For Immediate Release
April 24, 2008
Wellesley Sports Information
Johnson Named First-Team All-Star
WELLESLEY, MA – Wellesley College fencer Emily Johnson (Pittstown, N.J) was recently honored as a Northeast Conference first-team All-Star.
The sophomore earned the honor after a season in which she finished
with a 16-5 overall record in the conference and also qualified for the NCAA Regional Tournament. Johnson won two bouts at the NCAA event and finished her season ranked 28th in the region in epee.
Teams in the Northeast Fencing Conference include Boston College, Boston University, Brandeis University, Brown University, Dartmouth College, the University of Massachusetts, the University of New Hampshire, Smith College, Tufts University, and Wellesley College.
Wellesley fencing ended the season with a 10-7 overall record.
2008 NFC All Stars:
1st Team
Women's Sabre
Ann Hanley, Sacred Heart
Krista Bacci, Sacred Heart
Randy Alevi, Brown
Women's Foil
Cordelia Link, MIT
Francesca Bartholomew, Brown
Jacqueline Kory, Vassar
Women's Epee
Christine Livoti, Brown
Sophie Courser, Vassar
Emily Johnson, Wellesley
2nd Team
Women's Sabre
Laura Brassard, UMass
Deborah Gorth, Brown
Julie Carlsen, Vassar
Women's Foil
Stephanie Allard, UNH
Joanna Siskidis, Sacred Heart
Lindley Graham, MIT
Women's Epee
Claire Peters, Smith
Robyn Thvedt, Brown
Stephanie Shin, MIT