National Intercollegiate Women's Fencing Association
The National Intercollegiate Women's Fencing Association (NIWFA) is a women's collegiate fencing organization in the United States. The organization was founded as the IWFA in 1929 by two New York University students, Julia Jones and Dorothy Hafner, and Betsy Ross, a student at Cornell University who based the organization on the male Intercollegiate Fencing Association.[1]
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| Conference | NCAA |
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| Founded | 1929 |
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| Division | Interdivisional |
| No. of teams | 20 |
| Region | Northeast (15 schools) South (5 schools) |
| Official website | www |
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History
editThe IWFA became the "National Intercollegiate Women's Fencing Association" in 1964 and called for a national championship, which it conducted annually among its membership. From 1980 through 1982, a national championship was also administered by the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women.
Programs
edit- Bryn Mawr College
- City College of New York
- Drew University
- Fairleigh Dickinson University
- University of Florida
- Haverford College
- Hunter College
- Lafayette College
- University of Maryland
- Mount Holyoke College
- Queens College, City University of New York
- Rutgers University
- Smith College
- Stevens Institute of Technology
- Swarthmore College
- Temple University
- University of Virginia
- College of William & Mary
- Yeshiva University
- United States Military Academy
- United States Naval Academy
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "About the NIWFA: The Organization". National Intercollegiate Women's Fencing Association. Retrieved 2007-10-11.
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