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Seven Blue Devils Named USFCA All-America Honorees
4/29/2020 4:44:00 PM | Fencing
Seven Blue Devils Named USFCA All-America Honorees
DURHAM, N.C. – The United States Fencing Coaches Association (USFCA) has announced the 2020 NCAA Fencing All-American teams and All-Region teams, which was released by the organization Wednesday.
Each year, the USFCA recognizes the outstanding work of the fencing student-athletes by naming the All-Americans based on their achievements in the national championship, however, this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the championships were canceled.
All-American honors were based on each fencer's overall body of work through the season competitions and NCAA Regionals.
Duke earned two first team All-America selections in Eoin Gronningsater and Bowen Wang, one second team honoree in Brycen Rushing and four honorable mentions in Danny Campbell III, Alex Gorman, Ping Ping Kitsiriboon and Zoe Superville. All seven student-athletes qualified for the NCAA Fencing Championships.
With the honor, Gronningsater becomes the first Blue Devil male foilist to grab three All-America honors in his career.
Kitsiriboon earns the accolade for the second straight year while this is the first All-America recognition for the other qualifiers.
In addition, the USFCA has decided to create new postseason recognition awards to honor fencing student-athletes for their performances at NCAA Regionals.
At the Mid-Atlantic/South Regional, 11 Blue Devils placed within the top 10 of their respective weapons.
Campbell III, Gorman, Gronningsater, Rushing and Superville were named first team All-Mid Atlantic/South Region while Finn Hossfeld, Kitsiriboon, Lindsay Sapienza, Jonathan Schwartzman, Ben Stone and Wang were tabbed second team honorees.
At the regional meet in Durham, Rushing and Superville finished in the top three of men's and women's foil while Campbell III, Gorman, Gronningsater, Hossfeld, Kitsiriboon, Sapienza, Schwartzman, Stone and Wang all advanced to the final round of pool play.
For more information on Duke fencing, follow the Blue Devils on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram by searching for "DukeFEN".
#GoDuke
Each year, the USFCA recognizes the outstanding work of the fencing student-athletes by naming the All-Americans based on their achievements in the national championship, however, this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the championships were canceled.
All-American honors were based on each fencer's overall body of work through the season competitions and NCAA Regionals.
Duke earned two first team All-America selections in Eoin Gronningsater and Bowen Wang, one second team honoree in Brycen Rushing and four honorable mentions in Danny Campbell III, Alex Gorman, Ping Ping Kitsiriboon and Zoe Superville. All seven student-athletes qualified for the NCAA Fencing Championships.
With the honor, Gronningsater becomes the first Blue Devil male foilist to grab three All-America honors in his career.
Kitsiriboon earns the accolade for the second straight year while this is the first All-America recognition for the other qualifiers.
In addition, the USFCA has decided to create new postseason recognition awards to honor fencing student-athletes for their performances at NCAA Regionals.
At the Mid-Atlantic/South Regional, 11 Blue Devils placed within the top 10 of their respective weapons.
Campbell III, Gorman, Gronningsater, Rushing and Superville were named first team All-Mid Atlantic/South Region while Finn Hossfeld, Kitsiriboon, Lindsay Sapienza, Jonathan Schwartzman, Ben Stone and Wang were tabbed second team honorees.
At the regional meet in Durham, Rushing and Superville finished in the top three of men's and women's foil while Campbell III, Gorman, Gronningsater, Hossfeld, Kitsiriboon, Sapienza, Schwartzman, Stone and Wang all advanced to the final round of pool play.
For more information on Duke fencing, follow the Blue Devils on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram by searching for "DukeFEN".
#GoDuke
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