Doris Willette Class: RS Sophomore Hometown: Lafayette, Calif. Position: Foil Experience: SO

Sophomore • Foil
Lafayette, Calif.
HHR

Career Statistics
Year W-L Pct.
2006-07 33-0 1.000
2007-08 Red-shirt season
Career 33-0 1.000
All-American 2007 (National Champion)

After red-shirting last year, Doris Willette will look to continue her perfection from the 2006-07 season. Following her 2007 national championship in foil, Willette participated in the World Fencing Championships. In addition to her sixth place finish at the world championships, she earned her spot in the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, China. She competed as a member of the U.S. women's foil team.

Lion career: 2007-08: Willette was red-shirted to compete in the World Fencing Championships.

2006-07: Doris Willette parlayed outstanding youth credentials into a perfect 33-0 run through the dual meet season as a true freshman in

2006-07. She then stormed the field at Regionals to claim the Mid-Atlantic/South Regional crown and was unstoppable at the 2007 NCAA Championships, claiming the individual women's foil crown in her first trip to the tournament. The freshman All-American posted dual match records of 13-0, 14-0, 5-0 and 1-0. Willette was Penn State's first freshman national champion since Katarzyna Trzopek won the epee title as a freshman in 2003.

HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL: Willette was a member of the U.S. Junior World Team in both 2005 and 2006. She was a finalist each year and, on the way to the finals in 2006, she downed the current World Cup holder from Slovenia. She was a member of the U.S. Senior team at the 2006 World Championships as well.