The 2009 NCAA Fencing Championships showcased 145 of the nation's elite collegiate fencers, with 24 of them reaching the various medal rounds. In some cases, even fencers who fell short of their weapon's "final-4" ranked among the best in the tournament – based on victory total and/or "indicators" (total-point differential).
The two lists included below show the fencers who posted the most round-robin wins and the top indicator scores (both sampled from all six weapon groups). There also are some brief notes, summarizing these "best-of-the-best" rankings.
MOST ROUND-ROBIN WINS (2009 NCAAs)
22-1/+77 ... Becca Ward (Women's Sabre, Duke ... Fr.; Portland, OR)
22-2/+67 ... Oksana Dmytruk (Women's Foil, Ohio State ... So.; Kiev, Ukraine)
21-2/+36 ... Courtney Hurley (Women's Epee, Notre Dame ... Fr.; San Antonio, TX)
21-3/+57 ... Emily Cross (Women's Foil, Harvard ... 5th-Yr. Sr.; New York, NY)
20-3/+53 ... Caroline Vloka (Women's Sabre, Harvard ... Fr.; Upper Saddle River, NJ)
20-4/+57 ... Doris Willette (Women's Foil, Penn State ... Jr.; Lafayette, CA)
19-4/+58 ... Miles Chamley-Watson (Men's Foil, Penn State ... Fr.; Philadelphia, PA)
19-4/+57 ... Dagmara Wozniak (Women's Sabre, St. John's ... Jr.; Avenel, NJ)
19-4/+56 ... Daria Schneider (Women's Sabre, Columbia ... Jr.; Brookline, MA)
19-4/+50 ... Gerek Meinhardt (Men's Foil, Notre Dame ... Fr.; San Francisco, CA)
19-4/+49 ... Monica Aksamit (Women's Sabre, Penn State ... Fr.; Matawan, NJ)
19-5/+48 ... Hayley Reese (Women's Foil, Notre Dame ... So.; Crestwood, KY)
19-5/+44 ... Nicole Ross (Women's Foil, Columbia ... So,; New York, NY)
18-5/+44 ... Kurt Getz (Men's Foil, Columbia ... Jr.; Rye, NY)
18-5/+48 ... Daniel Bak (Men's Sabre, Penn State ... Jr.; Franklin Lakes, NJ)
TOTAL WINS NOTES: The seven fencers who posted 20-plus wins all are women (the 18 with 18-plus wins included 12 women, six men) ... the seven with 20-plus victories include: three women's foilists (plus two each in foil and epee); three from Harvard (one in each weapon), plus one each from PSU, ND, OSU and Duke); and four freshmen, a sophomore, a junior and a fifth-year senior ... the seven also hail from seven different home states/countries: California, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Texas, Israel and Ukraine.
Here's the breakdown of the 18 fencers who posted 18-plus wins: five women's foilists, five women's sabreists, three men's foilists, three men's sabreists and two women's epeeists (no men's epeeists); eight freshmen, three sophomores, five juniors, one senior and a fifth-year senior; and five PSU fencers, three each from Harvard, ND and Columbia, and two from OSU (plus one each from Duke and SJU) ... note that the class years on these lists refer to years of experience (not eligibility) since the start of one's freshman year (i.e. 2007 freshmen who took a year off from college fencing for 2008 Olympic qualifying are listed as juniors, even though they may be sophomores in eligibility) ... the 18 break down as follow, in terms of home state/country (11): New Jersey (5), New York (3), California (2), Kentucky, Massachusetts, Missouri, Oregon, Pennsylvania,Texas, Israel and Ukraine.
BEST POINT-DIFFERENTIAL INDICATORS (2009 NCAA round-robin)
(note that this list includes more men's fencers and older fencers near the top, as compared to the above list of top win totals)
+77 (22-1) ... Becca Ward (Women's Sabre, Duke ... Fr.; Portland, OR)
+67 (22-2) ... Oksana Dmytruk (Women's Foil, Ohio State ... So.; Kiev, Ukraine)
+60 (19-4) ... Mike Momtselidze (Men's Sabre Ohio State ... Sr.; Overland Park, MO)
+57 (21-3) ... Emily Cross (Women's Foil, Harvard ... 5th-Yr. Sr.; New York, NY)
+57 (20-4) ... Doris Willette (Women's Foil, Penn State ... Jr.; Lafayette, CA)
+57 (19-4) ... Dagmara Wozniak (Women's Sabre, St. John's ... Jr.; Avenel, NJ)
+56 (19-4) ... Daria Schneider (Women's Sabre, Columbia ... Jr.; Brookline, MA)
+53 (20-3 ... Caroline Vloka (Women's Sabre, Harvard ... Fr.; Upper Saddle River, NJ)
+52 (21-2 ... Noam Mills (Women's Epee, Harvard ... Fr.; Kfar Saba, Israel)
+50 (19-4) ... Gerek Meinhardt (Men's Foil, Notre Dame ... Fr.; San Francisco, CA)
+48 (19-5) ... Hayley Reese (Women's Foil, Notre Dame ... So.; Crestwood, KY)
+48 (18-5) ... Daniel Bak (Men's Sabre, Penn State ... Jr.; Franklin Lakes, NJ)
+44 (19-5) ... Nicole Ross (Women's Foil, Columbia ... So,; New York, NY)
+44 (18-5) ... Kurt Getz (Men's Foil, Columbia ... Jr.; Rye, NY)