek, Korea, and team co-manager A native of Greenwood, Ind., Wei holds a B.S. in Computer Science for the 2006 Senior World Championships in Turin, Italy. She was from the Rochester Institute of Technology (2001). He is married also a manager at the 1991 Olympic Festival in Los Angeles. to Kathryn Pierrynowski. Elizabeth was a member of the US Fencing Association’s Coaches College staff as manager since 1991. Elizabeth assumed the position of Associate Director of the US Fencing’s Coaching Development Program in 1999, a position she held until the program was dissolved in 2011. Elizabeth has a B.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies in Mathematics, Sociology and Women Studies from the University of Jacek Huchwajda North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Elizabeth and Alex have one daughter, Assistant Coach Heather, who is a Duke alum. Third Season
Former Olympic fencer Jacek Huchwajda will enter his third Leslie Marx season in 2016 after joining the Duke fencing staff as an assistant Volunteer Assistant Coach coach in July of 2013. In his second year as Duke’s saber specialist, Huchwajda helped all 14th Season eight sabers who competed compile winning records. He also guided sabers Pascual Di Tella, Chris Monti, Haley Fisher and Jennifer Ling to the NCAA Championships, with Di Tella garnering All-America honors after a fi fth-place fi nish. Leslie Marx will enter her 14th season as a volunteer assistant Huchwajda, a member of the German National Team who fenced coach at Duke in 2016. Since joining the program in 2002, Marx in the 1992 Summer Olympic Games, came to Duke after a seven- has helped the Duke men post a 188-97 record and the women a year stint as the saber coach at Oregon Fencing Alliance in Portland. 185-126 record. At Oregon Fencing Alliance, Huchwajda mentored a number of the A 1989 graduate of Duke, Marx is one of the most celebrated Blue nation’s top fencers, including former Blue Devil and three-time Devil fencers, having won the 1995 Pan American Championship as NCAA Saber Champion Becca Ward. well as fi nishing 16th in women’s epee at the 1996 Olympics. While at Prior to his time at Oregon Fencing Alliance, Huchwajda was the Duke, the former Leslie McFarland competed in the NCAA Regionals saber coach at the world-renowned Tauberbischofsheim Fencing while also earning Academic All-America honors. Club in Tauberbischofsheim, Germany, from 1992-2006. During his Following graduation at Duke with a degree in mathematics, she time at Tauberbischofsheim, Huchwajda coached Olympic bronze went on to get her Ph.D. in economics from Northwestern. Marx medalist Alex Weber, Junior World Cup winner Tamara Biesinger returned to Duke in 2002 as an Associate Professor of Economics and Cadet World Cup runner-up Mathias Grimm. at the Fuqua School of Business. Huchwajda enjoyed a decorated fencing career, fencing saber with the German National Team from 1991-98. In addition to twice representing Germany at the Olympics, Huchwajda was a three- time gold medalist at the German Open Saber Championship (1992,
- 5 - DUKE FENCING 2016 MEDIA GUIDE nior Olympics, reaching the Round of 16 before falling, 15-10, to even- MEN’S FENCERS tual third-place fi nisher Derek Weix ... led or tied for the team lead in wins at four of fi ve meets in the regular season ... went 9-2 at the Penn State Duals, 11-4 at the Philadelphia Invitational, 15-3 at the MIT Duals, Ted Cho 7-8 at the Duke Home Meet and 3-5 at the Temple Duals. Epee • Senior Prep Indianapolis, Ind. Four-time letterwinner at Ramapo High School ... two-time New Jersey Park Tudor School State Champion ... won gold at the Junior Olympics in Memphis Tenn. ... placed sixth in the juniors division at the North American Cup in Cal- las, Texas, and placed 12th in the cadet division at the London World T. Cho’s Career Records Cup ... won the gold medal at the Summer National Championships in Year W L Pct. ACC Reg. NCAA 2013 7 15 .318 — — — Atlanta, Ga., with the junior team ... placed fi fth in the juniors division 2014 20 16 .556 — — — at the Summer National Championships in Reno, Nev. ... two-time First 2015 2 8 .200 — — — Team All-State ... three-time New Jersey Fencer of the Year ... member TOTAL 29 39 .426 of two-time overall District Champions ... fi rst place at the Freshmen- 2015 Sophomore Championships ... Gold Medal Saber at the State Squad Competed at two meets during his junior season … fi nished the year Championships ... member of the National Honor Society. with a 2-8 mark … went 2-4 at the Eric Sollee Invitational … selected to the ACC Academic Honor Roll for the third straight season. Personal The son of Hani and Liz Copti ... born June 26, 1993 in New York City, 2014 N.Y. ... has one sister, Michelle. Turned in a 20-16 record in his second season at Duke ... started the season with a record of 18-7, going 6-6 at the Philadelphia Invitational and 12-1 on the fi rst day of the Northwestern Duals ... earned a spot on Michael DeVito the ACC Academic Honor Roll for the second time. Epee • Senior
2013 Ridgefi eld, Conn. Went 7-15 in his fi rst year of competition ... saw his fi rst action at the Ridgefi eld MIT Duals where he went 6-6 ... also got a win at the Tempe Duals ... named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll. M. DeVito’s Career Records Year W L Pct. ACC Reg. NCAA FENCERS Prep 2013 22 19 .537 — — — Fenced competitively in the Junior Olympics, along with various other 2014 9 8 .529 — — — national events ... ranked in the top 100 nationally in the U20 division 2015 — — — — — — ... also lettered for the Park Tudor High lacrosse team as a senior, his TOTAL 31 27 .534 fi rst year playing lacrosse ... moved from reserve junior varsity goalie 2015 to starting varsity goalie ... also won the award for most improved Did not compete during the 2015 season ... earned a spot on the ACC player. Academic Honor Roll for the second time.
Personal 2014 The son of Drs. Won and Mi Cho ... born Oct. 27, 1993 in New Haven, Finished the year with a 9-8 record in his sophomore season ... started Conn. ... has two sisters, Sue and Jean. the season with a 9-3 record, highlighted by a 6-1 mark at the Phila- delphia Invitational.
Charles Copti 2013 Saber • Senior Logged a 22-19 record as a freshman for the second most wins on the foil squad ... joined the foil lineup at the MIT Duals where he went Wyckoff, N.J. 12-6 ... fenced in the fi nal two regular-season meets, going 7-6 at the Ramapo Duke Home Meet and 3-6 at the Temple Duals ... named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll. C. Copti’s Career Records Year W L Pct. ACC Reg. NCAA Prep 2013 45 22 .671 — 19th — Finished in the top 16 at the Division IA Epee Summer Nationals ... 2014 52 15 .776 — 11th — placed fi fth at the Division II Foil Summer Nationals ... notched eighth 2015 — — — — — — place at the Junior Epee Summer Nationals. TOTAL 97 37 .724 2015 Personal Did not compete during the 2015 season. The son of Edward and Carol DeVito ... born Oct. 11, 1994 in Stamford, Conn. ... has one brother, Bradley, and one sister, Julia ... aunt Margaret 2014 Miller attended Duke. Placed 11th at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regionals ... fi nished the regular season with a mark of 52-15 ... his 52 wins were good for sec- ond in saber and tied him for second on the entire squad ... led the sabers with a 16-2 mark at the Philadelphia Invitational ... went 12-3 and 10-2 during the two-day Northwestern Duals.
2013 Led all Duke fencers with 45 wins, fi nishing 45-22 in his fi rst season ... placed 19th at the Mid-Atlantic/South Regionals ... took 12th at the Ju-
- 6 - DUKE FENCING 2016 MEDIA GUIDE Prep Jacob Wiener Earned his A13 ranking ... graduated with high honors ... volunteered at the Tunnell Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare in San Francisco Epee • Senior ... volunteered as a second-grade tutor ... served as an assistant fenc- Santa Barbara, Calif. ing coach. Dos Pueblos Personal The son of Sau Hang and Mei Zhu Lam ... Born June 30, 1995 in Ho- J. Wiener’s Career Records nolulu, Hawaii. Year W L Pct. ACC Reg. NCAA 2013 — — — — — — 2014 26 23 .531 — 27th — 2015 — — — — — — Alexander Merriman TOTAL 26 23 .531 Foil • Junior 2015 Buffalo, N.Y. Did not compete during the 2015 season … named to the ACC Aca- Canisius demic Honor Roll for the third time in as many years.
2014 Placed 27th at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional … competed in A. Merriman’s Career Records all fi ve regular season meets during his sophomore season, logging Year W L Pct. ACC Reg. NCAA 2014 — — — — — — a 26-23 mark … won a season-high eight bouts at the Philadelphia 2015 — — — — — — Invitational … named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll for the second TOTAL — — — straight year. 2015 2013 Did not compete during the 2015 season ... earned a spot on the ACC Academic Honor Roll for the second straight year.
Did not compete as a freshman ... named to the ACC Academic Honor FENCERS Roll. 2014 Prep Did not compete during his freshman season ... named to the ACC Aca- Siemens National Science Competition Regional Semifi nalist ... presi- demic Honor Roll. dent of Debate Team ... National Merit Finalist ... second in State Mock Trial ... completed two years of Marine Biology research. Prep Fenced for coach Nat Goodhartz at Back Alley Fencing and coach Personal Ranil Sonnadara at Westdale Fencing Club ... placed 14th at both the The son of Benjamin and Mary Wiener ... born April 2, 1994 in Santa March and December 2012 Division II North American Cups. Barbara, Calif. ... aspires to work in the Biotechnology industry after graduation. Personal The son of Kevin and Joy Merriman ... born Oct. 11, 1995 in Buffalo, N.Y. Joseph Lam ... has one brother, Samuel. Foil • Junior Christopher Monti San Francisco, Calif. Saber • Junior Stuart Hall Chicago, Ill. Elgin Academy J. Lam’s Career Records Year W L Pct. ACC Reg. NCAA 2014 46 28 .622 — 8th 20th C. Monti’s Career Records 2015 31 21 .596 5th 13th — Year W L Pct. ACC Reg. NCAA TOTAL 77 49 .611 2014 62 20 .756 — 10th 8th 2015 2015 48 9 .842 7th 3rd 18th TOTAL 110 29 .791 Finished 13th in men’s foil at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional … placed fi fth at the ACC Championships … logged a regular season re- 2015 cord of 31-21, fencing in all fi ve meets … notched season highs in wins Qualifi ed for the NCAA Fencing Championships for the second con- with 9-6 performances at both the Western Invitational and the Eric secutive year, placing 18th in men’s saber … fi nished third at the NCAA Sollee Invitational … went 5-1 at the Duke Meet … fi nished the Phila- Mid-Atlantic/South Regional after going 8-3 during the fi nal round of delphia Invitational with a 5-5 ledger … went 3-3 during the team por- pool play … placed seventh at the ACC Championships … logged a re- tion of the ACC Championships … earned a spot on the ACC Academic cord of 48-9 during the regular season … led the Duke men in wins Honor Roll for the second consecutive year. (48) and all Blue Devil fencers in winning percentage (.842) … started the year with a ledger of 39-3 (.929) through the fi rst three meets … 2014 fi nished with matching 14-1 records at both the Western Invitational Placed 20th at the NCAA Fencing Championships in his freshman sea- and the Eric Sollee Invitational … went 11-1 at the Philadelphia Invi- son ... one of two Duke freshmen to qualify for the NCAA Champion- tational … logged a 6-3 performance during the team portion of the ships, joining saber Christopher Monti ... placed eighth at the NCAA ACC Championships … won three of his six bouts at the Duke meet Mid-Atlantic/South Regional ... led the Duke foils as a freshman with … earned a spot on the All-ACC Academic Men’s Fencing Team and a 46-28 record during the regular season ... his 46 victories ranked was named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll for the second straight him fourth on the entire squad ... picked up 21 victories in his fi rst two season. collegiate meets, going 9-5 at the Penn State Duals and 12-6 at the Philadelphia Invitational ... named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll.
