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Kimberlee Montoya |
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HONORS & AWARDS
Women's Epee Team Co-Captain
Veteran epeeist who has been one of the Notre
Dame's most consistent performers over the past
two seasons ... has become more confident on the
strip while making noticeable improvements in
her timing, actions, speed and coordination ...
makes up for small frame with patience and an
excellent reaction time ... a smart fencer who has
proven capable of upsetting top opponents ... had
pre-existing connection to Notre Dame fencing,
as product of the Fencing Academy of Nevada,
coached by former ND fencing coach Yves Auriol
('86-'02) ... utilizes style that is blend of epee and
foil ... a quiet, defensive fencer who makes good
use of technique.
AS A JUNIOR: Posted a 71-15 record for the
Irish in the regular season ... her 71 wins were the
most of any Notre Dame fencer (men or women)
... her 86 bouts participated in were the secondmost
on the women's team, as Ashley Serette led
the Irish with 91 appearances ... recorded an .826
winning percentage ... went 13-2 at the Western
Invite ... recorded a 5-2 win over Stanford's
Brittany Leader at the event and an overtime win
over Air Force's Eliza Enyart ... registered an 11-7
mark at the NYU Duals, helping Notre Dame to
a 4-2 record ... had a perfect 8-0 record on daytwo
of the Northwestern Duals ... went 12-6 on
the competition's first day ... posted a team-best
27-0 record at the Notre Dame duals ... among
her 27 victories was her 150th collegiate win ...
at the Midwest Regionals she finished in seventh place ... to begin her run at the Regionals, posted
a 4-1 record in her first round pool ... earned the
fourth seed in the direct elimination rounds ...
advanced to the final round by beating Cleveland
State's Courtney Zemkosky (15-3) and Ohio
State's Alexandra Obrazcova (15-11) ... dropped
a 14-13 decision in the final round when pitted
aginst Obrazcova again ... then beat
Northwestern's Joanna Niklinska (15-13) to take
seventh ... placed seventh at the annual Penn
State Open, in the fall of 2007.
AS A SOPHOMORE: Competed in nearly
70 regular-season bouts (43-24) before helping
Irish women's epee team win conference title ...
posted eighth-place individual finish at NCAA
Midwest Regional ... had pair of wins to help
Irish women edge Ohio State at ND Duals (14-
13), with early 5-2 bout vs. Elyse Gurnowski
before shutting out Alexandra Obrazcova (leaving
OSU with 11-10 lead) ... went 13-7 at ND Duals
and 11-6 at NYU Duals ... at NYU Duals had
timely mid-match win (5-4) over Northwestern's
Courtney DuBois, as the Irish women won
another 14-13 thriller ... posted other top wins
at NYU vs. Columbia's Rachel Rowe (5-2) and
St. John's All-American Joanna Guy (5-4) ...
added 4-0 record at Midwest Duals (at ND) and
a 5-6 mark at Duke Duals where her 2-1 win
over Brynne Thoreson helped ND rally past Air
Force ... closed regular season with 12-1 mark at
Northwestern Duals ... amongst her 12 wins
were a 5-3 win over Penn State's Katherine Cook
and two wins over fencers from the home team
(5-3 vs. Kayley French; 4-3 vs. Joanna
Niklinska) ... her 3-2 bout with Leslie
Lampman helped Irish women's
epeeists top Ohio State for Midwest
Fencing Conference title (5-3) ...
earlier had 5-2 win over Wayne State's
Alice Schneider in team semifinals (5-
4) ... entered Midwest Regional (at
ND) as #10 seed but improved to #4
after pool bouts ... used 15-9 win over
OSU's Elyse Gurnowski to earn spot in
Regional final eight ... followed up
with losses to Lampman (11-15) and
Northwestern twins Kayley (12-15)
and Christa (9-15) French ... placed
25th at Penn State Open (#14 seed) in
fall of '06, with 5-4 win over #6 seed
Kristin Howell of Temple ... finished
13th at North American Cup in
Albuquerque, N.M. (Nov. '06), and
40th at N.A.C. in Richmond, Va.
(Dec.).
AS A FRESHMAN: Went 36-7 in
regular season before placing ninth at
MFCs and Regional ... her 7-1 record
at Northwestern Duals included win
over NU's Sharon Sullivan (5-4/OT)
... beat several top fencers in 5-2 day at
NYU Duals (5-3 vs. Columbia's Rowe
and NYU's Lauren Willock; 5-1 vs.
OSU's Kaela Brendler) ... topped NU's
Sullivan (5-1) and Duke All-American
Anne Kercsmar (5-4) at ND Duals (12-
2) ... closed 12-2 at UCSD Duals, with
5-1 win over Air Force's Eliza Enyart
(an NCAA Tournament veteran) ...
finished ninth at MFCs (11-13 loss to
Lampman in round-of-16) ... avenged loss with
4-1 win over Lampman in MFC epee team final
(OSU won, 5-2) ... had impressive runner-up
finish at Penn State Open in fall of '05, besting
ND teammates Becca Chimahusky (quarterfinals)
and Amy Orlando (semifinals) before losing 10-15
final vs. NCAA champ Anna Garina of Wayne
State (she took Garina to OT in earlier bout) ...
her USFA competitions in '05-'06 included: 18th
at '05 Summer Nationals (Sacramento), 16th at
Albuquerque N.A.C. (Nov.), 37th at N.A.C.'s in
Pittsburgh (Dec.) and Houston (Jan.; 15th in
Houston U-20 bouts), 33rd at Jr. Olympics in
Hartford, Conn. (Feb.), 53rd at Sacramento
N.A.C. (April) and 17th at '06 Summer Nationals
(Atlanta).
PREP & PERSONAL: Earned three letters as
varsity swimmer at Cheyenne High School while
training with Auriol at the Fencing Academy of
Nevada ... first female fencer from Nevada ever
to attain "A" rating ... four-time fencing state
champion in prep career (team captain as a
senior) ... Nevada division epee champion for
2004-05 ... placed third in '03 junior epee
competition ... helped CHS swimming team post
undefeated season ... won 2004 Pacific Coast
Championship ... daughter of Ben and Amy
Montoya ... full name is Kimberlee Carmen
Montoya ... born July 1, 1987, in Las Vegas ... a
Program of Liberal Studies major, in the College
of Arts and Letters.
