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2020-21 Women's Fencing Roster

Annalena Shigihara

  • Position Foil
  • Height 5-5
  • Class Senior
  • High School Tannenbusch Gymnasium
  • Hometown Bonn, Germany

Biography

2020-21: Combined for a 20-15 overall record this season (57% winning percentage). ... NJIT women's fencing Highlander Academic Award recipient.

2019-20: Placed 33rd (seeded No. 32) at the 2020 Mid-Atlantic/South Regional Fencing Championships hosted by Duke University. ..finished the 2019-20 season with a 26-24 mark (52% winner percentage).  
...combined for an impressive 16-1 overall record at the Drew Invitational.

2018-19: Finished the season 37-30. Recorded with a 15-3 mark at the LIU Invitational, 9-9 mark at the Eric Sollee Invitational, and a 11-5 mark at the FDU Invitational, as well as an perfect mark against FDU (3-0).

2017-18: A freshman from Bonn, Germany, posted 27 wins in her first season at NJIT.  She recorded an 8-1 mark at the NJIT Invitational. .. represented NJIT at the 2018 Regionals.

Prior to NJIT: Attended Tannenbusch Gymnasium. ... placed second in the German Championships team event in 2016.

Personal: Annalena Tora Tuya Shigihara. ... daughter of Tatsuya and Sabine Shigihara. ... older sister (Jule) was a member of the NJIT fencing team. ... biology major.

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After graduation I want to: Go to Med School in Germany

I started fencing when I was: 7 years old

Favorite Olympic Fencer: Yuki Ota

Unique story about yourself or family: I came to NJIT from Germany at the age 16.

Historical Player Information

  • 2017-18Freshman

    Foil
    55'"
  • 2018-19Sophomore

    Foil
    55'"
  • 2019-20Junior

    Foil
    5'5"
  • 2020-21Senior

    Foil
    5'5"