- 7 - DUKE FENCING 2016 MEDIA GUIDE 2014 Earned All-America honors in his freshman season after going 14-11 Alec Ajnsztajn and placing eighth at the NCAA Fencing Championships ... his eighth- place fi nish was the highest by a Duke freshman at the NCAA Cham- Epee • Sophomore pionships since women’s saber Becca Ward won the national title in Bernardsville, N.J. 2009 and men’s foilist Dan Cohen placed sixth the same year ... one Bernards of two Duke freshmen to qualify for the NCAA Championships, joining foilist Joseph Lam ... took home 10th-place at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic/ South Regional ... led the Duke sabers with a 62-20 record ... his 62 wins during the regular season tied him with Julia Lee to rank fi rst among all Duke fencers in 2014 ... after starting with an 8-7 perfor- A. Ajnsztajn’s Career Records Year W L Pct. ACC Reg. NCAA mance at the Penn State Duals, went 48-10 in his next three meets, 2015 14 28 .333 12th 29th — including a 15-3 performance at the Philadelphia Invitational, records TOTAL 14 28 .333 of 12-3 and 11-1 at the two-day Northwestern Duals and a 10-3 showing at the Duke Home Meet ... named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll. 2015 Finished 29th in men’s epee at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional Prep … placed 12th at the ACC Championships … logged a 14-28 record dur- Earned fi nishes of seventh (2013) and third (2010) at the North Ameri- ing his rookie season at Duke … opened the season with a 7-8 ledger can Cup ... won a team championship at the 2010 World Cup in France at the Western Invitational … picked up four wins at the Eric Sollee ... class valedictorian ... member of the National Honor Society and the Invitational and three at the Philadelphia Invitational … named to the Cum Laude Society ... worked at the Brookfi eld Zoo. ACC Academic Honor Roll.
Personal Prep The son of Laura Monti ... born Nov. 14, 1994 in Park Ridge, Ill. Lettered four years at Bernards High School in Bernardsville, N.J. … member of the Brazilian Junior national team … ranked third in Brazil and 54th in the United States in the Juniors division … recorded a top- 32 fi nish at the 2014 Division I Summer Nationals in Columbus, Ohio Ethan Yu … class treasurer for two years and a member of the National Honor Foil • Junior Society at Bernards High. South Burlington, Vt. Personal South Burlington The son of Mike Ajnsztajn and Gina Tedesco … born July 20, 1996 in Sao Paulo, Brazil … has one sister, Amanda Ajnsztajn. FENCERS
E. Yu’s Career Records Year W L Pct. ACC Reg. NCAA Pascual Di Tella 2014 15 3 .833 — — — 2015 14 11 .560 7th 16th — Saber • Sophomore TOTAL 29 14 .674 Vicente Lopez, Buenos Aires, Argentina 2015 St. Andrew’s Scots Placed 16th in men’s epee at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional … took seventh at the ACC Championships … logged a 14-11 record in four meets during the regular season … registered a season-best 8-3 performance at the Eric Sollee Invitational … opened the year with a P. Di Tella’s Career Records 3-2 record at the Philadelphia Invitational … won three of his six bouts Year W L Pct. ACC Reg. NCAA at the Duke Meet ... named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll for the 2015 35 13 .729 3rd 7th 5th second straight year. TOTAL 35 13 .729 2015 2014 Capped his fi rst season at Duke with All-America honors after placing Logged a record of 15-3 during his freshman season ... highlighted by fi fth in men’s saber with a 16-7 record and a +23 touch differential at going 8-1 on the fi rst day of the Northwestern Duals and a perfect 6-0 the NCAA Fencing Championships … his fi fth-place performance was on the second day ... his .833 winning percentage ranked fi rst among the second-highest fi nish by a freshman in Duke men’s fencing histo- all Duke fencers ... earned a spot on the ACC Academic Honor Roll. ry, trailing only Duke Athletics Hall of Fame member Matt Andresen’s fourth-place fi nish in 1989 … it was also the highest placing by any Prep Duke freshman since women’s saber Becca Ward won the national title Won back-to-back Vermont state championships as a junior and senior in 2009 … fi nished seventh at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional ... took fi rst place at the Connecticut State Games as a junior ... a two- … captured the bronze medal at the ACC Championships with a 12-3 year letterwinner in Nordic skiing ... member of the National Honor record in pool play and a 15-11 victory in the third-place bout … logged Society ... an AP Scholar with distinction ... took second place in the a 35-13 record during the regular season … had a winning record at Vermont Scholars’ Bowl. each of the four meets he competed … notched a season-best 11 wins to just four losses at the Eric Sollee Invitational … opened the season Personal with a 9-6 mark at the Western Invitational … went 7-2 at the Phila- The son of Mengchun and Yong Yu ... born on Aug. 7 in Burlington, Ver. delphia Invitational … fi nished 8-1 during the team portion of the ACC ... has one sister, Abigail. Championships ... named to the All-ACC Academic Men’s Fencing Team and ACC Honor Roll.
Prep Member of the Argentine National Team, fencing with the cadet and senior national teams ... recorded fi rst-place fi nishes in numerous Ar- gentine national competitions at the cadet, junior and senior levels …
- 8 - DUKE FENCING 2016 MEDIA GUIDE placed third in the 2013 Phoenix Junior World Cup ... placed sixth in research assistant at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics developing the 2012 event ... won the 2013 South American Junior Championship nuclear fusion. and the 2012 South American Cadet Championship. Personal Personal The son of Josh Goodman and Catherin Meyler … has one brother, The son of Rafael Matias Di Tella and Astrid Maria Steverlynck … born Isaac Goodman, and one sister, Chloe Wixsom. Sept. 16, 1995 in Buenos Aires, Argentina … has one sister, Clara Isa- bel Maria de las Mercedes, and two brothers, Blas Reinaldo Manuel and Ulises Rolando Javier … his sister, Clara, has fenced for Argentina Dean Ischiropoulos since 2009 and placed third in the 2013 Junior World Championships Epee • Sophomore … father, Rafael, fenced for Argentina in the 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympics … mother, Astrid Maria, represented Argentina in the 1990 Media, Pa. and 1994 Winter Olympics as a skier. Strath Haven Jared Garland Epee • Sophomore D. Ischiropoulos’ Career Records Year W L Pct. ACC Reg. NCAA Hingham, Mass. 2015 37 26 .587 3rd 7th 18th Hingham TOTAL 37 26 .587 2015 Placed 18th in men’s epee at the NCAA Fencing Championships to fi n- ish his rookie season at Duke … fi nished seventh at the NCAA Mid- J. Garland’s Career Records Atlantic/South Regional … captured the bronze medal at the ACC Year W L Pct. ACC Reg. NCAA Championships with a 12-3 record during pool play and a 15-11 win in 2015 — — — — — — the third-place bout … led all Duke men freshmen in wins with a 37- TOTAL — — — 26 record … had a winning record at every meet during the regular FENCERS 2015 season … notched a season-high 10 wins at the Eric Sollee Invitational Did not compete during the 2015 season … named to the ACC Aca- … opened the year with an 8-7 record at the Western Invitational … demic Honor Roll. fi nished 9-6 at the Philadelphia Invitational … logged a 4-2 ledger at the Duke Meet … went 6-3 during the team portion of the ACC Champi- Prep onships … earned a spot on the All-ACC Academic Men’s Fencing Team Competed for the Boston Fencing Club under the guidance of coaches and ACC Academic Honor Roll. Michael Marx, Adam Maczik and Carlos Bruno … earned bronze at the 2013 Danny Bukantz Division II ROC in senior epee … placed third in Prep the 2013 Bay State Games … competed at the Junior Olympics and Finished 12th in Junior Men’s Epee at the 2013 January NAC ... placed Nationals during the 2012-13 season … graduated third in his class at ninth in Cadet Men’s Epee at the 2013 Junior Olympics ... recorded a Hingham High School in Hingham, Mass., and was a member of the 16th-place fi nish in Junior Men’s Epee at the 2014 Junior Olympics ... National Honor Society … was nationally-ranked in the National His- attended Strath Haven High School in Wallingford, Pa., where he was a tory Bowl and Bee … captain of the Hingham High School varsity quiz member of the National Honor Society. bowl team. Personal Personal The son of Harry and Patti Ischiropoulos ... born Jan. 10, 1996 in Phila- The son of Scott and Glenda Garland … born Aug. 18, 1996 in Kansas delphia, Pa. ... has one brother, Alex. City, Mo. … has one sister, Samantha. Jan Maceczek Samuel Goodman Foil • Sophomore Foil • Sophomore Colts Neck, N.J. Colts Neck Rochester, N.Y. Pittsford Mendon
J. Maceczek’s Career Records Year W L Pct. ACC Reg. NCAA S. Goodman’s Career Records 2015 32 14 .696 3rd 15th — TOTAL 32 14 .696 Year W L Pct. ACC Reg. NCAA 2015 — — — — — — 2015 TOTAL — — — Placed 15th in men’s foil at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional … 2015 captured the bronze medal at the ACC Championships after securing Did not compete during the 2015 season … selected to the ACC Aca- nine victories in pool play and winning the third-place bout by a score demic Honor Roll. of 15-11 … fenced at four meets during the regular season and logged a record of 32-14 … led the men’s epee squad in winning percentage Prep (.696) … earned ACC Male Fencer of the Week honors after opening Earned a runner-up fi nish at the 2013 North American Cup in St. Louis, the season with a 14-1 mark at the Western Invitational … went 9-4 at Mo. … recorded a top-32 fi nish in the 2014 Junior Olympics … his team the Eric Sollee Invitational … notched a 5-4 mark at the Philadelphia fi nished in the top eight at the 2014 National Championships … mem- Invitational … won four of his nine bouts during the team portion of ber of the National Honor Society and a National AP Scholar … secre- the ACC Championships … selected to the All-ACC Academic Men’s tary of Pittsford Mendon High School’s Model UN team … worked as a Fencing Team and earned a spot on the ACC Academic Honor Roll.
