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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] Cory Foote Sports Information Staff Assistant - 2 - DUKE FENCING 2016 MEDIA GUIDE 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)