Temple University Athletics
2023-24 Women's Fencing Roster
Roster
Calderaro, Margherita
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
Margherita Calderaro
She/Her
- Position:
- Epee
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- High School:
- Marymount International School of Rome
- Hometown:
- Rome, Italy
- Prev School:
- Club Scherma Roma
Bio
2024 USFCAÂ All-Academic Team/ Scholar of Distinction
2024 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
2024 Temple Trustee Ten
2024 NCAA Regional Qualifier
2024 USFCA All-Region Honorable Mention
2024 NIWFA Epee Champion
2024 First Team All-NIWFA
2023 USFCA All-Academic Team/ Scholar of Distinction
2023 American Athletic Conference Sport Scholar-Athletes of the Year
2023 1A FAR Academic Excellence Award
2023 NIWFA Epee Champion
2023 NCAA Regionals Qualifier
2023 USFCA All-Region
2023Â PhillySIDA Academic All-Area At-Large Team
2023Â College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
2021-22Â President's Honor Roll (3.5 GPAÂ or above)
2022 UFCA All-Academic Team (Scholar of Distinction)
2022 NCAA Regionals Qualifier
2022 USFCA All-Academic Team (Scholar of Distinction)
2021 NCAA Second Team All-American
2021 NCAA Qualifier
2020 Female Newcomer of the Year at the Celebration of Champions
2020 USFCA First-Team All-Region
2020 USFCA First-Team All-American
2019-20 President's Honor Roll (3.5 GPAÂ or above)
2023-24: NCAA Regional Qualifier (12th). . .USFCA All-Region Honorable Mention. . . Earned her third career NIWFA Epee Title. .. First Team All-NIWFA. . .NCAA Regional Qualifier . . . led the epee squad with 51 wins, totaling a 51-34 record. . .Closed out career with a dual record of 203-96. Earned perfect marks against ranked teams in meets against No. 2 Notre Dame, No. 12 Yale, No. 15 NYU (D3) Johns Hopkins. Placed ninth at Penn State’s Garret Open and Nikki Franke Classic. . . Helped the Owls epee squad to a second-place finish at the NIWFA Championships, the fifth straight overall, and the 28th straight team championship, and individually won her third NIWFA Epee championship. Finished 12th at the NCAA RegionalsÂ
2022-23: USFCA All-Academic Team/Scholar of Distinction. . .Went 59-24 in dual play for a career record of 152-62…Saw perfect marks against No. 8 Penn, No. 5 Ohio State, and No. 7 Cornell…Earned her second career NIWFA Individual Foil Title…Advanced to NCAA Regionals where she placed 17th…Placed 12th at the Garret Open and second at the Temple Open…Named to the PhillySIDA Academic All-Area At Large Team and the CSC Academic All-District Team.
2021-22: Went 40-20 overall in dual play for a 93-38 career record…Finished the season with the Owls’ highest rankings, coming in at No. 13 nationally and No. 5 regionally…Earned a 36th place finish at the Temple Open and a 21st place finish at the Penn State Open…Qualified for NCAA Regionals for the third-straight year, tying for a 13th place finish and missing out on the final round by just one touch...President’s Honor Roll.
2020-21: Went 13-4 in the regular season to rank second in the region and seventh in the nation...Selected for the NCAA Championships for the second year in a row, setting the program record for the highest individual finish at the NCAAs with a sixth-place finish after winning 14 bouts...Helped lead a team that qualified the maximum number of six fencers for the NCAA Championships for the first time in program history...One of two Owls to finish in the top-8 (along with saberist Eva Hinds) at NCAAs for the first time in program history...Named Second Team All-American.
2019-20: Went 40-14 in dual play for an impressive debut season…Saw a season-high 10 wins at the Philadelphia Invitational at Penn…Placed first at the Penn State Open in the highest finish for the Owls…Took the epee title at the NIWFA Championships to help the Owls sweep the team title as well as the weapons titles and individual titles…Represented Temple at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional where she earned a fourth-place finish to lead the epeeists…Was selected to represent the Owls at the NCAA Championships which were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic...Named Female Newcomer of the Year at the Celebration of Champions...Named First Team All-Region and First Team All-American by the USFCA...Named to Temple's President's Honor Roll for having a GPA of 3.5 or above.
Prior to Temple: Placed second in epee at the Cadet Italian Championship Finals in 2018, also taking third in the Helsinki stage of the European Circuit the same year...Placed third in the 2019 Italian Regional and sixth at the 2019 Junior Italian Championship Finals.