- 9 - DUKE FENCING 2016 MEDIA GUIDE Prep Prep Fenced for Empire United Fencing under the direction of coaches Sean Lettered four years in fencing at Ridge High School in Basking Ridge, McClain and Alex Martin … placed seventh in Division I foil at the 2014 N.J., under the guidance of coach Slava Danylov … was team and foil July North American Cup and Summer Nationals … recorded sixth- captain his senior year … placed 33rd in the junior division at the 2014 place fi nishes in the cadet division at the 2014 January North Ameri- Summer Nationals … earned his A2014 rating in epee during the 2013- can Cup and the 2013 Cadet Cup in Halle, Germany … took bronze 14 season after switching from foil, where he held a B2013 rating. at both the 2011 and 2012 Junior Olympics … garnered USA Fencing All-Academic fi rst team accolades in 2012 and 2013 … 2014 AP Scholar Personal with Distinction. The son of Farhad and Nasrine Shadpoor … born April 7, 1996 in Bask- ing Ridge, N.J. … has two brothers, Cameron and Ryan. Personal The son of Karina Maceczek … born Dec. 30, 1996 in Goshen, N.Y. … has one sister, Alina. Peter Yang Saber • Sophomore Dakota Nollner Portland, Ore. Epee • Sophomore Sunset Ogden, Utah Bonneville P. Yang’s Career Records Year W L Pct. ACC Reg. NCAA 2015 29 23 .558 8th 19th — D. Nollner’s Career Records TOTAL 29 23 .558 Year W L Pct. ACC Reg. NCAA 2015 2015 25 28 .472 15th 20th — Placed 19th in men’s saber at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional TOTAL 25 28 .472 during his rookie season … placed eighth at the ACC Championships 2015 … fi nished the year with a 29-23 record … kicked off his college career Finished 20th in men’s epee at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional with a season-best nine wins at the Western Invitational … went 8-4 at as a freshman … placed 15th at the ACC Championships … ended the the Philadelphia Invitational … earned a 7-5 ledger at the Eric Sollee season with a 25-28 record … turned in his best performance of the Invitational … fi nished the Duke meet with a 3-3 mark … went 2-5 dur- year during the team portion of the ACC Championships with a 7-2 led- ing the team portion of the ACC Championships … earned a spot on FENCERS ger, highlighted by a 3-0 mark against eventual champion Notre Dame the ACC Academic Honor Roll. … went 8-7 at the Western Invitational to open the season … fi nished 7-8 at the Philadelphia Invitational … picked up three wins at the Eric Prep Sollee Invitational … named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll. Division II champion of the 2012 North American Cup in Milwaukee, Wis. … member of the 2014 Portland Junior Olympic gold medal team Prep … Sunset High School class of 2014 Salutatorian … member of the Placed eighth at the 2012 Junior Olympics in Junior Men’s Epee … Spanish Honor Society … 2011 Piano Romantic Festival winner. member of the 2014 USFA All-Academic Team ... four-year member and offi cer of the National Honor Society ... Valedictorian of Bonnev- Personal ille High School’s graduating class of 2014. The son of Simon and Kolih Yang … born April 8, 1996 in Portland, Ore. … has one brother, Vincent, and one sister, Vivian. Personal The son of John and Jennifer Nollner … born Nov. 7, 1995 in Ogden, Utah … has one brother, Dylan … Dylan, a 2014 graduate of Duke, fenced for the Blue Devils for four years and was a two-time All-Amer- ican and four-time NCAA qualifi er. Will Feldman Bobak Shadpoor Foil • Freshman Epee • Sophomore Atlanta, Ga. Basking Ridge, N.J. Paideia School Ridge
Prep B. Shadpoor’s Career Records Fenced for the International Fencing Club under the guidance of coach Year W L Pct. ACC Reg. NCAA Yool Nam … fi nished third overall in Division I-A Men’s Foil at the 2013 2015 10 5 .667 5th — — Remenyik Open ROC … placed 39th in Cadet Men’s Foil at the 2013 TOTAL 10 5 .667 Junior Olympics … at the 2013 January North American Cup (NAC), 2015 took 42nd in Cadet Men’s Foil … competing in Division I-A Men’s Foil, Finished fi fth in men’s epee at the ACC Championships … fi nished placed ninth at the 2012 Kickoff Open ROC and 12th at the Peachtree his rookie season with a 10-5 record, fencing in two meets after re- ROC … fi nished 32nd in Cadet Men’s Foil at the 2012 Junior Olympics covering from a hand injury … led the men’s epee squad members … logged a 37th-place performance in Junior Men’s Foil at the 2012 who fenced at least 10 bouts in winning percentage (.667) … opened January NAC, then took 41st in Cadet Men’s Foil at the 2012 July NAC his Duke career with a 6-0 mark at the Duke Meet, earning ACC Male … Traveled to Paris in 2012 and fi nished 40th in the CEP Cadet Foil Fencer of the Week honors … went 4-5 during the team portion of the Marathon … wrapped up the 2011 Pan American Youth Championships ACC Championships … named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll. with a sixth-place performance … fi nished 10th in Division I-A Men’s
- 10 - DUKE FENCING 2016 MEDIA GUIDE Foil at the 2011 Remenyik Open ROC … took 23rd at the 2011 NAC E in Y14 Men’s Foil … three-time selection to the USA Fencing All-Academic Team … worked as a camp counselor at both the 2012 and 2013 Nellya Summer Fencing Camps … member of the Duke University Talent Iden- tifi cation Program (Duke TIP) … did multiple business internships dur- ing the summer of 2014, including with Kabbage, Scoutmob, Atlanta Jake Shulman Tech Village and ShopVisible … also interned with the David Perdue Foil • Freshman for U.S. Senate Campaign in 2014 … attended the 2014 Leadership in Upper Saddle River, N.J. the Business World program through the Wharton Business School in San Francisco … volunteered during the summer of 2013 at Medshare Northern Highlands Regional International.
Personal Son of Paul and Sara Feldman … born June 7, 1996 in Atlanta, Ga. Prep Fencing for Northern Highlands Regional High School in Allendale, N.J., twice named to the all-state fi rst team … was district champion and a member of the all-league and all-New Jersey fi rst teams all four years … also fenced for coach Stas Gutkovskiy at Gutkovisky Fencing Academy … captured silver at the 2013 New Jersey Cup … at the 2013 Bryn Hammarberg Pan-American Championships, fi nished in the top eight in Cadet Men’s Epee • Freshman Foil … placed in the top 16 in Division II Men’s Foil at the 2013 March North American Cup (NAC) … while at Northern Highlands Regional, Maplewood, N.J. was a member of the National Honor Society and the High Honor Roll Columbia … also an AP Scholar … earned the Distinguished Athlete Award and was a National Merit Finalist. FENCERS Personal Son of Rob and Carol Shulman … born April 27, 1997 in Hackensack, Prep N.J. … has two sisters, Jessica and Jamie. Four-year varsity member of the fencing team at Columbia Senior High School in Maplewood, N.J., under the coaching tutelage of Rob- ert White … captain of the epee squad as a junior and the men’s team captain as a senior … led Columbia to two state titles and four dis- trict championships during his career … garnered individual runner-up honors at the 2014 state meet and captured gold at districts in 2015 … twice selected to the all-state fi rst team … also fenced for Fenc- ers Club under coach Alexey Cheremsky … competing for Columbia’s varsity robotics team and serving as a co-captain, placed third at the world championships after winning the New Jersey state title … an AP Scholar with Distinction … National Merit Commendation.
Personal Son of Eric and Jill Hammarberg … born April 9, 1997 in New York, N.Y. … has one brother, Stowe, and one sister, Shaine … grandfather, Charles Hammarberg, was a 1953 graduate of Duke.
Alan Ko Foil • Freshman Closter, N.J. Northern Valley Regional
Prep Competed with the Top Fencing Club under the direction of Seoung Woo Lee and Garik Balayan … ranked as high as 52 on the USFA Ju- nior Points list during the 2013-14 season … published historian in the Concord Review.
Personal Son of Sung Hwan and Min Jung Ko … born Sept. 2, 1997 in Flushing, N.Y. … has two sisters, Amy and Alice … sister, Alice, currently fences for the University of Penn.
- 11 - DUKE FENCING 2016 MEDIA GUIDE WOMEN’S FENCERS Samantha Lee Foil • Senior Isabella Barna Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. Epee • Senior Ardsley Bend, Ore. Summit S. Lee’s Career Records Year W L Pct. ACC Reg. NCAA 2013 29 25 .537 — 15th — I. Barna’s Career Records 2014 45 42 .517 — 25th — Year W L Pct. ACC Reg. NCAA 2015 22 27 .449 6th 26th — 2013 49 17 .742 — 10th — TOTAL 96 94 .505 2014 59 30 .663 — 10th — 2015 30 18 .625 6th 5th 19th 2015 TOTAL 138 65 .680 Finished 26th in women’s foil at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Re- 2015 gional … placed sixth at the ACC Championships … logged a 22-27 re- Finished 19th in women’s epee during her fi rst trip to the NCAA Fenc- cord after fencing in four meets during the regular season … opened ing Championships … led the women’s epee squad with a fi fth-place the year with a season-best 9-8 record at the Western Invitational … performance at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional … took sixth notched a ledger of 8-9 at the Philadelphia Invitational … went 3-6 at the ACC Championships … logged a 30-18 ledger in four meets dur- during the team portion of the ACC Championships … picked up two ing the regular season … opened 2015 with a 24-9 record through the bout victories at the Duke Meet … earned a spot on the ACC Academic fi rst two meets … went 13-4 at the Western Invitational and 11-5 at Honor Roll for the third time in as many years. the Philadelphia Invitational … fi nished the team portion of the ACC Championships with a 4-5 mark … picked up two wins at the Duke 2014 Meet … named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll. Placed 25th at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional … fi nished her sophomore season with a 45-42 record … logged a 23-12 record during 2014 the two-day Northwestern Duals … recorded eight wins at the Phila- Placed 10th at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional … wrapped up delphia Invitational and the Duke Home Meet … named to the ACC the regular season with a 59-30 record, leading the women’s epee Academic Honor Roll for the second straight year. squad in wins and ranking second among all Duke women fencers … posted winning records at all fi ve meets during the year … amassed 25 2013
FENCERS wins at the two-day Northwestern Duals … went 10-5 at the Philadel- Went 29-25 in her fi rst season and placed 15th at the Mid-Atlantic/South phia Invitational, 9-5 at the Duke Home Meet, 8-4 at the Temple Duals Regionals ... had her best outing of the season at the MIT Duals where she and 7-5 at the Penn State Duals. went 13-4 ... won six bouts at the Temple Duals and Duke Home Meet ... named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll. 2013 Posted a 49-17 record in her fi rst season of competition ... the 49 wins Prep were the third most on the epee squad, while her .742 winning percent- Four-time letterwinner at Ardsley High School ... never lost a bout in high age was the third best on the entire women’s squad ... placed 10th at the school ... Female Student Athlete of the Year ... two-time Most Valuable Mid-Atlantic/South Regionals ... fenced in all fi ve regular-season meets Player ... Head Captain of high school fencing team ... Mock Trial team Co- and posted winning records in four of those ... went 13-2 at the Penn State President ... four-year member of Chamber Orchestra. Duals, 14-4 at the Temple Duals, 14-4 at the MIT Duals, 3-1 at the Duke Home Meet and 6-6 at the Temple Duals ... helped the epees to a team- Personal best 23-3 record. The daughter of John Lee and Prince Yu ... born July 13, 1994 in Manhat- tan, N.Y. ... has one brother, Shaun-Chi ... uncle, Leo Yu, was a gymnast at Prep Yale. Third place Junior World Cup ... fi rst place Junior Olympics ... fi rst place Cadet World Cup ... member of Cadet World team ... US Fencing Associa- Cheng Ma tion Academic All-American. Foil • Senior Personal New York, N.Y. The daughter of Randall and Cristina Barna ... born Oct. 11, 1993 in Bend, Stuyvesant Ore. C. Ma’s Career Records Year W L Pct. ACC Reg. NCAA 2013 — — — — — — 2014 2 13 .113 — — — 2015 — — — — — — TOTAL 2 13 .113
2015 Did not compete during the 2015 season … earned a spot on the ACC Academic Honor Roll for the second straight year.
2014 Logged a 2-13 record at the Philadelphia Invite, her lone competition of the season … named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll.
