Temple University Athletics
2009-10 Women's Fencing Roster
Roster
Melissa Parker
- Position:
- Foil
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Austin, TX
2009-10: Finished second in foil at the Temple Open…Placed 32nd in foil at the Penn State Open…Took 46th place in foil at the US Fencing North American Cup...Posted a record of 8-2 in foil at the Philadelphia Invitational…Placed 54th in Division I Women’s Foil at the North American Cup…Competed to a 3-0 finish at Penn State Multi-Meet… Led the team with a 10-1 record in foil at the Northwestern Duals…Went 5-4 on the day in foil at the Temple Invitational…Went undefeated in the foil team event at the National Intercollegiate Women's Fencing Association (NIWFA) Championship…Owned fourth place in foil at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional…Finished 14th in foil at the NCAA Championship…Named to Temple Athletic Director’s Honor Roll.
2008-09: Began the season with a sixth place finish at the Penn State Open and a fifth place performance at the Temple Open...Ended the Philadelphia Invitational with a spectacular 12-0 record...Finished 15th at the NAC Division I tournament...Accumulated winning records at Princeton (9-5), Northwestern Duals (10-7), and Steven's Tech (5-1)...Won individual title at NIWFA Championships to lead the Owls to a squad victory in Foil and an overall team champinship...As a result of her performance at the NIWFA Championships, Parker was named first-team All-NIWFA...At NCAA Regionals, Parker qualified for finals where she came away with a seventh place finish, good enough to qualify for NCAA Championship competition where she came away with a tenth place finish...Over the summer Parker competed at the US Fencing Association National Championships and took 12th place.
2007-08: Finished the season with a 28-14 regular season record and received All-American honors at the NCAA Championships...In postseason action, Parker finished second in the foil at the NCAA Regionals and seventh at the NCAA Championships, good enough to become Temple's first second team All-American since 1994. Parker also finished 22nd in the foil at the USFA Junior Olympics...Started off the season with a third place finish in the foil at the Temple Open.....In regular season dual-meet competition, Parker recorded winning records at the Princeton Invitational (4-3), Philadelphia Invitational (8-4), Penn State Invitational(4-1), Northwestern Invitational (13-5) and Duke Multi-Meet (8-1). 2006-07: Finished second in the Women’s Foil event in the Temple Open...Placed third out of 137 competitors in the Junior Foil event at the USFA North American Cup in Albuquerque, NM...Finished 37th and 26th in the Division I Women’s Foil and Junior Women’s Foil competitions, respectively, in the USFA North American Cup in Columbus, OH...Finished 8-5 at the Philadelphia Invitational...Posted a 7-6 record at the Penn State Invitational...Tallied a 6-1 record at the Temple Invitational...Recorded a 3-0 record at the Drew Invitational...Went 13-4 at the Northwestern Invitational...Placed a quarterfinal finish at the NIWFA Championships...Finished fifth at the NCAA Regionals.
HIGH SCHOOL: Finished eighth in Junior World Cup Women’s Foil...Placed sixth in Junior Olympics Cadet Women’s Foil...Finished fifth in the National Cadet Women’s Foil...Won 2006 Poujardieu Memorial Tournament...Finished eighth at 2004 Junior World Cup...Was sixth at Junior Olympics Cadet Foil in 2005...Ranked in fifth place at Cadet National Championships in 2004...Fenced for Ray Parker at the Texas Fencing Academy...Member of the National Honor Society.
