USFCA Official Release

​NEWARK, NJ–Eighteen NJIT men's and women's fencing student-athletes were named to the 2025 All-Academic Team by the United States Fencing Coaches Association (USFCA), the organization announced.

The NJIT women's fencing team registered a 3.46 GPA to earn Women's Team All-Academic honors while the men's fencing team posted a 3.34 GPA to earn Men's Team All-Academic honors.

Nine men were named to the All-Academic team and three were selected to the Scholar of Distinction.
Adrian Figueredo, All-Academic
Brandon Howe, All-Academic, Scholar of Distinction
Carlos Grodman, All-Academic
Christopher Cortez, All-Academic
Daniel Jeun, All-Academic
Gonzalo Fernandez, All-Academic
Josh Schaefer, All-Academic, Scholar of Distinction
Niels Roubailo, All-Academic, Scholar of Distinction
Scott Connelly, All-Academic

Nine women were named to the All-Academic team and seven were selected to the Scholar of Distinction.
Alisa Maloku, All-Academic
Anastasiia Volynska, All-Academic, Scholar of Distinction
Elena Fernandez Negron, All-Academic, Scholar of Distinction
Gala Krsmanovic, All-Academic, Scholar of Distinction
Kaydine Gonzalez, All-Academic, Scholar of Distinction
Margaret Meschia, All-Academic, Scholar of Distinction
Sherlyn Arzola Silva, All-Academic
Stella Frias, All-Academic, Scholar of Distinction
Zoey Wen, All-Academic, Scholar of Distinction

The USFCA recognizes the individual student-athletes and teams based on their combined Fall and Spring semester GPAs (or Fall and Winter quarter GPAs). All-Academic Team honors are presented to those student-athletes at member institutions who had an in-season GPA of 3.3 or higher. Scholar of Distinction honors are presented to those student-athletes at member institutions who had an in-season GPA of 3.7 or higher.