Award Winning Coaches and Fencers
Dunwoody Fencing Club is one of only two clubs in the United States accredited by the North American Mangiarotti Society as a Center of Instruction in the Modern School of the Italian Sword.
DFC is recognized by the United States Department of Health and Human Services as a National Youth Sports Strategy Champion. Recognition as an NYSS Champion is awarded for outstanding work in promoting youth sports participation.
We are the first Guild Academy in Georgia. Recognition as a Guild Academy shows that our coaches adhere to the highest USFCA standards of professionalism in coaching
Dunwoody Fencing Club fencers have been named to All-Academic and All-American teams every year since the creation of the programs. We have consistently been among the top ten clubs in the nation
Seven DFC fencers were named to USA Fencing’s 2021 All-Academic Team. Our club was in the top ten in the nation
Three DFC fencers were named to USA Fencing’s 2021 All-American team.
Our certified professional coaches value and promote educational achievement as well as achievement in the sport of fencing. Our students have excelled in fencing at the following educational institutions:
- Durham University (London, England) - DFC fencer was named a recipient of the Durham University Elite Athlete Scholarship for graduate studies and international competition
- Northwestern University (NCAA Division 1) - DFC fencer earned a fencing scholarship, made NCAA Regionals, two-time All-Midwest Conference First Team, three-time NCAA Midwest Conference Team Champion, 150 career wins, Academic All-Big Ten)
- Brown University (NCAA Division I) - DFC fencer made NCAA Regionals in the freshman year
- MIT (NCAA Division I) - DFC fencer made NCAA Regionals in the junior year
- St. Johns University (NCAA Division I) -DFC fencer made NCAA Regionals twice
- University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill (NCAA Division I) - DFC fencer earned a fencing scholarship and was named team captain
- University of San Francisco - DFC fencer won US Collegiate Club Championship
- Virginia Tech - DFC fencer was named team captain in his freshman year
In addition, our fencers are fencing or have fenced at the following colleges and universities:
- Brandeis University
- Carnegie Mellon University
- Cleveland State University
- Columbia University
- Cornell University
- Emory University
- Georgia Southern
- Georgia Tech
- Johns Hopkins University
- Purdue University
- Rice University
- University of Chicago
- University of Georgia
- University of Michigan
- University of South Carolina
- United States Air Force Academy
- Washington University
- Wesleyan College
- William and Mary College
- Yale University