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2013-14 SCHEDULE

FALL

October

Sat.-Sun. 26-27 Temple Open Philadelphia, Pa.

NovemberFri.-Mon 3-8 North American Cup Cleveland, Ohio

December Sun. 8 Princeton, Harvard, Sacred Heart, Vassar, NYU Vassar, N.Y. Fairfi eld, Conn. SPRINGJanuarySUN. 12 DREW, PENN, TEMPLE, DUKE, NORTH CAROLINA, COLUMBIA, HAVERFORD UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.

Sun. 26 Columbia, Harvard, Notre Dame, Ohio State, St. John’s Queen’s N.Y.

FebruarySat 8 Ohio State, Wayne State, Stanford, Notre Dame South Bend, Ind.

Sat. 22 Duke, St. Johns, Princeton, Temple, UPenn Philadelphia, Pa

MarchSat. 8 Mid-Atlantic/South NCAA Regionals Site TBA

Th .-Su. 20-23 NCAA Championships Columbus, Oh.

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Table of Contents 2 Schedule, Contents, Credits3 Women’s Roster/Quick Facts4 Men’s Roster5 Head Coach Wes Glon6 Assistant Coach George Abashidze6 Assistant Coach George Abashidze7-27 Fencing Profi les28 2012-13 Results29 All-Time Leaders28 All-Americans29 National Teams30-31 NCAA National Champions32 Garrett Open Women’s Champions33-34 Garrett Open Men’s Champions34 Coaching History

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CREDITS Th e Penn State Fencing Yearbook was compiled, written and laid out by Sam Metz, Penn State Athletic Communications; Jeff Nel-son, Executive Editor. Photos by: Campus Photography, Steve Manuel, Mark Selders. U.Ed. No. ICA-14-10 Online

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WOMEN’S ROSTER

Women’s Fencing Roster

Name Event Yr. Hometown Alina Antokhina Foil Jr. Moscow, Russia Joanne Alerte Foil Fr. Oyster Bay, N.Y. Brianne Cavaliere Saber So. Wayne, Nj. Ana Coutinho Epee Sr. Brazilla, Brazil Nicole Day Epee So. Perkasie, Pa. Elana Dickman Foil Fr. Denville, N.J. Christine Fanning Foil So. Wheeling. W.Va. Kane Gladnick Foil Jr. Wynnewood, Pa. Nicole Glon Saber Sr. State College, Pa. Jennifer Hudson Foil Jr. Bernardsville, N.J. Teodora Kakhiani Saber Fr. Tbilisi, Georgia Clarisse Luminet Foil So. Lyon, France Kylei McGill-Patterson Foil Sr. Brooklyn, N.Y. Erica N. McKee Foil Jr. Valley Stream, N.Y. Heather Nelson Saber GS Clifton Park, N.Y. Jessica O’Neill-Lyublinsky Epee So. North Salem, N.Y. Desree Ortega-Furgeson Foil Fr. Wyoming, Mich. Daniella Ortiz Foil Fr. Bayside, N.Y. Jessie Radanovich Epee Fr. Frisco, Calif. Elizabeth Rapp Saber Jr. Portland, Ore. Jessica Russo Saber Sr. Wayne, N.J. Rebecca Stanley Epee So. Willis, Texas Annie Stephenson Epee Sr. Washington, D.C. Emily Vassoler Epee Jr. Wayne, N.J. Sarah Waller Epee Fr. McKinney, Texas

Interim Head Coach: Wes Glon, 1st Season, 29th Season at Penn StateAssistant Coach: George Abashidze, 5th Season

Assistant Coach: Vakhtang Iagorashvili, 2nd Season

General Information Location. University Park, Pa.Enrollment 44,679Nickname Nittany LionsColors Blue and WhiteInterim President Dr. Rodney EricksonActing Athletic Director Dr. David Joyner

Coaching Staff Interim Head Coach Wes GlonYears at Penn State 1st Year as Head Coach, 29th as Team CoachAsst. Coaches George Abashidze, Vakhtang IagorashviliVolunteer Coach: Jerome GuthFencing Offi ce Phone (814) 863-7465

Team Information

2012-13 Men’s Record 23-12012-13 Women’s Record. 14-112012-13 NCAA Finish 3rdCaptains Nicole Glon, David Willette

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MEN’S ROSTER

Men’s Fencing Roster

Name Event Yr. Hometown Victor Acero Epee Fr. Dallas, Tx. David Akrami Saber Fr. Plano, Tx. Spencer Amann Epee Fr. Westminster, Colo. Vincent Argenzio Saber Fr. Revere, Mass. Daniel Ashkeboussi Epee So. Johns Creek, Ga. Patrick August Epee Fr. Las Vegas, Nev. Dhananjay Bhaskar Saber Fr. Malvern, Pa. Adrian Bak Saber Sr. Franklin Lakes, N.J. Michael Brand Saber Jr. Needham, Mass. Nobuo Bravo Foil So. San Francisco, Calif. Howie Ho Yin Chan Foil Fr. Hong Kong Mitchell Culler Epee Sr. Hopkinton, Mass. Rylan Delap Foil Sr. Birmingham, Ala. Gianni Di Cioccio Foil Sr. New York, N.Y. David Filteau Saber Fr. Denver, Co. Benjamin Freiman Epee Sr. The Woodlands, Texas Jeremy Goldstein Foil Sr. Westport, Conn. David Gomez-Tanamachi Foil Jr. Mexico City, Mexico Nicolas Graziano Foil Fr. Brooklyn, N.Y. Farzaan Karimi Epee So. Medfi eld, Mass. Maxwell Kleeman Epee Jr. Los Angeles, Calif. Gaspar Lesznik Saber Jr. Wyckoff, N.J. Seth Levine Saber Jr. Port Matilda, Pa. Adam Lewicki Saber Fr. Oakland, N.J. Yasser Mahmoud Epee So. Quincy, Mass. Jeffrey Miller Epee Sr. Centennial, Colo. Sean Moran Saber Jr. Beaverton, Ore. Pawel Puchalski Saber Sr. Lake Forest, Ill. Alex Schneller Saber Jr. Billerica, Mass. Conor Shepard Epee Fr. Colleyville, Texas Kaito Streets Saber So. Redwood City, Calif. Lars Swanson Epee Fr. Mendham, N.J. Oskar Tang Epee Fr. Stockholm, Sweden Paul Valigorski Foil So. DuBois, Pa. Hunter Walker Epee So. Lancaster, Calif. David Willette Foil Sr. Lafayette, Calif.

Interim Head Coach: Wes Glon, 1st Season, 29th Season at Penn State

Assistant Coach: George Abashidze, 5th SeasonAssistant Coach: Vakhtang Iagorashvili, 2nd Season

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INTERIM HEAD COACH WES GLON

Wes

Glon

29th year at Penn State

Wieslaw “Wes” Glon, in his 29th season with the Nittany Lions and 1st season as interim head coach, joined the Penn State fencing program as assistant coach in 1985 and has been an integral part of every success Penn State has achieved in his tenure. In 2011, Coach Glon was promoted from assistant coach to associate head coach. Previously, Glon served two years as the assistant men’s coach at William & Mary, where he worked with the saber team. Prior to his tenure at William and Mary, he assisted with the Austrian National team in Vi-enna. In 2013, Wes was named interim head coach.

Coach Glon is one of the top fencing officials in the coun-try. He has directed numerous finals at the United States National Championships, Olympic Sports Festivals, and other international tournaments.

Glon has coached the U.S. Team for the Junior and Senior World Championships (1990-93), the Pan American Games (‘91) and the Olympic Games (‘92 and ‘96). In 1996 Glon was named Co-Coach of the Year by the U.S.F.C.A.

A native of Poland, Glon won his country’s highest fencing honors in saber six times between 1975-81. He won a bronze medal at the 1979 World University Games in Mexico City, finished fourth at Bucharest in 1977 and finished seventh in Bulgaria in 1975.

From 1977-81, Glon was an assistant professor of physical education at the Academy of Physical Education in Warsaw. He left Poland in 1981, arriving in the United States in 1983. Glon earned both his undergraduate and graduate degrees in physical education at the Academy of Sports in Warsaw. His academic interests include fencing, track and field, soccer, physical therapy and sports medicine.

Glon is married and has two daughters, one of whom fences for him at Penn State.


ASSISTANT COACHES

Wes

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Abashidze

5th year at Penn State

George Abashidze is in his fifth year at Penn State and brings a long list of collegiate and international coaching ex-perience with him as he looks to help guide the Nittany Lions win another NCAA crown.

A former member of the USSR’s National Foil Team, Abashidze’s team competed in numerous international tourna-ments and he won his nation’s foil crown as an athlete. Before coming to the United States, George coached the Georgian National Team.

Abashidze came to the United States to coach at a fencing club in Portland, Ore., before taking an assistant coach po-sition at Ohio State. While in Columbus, Abashidze helped Ohio State’s foilists win five NCAA individual titles.

Among his athletes were Olympians Monica DeBruin and Hanne Thompson (a teammate of Penn State’s Doris Willette on the U.S. women’s foil team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics) whose team won the Silver Medal.

Abashidze and his wife Iya have three children (Guram, a senior at Penn State; Anna and Sophie). The Abashidze’s re-side in State College.

Vakhtang “Vaho” Iagorashvili will begin his fi rst year as an as-sistant coach and brings a distinguished background in fencing and modern pentathlon to Penn State. Iagorashvili graduated with a Master’s degree in physical education from the Georgia Institute of Physical Cultures and Sport in Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia in 1985.

