Temple University Athletics
2023-24 Women's Fencing Roster
Roster
Tiburcio, Diana
Foil
/ Women's Fencing
Epee
/ Women's Fencing
Foil
/ Women's Fencing
Sabre
/ Women's Fencing
Sabre
/ Women's Fencing
Epee
/ Women's Fencing
Epee
/ Women's Fencing
Foil
/ Women's Fencing
Epee
/ Women's Fencing
Foil
/ Women's Fencing
Foil
/ Women's Fencing
Foil
/ Women's Fencing
Epee
/ Women's Fencing
Epee
/ Women's Fencing
Sabre
/ Women's Fencing
Sabre
/ Women's Fencing
Sabre
/ Women's Fencing
Sabre
/ Women's Fencing
Foil
/ Women's Fencing
Diana Tiburcio
She/Her
- Position:
- Sabre
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Great Valley
- Hometown:
- Malvern, Pa.
Bio
2024 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
2024 Temple Trustee Ten
2024 Fulbright Scholar
2023 USFCA All-Academic Team/Scholar of Distinction
2023 Temple Trustee Ten
2023 Second Team All-NIWFA
2023 Goldwater Scholar
2021-22 President’s Honor Roll
2022 Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar
2022 Second Team All-NIWFA
2023-24: College Sports Communicators Academic All-District. . .Fulbright Scholar. . .Temple Trustee Ten. . . Was 33-14 in on the strip in 2024. Ended her senior season with a career sabre record of 103- 60. Earned a season-best 15 wins during the two-day Northwestern Duals where she defeated No. 14 Stanford 2-1 and was undefeated versus Lawerence (3-0), Detroit Mercy (3-0), Wayne State (3-0). During the North Carolina two-day trip, Tiburcio combined to go 10-4 overall, highlighted by two more victories versus LIU, No. 15 NYU, Brandeis, and Johns Hopkins. Part of Owls’ NIWFA sabre team championship, the fifth straight overall, and the 28th straight team championship.
2022-23: USFCA All-Academic Team/Scholar of Distinction. . .Went 27-21 in dual play for a career record of 69-46…Saw her best regular season mark came on day two of the Northwestern Duals, where she went 8-2… One of four top-8 finishers at the NIWFA Championships, finishing in eighth place…Second Team All-NIWFA…Goldwater Scholarship recipient… Named to Temple’s Trustee Ten for having one of the 10 highest GPA’s among Temple student-athletes.
2021-22: Second Team All-NIWFA. . .Went 32-23 in dual play for a 42-25 career record...Opened the preseason with a 21st place finish at the Temple Open…Saw her best mark of the season was an 11-1 finish in team play at the NIWFA Championships…Posted a squad-leading 4-2 record on the first day of the Philadelphia Invitational…President’s Honor Roll…Arthur Ash Jr. Sports Scholar.
2020-21: Finished with a 10-2 regular-season mark to rank 21st regionally through four regular-season meets...Opened the season with a 1-0 record after Day 1 of the Ohio State Multi-Meet and led the team with an undefeated 5-0 record in the home opener against Long Island for her best performance of the season.
Prior to Temple: Bronze medal in Div. III Women's Sabre at the 2018 Summer National Championships...Fifth place in D1A Women's Sabre at the 2018 Richard F Oles Memorial Charm City Classic ROC...Seventh place in JNR Women's Sabre at the 2019 Thrust Winter RJCC...Top 64 in Div. IA Women's Sabre at the 2019 Summer National Championships...Student Body President.
Club: Delaware Valley Fencers Club
Personal: Mechanical engineering major.
2024 Temple Trustee Ten
2024 Fulbright Scholar
2023 USFCA All-Academic Team/Scholar of Distinction
2023 Temple Trustee Ten
2023 Second Team All-NIWFA
2023 Goldwater Scholar
2021-22 President’s Honor Roll
2022 Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar
2022 Second Team All-NIWFA
2023-24: College Sports Communicators Academic All-District. . .Fulbright Scholar. . .Temple Trustee Ten. . . Was 33-14 in on the strip in 2024. Ended her senior season with a career sabre record of 103- 60. Earned a season-best 15 wins during the two-day Northwestern Duals where she defeated No. 14 Stanford 2-1 and was undefeated versus Lawerence (3-0), Detroit Mercy (3-0), Wayne State (3-0). During the North Carolina two-day trip, Tiburcio combined to go 10-4 overall, highlighted by two more victories versus LIU, No. 15 NYU, Brandeis, and Johns Hopkins. Part of Owls’ NIWFA sabre team championship, the fifth straight overall, and the 28th straight team championship.
2022-23: USFCA All-Academic Team/Scholar of Distinction. . .Went 27-21 in dual play for a career record of 69-46…Saw her best regular season mark came on day two of the Northwestern Duals, where she went 8-2… One of four top-8 finishers at the NIWFA Championships, finishing in eighth place…Second Team All-NIWFA…Goldwater Scholarship recipient… Named to Temple’s Trustee Ten for having one of the 10 highest GPA’s among Temple student-athletes.
2021-22: Second Team All-NIWFA. . .Went 32-23 in dual play for a 42-25 career record...Opened the preseason with a 21st place finish at the Temple Open…Saw her best mark of the season was an 11-1 finish in team play at the NIWFA Championships…Posted a squad-leading 4-2 record on the first day of the Philadelphia Invitational…President’s Honor Roll…Arthur Ash Jr. Sports Scholar.
2020-21: Finished with a 10-2 regular-season mark to rank 21st regionally through four regular-season meets...Opened the season with a 1-0 record after Day 1 of the Ohio State Multi-Meet and led the team with an undefeated 5-0 record in the home opener against Long Island for her best performance of the season.
Prior to Temple: Bronze medal in Div. III Women's Sabre at the 2018 Summer National Championships...Fifth place in D1A Women's Sabre at the 2018 Richard F Oles Memorial Charm City Classic ROC...Seventh place in JNR Women's Sabre at the 2019 Thrust Winter RJCC...Top 64 in Div. IA Women's Sabre at the 2019 Summer National Championships...Student Body President.
Club: Delaware Valley Fencers Club
Personal: Mechanical engineering major.
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