Doris Willette Class: Junior Hometown: Lafayette, Calif. Position: Foil Experience: JR

Junior • Foil
Lafayette, Calif.
HHR

Junior Doris Willette will head into her junior campaign looking to continue her perfect national championship run. The 2007 national champion in the foil, she took 2008 off to represent the United States in the Beijing Olympics. Last year, Willette made it two-for-two in national crowns, winning the foil title once again. This year, voted team captain, Willette will look to help guide the Penn State fencing team in its defense of its 2009 team title.

LION CAREER:
2008-09: Returning after an Olympic red-shirt, Willette stormed her way to a 28-4 regular season record before claiming yet another Mid-Atlantic/South Regional title. Looking to equal her performance as a true freshman at NCAAs, Willette thrilled the home crowd on Penn State's own campus with an NCAA title-winning performance in March of 2009 to become a two-time NCAA national champion in the foil.

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. 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.