Iagorashvili has been a member of three diff erent Olympic teams for three nations: USSR, Georgia, and the United States. He was a Bronze Medalist in the 1988 Seoul Olympic games, three-time World and European Champion, Pan Am Games Champion (’03), Goodwill Games Champion (’90), three-time U.S. National Cham-pion (’03, ’99, ’97), three-time Soviet Union National Champion (‘90,’88, ’86) and has won multiple World Cups.

Th e newest Nittany Lion coach comes to Penn State with an ac-complished coaching history. Iagorashvili is the owner and coach of the Penta Fencing Club in Wilmington, Mass., and was previously the Head Epee Fencing Coach of Round Rock Fencing Club in Aus-tin, Texas. As a fencing coach, his students have won several medals in both individual men’s and women’s epee at the national level.

Iagorashvili is also an accomplished modern pentathlon athlete and coach. Th e Modern Pentathon consists of fencing, running, swimming, shooting, and riding. He was the coach of the U.S. Olympic Pentathlon Team in both the 2000 and 2004 Olympic Games, as well as the Director of Recruitment for the team from 2001-2003.

Vaktang “Vaho”

Iagorashvili

2nd year at Penn State

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CAPTAINS

All-American 2012, 2013

AS A JUNIOR IN 2012-13: As a junior, Glon proved to be a leader on the women’s saber team and had her most successful season yet. Her eighth place fi nish at the Mid-Atlantic/South Regional qualifi ed her for a trip to the NCAA Championships. At the Champion-ships, Glon won 15 of her bouts to fi nish in sixth place and earn an All-American status. Th e junior’s regular season record was an out-standing 48-20. She had nine 3-0 performances that came against Sacred Heart, Vassar, Harvard, UNC, Temple (twice), UPenn, Notre Dame, and Princeton. Glon also placed fi rst in women’s saber at the 2012 Garret Open.

AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2011-12: Glon had a strong Sophomore campaign, ending in a 9th place fi nish at the 2012 NCAA Cham-pionships. For her eff orts, she was named an Honorable Mention All-American and defeated 13 opponents at the championships. She went 27-22 during the regular season to qualify for the Mid-Atlantic/South Regional, where she placed 2nd to earn a bid to the NCAA Championships. Glon went 3-0 against Vassar, while going 2-1 against Harvard, Notre Dame, North Carolina(1/21), Temple(1/28), Penn, Duke, St. John’s, and Princeton. She also went 2-0 against North Carolina(1/28) and 1-0 against Sacred Heart and Vassar.

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2010-11: Glon went 25-16 in her fresh-man campaign. Glon qualifi ed for the NCAA Championship and fi nished 17th after defeating 8 of her opponents. Glon went 3-0 in the regular season against Ohio State, Drew, UNC, Boston College, Brown.

HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL: Glon entered Penn State as a for-mer member of the 2010 Junior National Team. Th e year prior, she took home 3rd place as a cadet on the National Team.

All-American 2010, 2011

AS A JUNIOR IN 2012-13: Willette had another outstanding year as a Nittany Lion, and earned his third All-American status by plac-ing second at the NCAA Championships. He also placed second at Regionals to qualify for the Championships. Willette fi nished the regular season with a 20-3 record. He had undefeated performances against NYU, Sacred Heart, UNC, Columbia, UPenn, Duke, and Notre Dame. He placed fi rst in Men’s Foil in this year’s Penn State Garret Open.

AS A RS SOPHOMORE IN 2011-12: Willette took the collegiate season off to pursue a spot on the 2012 U.S. Olympic Team. He just missed qualifying, as he was defeated 15-13 by Gerek Mein-hardt, a 2008 Olympian, in the semifi nals of the Division I National Championships. A gold medal would have qualifi ed Willette as the alternate athlete for the team.

AS A SOPHOMORE 2010-11: Early in the season Willette made history when he was named the Junior World Cup Points Winner for the 2009-2010 season, for the Junior men’s foil. He fi nished the season with a 26-3 regular season record and a third place fi nish at the NCAA Championships. For the second year in a row, Wil-lette earned All-American honors. Willette also won 3rd place in the Junior World Championship and was a member of the World Championship Team.

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2009-10: Willette had an outstand-ing fi rst season with the Nittany Lions going 23-8. He clinched second at Nationals and earned an All-American title.

HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL: Willette is the younger brother of two-time NCAA champion Doris Willette. A 2008 Cadet Na-tional Team member in 2008, Willette claimed the Junior National Championship in the foil this past year. Willette fenced for the Mas-sialas Foundation club team in Northern California.

Nicole

GlonSenior

State College, Pa.

Saber

David

WilletteSenior

Lafayette, Ca.

Foil

Career StatisticsYear W-L Pct2010-11 25-16 .6092011-12 27-22 .5512012-2013 48-20 .706Career 115-50 .691

Career StatisticsYear W-L Pct.2009-10 23-8 .7422010-11 26-3 .8972011-12 0-0 .0002012-13 20-3 .870Career 69-14 .831

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MEET THE NITTANY LIONS

AS A JUNIOR IN 2012-13: Stephenson saw plenty of action as a junior while compiling a 15-46 record. She competed in the Mid-Atlantic/South Regional and placed nineteenth. Th e junior had one 3-0 performance that came against Wayne State, a 2-1 performance against UNC, and a 1-0 performance against Drew. She also placed 30th in the Garret Open, hosted by Penn State.

AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2011-12: Stephenson took advantage of spot action this season to go 17-8 and qualify for the Mid-Atlantic/South Regional. At the regional, she placed 14th. Her season was highlighted by 3-0 performances against Drew, Haverford, and Air Force. She also went 2-1 against Sacred Heart and Vassar, as well as 1-0 against Ohio State.

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2010-11: In her fi rst year of collegiate ac-tion for the Nittany Lions, Stephenson fi nished the regular season with a record 23-22.

HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL: Stephenson went to Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School in Washington, D.C. and fenced at DC Fencer’s club under coach Janusz Smolenski and Robert Suchorski. She fi nished in the top 32 in Juniors at Summer Nation-als 2010.

AS A JUNIOR 2012-13: In her fi rst season as a Nittany Lion, Coutinho saw plenty of action and fi nished the regular season with a 15-35 record. She qualifi ed for the Mid-Altantic/South Regional and tied for 26th place at the event. Th e Brazil native had two 3-0 performances throughout the season that came against Drew and Haverford. She placed 39th at the Garret Open.

PERSONAL: Ana Coutinho comes to Penn State from Brazilia, Brazil. She transferred from the University of Brasilia-Brazil. She is currently studying toxicology


Annie

StephensonSeniorWashington DC

Epee

Career StatisticsYear W-L Pct2012-13 15-35 .300Career 15-35 .300

Ana

CoutinhoSenior

Brazilia, Brazil

Epee

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AS A SOPHOMORE 2012-2013: Day did not see any dual action in her fi rst season as a Nittany Lion. She placed 43rd in the Garret Open.

PERSONAL: Nicole Day is from Perkasie, Pennsylvania. She participated in club fencing at Circle D’Escrime in Sellersville, Pa. Prior to coming to Penn State, Day participated in club fencing at Wilson College in Chambersburg, Pa. Day is majoring in Biology.

HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL: Emily comes to Penn State from Wayne, N.J. Prior to becoming a Nittany Lion, Vassoler fenced at the Espada Training Center under Head Coaches Christian Rivera and Roger Cummings. She was named to the First team All State in 2009, 2010 and 2011. Finishing out her high school career with a fi rst place fi nish at the County Tournament, a second place fi n-ish at the District Tournament and a sixth place fi nish at the State Championships. Vassoler is looking to continue on the legacy of her sister,Caitlin, a former Nittany Lion fencer, who graduated in 2011.

AS A FRESHMAN 2012-13: Due to injury, O’Neill-Lyublinsky was only able to compete in the fi rst dual meet of the season. Th e freshman had a record of 10-4, and had two 3-0 performances against Sacred Heart and Vassar. She also had a 2-0 record against NYU. O’Neill-Lyublinsky placed fourth at her fi rst Garret Open.

HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL: Jessica O’Neill-Lyubinsky is from North Salem, New York. She participated in club fencing at the Fencing Academy of West Chester. O’Neill-Lyubinsky intends on majoring in psychology or pre-med.

HIGH SCHOOL/ PERSONAL: Jessie Radanovich previously fenced at FFA and LAIFC club teams under head coaches Vladamir Ostatmigrosh and Gago Dimirtion. Radanovich is currently a ki-nesiology major at Penn State. Radanovich chose Penn State for its great fencing program.

Nicole

DaySophomore

Perkasie, PA

Epee

Emily

VassolerJuniorWayne, NJ

Epee


Jessie

RadanovichFreshman

Frisco, CA

Epee

Jessica

O’Neil-LyublinskySophomore

North Salem, NY

Epee


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HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL: Sarah Waller was born in San Diego, Ca. and currently resides in McKinney, Texas. Waller previ-ously fenced at NCF under head coach Gary Copeland. Waller is currently a pre-med major at Penn State.

AS A JUNIOR 2012-13: McGill-Patterson saw plenty of action during her junior year, going 30-32 while qualifying for the Mid-Atlantic/South Regional. She placed 13th at the competition. Th e junior had three 3-0 performances that came against Sacred Heart, Vassar, and UNC.

AS A SOPHOMORE 2011-12: McGill-Patterson saw spot action this year, going 18-18 while qualifying for the Mid-Atlantic/South Regional. She placed 21st at the regional. McGill-Patterson went 3-0 against St. John’s and North Carolina, as well as 2-1 against Harvard and Duke. She also went 2-0 against Ohio State and 1-0 against North Carolina. McGill-Patterson placed 21st at the Garret Open.

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2010-11: In her fi rst year of collegiate ac-tion McGill-Peterson went 6-6.

HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL: McGill-Patterson is a fresh-man from Brooklyn, N.Y. She is majoring in Human and Health Development.