2013 Did not compete as a freshman.
- 12 - DUKE FENCING 2016 MEDIA GUIDE Prep 2014 Lettered three years at Stuyvesant High School ... started at foil as a se- Burst on to the scene as a freshman, posting a 62-24 record to lead nior...helped her squad win silver at the 2012 PSAL City Championship meet the women and tie Christopher Monti for the most wins among all ... received the AP Scholar award ... served as secretary of the Key Club in Duke fencers ... placed 23rd at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional 2012 ... founder and president of the Chinese Recreation Club. … recorded double-digit wins in three of the fi ve regular season meets, including an impressive 28-7 performance at the two-day Northwest- Personal ern Duals … also picked up 11 wins at the Philadelphia Invitational and The daughter of Jiaxiang Ma and Xiuping Chen ... born Nov. 20, 1993 in fi nished the Duke Home Meet with a 10-2 mark … earned a spot on the China ... has one sister, Evelyn. ACC Academic Honor Roll.
Prep Tara Mullen-Boustiha Was an alternate for the USA Cadet Women’s Foil Team. Foil • Senior Personal San Francisco, Calif. The daughter of Christopher and Helena Lee ... born June 30, 1995 in Mor- French American International ristown, N.J. ... has two brothers, Jonathan and Justin, and one sister, Jen- nifer. T. Mullen-Boustiha’s Career Records Year W L Pct. ACC Reg. NCAA 2013 — — — — — — Rita Somogyi 2014 4 7 .364 — — — 2015 — — — — — — Epee • Junior TOTAL 4 7 .364 Portland, Ore. 2015 Oregon Episcopal School Did not compete during the 2015 season … named to the ACC Aca- demic Honor Roll for the third time in as many years. FENCERS R. Somogyi’s Career Records 2014 Year W L Pct. ACC Reg. NCAA Competed in three meets, compiling a 4-7 record on the year … came 2014 49 40 .551 — 21st — away with three wins at the Philadelphia Invitational … earned a spot 2015 37 31 .544 10th 19th — on the ACC Academic Honor Roll for the second straight year. TOTAL 86 71 .548 2015 2013 Placed 19th in women’s epee at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional Did not compete as a freshman ... named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll. … fi nished 10th at the ACC Championships … ended the regular season with a 37-31 record … logged a 34-19 ledger through the fi rst three Prep meets of the year … opened the season with a 12-5 mark at the West- First place Junior Women’s Foil Team ... 11th place Division IA ... eighth place ern Invitational … recorded matching 11-7 performances at the Phila- Cadet Women’s Foil Team, Coupe Mundiale ... four-year Dean’s Honor List delphia Invitational and the Eric Sollee Invitational … went 2-7 during ... French and International Baccalaureate Diplomas received with honors. the team portion of the ACC Championships … picked up one win at the Duke Meet … earned a spot on the ACC Academic Honor Roll for Personal the second consecutive season. The daughter of Patrick Boustiha and Theresa Mullen ... born Jan. 19, 1994 in San Francisco, Calif. ... has two brothers, Adrien and Cyprien, and 2014 one sister, Calypso. Placed 21st at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional during her rookie year … fi nished the regular season with a 49-40 record to rank second among the women’s epee squad in wins … went 25-11 at the Julia Lee two-day Northwestern Duals to highlight her freshman campaign … also logged eight wins at the Philadelphia Invite and seven wins at Foil • Junior the Penn State Duals and the Duke Home Meet … named to the ACC Montville, N.J. Academic Honor Roll.
The Trinity School Prep Attended Oregon Episcopal School while fencing for the North West Fenc- ing Center ... placed 15th at the 2013 Summer Nationals U-20 division ... J. Lee’s Career Records fi nished eighth at the NAC-A and 15 at the NAC-B U-17 division in 2011 ... Year W L Pct. ACC Reg. NCAA National Merit Recommended and AP Scholar ... worked as both a summer 2014 62 24 .721 — 23rd — fencing camp counselor and an art camp supervisor. 2015 40 23 .635 5th 6th — TOTAL 102 47 .685 Personal 2015 The daughter of Lehel and Marta Somogyi ... born Feb. 20, 1996 in New Placed sixth in women’s foil at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional York City ... has one brother, Hunor. … fi nished fi fth at the ACC Championships … ended the regular season with a 40-23 record … paced the women’s foil squad in wins (40) and winning percentage (.635) … turned in her best performance of the year at the Eric Sollee Invitational, notching a mark of 15-3 … opened her sophomore season with an 11-6 performance at the Western Invita- tional … went 6-3 during the team portion of the ACC Championships … fi nished the Philadelphia Invitational with a 6-7 record … picked up two wins at the Duke Meet.
- 13 - DUKE FENCING 2016 MEDIA GUIDE Personal Emmeline Yoo The daughter of Shane and Danette Buggay … born Feb. 8, 1996 in Birming- Foil • Junior han, Ala. … has two brothers, Devan and Drew. Wyckoff, N.J. Sophie Caplin Ramapo Epee • Sophomore Earlysville, Va. E. Yoo’s Career Records Tandem Friends School Year W L Pct. ACC Reg. NCAA 2014 — — — — — — 2015 16 11 .593 14th 21st — TOTAL 16 11 .593 S. Caplin’s Career Records 2015 Year W L Pct. ACC Reg. NCAA Finished 21st in women’s foil at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional 2015 13 11 .542 14th 26th — … took 14th at the ACC Championships … compiled a 16-11 record after TOTAL 13 11 .542 fencing in three meets during the regular season … turned in a ledger 2015 of 11-7 at the Eric Sollee Invitational … went 5-3 at the Philadelphia Placed 26th in women’s epee at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Re- Invitational … lost her only bout during the team portion of the ACC gional as a freshman … took 14th at the ACC Championships … fenced Championships … named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll for the sec- in two meets during the regular season, notching a record of 13-11 … ond straight year. logged a season-best 10-8 ledger at the Eric Sollee Invitational … went 3-3 at the Philadelphia Invitational … selected to the ACC Academic 2014 Honor Roll. Did not compete as a freshman ... earned a spot on the ACC Academic Honor Roll. Prep Fenced for Dominion Fencing Club under the guidance of coach Allen Prep Evans ... competed at the Junior Olympics four times … won gold at the Lettered two years at Ramapo High School ... an all-district selection in Virginia Junior Olympic Qualifi er two times ... a Virginia Junior Women’s 2010 ... helped Ramapo to a second-place fi nish at the district meet as a Three Weapon Points Champion … placed sixth in Division II at the North sophomore, improving on a fourth-place fi nish as a freshman ... won the American Cup in 2011 ... took fi fth at the ROC in Division II in 2013 … fi n- Frosh-Sophomore Tournament as a freshman and sophomore ... member ished 12th at the 2014 Division II Summer Nationals North American Cup of the National Honor Society ... played piano and was a member of the FENCERS ... a USFA sanctioned referee in epee and foil ... AP Scholar with Honor … wind ensemble. elected to the honor council all four years at Tandem Friends High School … accepted into the Virginia Governor’s School of French Language Academy Personal … a Virginia Consort Youth Chorale singer and heavily involved in theatre The daughter of Albert and Chung-Hee Yoo ... born Dec. 16, 1994 in Brook- at Tandem Friends. lyn, N.Y. ... has one brother, Edwards, and one sister, Judy. Personal The daughter of Jeremy and Kari Caplin … born Oct. 20, 1995 in Char- Dara Buggay lottesville, Va. … has one brother, Aubrey, and two sisters, Phoebe and Saber • Sophomore Harriet … sister, Phoebe, is a current member of the Duke fencing team ... uncle, Lee Caplin, is a 1968 graduate of Duke and pole vaulted Birmingham, Ala. and threw the javelin for the Blue Devil track team. Mountain Brook Haley Fisher Saber • Sophomore D. Buggay’s Career Records Kennesaw, Ga. Year W L Pct. ACC Reg. NCAA 2015 — — — — — — Harrison TOTAL — — — 2015 Did not compete during the 2015 season … earned a spot on the ACC Academic Honor Roll. H. Fisher’s Career Records Year W L Pct. ACC Reg. NCAA 2015 46 12 .793 4th 9th 18th Prep TOTAL 46 12 .793 Lettered four years in fencing at Mountain Brook High School in Birming- ham, Ala., under the guidance of coach Yuanjing Wang … placed third at the 2015 Wright Memorial and Regional Youth Circuit in 2014 and took fi fth in 2013 Finished 18th in women’s saber at the NCAA Fencing Championships at the same event ... runner-up at the Louisville Tournament ... earned the as a freshman … placed ninth at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Region- bronze medal at the Pennsylvania Keystone State Games ... placed eighth al … took fourth at the ACC Championships after having to withdraw at the Vanderbilt Tournament ... earned a 23rd-place fi nish in Division III from her semifi nal bout due to injury … logged a 46-12 record dur- at the 2014 March North American Cup ... 30th in Division II at Summer ing her fi rst collegiate season … led all Duke women fencers in win- Nationals 2013 ... assistant coach for the Birmingham Fencing Club ... train- ning percentage (.793) … started her college career with a 42-5 ledger ing to become a fencing referee ... member of the National Honor Society through the fi rst three meets … opened the season with a perfect 17-0 ... president of Mu Alpha Honor Society ... president of Latin Honor Society mark at the Western Invitational, earning ACC Co-Female Fencer of the ... a second grade tutor in reading and writing ... a volunteer with Impact Week honors … went 13-2 at the Philadelphia Invitational and 12-3 at Alabama to screen young children to detect any early vision problems ... the Eric Sollee Invitational … fi nished the Duke Meet with 3-3 record … captain of a Relay for Life for the American Cancer Society. picked up one win during the team portion of the ACC Championships … earned a spot on the All-ACC Academic Women’s Fencing Team.
- 14 - DUKE FENCING 2016 MEDIA GUIDE Prep Fenced at Nellya Fencers in Atlanta, Ga., for eight years under the guid- Samantha Meyers ance of coach Arkady Burdan ... her saber team took gold at Summer Nationals in 2014 in both the junior and senior divisions and fi nished Foil • Sophomore runner-up in both divisions at Summer Nationals in 2013 … placed sec- Paris, France ond in the cadet division at the 2013 Junior Olympics and recorded an International School of Paris eighth-place fi nish in the junior division … fi nished eighth in the junior division at the Virginia Beach North American Cup … member of the Honor’s French Society and served as a representative on the Student Council. S. Meyers’ Career Records Year W L Pct. ACC Reg. NCAA Personal 2015 — — — — — — The daughter of Dwight and Laura Fisher … born May 18th, 1996 in TOTAL — — — Savannah, Ga. … has one brother, Henry, and one sister, Mallory. 2015 Did not compete during the 2015 season … earned a spot on the ACC Jennifer Ling Academic Honor Roll.
Saber • Sophomore Prep Cranbury, N.J. Fenced for two years at Ramapo High School in Franklin Lakes, N.J., un- der the direction of coach Whitney White before moving to Paris, France West Windsor-Plainsboro South … fenced competitively in Europe while attending the International School of Paris.
Personal J. Ling’s Career Records The daughter of David Meyers and Helen Crowley … born Oct. 13, 1995 Year W L Pct. ACC Reg. NCAA
2015 51 16 .761 6th 4th 22nd in Hobart, Tasmania … has one brother, Benjamin … father, David, FENCERS TOTAL 51 16 .761 graduated from Duke in 1985 and was an epeeist for the fencing team. 2015 Placed 22nd in women’s saber at the NCAA Fencing Championships as a freshman … captured fourth at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Re- gional to record the highest fi nish among the Duke women … fi nished sixth at the ACC Championships … logged a 51-16 record during her rookie season in Durham … led all Duke fencers in wins (51) … notched Phoebe Caplin a season-high 15 wins at both the Philadelphia Invitational and the Eric Sollee Invitational, going 15-2 and 15-3, respectively … kicked off her Foil • Freshman college career with an 11-6 performance at the Western Invitational … Charlottesville, Va. went 7-2 during the team portion of the ACC Championships … won three of her six bouts at the Duke Meet … named to the All-ACC Aca- Tandem Friends School demic Women’s Fencing Team and the ACC Academic Honor Roll.
