Julia Garcia Nominated for NCAA Woman of the Year Award

Women’s Fencing standout closed out career a candidate for prestigious award

Women's Fencing | 8/16/2018 2:00:00 PM

NEWARK, NJ—Julia Garcia, who completed her four-year college women's fencing career in May, has been named a nominee for the 2018 NCAA Woman of the Year Award.

Now in its 28th year, the Woman of the Year award honors graduating female college athletes who have exhausted their eligibility and distinguished themselves throughout their collegiate careers in academics, athletics, service and leadership.

Nationally, 153 conference-level honorees are nominated for NCAA Woman of the Year. Next, these nominations will be forwarded to the NCAA Woman of the Year selection committee, which will choose the top 10 honorees in each of the three NCAA divisions. The NCAA will announce the Top 30 honorees on ncaa.org in early September. From among those 30 candidates, the NCAA Woman of the Year selection committee then determines the top three finalists in each division. The NCAA Committee on Women's Athletics will select the 2018 NCAA Woman of the Year from the nine finalists.

NCAA Stats

153 conference nominees (the most ever in the history of the Woman of the Year program)
This marks the 28^th year of the Woman of the Year Award program
Breakdown of honorees by NCAA division:
- DI: 58
- DII: 34
- DIII: 61
Honorees represent 18 different NCAA sports
Multi-sport athletes:
- Two: 37
- Three: 23
- Four: 1
Four pillars of the Woman of the Year award: academics, athletics, service and leadership
Social media activation: the NCAA's official hashtag is #NCAAWOTY

Garcia recorded a 12th place finish at the 2018 NCAA Championships, earning All-American honors for the second time in her career at NJIT.

She finished the season with an impressive 55-9 overall record. In the season opener at the Temple Open, Garcia captured the women's epee title, combining for a 15-0 record. She notched five wins in the knockout rounds before defeating FDU's Natalia Toby in the gold medal match 15-12.

Garcia recorded a 15-3 overall record at the Elite Penn Invitational, picking up a win against every team and staying perfect against UPenn, Air Force, Northwestern and Cleveland State.

At the Columbia Invitational, Garcia went 5-0, picking up a 3-0 win over Columbia and going 2-0 against Fairleigh Dickinson.

She posted a team-best 14-2 overall mark at the Philadelphia Invitational and most recently went 12-3 at the Eric Sollee Invitational.

A four-year member of the NJIT women's fencing team, she earned Dean's List every semester and has held a 4.0 GPA in six-out-of-eight semesters at NJIT.

The senior from Madrid, Spain, graduated in May with a Business Management degree, with a concentration in Finance and minor in Web and Information Systems.

She is the Founder and President of the NJIT Investment Club, instrumental in getting the business school to acquire and use the Bloomberg Finance terminals, launched a student-managed investment fund and is a member of the CFA Research Challenge NJIT Team.

Garcia was NJIT's recipient of the New Jersey Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (NJAIAW) Woman of the Year award.

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Players Mentioned

Julia Garcia: Epee; 5' 6"; Senior; A

Players Mentioned

Julia Garcia
: 5' 6"; Senior; A
: Epee