Fencing (Ewa Nelip, Courtney Hurley and Eileen Hassett photos)
HONORS & AWARDS
NCAA Third-Place Finisher (2008, 2009)
First Team All-American (2008, 2009)
MFC Epee Champion (2008)
First Team All-MFC (2008)
Second Team All-MFC (2009)
RECENT NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL RESULTS: Earned a third-place finish at the senior league event held in Barcelona in February 2010 ... earned three other top-20 results on the season at Florina (ninth), Lobnya (19th) and Lipzig (20th) ... finished the 2009-10 senior league circuit ranked 29th in the world, concluding with 72 international points ... ended juniors ranked second in the world in '09 ... finished the season with three straight top-10 finishes at Budapest (third), Modling (10th) and Belfast (second).
AS A SOPHOMORE: Finished third at the NCAA Championships, earning first team All-America honors for the second consecutive season ... earned second team all-MFC honors after finishing fifth in the women's epee at the Midwest Fencing Championships ... named winner of the DeCicco/Auriol Women's Epee Leadership Award for the second consecutive year ... finished the year with a record of 37-2 in women's epee ... posted a 5-1 ledger at the season opening St. John's Challenge, including a perfect 3-0 against Columbia in a 18-9 team victory ... went 14-1 at the NYU Invitational, recording perfect 3-0 records against Yale, Northwestern, St. John's and Ohio State ... registered a perfect mark of 18-0 at the Northwestern Duals, running clean slates against Johns Hopkins, Penn State, Temple, Wayne State, Cleveland State, North Carolina, Northwestern, Detroit and Ohio State ... earned third place at the NCAA Championships for the second year in a row, finishing with a round robin record of 17-7 ... lost in her semifinal bout to Noam Mills of Harvard by the score of 15-13.
AS A FRESHMAN: Finished third at the NCAA Championships to earn first team All-American honors ... lost to St. John's Reka Szele in the semifinals, 15-4 ... bounced back to defeat top-seeded Alexandra Obrazcova of Ohio State, 15-9 to earn the bronze ... had an overall record of 45-6 (.882) ... missed the Western Invite to take part in a tournament in her native Poland ... went 14-4 at the NYU Duals ... posted a perfect 15-0 record on the final day of play at the Northwestern Duals for a combined 31-2 mark at the event ... finished fourth at the NCAA Midwest Regionals ... posted a 5-0 record in pool play at the event, including wins over Joanna Niklinska of Northwestern (5-2) and Obrazcova (5-3) ... earned the second seed in direct elimination play ... advanced to the finals with wins over Lawrence's Chiara Terzuolo (15-2) and Northwestern's Megan Ross (15-10) ... defeated Konczalska in the quarterfinals (15-8) ... fell to teammate Kelley Hurley in the third-place bout at the event (15-6) ... had solid sixth-place finish at Penn State Open (fall `07), after losing quarterfinal to eventual champ Anastasia Ferdman of Penn State to open her Irish career.
PREP & PERSONAL: Attended I L.O. Kopernika High School while training at Polac Mlodzlezy Katowice fencing club (under coach Ludmila Zaczek) ... born May 1, 1987, in Czestochowa, Poland ... daughter of Pawel and Grazyna Nelip ... enrolled in the Mendoza College of Business ... majoring in finance.