Prep Lettered four years in fencing at West Windsor-Plainsboro High School Prep South in Princeton Junction, N.J. … captain of her high school fencing team Competed for the Dominion Fencing Club under the direction of coach in 2013 and 2014 … placed 10th in the Junior Women’s saber event in the Allen Evans … three-time qualifi er for the Junior Olympics … placed 2014 Junior Olympics ... took fi fth at NJISAA State Individual Tournament second in the 2014 Junior Olympic Qualifi er and fi nished third in both in 2014 ... placed 16th in the Cadet Women’s saber event in the 2013 Junior 2011 and 2012 … at the 2014 ROC Kick Off Open, fi nished tied for third Olympics ... took 28th at the 2013 Arizona Junior World Cup ... placed sev- in the C & Under Senior Women’s Foil division and eighth in Division enth at the NJISAA State Individual Tournament in 2012 ... claimed 13th 1A Senior Women’s Foil … captured gold in women’s foil at the 2012 at the 2012 November North American Cup in St. Louis, Mo., for Cadet Virginia Division Championships, then followed that performance Women’s Saber … also fi gure skated competitively for eight years … an AP by taking runner-up honors in 2013 … placed 13th at the 2012 March Scholar with Honor … volunteered at the Plainsboro Preserve … plays the North American Cup (NAC) … 2010 Virginia Division Points Champion Gu Zheng, a Chinese musical instrument. for women’s youth three-weapon fencing … while attending Tandem Friends School in Charlottesville, Va., was an AP Scholar and earned Personal both the Duncan Alling Scholar-Athlete Award and the Tandem Friends The daughter of Dawei Ling and Hsiao Jin Chu … born Aug 18, 1996 in School French Award … a fi nalist for the Emily Couric Leadership Norwalk, Conn. … has one brother, Jonathan. Award … participated in the 2014 Virginia Governor’s School of French Language, member of Tandem Friends School’s theatre program and Gay-Straight Alliance … served as a mentor for her high school’s men- toring program.
Personal Daughter of Jeremy and Kari Caplin … born April 24, 1997 in Charlot- tesville, Va. … has one brother, Aubrey, and two sisters, Sophie and Harriet … sister, Sophie, is a current member of the Duke fencing team … uncle, Lee Caplin, was a 1968 graduate of Duke and competed in pole vault and javelin for the Duke track & fi eld team.
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Cathy Chi Camille Esnault Foil • Freshman Epee • Freshman Plainsboro, N.J. Cupertino, Calif. West Windsor-Plainsboro South Cupertino
Prep Prep Fenced for coach Stas Gutkovskiy at the Gutkovskiy Fencing Academy Fenced for East Bay Fencers Gym under the coaching tutelage of Ab- … at the 2014 April North American Cup (NAC), fi nished tied for third dul Habek … served as captain for Team USA #3 Cadet Women’s Epee in Division II Women’s Foil … also took 10th at the 2014 March NAC in 2013, guiding the team to a gold medal at the International Circuit in Division III Women’s Foil … captured the silver medal at the 2014 competition in Klagenfurt, Austria … a 2015 USA Fencing All-Academic Cherry Blossom Open ... placed in the top 16 in Division III Women’s fi rst team selection … additionally, led her team to a third-place show- Foil at both the 2013 Summer Nationals and 2013 March NAC … pro- ing out of more than 500 entries at The Tech Challenge 2013: As- duced a 10th-place performance at the 2012 October NAC in Division II teroids Rock! competition in the Best Device Performance category, Women’s Foil … while attending West Windsor-Plainsboro High School inventing a reliable device to deliver fragile cargo on an “asteroid” South in West Windsor, N.J., was a member of the National Honor So- with her team. ciety and the Mathematics Honor Society … served three years as a Peer Leader, while also spending three years as the Editor-in-Chief of Personal the Yearbook Club … a fi nalist for the AXA Achievement Scholarship Daughter of Jean-Michel Esnault and Padma Pillay-Esnault … born … a biomedical engineering researcher for Soboyejo Lab at Princeton June 26, 1997 in Palo Alto, Calif. … has one brother, Kevin. University.
Personal Daughter of Steven Chi and Aida Wang…born in Hangzhou, China. FENCERS Rhiannon Harvey Foil • Freshman Kristen Coury Norfolk, Va. Foil • Freshman Homeschooled Far Hills, N.J. Bernards Prep Competed for the Mechanicsville Fencing Academy under coach Bob- by Robinson … fencing at the 2015 USA Fencing National Champion- Prep ships, placed fi fth in Division I-A Women’s Foil, tied for 26th in Junior Lettered four years for Bernards High School and fenced with the Women’s Foil and tied for 42nd in Division I Women’s Foil ... placed Morris Fencing Club under the tutelage of coaches Slava Danilov and sixth in Division II Women’s Foil at the 2014 April North American Cup Oleg Brusilovsky … two-time New Jersey all-state fi rst team honoree, (NAC), then fi nished third overall in the same division at the 2014 De- garnering the award during junior and senior year … captured the dis- cember NAC ... turned in a 32nd-place performance in Junior Women’s trict crown all four years … competed in both the 2015 Junior Olym- Foil at the 2014 Junior Olympics … in Division II Women’s Foil at the pics and USA Fencing National Championships, highlighted by a 29th- October NAC, fi nished the event in eighth place … selected to the USA place showing in Division I-A Women’s Foil at Nationals … also was a Fencing All-Academic Team for both the 2013-14 and 2014-15 seasons. four-year letterwinner for the women’s soccer team, playing forward for the Mountaineers … member of the National Honors Society at Personal Bernards. Daughter of Michael and Virginia Harvey ... born in Woodinville, Wash., Aug. 15, 1996 … has one sister, Vienna … mother, Virginia, was a mem- Personal ber of the Stanford crew team (1983-85). Daughter of Ed and Debbie Coury … born Feb. 6, 1997 in Rockleigh, N.J. … has one brother, Nicholas, and one sister, Elizabeth.
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Bridget Wallace Claudia Wrampelmeier Epee • Freshman Epee • Freshman Chicago, Ill. Amarillo, Texas St. Ignatius College Prep Amarillo
Prep Prep Fenced for the Windy City Fencing Club under the guidance of coach Fenced for the Amarillo Competitive Fencing Assosciation under Tsanko Hantov … placed 72nd in Junior Women’s Epee at both the coach Chuck Slaughter … competed at the 2007, 2009 and 2010 Sum- Junior Olympics and the USA Fencing National Championships in 2015 mer Nationals and the 2011 Junior Olympics … fi nished 19th out of 120 … took 44th in Junior Women’s Epee at the 2014 Junior Olympics and fencers at the 2013 NAC in Women’s Cadet Epee … served as an as- tied for 53rd in Cadet Women’s Epee … placed sixth out of 23 fencers in sistant coach for the Amarillo Competitive Fencing Association start- Junior Women’s Epee at the 2014 Remenyik RJCC & ROC … traveled to ing in 2013 … while at Amarillo High School, awarded an International Gothenburg, Sweden, to participate in the 2014 Vigor Challenge, fenc- Baccalaureate diploma … president of the Spanish Club … viola player ing in Cadet Women’s Epee … claimed sixth out of 127 competitors at and vice president of the school’s orchestra … secretary for Amarillo the 2013 October North American Cup (NAC) in Cadet Women’s Epee, High School International Forum … team captain of Amarillo’s Science then fi nished 35th at the 2013 November NAC in Junior Women’s Epee Bowl team … member of the Student Council and the National Honor … at the 2013 Illinois Junior Olympic Qualifi er, fi nished fi rst in Junior Society … a National Hispanic Scholar … earned Evening of Excellence
Women’s Epee and second in Cadet Women’s Epee … went on to place awards in English II-Pre-IB, European IB and Biology IB SL. FENCERS 46th in Cadet Women’s Epee at the 2013 Junior Olympics … won the U19 Women’s Epee competition at the 2013 Midway Fencing Classic Personal … took home third in the Senior Women’s Epee division at the 2013 Daughter of Christopher and Hortencia Wramplemeier … born Aug. 8, Remenyik Open … attended St. Ignatius College Prep in Chicago, Ill. … 1998 in Amarillo, Texas … has one brother, Cole, and one sister, Holly. member of the National Honors Society and president of the French National Honors Society … graduate with Honors with Distinction.
Personal Daughter of Andy and MaryPat Wallace … born Aug. 5, 1997 in Chi- cago, Ill. … has one brother, John Michael.
Vivian Wang Epee • Freshman Boulder, Colo. Fairview
Prep Fenced for Northern Colorado Fencers … fi nished fi rst in the 2012- 13 Colorado Division Season Senior Women’s Epee, representing the overall performance in senior women’s epee competitions throughout the 2012-13 season … helped Northern Colorado Fencers fi nish fourth at the 2014 Summer National Championships in Junior Women’s Team Epee … individually, took sixth in Division III Women’s Epee … at the 2013 Summer Nationals, fi nished 30th in both Junior and Cadet Wom- en’s Epee … during her time at Fairview High School, was a member of the National Honor Society Leadership team … recipient of the 2015 Scholastic National Art and Writing Competition Gold Key Award … also earned a silver President’s Volunteer Service Award and the Colo- rado Perfect ACT Award.
Personal Daughter of Bo Wang and Xiaoying Song … born June 16, 1997 in Sin- gapore … has one brother, Lucius.
