Temple Fencing Earns USFCA All-Academic Honors

PHILADELPHIA – The Temple University women's fencing team was recognized by the United States Fencing Coaches Association (USFCA) for its academic success, earning All-Academic Team honors.

The Owls posted a 3.58 combined in-season team GPA, ranking among the top 20 women's fencing programs in the nation.

The USFCA annually recognizes teams whose in-season GPA ranks among the highest in collegiate fencing. Duke was named the 2025 Women's Scholar Team of the Year with a national-best 3.86 GPA.

The USFCA also recognizes individual student-athletes based on their combined Fall and Spring semester GPAs (or Fall and Winter quarter GPAs). Individual athletes with an in-season GPA of 3.3 or higher will receive All-Academic recognition. Athletes with an in-season GPA of 3.7 or higher will receive Scholar of Distinction honors.

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2025 USFCA Women's All-Academic Teams

Institution	Head Coach	Team GPA
Duke	Omar Elgeziry	3.86
Vassar	Bruce Gillman	3.83
Wagner	David Sierra	3.83
Brown	Alex Ripa	3.82
Yeshiva	Spencer Brasch	3.82
MIT	Jarek Koniusz	3.79
Northwestern	Zach Moss	3.70
Haverford	Christine Griffith	3.66
UC San Diego	Juan Ignacio Calderon	3.66
Wayne State	Andy Tulleners	3.64
Wellesley	Rob Charlton	3.59
New York	Benjamin Bratton	3.58
Temple	Jennie Salmon	3.58
Columbia	Michael Aufrichtig	3.56
Brandeis	Elif Soyer	3.53
NJIT	Michael Bindas	3.46
Denison	Peter Grandbois	3.45
Notre Dame	Gia Kvaratskhelia	3.39
Lawrence	Eric Momberg	3.38
Penn State	Mateo Zennaro	3.32

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Temple Fencing Earns USFCA All-Academic Honors

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