AS A JUNIOR 2012-13: McKee did not see any action this year

AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2011-12: McKee fi nished a strong Sophomore campaign with a record of 26-12 to qualify for the Mid-Atlantic/South Regional. At Regionals, she tied for 19th place with teammate Kane Gladnick. McKee went undefeated in eight matches, including six 3-0 performances. She went 3-0 against NYU, Sacred Heart, Haverford, Air Force, Brandeis, and Duke. She also went 2-0 against North Carolina and 1-0 against Temple. She went 2-1 against Vassar and Columbia. McKee placed 34th at the Garret Open.

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2010-11: In her fi rst year of collegiate ac-tion for the Nittany Lions, McKee went 30-21. McKee went 6-0 against NYU throughout the season and went undefeated against Sacred Heart, Drew and MIT.

HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL: As Captain, McKee led Long Is-lands 1st Foil Team, to First Place at the New York Empire State Games in 2008. Th at same year she also took home First Place in the individual competition. Competing for Valley Stream South High School McKee went 26-1 earning herself All-County and All Long Island Honors. Academically, she earned herself membership to the National Honor Society as well as the Ralph Janssen Memo-rial Scholarship Award.

Erica

McKeeSenior

Valley Stream, NY

Foil

Kylei

McGill-PattersonSenior

Brooklyn, NY

Foil




Sarah

WallerFreshmanMcKinney, TX

Epee


Career StatisticsYear W-L Pct2011-12 33-18 .6472012-13 18-9 .667Career 51-21 .654


Jennifer

HudsonJuniorBernardsville, NJ

Foil

AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2012-13: Gladnick had a successful sophomore year and fi nished the regular season with an 18-9 record. She placed ninth at the Mid-Atlantic/South Regional. Th e sopho-more had three 3-0 performances that came against Sacred Heart, Vassar, and UNC. She also placed 19th at the Garret Open

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2011-12: Gladnick enjoyed a strong Freshman year, going 33-18 and qualifying for the Mid-Atlantic/South Regional. She tied for 18th place with teammate Kylei McGill-Patterson at the regional. Gladnick had fi ve 3-0 perfor-mances on the year. Th ey came against Sacred Heart, Princeton, North Carolina(twice), and Air Force. She also went 2-1 against Duke(1/28) and Brandeis. She went 2-0 against NYU, Haverford, and Duke(2/25) as well as 1-0 against Columbia. Gladnick placed 4th at Penn State’s Garret Open.

HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL: Gladnick is from Wynnewood, Pa. She previously competed for the Fencing Academy of Philadelphia.

AS A SOPHOMORE 2012-13: Hudson did not see any dual ac-tion this year. She placed 21st at the Penn State Garret Open.

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2011-12: Hudson saw limited action this season, but went 2-1 against Drew. She placed 40th at the Garret Open.

HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL: Hudson is from Bernardsville, N.J. She previously competed for Bernards Fencing.

HIGH SCHOOL/ PERSONAL: New Jersey native Elana Dick-man fenced at Morris Knolls High School under head coach Sarah Hasse. During her time there, she was ranked 2nd in the county and 15th in the state of New Jersey. Dickman also fenced with New Jersey Fencing Alliance under head coach Frank Mustilli.

Kane

GladnickJunior

Wynnewood, PA

Foil


Elana

DickmanFreshmanDenville, NJ

Foil




Alina

AntokhinaJuniorMoscow, Russia

Foil

All-American 2012

AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2012-13: Antokhina’s strong sopho-more year earned her a trip to the Mid-Atlantic/South Regional in which she placed third to qualify for the NCAA Championships. At the Championships she won six bout to place 22nd. She had an impressive regular season record of 40-22 that included seven 3-0 performances. Th ese came against Drew, UNC (twice), St. John’s, Duke, Northwestern, and Temple. She also fi nished 34th at the Gar-ret Open.

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2011-12: Antokhina fi nished a strong Fresh-man campaign with a record of 32-13. She fi nished in 3rd place at the 2012 NCAA Championships to be named an All-American. At the championships, she defeated 18 opponents to claim the number 2 seed in the medal round. She qualifi ed for the Mid-Atlantic/South Regional, where she placed 4th to earn a bid to the NCAA Champi-onships. Antokhina had four 3-0 performances on the year, coming against St. John’s, Harvard(1/21), North Carolina(1/21), and Duke. She also went 2-1 against NYU, Harvard(12/3), Columbia, Ohio State, Notre Dame, Penn, and Princeton. Antokhina went 2-0 against Temple, and 1-0 against North Carolina(1/28). She placed 14th at the Garret Open.

HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL: Antokhina comes to Penn State from Moscow, Russia. She competed internationally on the cadet circuit. She ranked 19th in her age group in the world in 2010-11.

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2012-13: In her fi rst season at Penn State, Fanning saw spot action and fi nished the season with a 6-11 record. Th e freshman had one 3-0 performance and one 2-1 performance that came against Vassar and Drew, respectively. Fanning placed 19th in the Garret Open.

HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL: Christine Fanning comes to Penn State from Wheeling, West Virginia. Her father, Robert Fanning, is an Alumni of Penn State University. Fanning participated in club fencing at Th ree Rivers Fencing Center.

HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL: Daniella Ortiz was born in Queens, NY and currently resides in Bayside, NY. Ortiz is currently a Psychology major at Penn State.

Christine

FanningSophomore

Wheeling, WV

Foil


Daniella

OrtizFreshman

Bayside, NY

Foil


Clarisse

LuminetSophomore

Lyon, France

Foil


Desree

Ortega-FurgesonFreshmanWyoming, MI

Foil

Teodara

KakhianiFreshmanTbilisi, Georgia

Saber

All-American 2013

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2012-13: Luminet had an outstanding freshman year, which earned her an All-American status. Th e France native placed second at the Regional to earn a bid to the NCAA Championships. At the championships, she won 15 of her bouts to place seventh. Luminet fi nished the regular season with a record of 40-14. She had seven 3-0 performances that came against NYU, Harvard, UNC, Temple, St. John’s, Duke, and Wayne State. Th e freshman also placed fi fth at the Garret Open.

HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL: Clarisse Luminet comes to Penn State from Lyon, France. She plans to major in Communication Arts and Sciences.

BEFORE PENN STATE/ PERSONAL: Heather Nelson fenced at Th e United States Air Force Academy during her undergraduate time for three years. Nelson is now a graduate student at Penn State majoring in Aerospace Masters of Science.

HIGH SCHOOL/ PERSONAL: Desree Ortega-Furgeson pre-viously fenced for West Michigan Fencing Academy under head coach Mike Nemececk. Ortega-Furgeson is currently a biobehav-ioral heath and nutrition major at Penn State. Ortega-Furgeson chose Penn State because of the great education and great fencing opportunities.

HIGH SCHOOL/ PERSONAL: Teodara Kakhiani is currently en-rolled in the Division of Undergraduate Studies but hopes to major in Communications at Penn State.


Heather

NelsonGraduate StudentAlbany, N.Y.

Saber



Jessica

RussoRS Senior

Wayne, NJ

Saber

Elizabeth

RappJunior

Portland, OR

Saber

Career StatisticsYear W-L Pct2009-10 14-4 .7782010-11 0-0 .0002011-12 28-20 .5832012-13 51-23 .689Career 93-47 .664

Career StatisticsYear W-L Pct2011-12 18-6 .7502012-13 37-22 .627 Career 55-28 .663

All-American 2013

AS A JUNIOR IN 2012-13: While serving as a team captain this year, Russo compiled an impressive 51-23 record. She placed sev-enth at the Mid-Atlantic/South Regional to earn her fi rst trip to the NCAA Championships. She earned her fi rst All-American status at the Championships by winning 15 bouts and placing seventh. Th e redshirt junior had nine 3-0 performances that came against Sacred Heart, Vassar, Harvard (twice), Drew, UPenn, Haverford, Columbia, and St. John’s. She also fi nished in 14th place at this year’s Garret Open.

AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2011-12: Russo went 28-20 during her Junior campaign to qualify for the Mid-Atlantic/South Regional. At the regional, she claimed 13th place. She had 3-0 performances against NYU, Temple(1/28), Penn, and North Carolina(1/28). She also went 2-1 against North Carolina(1/21), Brandeis, St. John’s, and Temple(2/25). She went 1-0 against Vassar. Russo placed 8th at the Garret Open, hosted by Penn State.

AS A RS SOPHOMORE 2010-11: Russo redshirted this season due to injury.

AS A FRESHMAN 2009-10: Russo posted a 14-4 record in her fi rst season of collegiate action. She also earned herself an alternate spot for the Mid Atlantic/ South Regionals.

HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL: Jessica Russo came to Penn State from Wayne, N.J., and Wayne Valley High School. Russo was a three-time fi rst team All-State selection and was featured in Sports Illustrated’s Faces in the Crowd. She helped guide WVHS to two county titles and was the fi rst junior in WVHS history to win a state title.

AS A SOPHOMORE IN 012-13: Rapp saw plenty of action dur-ing her sophomore year, compiling a 37-22 record while qualifying for the Mid-Atlantic/South Regional. She fi nished in 13th place at the competition. Th e sophomore had six 3-0 performances against Sacred Heart, Vassar, Drew, UPenn, Haverford, and Duke. She also placed seventh at the 2012 Garret Open.

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2011-12: Rapp went 18-6 in spot action throughout her Freshman year. She went 3-0 against Sacred Heart, Drew, and Brandeis. She also went 2-1 against Vassar and Harvard, as well as 2-0 against Haverford and Air Force. Rapp went 1-0 against Columbia. She placed 28th at the Garret Open, hosted by Penn State.

HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL: Rapp comes to Penn State from Portland, Oregon. Prior to coming to Penn State, she fenced under the guidance of Ed Korfanty at the Oregon Fencing Alliance. In 2008, she took home eighth place at the Junior Olympics in the Cadet division. Th at same year, she took second in the North Amer-ican Cup Y14 division. Competing in the 2009 Cadet World Cup, Rapp took home ninth. Most recently, Elizabeth was a member of the 2010 USFA Summer Nationals team.


AS A JUNIOR IN 2012-13: In his third season as a Nittany Lion, Frieman had a 12-7 record in the regular season. His season was highlighted by 3-0 performance against Drew and Haverford. He placed 19th at the Penn State Garret Open.

AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2011-12: Freiman saw spot action this season, fi nishing with a 1-2 record. His season was highlighted by a 1-0 performance against Penn. He placed 17th at the Garret Open.

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2010-11: Freiman had a strong freshman campaign, going 7-4 on the season. His season was highlighted by a 3-0 performance against Vassar and a 2-1 win against Sacred Heart.

HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL: Freiman attended Th e Woodlands High School in Texas. He came to Penn State in hopes of creating an unstoppable epee team.

AS A JUNIOR 2012-2013: Culler did not see any dual action this season. He placed 25th at the Garret Open.

AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2011-12: Culler saw limited action dur-ing his Sophomore campaign. Culler went 2-0 against Vassar. He placed 20th at the Garret Open.

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2010-2011: In his fi rst year of collegiate action with the Nittany Lions Culler went 10-8.

HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL: Culler fenced under Vaho Iago-rashvili for the Penta Fencing Club in Wilmington, Mass. He picked up third place in the Division II Men’s Epee competition at NACA as well as fi rst place in the Junior Men’s Epee competition at the North Atlantic Sectionals. Culler competed in the 2010 Summer Nationals Junior Men’s Epee tournament, ranking in the Top 32. He has served as captain of the NEUSFA Junior and Senior Team, in 2008 and 2009, respectively. He placed sixth in the 2010 Summer Nationals Junior Men’s Epee Competition.

Benjamin

FreimanSeniorThe Woodlands, TX

Epee


Mitchel

CullerSeniorSouthlake, TX

Epee

Career StatisticsYear W-L Pct2010-11 10-8 .5562011-12 2-0 1.0002012-13 0-0 .000Career 12-8 .600


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AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2012-13: In his second season as a Nitta-ny Lion, Kleeman saw limited action and fi nished the regular season with a 6-7 record. He had one 2-1 performance against Haverford, and placed 18th at the Garret Open.

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2011-12: Kleeman saw limited action in his fi rst season as a Nittany Lion. He went 2-0 against Vassar. He placed 28th at the Garret Open.

Personal: Kleeman is from Los Angeles, Calif. Max comes to Penn State after competing for the Los Angeles International Fencing Center

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2012-2013: In his fi rst year of collegiate action for the Nittany Lions, Ashkeboussi went 12-8 in the regular season. He also placed 21st at the Garret Open.

HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL: Daniel previously fenced for the Atlanta Fencers Club. Ashkeboussi is currently an electrical engi-neering major.

AS A SOPHOMORE IN 012-13: Miller saw plenty of action in his sophomore year, and fi nished the regular season with a strong 22-14 record. He fi nished in 16th place at Regionals. He had two 3-0 per-formances against Wayne State and Johns Hopkins. Miller placed second in Men’s Epee in the Penn State Garret Open this season.

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2011-12: Miller had a strong freshman campaign, going 21-30 and qualifying for the Mid-Atlantic/South Regional. At the regional, he placed 10th. His season included a pair of 3-0 performances against St. John’s and North Carolina(1/21), respectively. Miller went 2-1 against NYU, Vassar, Harvard, Prince-ton, and North Carolina(1/28). He placed 21st at the Garret Open, hosted by Penn State.

HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL: Miller comes to Penn State from Centennial, Colorado. Prior to becoming a Nittany Lion he fenced under the guidance of Mathiew Jordan at the South Denver Fencing Academy. He is a fi ve year defending Colorado Cup foil Champion and a two time Co Cup epee champion. He fi nished in the Top 32 at the Vigor Challenge Jr. World Cup in 2010.

Career StatisticsYear W-L Pct2011-12 2-0 1.0002012-13 6-7 .462Career 8-7 .533

Maxwell

KleemanJuniorLos Angeles, CA

Epee


Daniel

AshkeboussiSophomoreJohn’s Creek, GA

Epee

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Jeffrey

MillerJunior

Centennial, CO

Epee




AS A FRESHMAN IN 2012-2013: 2012-13: Mahmoud saw a lot of action in his freshman year campaign, and fi nished in seventh place at the Mid-Atlantic/South Regional. He fi nished the regular season with a 22-24 record. Th e highlight of his season were his two 3-0 performances against Notre Dame and Johns Hopkins. Th e freshman placed 16th at the Penn State Garret Open.

HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL: Yasser Mahmoud was born in Saudi Arabia, and resides in Quincy, Massachusetts. Mahmoud previously attended the University of Massachusetts, and is an art major at Penn State.

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2012-13: Walker did not see any dual ac-tion in his freshman year. He placed 32nd at the Penn State Garret Open.

HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL: Hunter Walker comes to Penn State from Lancaster, California. During his time in high school, Walker received numerous honors including the 2008 Pacifi c Coast Foil Champion, and 2009 Division II men’s epee summer national champion. Walker also earned Dean’s High Honors all four year of his high school career, and was his school’s valedictorian. He currently majors in Information Sciences and Technologies at Penn State.

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2012-13: Karimi saw limited action in his freshman year, but placed 24th in the Garret Open.

HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL: Farzaan Karimi comes to Penn State from Medfi eld, Massachusetts. Karimi previously fenced for the Penta Fencing Club, under current Penn State assistant coach Vaho Iagorashvili. He won a gold medal at the 2011 Division II summer nationals, and was fourth place at the junior team summer nationals. Karimi currently majors in business at Penn State.

Yasser

MahmoudSophomore

Quincy, MA

Epee


Hunter

WalkerSophomore

Lancaster, CA

Epee

Farzaan

KarimiSophomore

Medfi eld, MA

Epee

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HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL: Victor Acero graduated from Plano West Senior High School. Acero previously fenced at Th e Fencing Institute of Texas under Coach Carr and Coach Hoss and . He is currently studying mechanical engineering and nano technology.

HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL: Spencer Amann was a 2013 graduate of Mountain Range High School. Amann is currently an international relations major and hopes to work in the CIA after graduation. Amann chose Penn State because of the fencing team and the campus. Prior to Penn State, Amann was a fencer on the Northern Colorado Fencers team under head coach Gary Copeland.

HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL: Patrick August graduated with high honors from Advanced Technologies Academy in Las Vegas, Nevada. August chose Penn State because of the athletics, and the family atmosphere.

HIGH SCHOOL/ PERSONAL: Conor Shepard was born in Day-ton, Ohio and now currently resides in Colleyville, Texas. Prior to Penn State, Shepard fenced at Goldberg Fencing.

Epee Epee

Conor

ShepardFreshman

Colleyville, TX

Epee

Spencer

AmannFreshmanWestminster, CO

Epee

Victor

AceroFreshmanDallas, TX

Patrick

AugustFreshmanLas Vegas, NV


Howie

ChanFreshmanHong Kong

Foil

Lars

SwansonFreshman

Colleyville, TX

Epee

HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL: Lars Swanson fenced all four years of his high school career. In 2012, his team was both Team Overall Champions and Epee Squad Champions. Swanson is currently ma-joring in political science at Penn State.

HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL: Oskar Tang was born and raised in Gothenburg, Sweden. Tang is currently a mechanical engineering major at Penn State. He chose to attend PSU for the great fencing program and academics.

HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL: Howie Chan traveled all the way from his home of Hong Kong to fence at Penn State. Chan previ-ously fenced at LAIFC and HKFS in Hong Kong. Chan graduated from Diocesan Boys’ School.


Oskar

TangFreshman

Stockholm, Sweden

Epee



AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2012-13: Gomez-Tanamachi had anoth-er strong year, and fi nished the regular season with a mark of 34-15. His record qualifi ed him for Regionals where he placed sixth in the men’s foil competition. Th e sophomore had seven undefeated per-formances that came against NYU, Vassar, UNC (twice), Haverford, Duke, and Johns Hopkins. He placed third at the Garret Open.

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2011-12: 2011-12: Gomez-Tanamachi fi n-ished a strong freshman campaign with a 34-13 record to qualify for the Mid-Atlantic/South Regional. At the regional, he placed 4th to earn a berth in the NCAA Championships. He defeated 8 oppo-nents at the championships to claim 18th place. Gomez-Tanamachi had 3-0 performances against Vassar, North Carolina, Penn(1/28), and Duke, respectively. He also had 2-1 performances against Sa-cred Heart, St. John’s(twice), Ohio State, Harvard, Air Force, Princeton, and Penn(2/25). Gomez-Tanamachi placed 17th at the Garret Open.

HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL: Gomez-Tanamachi comes to Penn State from Mexico City, D.F. Prior to coming to Penn State, David fenced under Head Coach Teresa Raygoza at the National Level in Mexico. David was a member of the National Olympic team in 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008. He earned himself individual gold medals each year with the exception of 2005, when his team won the gold. His older brother Daniel Gomez-Tanamachi fenced at Penn State.

AS A JUNIOR IN 2012-13: Delap placed 16th at the Penn State Garret Open. He did not see any dual action this year.

AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2011-12: Delap saw spot action this sea-son, fi nishing with a 10-3 mark. His best performance of the season came in a 3-0 decision against Drew. He also went 2-0 against Vassar and Harvard. Delap also went 2-1 and 1-0 against Sacred Heart and NYU, respectively. He placed 27th at the Garret Open.