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Jan. 17 Western Invitational Foil Epee Saber V-D Overall Jan. 17 Western Invitational Foil Epee Saber V-D Overall Stanford 5-4 2-7 6-3 D 13-14 Stanford 7-2 8-1 7-2 V 22-5 Cal Tech 9-0 8-1 9-0 V 26-1 Cal Tech 9-0 7-2 9-0 V 25-2 UC San Diego 4-5 4-5 7-2 V 15-12 UC San Diego 6-3 8-1 6-3 V 20-7 Air Force 8-1 3-6 6-3 V 17-10 Air Force 2-7 9-0 8-1 V 19-8 Brandeis 7-2 6-3 4-5 V 17-10 Brandeis 5-4 7-2 6-3 V 18-9 Northwestern 1-8 4-5 4-5 D 9-18
Jan. 24-25 Philiadelphia Invitational Foil Epee Saber V-D Overall Jan. 24-25 Philadelphia Invitational Foil Epee Saber V-D Overall Drew 9-0 7-2 9-0 V 25-2 Temple 2-7 5-4 6-3 D 13-14 NJIT 4-5 2-7 8-1 V 14-13 Penn 1-8 4-5 4-5 D 9-18 Penn 3-6 5-4 3-6 D 11-16 Fairleigh Dickinson 4-5 6-3 8-1 V 18-9 Sacred Heart 5-4 1-8 8-1 V 14-13 Haverford 9-0 7-2 9-0 V 25-2 Haverford 7-2 4-5 8-1 V 19-8 Cornell 1-8 6-3 8-1 V 15-12 Sacred Heart 7-2 8-1 6-3 V 21-6
Feb. 1 Eric Sollee Invitational Foil Epee Saber V-D Overall Feb. 1 Eric Sollee Invitational Foil Epee Saber V-D Overall Boston College 6-3 5-4 8-1 V 19-8 Boston College 4-5 4-5 7-2 V 15-12 Brandeis 4-5 4-5 4-5 D 12-15 Brandeis 5-4 7-2 6-3 V 18-9 MIT 9-0 4-5 7-2 V 20-7 MIT 5-4 6-3 6-3 V 17-10 NYU 5-4 2-7 7-2 V 14-13 NYU 5-4 6-3 9-0 V 20-7 Stevens Tech 8-1 3-6 8-1 V 19-8 Stevens Tech 5-4 6-3 8-1 V 19-8 Brown 4-5 1-8 6-3 D 11-16 Brown 5-4 6-3 5-4 V 16-11
Feb. 7 Duke Meet Foil Epee Saber V-D Overall Feb. 7 Duke Meet Foil Epee Saber V-D Overall Johns Hopkins 5-4 7-2 5-4 V 17-10 Northwestern 1-8 2-7 4-5 D 7-20 North Carolina 8-1 7-2 5-4 V 20-7 North Carolina 5-4 4-5 2-7 D 11-16
Feb. 21 ACC Championships Foil Epee Saber V-D Overall Feb. 22 ACC Championships Foil Epee Saber V-D Overall North Carolina 8-1 6-3 5-4 V 19-8 North Carolina 5-4 4-5 5-4 V 14-13 Boston College 5-4 6-3 9-0 V 20-7 Notre Dame 2-7 4-5 2-7 D 8-19 Notre Dame 1-8 5-4 4-5 D 10-17 Boston College 5-4 4-5 9-0 V 18-9
Squad Season Records 15-6 10-11 17-4 16-5 Squad Season Records 14-9 15-8 18-5 17-6 Men’s Team — ACC CHAMPIONSHIPS Women’s Team — ACC CHAMPIONSHIPS Chapel Hill, N.C. (University of North Carolina) Chapel Hill, N.C. (University of North Carolina) Feb. 21 School Win-Loss Record Feb. 22 School Win-Loss Record 1. Notre Dame ...... 3-0 1. Notre Dame ...... 3-0 2. Duke ...... 2-1 2. Duke ...... 2-1 3. Boston College ...... 1-2 3. North Carolina ...... 1-2 2015 IN REVIEW 2015 4. North Carolina ...... 0-3 4. Boston College ...... 0-3
NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS Columbus, Ohio (Ohio State University) March 19-22 School Total (Indicator) 1. Columbia/Barnard 165 (+181) 2. Penn State 156 (+176) 3. Notre Dame 156 (+145) 4. Princeton 148 (+124) 5. Ohio State 137 (+165) 6. St. John’s 137 (+47) 7. Harvard 129 (+81) 8. Penn 96 (+11) 9. Duke 67 (-59) 10. Stanford 65 (-56)
- 18 - DUKE FENCING 2016 MEDIA GUIDE 2015 INDIVIDUAL RESULTS Men’s Team — REGULAR SEASON RECORDS Women’s Team — REGULAR SEASON RECORDS Fencer Weapon Record (Win %) Fencer Weapon Record (Win %) Christopher Monti ...... Saber ...... 48-9 (.842) Jennifer Ling ...... Saber ...... 51-16 (.761) Rod Shayesteh ...... Foil ...... 38-19 (.667) Sarah Collins ...... Epee ...... 49-15 (.766) Dean Ischiropoulos ...... Epee ...... 37-26 (.587) Haley Fisher ...... Saber ...... 46-12 (.793) Pascual Di Tella ...... Saber ...... 35-13 (.729) Julia Lee ...... Foil ...... 40-23 (.635) Jan Maceczek ...... Foil ...... 32-14 (.696) Rita Somogyi ...... Epee ...... 37-31 (.544) Joseph Lam ...... Foil ...... 31-21 (.596) Natalie Moszczynski ...... Saber ...... 31-25 (.554) Peter Yang ...... Saber ...... 29-23 (.558) Isabella Barna ...... Epee ...... 30-18 (.625) Dakota Nollner ...... Epee ...... 25-28 (.472) Samantha Lee ...... Foil ...... 22-27 (.449) Colin Colter ...... Saber ...... 24-8 (.750) Libby Malcolm ...... Foil ...... 20-36 (.357) Ethan Yu ...... Foil ...... 14-11 (.560) Emmeline Yoo ...... Foil ...... 16-11 (.593) Alec Ajnsztajn ...... Epee ...... 14-28 (.333) Alexandra Viqueira ...... Saber ...... 13-10 (.565) Bobak Shadpoor ...... Epee ...... 10-5 (.667) Sophie Caplin ...... Epee ...... 13-11 (.542) Edward Chen...... Epee ...... 4-2 (.667) Tara Mullen-Boustiha ...... Foil ...... 0-0 (.000) Ted Cho ...... Epee ...... 2-8 (.200) Dara Buggay ...... Saber ...... 0-0 (.000) Charles Copti ...... Saber ...... 0-0 (.000) Cheng Ma ...... Foil ...... 0-0 (.000) Michael DeVito ...... Epee ...... 0-0 (.000) Samantha Meyers ...... Foil ...... 0-0 (.000) Jared Garland ...... Epee ...... 0-0 (.000) Samuel Goodman ...... Foil ...... 0-0 (.000) Alexander Merriman ...... Foil ...... 0-0 (.000) Jacob Wiener ...... Epee ...... 0-0 (.000)
Men’s Team — ACC CHAMPIONSHIPS Women’s Team — ACC CHAMPIONSHIPS Chapel Hill, N.C. (University of North Carolina) Chapel Hill, N.C. (University of North Carolina) Feb. 21 Fencer Weapon Place Feb. 22 Fencer Weapon Place Pascual Di Tella ...... Saber ...... 3rd Haley Fisher ...... Saber ...... 4th Dean Ischiropoulos ...... Epee ...... 3rd Sarah Collins ...... Epee ...... 5th Jan Maceczek ...... Foil ...... 3rd Julia Lee ...... Foil ...... 5th Joseph Lam ...... Foil ...... 5th Isabella Barna ...... Epee ...... 6th Bobak Shadpoor ...... Epee ...... 5th Samantha Lee ...... Foil ...... 6th 2015 IN REVIEW Christopher Monti ...... Saber ...... 7th Jennifer Ling ...... Saber ...... 6th Ethan Yu ...... Foil ...... 7th Rita Somogyi ...... Epee ...... 10th Rod Shayesteh ...... Foil ...... 8th Libby Malcolm ...... Foil ...... 11th Peter Yang ...... Saber ...... 8th Natalie Moszczynski ...... Saber ...... 12th Colin Colter ...... Saber ...... 11th Sophie Caplin ...... Epee ...... 14th Alec Ajnsztajn ...... Epee ...... 12th Alexandra Viqueira ...... Saber ...... 14th Dakota Nollner ...... Epee ...... 15th Emmeline Yoo ...... Foil ...... 14th Men’s Team — MID-ATLANTIC/SOUTH REGIONAL Women’s Team — MID-ATLANTIC/SOUTH REGIONAL Durham, N.C. (Duke University) Durham, N.C. (Duke University) March 7 Fencer Weapon Place March 7 Fencer Weapon Place Christopher Monti ...... Saber ...... 3rd Jennifer Ling ...... Saber ...... 4th Pascual Di Tella ...... Saber ...... 7th Isabella Barna ...... Epee ...... 5th Dean Ischiropoulos ...... Epee ...... 7th Sarah Collins ...... Epee ...... 6th Joseph Lam ...... Foil ...... 13th Julia Lee ...... Foil ...... 6th Jan Maceczek ...... Foil ...... 15th Haley Fisher ...... Saber ...... 9th Ethan Yu ...... Foil ...... 16th Natalie Moszczynski ...... Saber ...... 16th Peter Yang ...... Saber ...... 19th Rita Somogyi ...... Epee ...... 19th Colin Colter ...... Saber ...... 20th Alexandra Viqueira ...... Saber ...... 20th Dakota Nollner ...... Epee ...... 20th Emmeline Yoo ...... Foil ...... 21st Rod Shayesteh ...... Foil ...... 21st Libby Malcolm ...... Foil ...... 25th Alec Ajnsztajn ...... Epee ...... 29th Sophie Caplin ...... Epee ...... 26th Samantha Lee ...... Foil ...... 26th Men’s Team — NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS Women’s Team — NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS Columbus, Ohio (Ohio State University); * — All-America Columbus, Ohio (Ohio State University); * — All-America March 19-22 Fencer Weapon Place March 19-22 Fencer Weapon Place Pascual Di Tella* ...... Saber ...... 5th Sarah Collins ...... Epee ...... 15th Christopher Monti ...... Saber ...... 18th Haley Fisher ...... Saber ...... 18th Dean Ischiropoulos ...... Epee ...... 18th Isabella Barna ...... Epee ...... 19th Jennifer Ling ...... Saber ...... 22nd
- 19 - DUKE FENCING 2016 MEDIA GUIDE MEN’S NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY Duke fi rst fi elded an NCAA varsity level fencing team in 1967