Club:Â Club Scherma Roma.
Personal: Neuroscience major...Is a recipient of an International Baccalaureate Diploma.
2024 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
2024 Temple Trustee Ten
2024 NCAA Regional Qualifier
2024 USFCA All-Region Honorable Mention
2024 NIWFA Epee Champion
2024 First Team All-NIWFA
2023 USFCA All-Academic Team/ Scholar of Distinction
2023 American Athletic Conference Sport Scholar-Athletes of the Year
2023 1A FAR Academic Excellence Award
2023 NIWFA Epee Champion
2023 NCAA Regionals Qualifier
2023 USFCA All-Region
2023Â PhillySIDA Academic All-Area At-Large Team
2023Â College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
2021-22Â President's Honor Roll (3.5 GPAÂ or above)
2022 UFCA All-Academic Team (Scholar of Distinction)
2022 NCAA Regionals Qualifier
2022 USFCA All-Academic Team (Scholar of Distinction)
2021 NCAA Second Team All-American
2021 NCAA Qualifier
2020 Female Newcomer of the Year at the Celebration of Champions
2020 USFCA First-Team All-Region
2020 USFCA First-Team All-American
2019-20 President's Honor Roll (3.5 GPAÂ or above)
2023-24: NCAA Regional Qualifier (12th). . .USFCA All-Region Honorable Mention. . . Earned her third career NIWFA Epee Title. .. First Team All-NIWFA. . .NCAA Regional Qualifier . . . led the epee squad with 51 wins, totaling a 51-34 record. . .Closed out career with a dual record of 203-96. Earned perfect marks against ranked teams in meets against No. 2 Notre Dame, No. 12 Yale, No. 15 NYU (D3) Johns Hopkins. Placed ninth at Penn State’s Garret Open and Nikki Franke Classic. . . Helped the Owls epee squad to a second-place finish at the NIWFA Championships, the fifth straight overall, and the 28th straight team championship, and individually won her third NIWFA Epee championship. Finished 12th at the NCAA RegionalsÂ
2022-23: USFCA All-Academic Team/Scholar of Distinction. . .Went 59-24 in dual play for a career record of 152-62…Saw perfect marks against No. 8 Penn, No. 5 Ohio State, and No. 7 Cornell…Earned her second career NIWFA Individual Foil Title…Advanced to NCAA Regionals where she placed 17th…Placed 12th at the Garret Open and second at the Temple Open…Named to the PhillySIDA Academic All-Area At Large Team and the CSC Academic All-District Team.
2021-22: Went 40-20 overall in dual play for a 93-38 career record…Finished the season with the Owls’ highest rankings, coming in at No. 13 nationally and No. 5 regionally…Earned a 36th place finish at the Temple Open and a 21st place finish at the Penn State Open…Qualified for NCAA Regionals for the third-straight year, tying for a 13th place finish and missing out on the final round by just one touch...President’s Honor Roll.
2020-21: Went 13-4 in the regular season to rank second in the region and seventh in the nation...Selected for the NCAA Championships for the second year in a row, setting the program record for the highest individual finish at the NCAAs with a sixth-place finish after winning 14 bouts...Helped lead a team that qualified the maximum number of six fencers for the NCAA Championships for the first time in program history...One of two Owls to finish in the top-8 (along with saberist Eva Hinds) at NCAAs for the first time in program history...Named Second Team All-American.
2019-20: Went 40-14 in dual play for an impressive debut season…Saw a season-high 10 wins at the Philadelphia Invitational at Penn…Placed first at the Penn State Open in the highest finish for the Owls…Took the epee title at the NIWFA Championships to help the Owls sweep the team title as well as the weapons titles and individual titles…Represented Temple at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional where she earned a fourth-place finish to lead the epeeists…Was selected to represent the Owls at the NCAA Championships which were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic...Named Female Newcomer of the Year at the Celebration of Champions...Named First Team All-Region and First Team All-American by the USFCA...Named to Temple's President's Honor Roll for having a GPA of 3.5 or above.
Prior to Temple: Placed second in epee at the Cadet Italian Championship Finals in 2018, also taking third in the Helsinki stage of the European Circuit the same year...Placed third in the 2019 Italian Regional and sixth at the 2019 Junior Italian Championship Finals.
Club:Â Club Scherma Roma.
Personal: Neuroscience major...Is a recipient of an International Baccalaureate Diploma.
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