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2010-11: Delap went 23-6 in his fi rst sea-son of collegiate action. Th e freshman went undefeated against NYU, Drew, MIT, BC and Brown.

HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL: Delap went to Homewood High School and was coached by Yuanjing Wang and Hongyun Sun at the Birmingham Fencing Club. He claimed top three in the men’s foil at an NAC in Tucson and one in Columbus, Ohio.

David

Gomez-TanamachiJuniorMexico City, Mexico

Foil

Career StatisticsYear W-L Pct.2011-12 34-13 .7232012-13 34-15 .694Career 68-28 .708

Rylan

DelapSenior

Birmingham, AL

Foil



AS A JUNIOR IN 2012-13: Goldstein had an impressive junior campaign, and qualifi ed for the Mid-Atlantic/South Regional where he fi nished in eighth place. Th e junior ended the regular season with a 32-9 record. He had six undefeated duals against Sacred Heart, Vassar, UNC, Columbia, Harvard, and Duke. His performance at the St. John’s Invitational on January 26, 2013 led him to be named a CollegeFencing360.com Primetime Performer of the Week. Th e junior fi nished in eighth place at this year’s Penn State Garret Open.

AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2011-12: Goldstein had a strong soph-omore year, fi nishing with a record of 28-18 to qualify for the Mid-Atlantic/South Regional. At the regional, he placed 3rd in the Foil. He was dominant in 3-0 performances against Columbia, Har-vard, North Carolina, and Johns Hopkins. He also went 2-1 against Notre Dame, Duke(twice), Brandeis, St. John’s, and Princeton. He won 2-0 against Haverford.

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2010-11: In his fi rst year of collegiate action for the Nittany Lions, Goldstein went 17-7. Th e Freshman went 3-0 against Drew, UNC and Johns Hopkins.

HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL: Prior to coming to Penn State in 2010, Goldstein fenced for the Fencing Academy of Westchester under Head Coach Slava Grigoriev. He holds the Number 6 rank-ing in the 2010 Season Junior Ranking and the Number 19 in the 2010 Season Senior Ranking. He was a member of the USFA Cadet World Championship team in 2009 as well as 2008. Goldstein took home the Gold Medal as a member of the Senior Men’s Foil team in the 2010 Summer National Championships.

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2012-13: Bravo had an outstanding fresh-man year campaign, and proved to be a leader on the undefeated men’s foil team. His 34-7 regular season record led him to the Mid-Atlantic/South Regional where he placed third in the men’s foil competition. His season was highlighted by six 3-0 performances that came against Vassar, UPenn, Wayne State, Johns Hopkins, St. John’s and Duke.

HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL: Nobuo Bravo comes to Penn State from San Francisco, California. He previously fenced for the Mass-ralas Foundation, and was also a member for the US Cadet World Championship Team. Bravo currently majors in Business at Penn State.

Jeremy

GoldsteinJunior

Westport, CT

Foil


Nobuo

BravoSophomore

San Francisco, CA

Foil




AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2012-13: DiCioccio saw spot action and fi nished the regular season with a 6-2 record. He went 3-0 against Haverford. Di Cioccio fi nished 7th at this year’s Garret Open.

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2011-12: Di Cioccio saw a lot of action this season, and fi nished with a record of 18-4. His season was highlight-ed by 3-0 performances against Drew, Haverford, North Carolina, Johns Hopkins, and Brandeis. He also went 1-0 against Duke. Di Cioccio placed 16th at the Garret Open.

AS A RED SHIRT FRESHMAN IN 2010-11: DiCioccio did not see any action

HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL: Fencing under Ed Eleterman, Di-Cioccio took second place in the U20 Men’s Foil Team Event in the 2009 National Championships. Th e next year in 2010, he took third in the 2010 Men’s Foil event in the U20 North American Cup and fi fth in the U20 Men’s Foil Junior Olympics. DiCioccio is a International Relations major.

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2012-13: Valigorsky did not see any dual action this year, but placed 21st in the Garret Open.

HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL: Paul “Trip” Valigorsky comes to Penn State from DuBois, Pennsylvania. His sister, Lee Valigorsky, fenced for Penn State from 2007-2011. He previously fenced for Rockville Fencing Academy in Rockville, Maryland. Valigorsky cur-rently majors in Chemistry.

HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL: Nicolas Graziano was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. During his time at Th e Mas-ters School, Graziano fenced all four years and was a Independent School Fencing League champion every year. Graziano chose Penn State because he believes it is the best fencing school and it was his dream to attend Penn State.

Gianni

DiCioccioJunior

New York City, NY

Foil



Paul “Trip”

ValigorskySophomoreDuBois, PA

Foil

Nicolas

GrazianoFreshman

Brooklyn, NY

Foil



Adrian

BakSeniorFranklin Lakes, N.J.

Saber

Career StatisticsYear W-L Pct2011-12 2-0 1.0002012-13 0-0 .000Career 2-0 1.000

Michael

BrandJuniorNeedham, MA

Saber


ALL AMERICAN 2011, 2012, 2013

AS A JUNIOR IN 2012-13: Bak served as the men’s team captain last year, and fenced his way to a third place fi nish at the NCAA Championships. His third place fi nish gained him his third All-America status of his career. Bak qualifi ed for Nationals with his fourth place fi nish at the Mid-Atlantic/South Regional. He fi nished the regular season with an impressive 21-8 record. Th e junior had three 3-0 performances against Harvard, Columbia, and Notre Dame. He fi nished in ninth place at the Garret Open.

AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2011-12: Bak fi nished a strong sopho-more campaign with a 30-17 record to qualify for the Mid-Atlantic/South Regional. At the regional, he placed 3rd to qualify for the NCAA Championships. Bak defeated 14 opponents at the cham-pionships to place 6th and claim his second All-American status. Bak had a trio of 3-0 performances, coming against Notre Dame, Drew, and Haverford, respectively. He also had 2-1 performances against Harvard, North Carolina(twice), Duke(twice), St. John’s, and Princeton. He went 2-0 against Brandeis. Bak placed 11th at the Garret Open, hosted by Penn State.

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2010-11: In his fi rst year of collegiate ac-tion for the Nittany Lions, Bak went 37-17 in the regular season and took seventh at the NCAA Championships earning himself All-American honors.

HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL: Fencing for the Westbrook Foun-dation, in New York City, under Aki Spencer-El, Bak was a member of the 2008 USA World Championship team, placing ninth at World Championships. In addition, he earned himself the Junior National Championship title in 2010, a year after taking fi rst in the Junior World Cup. Adrian is younger brother of former Penn State Fencer Daniel. Both Baks, were able to compete on the 1st Senior Team in 2010 earning a National Championship. Currently Bak is also a member of the USA Senior National traveling squad.

AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2012-13: In his second season as a Nit-tany Lion, Brand placed 35th at the Garret Open. It was his only action of the season.

AS A FRESHMAN 2011-12: Brand placed 34th at the Garret Open in his only action of the season.

HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL: Brand is in his second year of collegiate action with the Nittany Lions. Th e sophomore from Needham, Mass. saw his only action last year at the Penn State Gar-ret Open and placed 34th.

HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL: Dhananjay Bhaskar was born in Newton, MA and now currently resides in Malvern, PA. Before Penn State, Bhaskar fenced for club team FASJ under head coach Dleksti Ivanov. Bhaskar is currently a mechanical engineering major at Penn State.


Dhananjay

BhaskarFreshman

Malvern, PA

Saber

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Gaspar

LesznikJunior

Wyckoff, NJ

Saber

Career StatisticsYear W-L Pct2011-12 3-0 1.0002012-13 6-0 1.000Career 9-0 1.000

AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2012-13: Lesznik saw spot action as a sophomore, and fi nished the regular season with a 6-0 record. He had two 3-0 performances against Drew and Haverford. He also placed 29th at the Garret Open.

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2011-12: Lesznik saw limited action in his fi rst season at Penn State. He went 3-0 against Vassar. He also placed 35th at the Garret Open.

HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL: Lesznik comes to Penn State from Wyckoff , New Jersey. He is majoring in computer engineering.

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2012-13: Lewicki joined the Nittany Lions in the second half of the season, and did not see any collegiate ac-tion. However, he fi nished in third place in the Junior Olympics that were held in Baltimore in February.

AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2012-13: Levine placed 22nd in the Gar-ret Open

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2011-12: Levine placed 39th at the Garret Open in his only action of the season.

HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL: Levine is from Port Matilda, Pa. He competed for the Central Pennsylvania Fencing Association.

HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL: Texas native David Filteau chose to come to Penn State because the Fencing team provided him with a family atmosphere that he really appreciates. Filteau is currently a criminal justice major at Penn State. Before PSU, Filteau fenced at Th e Fencing Academy of Denver.

David

FilteauFreshman

Denver, CO

Saber

Adam

LewickiFreshman

Oakland, NJ

Saber

Seth

LevineJuniorPort Matilda, PA

Saber


David

AkramiFreshman

Plano, TX

Saber

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AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2012-13: Moran had a successful soph-omore season, and fi nished with a 18-5 record. He had four 3-0 performances against Sacred Heart, Vassar, Drew and Haverford. He placed 34th at the Garret Open.

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2011-12: Moran went 21-20 in his fi rst sea-son at Penn State. He went 3-0 against Vassar, Haverford, and Johns Hopkins. He also went 2-1 against Drew, Air Force, and Brandeis, as well as 2-0 against NYU. He qualifi ed for the Mid-Atlantic/South Regional, claiming 12th place. Moran placed 26th at the Garret Open.

HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL: Moran comes to Penn State from Beaverton, Ore. Prior to coming to Penn State, he fenced with the Oregon Fencing Alliance.

HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL: David Akrami was born in Plano, Texas where he still currently resides. Akrami is currently an Eco-nomics major at Penn State. He chose Penn State for their excellent academics and fencing team. He enjoys that Penn State off ers a positive and tight knit atmosphere. Prior to Akrami attending Penn State, he was a member of the Lone Star Fencing team. During his time on the Lone Star Fencing team, he was a 2011 Division II National Champion, an Under 17 National fi nalist, a two-time Top 32 Division I fi nalist, Top 32 Finalist at Division I National Cham-pionships, and Top 16 Under 20 fi nalist.

Sean

MoranJuniorBeaverton, OR

Saber


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Pawel

PuchalskiSeniorLake Forest, IL

Saber


Alex

SchnellerJuniorBillerica, MA

Saber


AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2012-13: As a sophomore, Puchalski fi nished his successful season with a strong 30-17 record. He had seven 3-0 performances that came against NYU, Sacred Heart, Vas-sar, Drew, Haverford, Wayne State, and Princeton. Th e sophomore fi nished 13th at the Garret Open.

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2011-12: Puchalski fi nished his freshman campaign with a record of 19-19. His season was highlighted by 3-0 performances against Drew and Haverford. He also had 2-1 performances against NYU, Sacred Heart, Notre Dame, and Johns Hopkins, as well as a 2-0 performance against Penn. He qualifi ed for the Mid-Atlantic/South Regional, where he placed 7th. He placed 15th at the Garret Open.

HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL: Puchalski comes to Penn State from Lake Forest, Ill Prior to becoming a Nittany Lion he fenced under the guidance of Hristo Atrapolski at the Midwest Fencing Academy in Chicago. He is majoring in fi nance.

AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2012-13: Schneller saw limited action as a sophomore, and fi nished the season with a 7-2 record. He had two 3-0 performances against UNC and Columbia, and placed eighth in the Garret Open.

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2011-12: Schneller fi nished his fi rst sea-son as a Nittany Lion with an 18-8 record. His freshman campaign included a trio of 3-0 performances, coming against Harvard, Princ-eton, and Duke. He also posted 2-1 performances against Sacred Heart, Johns Hopkins, and Air Force, as well as 1-0 performances against NYU and North Carolina. Schneller placed 14th at the Gar-ret Open.

HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL: Schneller is from Billerica, Mass. Prior to coming to Penn State he fenced under Ariana Klinkov and David Blake at the Prise de Fer Fencing Club. He is majoring in English.



HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL: Vincent Argenzio fenced at Zeta Fencing Studio before attending Penn State under head coach Zoran Tulum. He fi nished 13th at the Cadet European Circuit in 2011 and 11th at the Junior World Cup in 2013. Argenzio chose Penn State for the friendly atmosphere on campus and on the team.

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2012-13: Streets had an extremely impres-sive freshman campaign, and proved to be one of the strongest members on the men’s saber team. His 43-19 regular season record qualifi ed him for the Mid-Atlantic/South Regional, where he fi n-ished in eighth place. Th e freshman had seven 3-0 performances throughout the season against NYU, Sacred Heart, Vassar, Columbia (twice), Notre Dame, and Wayne State. In February, he qualifi ed to be a member on the 2013 United States Junior World Champion-ship Team.

HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL: Katio Streets comes to Penn State from Redwood City, California. He participated in club level fenc-ing at Hristov-Csikany fencers in Sacramento, California.

Kaito

StreetsSophomoreRedwood City, CA

Saber


Vincent

ArgenzioFreshmanRevere, MA

Saber


Women’s Results(14-11)

Dec. 1 at Vassar(4- 1) Penn State 19, NYU 8Penn State 21, Sacred Heart 6Penn State 25, Vassar 2Penn State 17, Harvard 10Penn State 8, Princeton 19

Jan. 12 at Penn State(5-1) Penn State 18, UNC 9Penn State 25, Drew 2Penn State 12, Columbia 15Penn State 21, Harvard 6Penn State 20, Temple 7Penn State 17, Penn 10

Jan. 26 at St. John’s(3-2) Penn State 15, St. John’s 12Penn State 15, Columbia 12Penn State 9, Notre Dame 18Penn State 11, Ohio State 16Penn State 14, Harvard 13

Feb. 9-10 at Duke(2-3) Penn State 11, Duke 16Penn State 18, UNC 9Penn State 7, Notre Dame 20Penn State 18, WSU 9Penn State 10, NU 17

NCAA Championships1. Princeton 1822. Notre Dame 1753. Penn State 1634. Ohio State 1465. St. John’s 139

Men’s Results(23-1)

Dec. 1 at Vassar(5-0) Penn State 22, NYU 5Penn State 20, Sacred Heart 7Penn State 26, Vassar 1Penn State 16, Harvard 11Penn State 15, Princeton 12

Jan. 12 at Penn State(5-0) Penn State 26, UNC 1Penn State 22, Drew 5Penn State 22, Columbia 5Penn State 25, Harvard 2Penn State 20, Penn 7

Jan. 26 at St. John’s(5-0) Penn State 15, St. John’s 12Penn State 16, Columbia 11Penn State 19, Notre Dame 8Penn State 17, Ohio State 10Penn State 18, Harvard 9

Feb. 9-10 at Duke(5-0) Penn State 21, Duke 6Penn State 18, UNC 9Penn State 16, Notre Dame 11Penn State 16, WSU 11Penn State 21, NU 6

Women’s EpeeCountinho 15-35Guzzi Vincenti 37-5*Stanley 17-41Stephenson 15-46 Women’s FoilAntokhina 40-22*Fanning 6-11Gladnick 18-9Luminet 40-14*McGill-Patterson 30-32Washington 2-1

Women’s SaberCavaliere 9-12Glon 48-20*Rapp 37-22Russo 51-23*

Men’s EpeeAshkeboussi 12-8Freiman 12-7Kleeman 6-7Mahmoud 22-24Miller 22-24O’Garra 33-17*Russell 22-10*

Men’s FoilBravo 16-8*Chamley-Watson 18-1*Di Cioccio 6-2Goldstein 32-9Gomez, Daniel 20-3*Gomez, David 26-8

Men’s SaberBak 21-8*Gordon 23-10*Lesznick 6-0Moran 18-5Puchalski 30-17Schneller 7-2Streets 43-19

* NCAA Qualifi er

2012-13 RESULTS


Men’s Career Leaders

Epee1. Jim Marsh (1986-90) 130-28 .8232. Scott Hollenbeck (1980-84) 134-29 .8223. Jeffrey Feinblatt (1993-97) 73-20 .7844. Mike Corona (1978-82) 119-34 .7785. Jeff Haney (1976-79) 91-26 .7786. Daniel Landgren (1999-02) 106-33 .7637. Arthur Urman (2004-08) 130-41 .7608. Greg Gregor (1994-95) 49-16 .7549. Andy Nightingale (1974-77) 84-28 .75010. Bob Swope (1942-47) 26-9 .743

Foil1. Adam Feldman (1983-87) 109-9 .9232. Gang Lu (1997-00) 147-17 .8963. David Lidow (1995-99) 123-17 .8794. Chris Balestracci (1980-84) 97-14 .8745. Ed Mufel (1987-91) 128-20 .8656. Samuel M. Rankin (1937-39) 25-4 .8627. Nonpatat Panchan (2001-05) 116-19 .8598. Andy Gearhart (1992-95) 105-20 .8409. Miles Chamley-Watson (2009-2013) 65-13 .83310. John Orvos (1985-89) 104-21 .832

Saber1. Alexander Weber (2002-03) 43-1 .9782. Brian Keane (1983-86) 97-7 .9333. Thomas Strzalkowski (1990-94) 109-10 .9164. Vitali Nazlymov (1990-93) 84-8 .9135. Jason Levin (1993-96) 105-11 .9056. David Cox (1987-91) 152-16 .9057. Franz Boghicev (2004-08) 104-14 .8818. Peter Cox (1985-89) 137-21 .8679. Sergey Lilov (1994-97) 80-13 .86010. Ali Rezazadeh (1989-92) 43-8 .843

Women’s Career Leaders

Epee1. Stephanie Elm (1999-02) 174-14 .9132. Charlotte Walker (1998-99) 53-6 .8993. Katarzyna Trzopek (2002-06) 141-18 .8874. Margherita Guzzi-Vincenti (2009-2013)137-19 .8785. Anastasia Ferdman (2006-10) 148-24 .8606. Jessica Burke (2000-03) 113-19 .8567. Ola Korfanty (1997-00) 168-29 .8528. Case Szarwark (2003-07) 149-35 .8109. Wendy Hall (1995-99) 175-44 .79910. Maria Joao Reis (2006-10) 89-24 .788

Foil1. Jana Angelakis (1980-85) 115-2 .9832. Ogla Kalinovskaya (1992-96) 180-5 .9733. Olga Chernyak (1990-94) 189-10 .9504. Cathy McClellan (1978-81) 122-11 .9175. Claire Tate Chambers (1969-71) 89-9 .9086. Carla Esteva (1997-00) 176-20 .8977. Hanne Skattebol (1980-83) 144-17 .8948. Doris Willette (2006-11) 117-14 .8939. Tami Greensphon (1976-77) 36-5 .87810. Suzanne Paxton (1989-92) 104-16 .867

Saber1. Sophia Hiss (2003-07) 152-24 .8642. Cailtin Thompson (2005-10) 98-21 .8243. Austin O’Neal (2001-03) 104-23 .8194. Stephanie Tam (2000-02) 105-25 .8085. Heather Brosnan (2001-04) 109-33 .7676. Christina Belsito (2000) 42-13 .7647. Jessica Clark (2000-03) 33-11 .7508. Ashley Gin Fong Linker (2004-08) 55-20 .7339. Jessica-Kim Danh (2006-10) 74-32 .69810. Laura Hilstrom (2003-07) 90-50 .643