1968 John Melville ...... Saber ...... 23rd 2005 Nathan Bragg ...... Epee ...... 11th Ryan Dybdahl ...... Epee ...... 24th Jackson McClam ...... Foil ...... 16th 1972 Ed Pettiss ...... 19th 2006 Peter Truszkowski ...... Saber ...... 10th Tom Clark ...... NCAA Qualifi er 2007 Eliot Cohen ...... Foil ...... 24th Curt Kimball ...... NCAA Qualifi er Ben Hendricks...... Foil ...... 19th 1974 Chris Lauzen ...... Saber ...... NCAA Qualifi er 2008 Dorian Cohen ...... Foil ...... 6th Karl Meyer ...... Foil ...... NCAA Qualifi er Peter Truszkowski ...... Saber ...... 8th 1981 David Knowlton ...... Foil ...... NCAA Qualifi er Ben Hendricks...... Foil ...... 10th 1982 David Knowlton ...... Foil ...... 28th 2009 Dan Cohen ...... Foil ...... 6th Dave Meyers ...... Epee ...... NCAA Qualifi er Peter Truszkowski ...... Saber ...... 16th Dave Ryon ...... Saber ...... NCAA Qualifi er Dorian Cohen ...... Foil ...... 21st 1983 Derek Bandeen ...... Epee ...... NCAA Qualifi er Jonathan Parker ...... Epee ...... 22nd Jung-Yol Lim ...... Saber ...... NCAA Qualifi er 2010 Dorian Cohen ...... Foil ...... 8th 1984 Steve Kiefer ...... Foil ...... NCAA Qualifi er Anthony Lin ...... Saber ...... 22nd 1985 Steve Kiefer ...... Foil ...... 23rd Tristan Jones ...... Epee ...... 23rd David Kapper...... Epee ...... 30th 2011 Jonathan Parker ...... Epee ...... 7th 1986 David Kapper...... Epee ...... NCAA Qualifi er Dorian Cohen ...... Foil ...... 11th 1987 David Kapper...... Epee ...... NCAA Qualifi er Anthony Lin ...... Saber ...... 16th 1988 David Kapper...... Epee ...... 16th Dylan Nollner ...... Epee ...... 22nd 1989 Matt Andresen ...... Epee ...... 4th 2012 Tristan Jones ...... Epee ...... 12th Chris Engdahl ...... Epee ...... 11th Dylan Nollner ...... Epee ...... 15th Randy Skrabonja ...... Foil ...... 16th Anthony Lin ...... Saber ...... 19th 1990 Matt Andresen ...... Epee ...... 8th 2013 Dylan Nollner ...... Epee ...... 5th Randy Skrabonja ...... Foil ...... 8th 2014 Alessio Santoro ...... Epee ...... T-3rd Darius Goore ...... Epee ...... 25th Dylan Nollner ...... Epee ...... 7th 1991 John Maggio ...... Saber ...... 13th Christopher Monti ...... Saber ...... 8th Randy Skrabonja ...... Foil ...... 17th Joseph Lam ...... Foil ...... 20th Darius Goore ...... Epee ...... 25th 2015 Pascual Di Tella ...... Saber ...... 5th 1992 Matt Andresen ...... Epee ...... 8th Christopher Monti ...... Saber ...... 18th John Maggio ...... Saber ...... 8th Dean Ischiropoulos ...... Epee ...... 18th Anthony Crupi ...... Saber ...... NCAA Qualifi er 1993 Matt Andresen ...... Epee ...... 5th DUKE MEN’S ALL-AMERICANS John Maggio ...... Saber ...... 20th Year Fencer Weapon NCAA Finish 1995 Jeremy Kahn ...... Epee ...... 18th 1989 Matt Andresen ...... Epee ...... 4th Anthony Crupi ...... Saber ...... 24th 1990 Matt Andresen ...... Epee ...... 8th 1996 Jeremy Kahn ...... Epee ...... 1st Randy Skrabonja ...... Foil ...... 8th Paul Palmeri ...... Foil ...... 18th 1992 Matt Andresen ...... Epee ...... 8th 1997 Jeremy Kahn ...... Epee ...... 5th John Maggio ...... Saber ...... 8th Michael Baughman ...... Saber ...... 14th 1993 Matt Andresen ...... Epee ...... 5th Paul Palmeri ...... Foil ...... 17th 1996 Jeremy Kahn ...... Epee ...... 1st 1998 Robert Manchen...... Foil ...... 15th 1997 Jeremy Kahn ...... Epee ...... 5th 1999 Robert Manchen...... Foil ...... 15th 2001 Benjamin Cohen ...... Saber ...... 12th Elliott Chorn ...... Epee ...... 16th 2005 Nathan Bragg ...... Epee ...... 11th Andrew Mahen ...... Saber ...... 16th 2006 Peter Truszkowski ...... Saber ...... 10th David Bright ...... Foil ...... 21st 2008 Dorian Cohen ...... Foil ...... 6th 2000 Michael Baughman ...... Saber ...... 17th Benjamin Hendricks ...... Foil ...... 10th
NCAA HISTORY NCAA Andrew Mahen ...... Saber ...... 19th Peter Truszkowski ...... Saber ...... 8th David Bright ...... Foil ...... 23rd 2009 Dan Cohen ...... Foil ...... 6th 2001 Benjamin Cohen ...... Saber ...... 12th 2010 Dorian Cohen ...... Foil ...... 8th Andrew Mahen ...... Saber ...... 14th 2011 Dorian Cohen ...... Foil ...... 11th 2002 Andrew Mahen ...... Saber ...... 13th Jonathan Parker ...... Epee ...... 7th Benjamin Cohen ...... Saber ...... 21st 2012 Tristan Jones ...... Epee ...... 12th 2003 Nic Testerman ...... Epee ...... 18th 2013 Dylan Nollner ...... Epee ...... 5th Nathan Bragg ...... Epee ...... 20th 2014 Alessio Santoro ...... Epee ...... T-3rd Benjamin Cohen ...... Saber ...... 23rd Dylan Nollner ...... Epee ...... 7th 2004 Benjamin Hendricks ...... Foil ...... 15th Christopher Monti ...... Saber ...... 8th Nathan Bragg ...... Epee ...... 18th 2015 Pascual Di Tella ...... Saber ...... 5th
- 20 - DUKE FENCING 2016 MEDIA GUIDE WOMEN’S NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY First year of women’s fencing program was 1970
1983 Carol Becht ...... 23rd 1991 Aleizha Batson ...... Foil ...... 20th 1997 Sarah Hamilton ...... Foil ...... Nat. -18th 2000 Nyasha London ...... Foil ...... 24th 2002 Erin Black ...... Foil ...... 19th 2004 Anne Kercsmar ...... Epee ...... 3rd Ibtihaj Muhammad ...... Saber ...... 9th 2005 Ibtihaj Muhammad ...... Saber ...... 11th Anne Kercsmar ...... Epee ...... 16th Allison Schafer ...... Saber ...... 17th 2006 Ibtihaj Muhammad ...... Saber ...... 6th Anne Kercsmar ...... Epee ...... 16th Dorothy Hubbard ...... Epee ...... 18th Allison Schafer ...... Saber ...... 19th Marilyn Tycer ...... Foil ...... 24th Stephanie Butnik ...... Foil ...... Reg. 2007 Anne Kercsmar ...... Epee ...... 15th 2008 Allison Putterman ...... Foil ...... 19th 2009 Becca Ward ...... Saber ...... 1st 2010 Becca Ward ...... Saber ...... 2nd Emily D’Agostino...... Epee ...... 12th 2011 Becca Ward ...... Saber ...... 1st Emily D’Agostino...... Saber ...... 10th 2012 Becca Ward ...... Saber ...... 1st Sarah Collins ...... Epee ...... 13th Emily D’Agostino...... Epee ...... 20th 2013 Sean Cadley ...... Saber ...... 16th Emily D’Agostino...... Epee ...... 17th Sarah Collins ...... Epee ...... 18th 2014 Sarah Collins ...... Epee ...... 12th 2015 Sarah Collins ...... Epee ...... 15th Haley Fisher ...... Saber ...... 18th Isabella Barna...... Epee ...... 19th Jennifer Ling ...... Saber ...... 22nd
DUKE WOMEN’S ALL-AMERICANS Year Fencer Weapon NCAA Finish NCAA HISTORY 2004 Anne Kercsmar ...... Epee ...... 3rd Ibithaj Muhammad ...... Saber ...... 9th 2005 Ibtihaj Muhammad ...... Saber ...... 11th 2006 Ibtihaj Muhammad ...... Saber ...... 6th 2009 Becca Ward ...... Saber ...... 1st 2010 Emily D’Agostino...... Epee ...... 12th Becca Ward ...... Saber ...... 2nd 2011 Emily D’Agostino...... Epee ...... 12th Becca Ward ...... Saber ...... 1st 2012 Becca Ward ...... Saber ...... 1st 2014 Sarah Collins ...... Epee ...... 12th
- 21 - DUKE FENCING 2016 MEDIA GUIDE ALL-TIME HONORS AND AWARDS NATIONAL HONORS CONFERENCE HONORS (ACC did not host a conference championship All-America — MEN’S TEAM meet from 1981-2014) Pascual Di Tella Saber 2015 Dylan Nollner Epee 2014 All-ACC — MEN’S TEAM Christopher Monti Saber 2014 Derek Bandeen Epee (1st) 1984 Alessio Santoro Epee 2014 Steve Keifer Foil (1st) 1984 Dylan Nollner Epee 2013 David Ryon Saber (1st) 1984 Tristan Jones Epee 2012 Bob Rivell Foil (2nd) 1984 Dorian Cohen Foil 2011 Steven White Foil (2nd) 1984 Jonathan Parker Epee 2011 Kim Wong Saber (2nd) 1984 Dorian Cohen Foil 2010 David Meyers Epee (1st) 1983 Dan Cohen Foil 2009 Derek Bandeen Epee (2nd) 1983 Dorian Cohen Foil 2008 Robert Rivell Foil (2nd) 1983 Benjamin Hendricks Foil 2008 David Ryon Saber (2nd) 1983 Peter Truszkowski Saber 2008 Steven White Foil (2nd) 1983 Peter Truszkowski Saber 2006 David Miller Epee (2nd) 1979 Nathan Bragg Epee 2005 David Miller Epee (2nd) 1978 Benjamin Cohen Saber 2001 Karl Meyer Foil 1975 Jeremy Kahn Epee 1997 John Heard Saber 1971 Jeremy Kahn Epee 1996 Dennis Turner Epee 1971 Matt Andresen Epee 1993 Matt Andresen Epee 1992 All-Southeastern — MEN’S TEAM John Maggio Saber 1992 John McFarland 1970 Matt Andresen Epee 1990 Randy Peyster 1970 Randy Skrabonja Foil 1990 Mike Insel 1969 Matt Andresen Epee 1989 Randy Peyser 1969 Ryan Dybdahl 1967 All-America — WOMEN’S TEAM George Ganaway 1967 Sarah Collins Epee 2014 Dudley Houghton 1967 Becca Ward Saber 2012 Al Moretz 1967 Emily D’Agostino Epee 2011 Greg Perett 1967 Becca Ward Saber 2011 Bob Swennes 1967 Emily D’Agostino Epee 2010 Becca Ward Saber 2010 Intercollegiate Fencing Conference Becca Ward Saber 2009 Honorary Team — MEN’S TEAM Ibtihaj Muhammad Saber 2006 John McFarland Saber 1970 Ibtihaj Muhammad Saber 2005 Randy Peyster Foil 1970 Anne Kercsmar Epee 2004 Ibithaj Muhammad Saber 2004 ACC Male Fencer of the Week Jan Maceczek 1/20/2015 Academic All-America Bobak Shadpoor 2/10/2015 Becca Ward 1st Team 2012 Dorian Cohen 3rd Team 2011 ACC Female Fencer of the Week Peter Truszkowski 3rd Team 2009 Haley Fisher 1/20/2015
Academic All-District III At-Large All-ACC Academic — MEN’S TEAM Becca Ward 1st Team 2012 Pascual Di Tella Saber 2015 Anthony Lin 2nd Team 2012 Dean Ischiropoulos Epee 2015 Dorian Cohen 1st Team 2011 Jan Maceczek Foil 2015 Becca Ward 2nd Team 2011 Christopher Monti Saber 2015 Dorian Cohen 2nd Team 2010 Peter Truszkowski 1st Team 2009 All-ACC Academic — WOMEN’S TEAM Peter Truszkowski 1st Team 2008 Sarah Collins Epee 2015 Haley Fisher Saber 2015 Outstanding College Athletes of America Jennifer Ling Saber 2015 Christopher Lauzen 1974 AWARDS
