Julia Gianneschi

Duke Fencing Headshots at the Blue Devil Tower on October 29, 2020 at Durham, North Carolina.

Position:
Foil
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Atlanta, Ga.

Honors: NCAA Championship Qualifier (Foil - 2018, 2019) ... NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional Qualifier (Foil - 2018, 2019, 2020) ... All-ACC Academic Team (2018, 2019, 2020) ... ACC Academic Honor Roll (2018, 2019, 2020)

2020: 2020 campaign was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic … Led the women’s foil squad with 34 victories … Opened the season at the Penn State Duals with a 12-6 record … Went nearly undefeated at the Philadelphia Invitational (7-2) … Finished the individual portion of the ACC Championships in 10th … Helped the women’s foil squad to a 15-10 season record … Closed out the 2020 campaign in 20th at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional … Named to the All-ACC Academic Team and the ACC Academic Honor Roll.

2019: Qualified for the NCAA Championships for the second time in her career … Posted a 49-26 ledger as a sophomore for the second-best win total in women’s foil … Placed seventh in the individual portion of the ACC Championships … Went on to take sixth at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional … Concluded her year in 19th at the NCAA Championships … Posted 21 victories and just eight losses at the Northwestern Duals … Went nearly flawless at the Philadelphia Invitational with a 6-1 record … Helped the women’s foil squad go 22-6 overall … Won 65.3 percent of her bouts … Named to the All-ACC Academic Team and to the ACC Academic Honor Roll.

2018: Concluded her rookie campaign by qualifying to the NCAA Championships with a 57-20 overall ledger in foil to lead the fencing team in victories … Posted a sixth-place finish at the ACC Championships and eighth at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional … Concluded the year in 19th on the national stage … Opened the year with 11 victories at the Penn State Duals and followed up at the Philadelphia Invitational with 10 wins … Led the foil squad with a 22-4 overall ledger at the Northwestern Duals … Helped the women’s foil team to a 23-5 overall record … Named to the All-ACC Academic team.

Prep: Member of the Athletic Club Northeast under Walid Mahran … placed fifth in Division 1A women’s foil at the 2017 Summer National Championships to earn a B17 rating … top U.S. finisher (14th overall) at the 2014 Challenge CEP Marathon Fleuret in Cadet Women’s Foil in Paris, France … third place in Division II Women’s Foil at the 2014 April North American Cup … United States Fencing Association’s All-Academic Team (2013-17) … U.S. Fencing Connor Porter Memorial Scholarship winner … member of the National Honor Society and National Spanish Honor Society … Gold Eagle award winner all four years of high school, which is given to a student with a GPA of 3.8 or higher).

Personal: Daughter of Lisa and Paul Gianneschi … born October 25, 1998 … has one sister, Anna.

YEAR	RECORD	WIN %	ACC	REGIONAL	NCAA
2018	57-20	.740	6th	8th	19th
2019	49-26	.653	7th	6th	19th
2020	34-27	.557	10th	20th	--
TOTAL	136-73	.651