ALL-TIME LEADERS


All-AmericansMen

Rick Wright, Epee, 1969John Corona, Foil, 1976Matt Harris, Foil, 1979Don Lear, Saber, 1979, 80Mike Corona, Epee, 1981, 82Brian Keane, Saber, 1984, 85, 86Jeff Brown, Foil 1984Chris Fowlkes, Saber, 1984Scott Hollenbeck, Epee, 1984Adam Feldman, Foil, 1985, 86, 87(1986 NCAA Champion)Peter Cox, Saber, 1986, 87, 88, 89(1989 NCAA Champion)George Poslusny, Epee, 1987Matt Caggiano, Epee, 1987Ed Mufel, Foil, 1988, 89. 90, 91(1989 NCAA Champion)David Cox, Saber, 1988, 89, 90, 91Murat Yorukoglu, Foil, 1988, 92James Marsh, Epee, 1989, 90Geoffrey Russell, Epee, 1989, 90Richard Clark, Epee, 1991Ben Millett, Epee, 1991, 93, 94Vitali Nazlymov, Saber, 1991, 92, 93(1991 NCAA Champion)Thomas Strzalkowski, Saber, 1991, 92, 93, 94(1992, 93, 94 NCAA Champion)Andy Gearhart, Foil, 1992, 93, 94, 95Ali Rezazadeh, Saber, 1992Greg Gregor, Epee, 1994, 95Jason Levin, Saber, 1994, 95, 96Wes Waldron, Foil, 1994Serge Lilov, Saber, 1995, 96, 97Jeff Feinblatt, Epee, 1996, 97Tobais Darnstadt, Foil, 1996Nikoloz Lezhava, Foil, 1996Gang Lu, Foil, 1997,98, 99, 00David Lidow, Foil, 1997,98, 99Brian Walther, Saber, 1997Tom Peng, Epee, 1998, 99Aaron Stuewe, Saber, 1998, 99, 00Mike Takagi, Saber, 1998, 99Daniel Landgren, Epee, 1999, 00, 01, 02 (2000 National Champion)Donald McGill, Foil, 2000Mohaymen Rahimi, Saber, 2001, 02Nonpatat Panchan, Foil, 2001, 02, 03, 05 (2002 and 2003 National Champion)

Adam Wiercioch, Epee, 2001, 02, 03, 04Alex Weber, Saber, 2003, 03Ian Schlaepfer, Foil, 2002, 04Marten Zagunis, Saber, 2003, 04, 06 (HM)Ian Farr, Saber, 2004, 07 (HM)Arthur Urman, Epee, 2005, 06 (HM), 07, 08Franz Boghicev, Saber, 2005, 06, 07, 08Jeffrey Chang, Foil, 2005 (HM), 07Nicholas Chinman, Foil, 2007, 08, 09,10 (2009 National Champion)Steffen Launer, Epee, 2007Daniel Bak, Saber, 2008, 09,10Samuel Perkins, Foil, 2008 (HM)James Moody, Epee, 2009Miles Chamley-Watson, Foil, 2009,10, 11, 13Aleksander Ochocki, Saber, 2009,10, 11, 12(2009 and ‘12 National Champion)David Willette, Foil, 2010, 11, 13Adrian Bak, Saber, 2011, 12, 13Daniel Gomez-Tanamachi, Foil, 12 (HM)Shaul Gordon, Saber, 2013

WomenClaire Tate, Foil, 1970, 71Jane Weiss, Foil, 1970Donna Kisler, Foil, 1973Mary Karandosowski, Foil, 1973Tami Greensphon, Foil, 1977Wendy Paschedag, Foil, 1977Carol Jursik, Foil, 1978Judy Smith, Foil, 1979, 80Cathy McClellan, Foil, 1979Jana Angelakis, Foil, 1981, 83, 84, 85 (‘81 AIAW; 1983 NCAA Champion)Hanne Skattebol, Foil, 1981, 82, 83April Miller, Foil, 1983Hope Meyer, Foil, 1984, 85Janet Rossmann, Foil, 1989Katie Kowalski, Foil, 1990, 92Olga Chernyak, Foil, 1991, 92, 93, 94(1992 NCAA Champion)

Suzanne Paxton, Foil, 1991, 92Olga Kalinovskaya, Foil, 1993, 94, 95, 96 (1993,94,95,96 NCAA Champion)Sibyl Goldstein, Foil,1994, 95Jennifer Prifrel, Foil,1994Polo Wagner, Epee, 1995, 96

Wendy Hall, Epee, 1996, 97Carla Esteva, Foil, 1997 ,98, 99, 00Alexandra Korfanty, Epee, 1997, 98Charlotte Walker, Epee, 1998, 99(1998 NCAA Champion) AND Foil, 2000, 01Stephanie Eim, Epee, 1999, 00, 01, 02Christiane Klemp, Foil, 1999Jessica Burke, Epee, 2000, 02, 03(2000 NCAA Champion)Stephanie Tam, Saber, 2000, 01, 02Austin O’Neil, Saber, 2000, 03Heather Brosnan, Saber, 2001, 02, 03, 04Marta Grochal, Foil, 2001, 02Meredith Chin, Foil, 2000, 03, 04 (HM), 05 (HM)Katarzyna Trzopek, Epee, 2003, 04, 06(2003 and 2006 NCAA Champion)Annekathrin Donath, Foil, 2003, 04, 06Sophia Hiss, Saber, 2004, 05, 06, 07Case Szarwark, Epee, 2005 (HM), 06, 07Tamara Najm, Foil, 2006 (HM), 07Caitlin Thompson, Saber, 2006, 07, 09 (HM),10Anastasia Ferdman, Epee, 2007, 08, 09,10(2009 NCAA Champion)Doris Willette, Foil, 2007, 09,10(2007 and 2009 NCAA Champion)Allison Glasser, Foil, 2008, 09Keri Byerts, Epee, 2008Monica Aksamit, Saber, 2009, 11, 12Margherita Guzzi Vincenti, Epee, 2010, 11 (2010 NCAA Champion), 12, 13Olga Ostatnigrosh, Foil, 2011(HM)Alyssa Vongries, Epee, 2011(HM)Alina Antokhina, Foil, 2012Nicole Glon, Saber, 2012 (HM), 13Oksana Samovodov, Epee, 2012Jessica Russo, Saber, 2013Clarisse Luminet, Foil, 2013

ALL-AMERICANS


NATIONAL TEAMS

WorldChampionships

Jana Angelakis, Foil, 1980-85April Miller, Foil, 1985Brian Keane, Saber, 1985Cathy McClellan, Epee, 1989, 91Ed Mufel, Foil, 1990Olga Chernyak, Foil, 1993, 94Suzanne Paxton, Foil, 1993, 95Thomas Strzalkowski, Saber, 1994,95Peter Cox, Saber, 1995David Lidow, Foil, 1998Carla Esteva, Foil, 1998, 99 (Mexico)Stephanie Eim, Epee, 1999, 2001, 03Nonpatat Panchan, Foil, 2001-05 (Thailand)Adam Wiercioch, Epee, 2001-04 (Poland)Alex Weber, Saber, 2001-03 (Germany)Stephanie Eim, Epee, 2002, 2003Amir Rahimi, Saber, 2003 (Iran)Jessica Burke, Epee, 2003Caitlin Thompson, Saber, 2006 (team gold medal), 07 (team silver medal)Doris Willette, Foil, 2006, 07, 11Miles Chamley-Watson, Foil, 2011, 2013

WorldUniversity

GamesJana Angelakis, Foil, 1981, 83, 85Brian Keane, Saber, 1983, 85, 87Bruce Capin, Saber, 1987David Cox, Saber, 1989, 91, 93Olga Chernyak, Foil, 1993Andy Gearhart, Foil, 1993Suzanne Paxton, Foil, 1993, 95Tom Strzalkowski, Saber, 1993, 95Peter Cox, Saber, 1993, 95Carina Winter, Epee, 1995Jessica Burke, Epee, 1999Stephanie Eim, Epee, 1999Carla Esteva, Foil, 1999 (Mexico)Stephanie Eim, Epee, 2001Jessica Burke, Epee, 2001Nonpatat Panchan, Foil, 2003, 05 (Thailand)Tamara Najm, Foil, 2007Miles Chamley-Watson, Foil, 2011David Willette, Foil, 2011Aleksander Ochocki, Saber, 2011Daniel Bak, Saber, 2011Adrian Bak, Saber, 2011Doris Willette, Foil, 2011Nicole Glon, Saber, 2011

Pan American Games

Jana Angelakis, Foil,1983, 87Cathy McClellan, Foil, 1991Suzanne Paxton, Foil, 1993Olga Chernyak, Foil, 1995Thomas Strzalkowski, Saber, 1995David Lidow, Foil, 1999Carla Esteva, Foil, 1999 (Mexico)Stephanie Eim, Epee, 1999, 2003Caitlin Thompson, Saber, 2007Doris Willette, Foil, 2007, 11Miles Chamley-Watson, Foil, 2011

OlympiansJana Angelakis, Foil, 1980, 84Peter Cox, Saber, 1996Suzi Paxton, Foil, 1996Tom Strzalkowski, Saber, 1996Alex Weber, Saber, 2000 (Germany)Doris Willette, Foil, 2008, 12Nonpatat Panchan, Foil, 2008 (Thailand)Adam Wiercioch, Epee, 2008 (Poland)Miles Chamley-Watson, Foil, 2012Daniel Gomez-Tanamachi, Foil, 2012 (Mexico)