- 22 - DUKE FENCING 2016 MEDIA GUIDE ALL-TIME MEN’S LETTERWINNERS A G Scott Mann ...... 1984 Alec Ajnsztajn ...... 2015 George Ganaway ...... 1967-68 Mark Marotto ...... 1998 Chris Andre ...... 1990 David Giard ...... 1987-89 Charles Marquardt ...... 2013 Matt Andresen ...... 1989-90, 1992-93 Scott Gillespie ...... 1983-85 Ronald Marshall ...... 1980-81 Fredrik Arneborn ...... 1995 Richard Glod ...... 1999-01 Luis Martinez ...... 1983, 1985 G.P. Aroldi ...... 1996-97 Graham Godwyn ...... 2009 Paul Marynowski ...... 1983 Robert Atcheson ...... 1972 Justin Goldsmith ...... 2012 David Mather ...... 1971 Tony Axam ...... 1971 Darius Goore ...... 1989-92 Patrick McCroskey ...... 1990, 1992 Andrew Gould ...... 1977-78 John McFarland ...... 1969-70 B Gordon Grant ...... 1966 Robert McKenzie ...... 1967, 1969 Robert Bandeen ...... 1981, 1983-84 Nicholas Graziano ...... 1991 Ryan McKim...... 1997 David Barber ...... 1970-72 Walter Green ...... 1967 Jackson McClam ...... 2005-08 Christian Barrett ...... 2002-04 Robert Greer ...... 2010 Michael McMillen ...... 1966 Peter Barton ...... 1991-92 Steven Meador ...... 1976-77 Michael Baughman ...... 1997, 1999-00 H John Melville ...... 1967-69 James Bell ...... 1976, 1978 Bradley Hall ...... 1980 Patrick Merrill ...... 1988 Thomas Berry ...... 1972-73 Thomas Halleran ...... 1996-97 Danaan Metge ...... 2009 Carlo Bertucci ...... 1999-01 Neil Hamilton ...... 1979 Richard Metz ...... 1976-77 Jeff Blackwelder ...... 1968 Tyler Hancock ...... 2010, 2013 Karl Meyer ...... 1973-76 Stuart Bolton ...... 1987 Brian Hartman ...... 1997, 1999 David Meyers ...... 1982-83 Walter Bradley ...... 1967-69 Michael Hayes ...... 1972-73 David Miller ...... 1978-81 Nathan Bragg ...... 2002-05 John Heard ...... 1970-71 Thomas Moffatt ...... 1969-71 Mike Bramble ...... 1976-77 Ben Hendricks ...... 2004-05, 2007-08 Christopher Monti ...... 2014-15 Steven Brewer ...... 1986-88 James Higgins ...... 1975 Lawrence Moore ...... 1988 David Bright ...... 1998-01 Curtis Holt ...... 1976 Joseph Moretz ...... 1966-68 Paul Brooks ...... 1975-76 Daniel Hornstein ...... 1991-92 John Morrison ...... 1976 Josiah Brown ...... 2010, 2013 Blake Horowitz ...... 2009 Zach Moss ...... 2005-08 Murray Brown ...... 1967 Michael Horowitz ...... 1986 Robert Mussenden ...... 1987 Matthew Budofsky ...... 2011 Dudley Houghton ...... 1966-67 Andrew Hsu ...... 2011 N C John Huff ...... 1969-71 Dakota Nollner ...... 2015 Nick Carothers ...... 2011, 2013-14 Dylan Nollner ...... 2011-14 Edward Chen ...... 2013-15 I Jack Childs ...... 1975, 1976 Dean Ischiropoulos ...... 2015 O Ted Cho ...... 2014 Michael Insel ...... 1967-69 Kevin O’Brien ...... 1979 Elliot Chorn ...... 1999 David Olsson ...... 1997 Eugene Chung ...... 2012-14 J Frank Chut ...... 1985-87 Saleet Jafri ...... 1984-86 P Thomas Clark ...... 1971-73 Erik Johnson ...... 2004 Richard Page ...... 1977-80 Mike Clem ...... 1980 Tristan Jones ...... 2009-12 Paul Palmeri ...... 1994-97 Carlie Coats ...... 1973 Mark Pardo ...... 1987-88 Robert Coats ...... 1977-79 K Jonathan Parker ...... 2009-12 Benjamin Cohen ...... 2001-03 John Kador ...... 1971-73 David Penn...... 2005 Daniel Cohen ...... 2009 Jeremy Kahn ...... 1995-97 Williams Perett ...... 1966-67 Dorian Cohen ...... 2008-11 Nick Kaluk ...... 1970-71 Robert Peroutka ...... 1978 Eliot Cohen ...... 2007, 2009-10 David Kapper...... 1985-88 Steve Petkus ...... 1988 Jonathan Cohn ...... 1986 Stephen Karver ...... 1967 Edmund Pettiss...... 1972-73 Colin Colter ...... 2012-13, 2015 Charles Keilin ...... 2008, 2011 Randy Peyser ...... 1968-70 Charles Copti ...... 2013-14 Ian Keller ...... 1993, 1995 John Cornwell ...... 2004-06 Steven Keifer...... 1983-85 R Francis Craig ...... 1967 Curtis Kimball ...... 1970-72 William Richmond ...... 1979 Anthony Crupi...... 1992-93, 1995 Ray Kimura ...... 1988-90 Frank Ridley ...... 1981 Brian Cucinelli ...... 2011, 2014 Charles King ...... 1974-75 Robert Rivell ...... 1983-85 David Knowlton ...... 1981-82 Brian Robinson ...... 2008 D James Ryan ...... 1998 Nathaniel DeLucia ...... 2012 L David Ryon ...... 1981, 1983-84 Michael DeVito ...... 2013-14 Nikola Lahcanski ...... 2009 Pascual Di Tella ...... 2015 Joseph Lam ...... 2014-15 S Michael DiMarco ...... 2004-07 Christopher Lauzen ...... 1972-74 Alessio Santoro ...... 2013-14 Sam Doran ...... 2006 Theodore Lauzen ...... 2006-07 Sam Schack ...... 2009, 2012 Ryan Dybdahl ...... 1967-69 George Lewis ...... 1983-84, 1986 Michael Schreiber ...... 1999 Rich Lewis ...... 1988-89 Justin Seamonds ...... 1991-92 E Edward Light ...... 1987-89 Norman Seid ...... 1973 David Eitel ...... 2008-10 Daniel Ligon ...... 1966 Rod Shayesteh ...... 2012-15 Neil Elliot ...... 1968-70 Jung Lim ...... 1981, 1983 Richard Sheft ...... 1978-81 Chris Engdahl ...... 1989-90, 1992 Anthony Lin ...... 2010-13 Scott Sherman ...... 1974-77 Tim Evans ...... 2011-12, 2014 David Ling ...... 1973 Andrew Simon ...... 2008, 2010 Glen Lovejoy ...... 1973-75 Randy Skrabonja ...... 1989-92 AWARDS F Bruce Luehrs ...... 1974-75 John Snitzer ...... 1974-76 Raymond Fan ...... 2008 Eric Sommer ...... 1977-78 Daniel Feinbloom...... 1979-81 M Jesse St. Clair ...... 1974-75 Pedro Fenjves ...... 1979-80 Jan Maceczek...... 2015 Laughlin Stewart ...... 2006-09 John Fluke ...... 1977-78 Charles MacFarlane ...... 1975, 1977 Jonathan Stieber ...... 1994, 1996-97 Ian Ford...... 1991 Jonathan Maggio ...... 1990-93 James Summers ...... 1979-81 Peter Franklin ...... 2008-09 Justin Maggio ...... 2000, 2002 Chris Sullivan ...... 2012, 2014 James Frazier ...... 1971 Andrew Mahen ...... 1999-02 Robert Swennes ...... 1966-67 Robert Manchen ...... 1996-99 Alexander Szilagyi ...... 2014
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T Nic Testerman ...... 2003, 2005-06 Peter Truszkowski ...... 2006-09 James Turner ...... 1971 V Cameron Virkus ...... 2006 W Andrew Waddoups ...... 2006 Shao Wang ...... 1976-78 Seaborn Weathers ...... 2001 Steve Weiderhorn ...... 1987-88 Steven Wenguer ...... 2013 Charles White ...... 2001 Richard White ...... 1983-84 Jacob Wiener ...... 2014 James Winthrop ...... 1972-74 Kim Wong ...... 1983-84 Nathan Wood ...... 1990-91 Y Peter Yang ...... 2015 Tad Yoneyama ...... 1989-90 Aaron Young ...... 1970 Tim Young ...... 1988 Ethan Yu ...... 2014-15 Z Gordon Zellers ...... 1978 AWARDS
- 24 - DUKE FENCING 2016 MEDIA GUIDE ALL-TIME WOMEN’S LETTERWINNERS A L W Catherine Alegeo ...... 1982-83 Anne Langsam ...... 1981 Susan Wainer ...... 1982 Jennifer Ling ...... 2015 Becca Ward ...... 2009-12 Julia Lee ...... 2014-15 Emily Watson ...... 1988 B Samantha Lee ...... 2013-15 Jaimie West ...... 2002-05 Isabella Barna ...... 2013-15 Fleur Levitz ...... 1991 Andrea Witt ...... 1990, 1992-93 Aleizha Batson ...... 1990-91 Nyasha London ...... 1999-02 Kodia Baye-Cigna ...... 2011-14 Carol Becht ...... 1981-84 M Y Erin Black ...... 2000-03 Cheng Ma ...... 2014 Emmeline Yoo ...... 2015 Nicole Bloom ...... 2007-09 Keara Mageras ...... 2010-11 Jennifer Brockett ...... 1995-98 Libby Malcolm ...... 2012, 2014-15 Stephanie Butnick ...... 2006 Erin Malone ...... 1983-85 Andrea Mangones ...... 2003-04 Annie Massart ...... 2006-07 C Margot Mausner ...... 2010 Sean Cadley ...... 2010-13 Amy McDowell ...... 1997 Sarah Cairney ...... 1996-97 Leslie McFarland ...... 1987-89 Sophie Caplin ...... 2015 Heather Sue Mercer ...... 1997-98 Nancy Cheng ...... 2003 Beth Miller ...... 1981 Ashley Cockburn ...... 2000-03 Andrea Mindell...... 1984-87 Sarah Collins ...... 2012-15 Natalie Moszczynski ...... 2015 Noeha Coutry ...... 1990-91 Anisha Mukherjee ...... 2013-14 Cathleen Coyle...... 1982-85 Tara Mullen-Boustiha ...... 2014 Marla Custard ...... 1985 Karen Munro ...... 1982-83 Ibtihaj Muhammad ...... 2004-06 D Emily D’Agostino ...... 2010-13 N Lauren DeLucia ...... 2011-12 Marie-Laure Nevoret ...... 1991-93 Jennifer Denike ...... 2010, 2013 Katherine Nichols ...... 1996-99 Kerry Dolan ...... 1988, 1990 Margaret Dolan ...... 1992-94 Jeannie Doliner ...... 1987 O Ashley Donald ...... 2009-10 Rachel Osleber ...... 1985 Diane Dudley ...... 1981 Julie Oswald ...... 1981 Amy Dunham ...... 1982-85 Valerie Pels ...... 1984-85
E P Katarina Egressy ...... 2000 Theresa Poulos ...... 2006-07 Liz Enochs ...... 1987-88 Helen Powell ...... 1982 Heather Prochnow ...... 1992, 1994 Allison Putterman ...... 2008-09 F Erin Pytel ...... 2008-10 Haley Fisher ...... 2015 Elizabeth Friedman ...... 1988-89 R Polly Ross...... 1981-83 G Dana Rosen ...... 2009-12 Elizabeth Georges ...... 1990 Michaela Glod ...... 1996-98 Amanda Goldenberg ...... 2007-08 S Alicia Gruenebaum ...... 1983-85 Allison Schafer ...... 2004-07 Kimberly Schafer ...... 2002-04 Kristina Schafer...... 1999-02 H Marni Schinman ...... 1993 Sarah Hamilton ...... 1996-99 Noel Shaskan ...... 2008-10 Jessica Hancock ...... 2006-09 Lily Shepard ...... 2010-13 Dulcinea Hanuschak ...... 2004 Mindi Shinberg ...... 1989 Anjelica Hubbard ...... 2014 Nora Sigurani ...... 1997-98 Dorothy Hubbard ...... 2003-06 Amy Smith ...... 1981 Pamela Hughes ...... 1987 Rita Somogyi ...... 2014-15 Maia Hutt ...... 2011 Sylvie Spewak ...... 2010, 2013 I Carolyn Sprinthall ...... 1983 Katarine Izyanik...... 1998-99 Alexandra Stein ...... 2006-09 Ann Stewart ...... 1995-98 Jennifer Straub ...... 1988-90 J Stacey Swiantek ...... 1991-93 Judith Jacobson ...... 1999, 2001 AWARDS Linda Johansen ...... 1981-82 T Stephanie Telesetsky ...... 1984-86 K Mary Tung ...... 2011-12, 2014 Jessica Kang ...... 2012-14 Marilyn Tycer ...... 2005-08 Molly Kastory ...... 1999 Anne Kercsmar ...... 2004-07 Joann Kleinneiur ...... 1999 V Alexandra Viqueira ...... 2015
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