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Fencing
HONORS & AWARDS NCAA Sabre Champion (2008) First Team All-American (2008) Women's Sabre Team Co-Captain NCAA Champion who came to Notre Dame as a product of the Oregon Fencing Alliance, an elite fencing academy that is coached by former Notre Dame assistant Ed Korfanty ... others from OFA who have gone on to fence for the Irish include four-time All- Americans Patrick Ghattas and Valerie Providenza (both from '03-'07), plus 2004 and 2008 Olympic gold medalist Mariel Zagunis, as well as Borrman's classmates Eileen Hassett and Avery Zuck (a member of the Irish men's team) ... fourth on USFA U-20 women's sabre rankings (as of 11/15/07) and 11th among all U.S. women's sabreists ... her most recent FIE rankings included being #110 among juniors (8/13/08) and #209 among seniors (6/17/08) ... excellent use of a modern style that reminds the Notre Dame coaches of a right-handed version of Zagunis ... an athletic fencer whose newer style includes minimizing of movements, different positioning of the blade, and a focus on the strategic use of distance (versus the traditional static approach often practiced in sabre) ... opts for quick escapes, rather than parries, with the blade. AS A FRESHMAN: Became the 12th national champion in the history of the women's fencing program as she won the 2008 NCAA Sabre title ... as the third seed at the NCAA Championships, defeated Karolina Budna of Wayne State in the semifinals ... knocked off top-seeded Siobhan Bryne of Ohio State in the championship bout to win the gold ... for the season, posted a regular season 73-7 record (.913) ... her 73 wins were the most on the team ... her .913 mark ranks as the third-highest single-season winning percentage in program history. PREP & PERSONAL: Attended Beaverton High School while training at the Oregon Fencing Alliance ... placed ninth at the Junior World Cup in Odessa, Ukraine (Sept. '06) and then was seventh at the Jr.World Cup in Sosnowiec, Poland (Oct. '06), and adding a bronze-medal finish at the Junior World Cup in Frascati, Italy (Nov. '06) - behind Wozniak and Italy's Irene Vecchi ... fenced in several top international events in 2007, including the Jr. World Cup in Budapest (38th; Jan.), the Las Vegas Grand Prix (52nd; June) and five Senior World Cups: London (42nd; Feb.), Orleans, France (38th; Feb.),Havana, Cuba (24th; June), Klagenfurt, Austria (69th; May) and Gand, Belgium (26th; May) ... won USFA North American Cup event in Albuquerque, N.M. (Nov. '06) and was 11th the next month at N.A.C. in Richmond, Va. ... had impressive week at the USFA's 2006 Summer Nationals in Atlanta, finishing as runner-up in the seniorlevel bouts and placing third in the junior (U- 19) ... finished 12th at the 2006 Jr.World Cup in Dormagen, Germany (Nov.) ... signed up for fencing at the age of 10 ... she combined with Hassett, Caity Thompson and Rebecca Ward to win the women's sabre gold medal at 2006 Summer Nationals (she also was a member of the U-19 gold-medal team) ... her results at 2005 Summer Nationals (Sacramento, Calif.) included placing eighth in the senior-level bouts, plus taking gold medal in the team event (also silver in the U-19 team) ... placed eighth at the 2004 Jr.World Cup in Louisville, Ky.... born Nov. 6, 1988, in Cooper City, Fla. (has lived in Oregon most of her life) ... daughter of Bernie and Tina Borrmann ... full name is Sarah Victoria Borrmann ... enrolled in the College of Arts and Letters. |
    
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