Fencing Named USFCA All-Academic Team; Seven Named Scholars of Distinction

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Fencing Named USFCA All-Academic Team; Seven Named Scholars of Distinction

7.2.21 | Women's Fencing

PHILADELPHIA - After a banner year on the strip and a stellar year in the classroom, the Temple fencing team has been earned USFCA All-Academic recognition. 13 of the team's fencers were named to the All-Academic Team and seven were named Scholars of Distinction.

The USFCA recognizes individual student-athletes and teams on the basis of their combined Fall and Spring semester GPAs. The USFCA All-Academic Team includes 392 student-athletes with 240 receiving recognition as Scholars of Distinction. All-Academic Team honors are presented to those student-athletes at member institutions who had an in-season GPA of 3.3 or higher. Scholar of Distinction honors are presented to those student-athletes at member institutions who had an in-season GPA of 3.7 or higher.

The Owls had a historic season despite challenging circumstances due to the COVID-19 pandemic, qualifying the maximum number of six fencers for the NCAA Championships. Margherita Calderaro finished sixth in epee and Eva Hinds tied for seventh in sabre, the first time in program history two fencers have finished in the top-8. Calderaro's finish was the highest individual finish for an epeeist at the NCAAs.

Women's Individual Academic Honors
Margherita Calderaro: All-Academic, Scholar of Distinction
Eva Hinds: All-Academic
Marielle Luke: All-Academic, Scholar of Distinction
Gretl Merges: All-Academic, Scholar of Distinction
Cassie Navalta: All-Academic, Scholar of Distinction
Elizabeth Novoseltseva: All-Academic
Sarah Park: All-Academic, Scholar of Distinction
Emma Pincus: All-Academic
Sara Proctor: All-Academic
Megan Ross: All-Academic, Scholar of Distinction
Diana Tiburcio: All-Academic, Scholar of Distinction
Zoe Turner: All-Academic
Alexandra Weinberg: All-Academic