NCAA NATIONAL CHAMPIONS

NCAA Champions

MENAdam Feldman, Foil, 1986Peter Cox, Saber, 1989Ed Mufel, Foil, 1989Vitali Nazlymov, Saber, 1991Thomas Strzalkowski, Saber,1992,93,94Daniel Landgren, Epee, 2000Nonpatat Panchan, Foil, 2002, 03Nick Chinman, Foil, 2009Aleksander Ochocki, Saber, 2009, 2012

WOMENJana Angelakis, Foil, 1983,(AIAW Champ., ’81)Olga Chernyak, Foil, 1992Olga Kalinovskaya, Foil,1993,94,95,96Charlotte Walker, Epee, 1998Jessica Burke, Epee, 2000Katarzyna Trzopek, Epee, 2003,06Doris Willette, Foil, 2007, 09Anastasia Ferdman, Epee, 2009Margherita Guzzi Vincenti,Epee, 2010


GARRET OPEN HISTORY

WOMEN’S EPEE1994: Sherraine Schalm, Ottawa1995: Katherine Rich, Princeton1996: Magda Krol, Notre Dame1997: Charlotte Walker, Penn St.1998: Magda Krol, Notre Dame1999: Emese Takacs, St. John’s2000: Jessica Burke, Penn State2001: Stephanie Eim, Penn State2002: Jessica Burke, Penn State2003: Anna Garina, Wayne State2004: Katarzyna Trzopek, Penn State2005: Anna Garina, Wayne State2006: Anna Garina, Wayne State2007: Anastasia Ferdman, Penn State2008: Nina Westman, Penn State2009: Anastasia Ferdman, Penn State2010: Katar Dabrowa, Ohio State2011: Margherita Guzzi Vincenti, Penn State2012: Margherita Guzzi Vincenti, Penn State

WOMEN’S FOIL1973: Donna Kistler, Penn St.1974: Jeannette Starks, Brooklyn1975: Ann Marie Williams, Brooklyn1976: Ilona Maskal, William Paterson1977: Cathy McClellan, Penn State1978: Cathy McClellan, Penn State1979: Anne Kayler, Pennsylvania1980: Jana Angelakis, Penn State1981: Christine Hamori, Cornell1982: Jana Angelakis, Penn State1983: Caitlin Bilodeaux, Columbia1984: Jana Angelakis, Penn State1985: Caitlin Bilodeaux, Columbia1986: Rachel Hayes, Temple1987: Molly Sullivan, Notre Dame1988: Heidi Piper, Notre Dame1989: Anne Barreda, Notre Dame1990: Tzu Moy, Columbia1991: Olga Chernyak, Penn State1992: O. Kalinovskaya, Penn State1993: O. Kalinovskaya, Penn State1994: Maria Panyi, Notre Dame1995: O. Kalinovskaya, Penn State1996: Sara Walsh, Notre Dame1997: Erinn Smart, Columbia1998: Erinn Smart, Columbia1999: Carla Esteva, Penn State2000: Charlotte Walker, foil, Penn State2001: Alicja Kryczalo, Notre Dame2002: Alicja Kryczalo, Notre Dame2003: Aliczya Kryczalo, Notre Dame2004: Hannah Thompson, Ohio State2005: Hannah Thompson, Ohio State2006: Emily Cross, Harvard2007: Lindsay Knauer, Ohio State2008: Doris Willette, Penn State2009: Doris Willette, Penn State

2010: Alexandra Kiefer, Harvard2011: Alexandra Kiefer, Harvard2012: Luona Wang, UPenn

WOMEN’S SABER1999: Marisa Mustilli, St. John’s2000: Sarah Jacobson, Yale2001: C. McCullough, Notre Dame2002: Alexis Jemal, Rutgers2003: Annika Eiremo, Penn2004: Valerie Providenza, Notre Dame2005: Caitlin Thompson, Penn State2006: Siobhan Byrne, Ohio State2007: Siobhan Byrne, Ohio State2008: Caroline Vloka, Harvard2009: Sarah Borrmann, Notre Dame2010: Caroline Vloka, Harvard2011: Carolina Vloka, Harvard2012: Nicole Glon, Penn State

MEN’S EPEE1973: Bob Wakefi eld, Navy1974: Joe Crawford, Ohio St.1975: Greg Benko, Wayne St.1976: Lee Shelley, Princeton1977: Chris Hanson, Penn1978: Jay Thomas, Clemson1979: Jay Thomas, Clemson1980: Jay Thomas, Clemson1981: Michael Storm, Penn1982: Kevin Smith, Ohio St.1983: Steve Trevor, Columbia1984: Steve Trevor, Columbia1985: Miles Phillips, Illinois1986: Jim O’Neill, Harvard1987: Miles Phillips, Illinois1988: Scott Shinberg, Air Force1989: D. Caulderhead, Notre Dame1990: Joe Socoloff, Princeton1991: Scott Rush, Illinois1992: Alexander Glazunov, Moscow1993: Ben Millett, Penn St.1994: George Hentea, St. John’s1995: Ryan Shims, Columbia1996: Jeffrey Feinblatt, Penn St.1997: Matthew Rosen, Columbia1998: Doron Levit, St. John’s1999: Anton Gurevich, St. John’s2000: Adam Wiercioch, Penn State2001: Jan Viviani, Notre Dame2002: Jan Viviana, Notre Dame2003: Adam Wiercioch, Penn State2004: Soren Thompson, Princeton2005: Arthur Urman, Penn State2006: Marek Petraszek, Wayne State2007: Arthur Urman, Penn State2008: Maxwell Dettlinger, Penn State


GARRET OPEN HISTORY/ COACHING HISTORY

2009: Thomas Le Guillou, UNC Chapel Hill2010: Anthony Green, Penn State2011: Edward Kelley, Princeton2012: David Willette, Penn State

MEN’S FOIL1973: Greg Benko, Wayne State1974: Greg Benko, Wayne State1975: Greg Benko, Wayne State1976: Joe Rudman, SUNY-Binghamton1977: Jack Tichacek, Pennsylvania1978: Bradley Thomas, Maryland1979: Todd Curn, Ohio State1980: Marc Auricchio, St. John’s1981: Paul Schmidt, Princeton1982: Alex Flom, George Mason1983: Alfred Clarke, Penn St.1984: Sunil Sabharwal, Ohio State1985: C. Higgs-Coulthard, Notre Dame1986: Yehuda Kovacs, Notre Dame1987: Ed Mufel, Penn State1988: Yehuda Kovacs, Notre Dame1989: Alan Weber, Pennsylvania1990: Ed Mufel, Penn St.1991: Drew Thompson, UNC1992: James Borin, Yale1993: Andy Gearhart, Penn State1994: Brian Moroney, St. John’s1995: Thorsten Becker, Wayne St.1996: Cliff Bayer, Pennsylvania1997: Cliff Bayer, Pennsylvania1998: Cliff Bayer, Pennsylvania1999: Gang Lu, Penn St.2000: Daren Senft, Yale2001: Debic, Notre Dame2002: Corey Werk, Yale2003: Jesse Schibilia, Rutgers2004: Nonpatat Panchan, Penn State2005: Jacob Jedrkowiak, Notre Dame2006: Boaz Ellis, Ohio State2007: Andras Horanyi, Ohio State2008: Nick Chinman, Penn State2009: Andras Hornayi, Ohio St.2010: David Willette, Penn State

2011: Enzo Castellani, Notre Dame2012: Enzo Castellani, Notre Dame

MEN’S SABER1973: Steve Danosi, Wayne St.1974: Steve Danosi, Wayne St.1975: Yuri Rabinovich, Wayne St.1976: Ed Majtenyi, St. John’s1977: Stan Schulman, UNC1978: Don Lear, Penn St.1979: Don Lear, Penn St.1980: Steve Renshaw, Clemson1981: John Friedberg, UNC1982: Ralph Bellatoni, William Paterson1983: Brian Keane, Penn St.1984: Michael Lofton, NYU1985: Brian Keane, Penn St.1986: Bob Cottingham, Columbia1987: David Mandell, Columbia1988: Peter Cox, Penn St.1989: David Cox, Penn St.1990: Vitali Nazlymov, Penn St.1991: Vitali Nazlymov, Penn St.1992: Vitali Nazlymov, Penn St.1993: Tom Strzalkowski, Penn St.1994: Serge Lilov, Penn St.1995: Serge Lilov, Penn St.1996: Serge Lilov, Penn St.1997: Patrick Durkan, Columbia1998: Luke LaValle, Notre Dame1999: Ivan Lee, St. John’s2000: Gabor Szelle, Notre Dame2001: Alex Weber, Penn State2002: Alex Weber, Penn State2003: Marten Zagunis, Penn State2004: Adam Crompton, Ohio State2005: Tim Hagamen, Harvard2006: Adam Crompton, Ohio State2007: Mike Momtselidze, Ohio State2008: Daniel Bak, Penn State2009: Avery Zuck, Notre Dame2010: Aleksander Ochocki, Penn State2011: Aleksander Ochocki, Penn State2012: Michael Mills, UPenn

All-Time Penn State Men’s Coaches:

Name Year RecordPaul Schweitzer 1926-33 UnknownNels Walke 1934-36 6-3Harry Krutter 1937-41 19-15H. Arthur Meyer 1942-51 13-25Dick Klima 1962-73 42-34Maxwell Garret 1973-82 113-21Emmanuil Kaidanov 1983-2013 444-44

All-Time Penn State Women’s Coaches:

Name Year RecordBarbara Hoepner/Dorothy Moody 1964-67 UnknownMary Beth Alphin 1968-85 249-31-1Emmanuil Kaidanov 1986-2013 423-58

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