Biography
2017-18: NJIT's recipient of the New Jersey Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (NJAIAW) Woman of the Year award ... Garcia, a four-year member of the NJIT women's fencing team, has been named to the Dean's List every semester (seven) and has held a 4.0 GPA in five-out-of-seven semesters at NJIT. The senior from Madrid, Spain, is a Business Management major, with a concentration in Finance and minor in Web and Information Systems. Garcia holds a 3.975 GPA.
...Garcia is the Founder and President of the NJIT Investment Club, instrumental in getting the business school to acquire and use the Bloomberg Finance terminals, launched a student-managed investment fund and is a member of the CFA Research Challenge NJIT Team. Finished 12th out of 24 fencers at the NCAA Fencing Championships held at Penn State. ... posted an 11-12 overall record, with 83 touches scored in women's epee. ... The top 12 finishers at the championships each earn All- American Honors, in which Garcia wins for the second time in her career at NJIT. ... This marks the senior's fourth consecutive appearance at the championships, with her best finish in her freshman year when she placed second overall in women's epee. ... a senior from Madrid, Spain, finished the season with an impressive 55-9 overall record. In the season opener at the Temple Open, Garcia captured the women's epee title, combining for a 15-0 record. She notched five wins in the knockout rounds before defeating FDU's Natalia Toby in the gold medal match 15-12. She recorded a 15-3 overall record at the Elite Penn Invitational, picking up a win against every team and staying perfect against UPenn, Air Force, Northwestern and Cleveland State. At the Columbia Invitational, Garcia went 5-0, picking up a 3-0 win over Columbia and going 2-0 against Fairleigh Dickinson. She posted a team-best 14-2 overall mark at the Philadelphia Invitational and most recently went 12-3 at the Eric Sollee Invitational.
2016-17: Finished 19th overall in women's epee at the NCAA Fencing Championships hosted by Notre Dame. ... went 9-for-23 overall with three more wins in the final two rounds. ... at the 2017 NCAA Regionals, Garcia seeded fifth, earned a bye in the first round and finished with a 6-4 overall record finishing 13th overall on the epee strip. ...combined for a 24-5 overall record, including 11 wins at the Elite Penn Invitational. Garcia went 8-0 at the NJIT Invitational with victories against William & Mary, Navy, and Army.
2015-16: Recipient of the 2016 Elite 90 award for NCAA Division I Women's Fencing. ...a business major who carries a 4.0 grade point average for the fourth straight semester. With 52 credits earned, the sophomore earns the top academic achievement out of 144 participants competing at the NCAA Fencing Championships. ...In women's epee competition at the championships, Garica finished 19th. Last season, Garcia became the first female fencer and newest NJIT All-American, to compete in the National Championship, earning a second-place finish. ...This season, Garcia placed first in the women's epee competition at the 2016 NCAA Regionals, receiving a bye in the first round and went 5-0 in the second. She tallied a 3-2 mark and 8-2 overall record in the final round, giving the sophomore a first-place finish. ...At the FDU Invitational, Garcia recorded a 13-4, record while posting an impressive14-3 mark at the DeCuccio Duals hosted by Norte Dame (January 16). She guided the Highlander epee squad to wins over Haverford (5-4), MIT (6-3) Stevens (5-4) and Brown (6-3). The sophomore went undefeated against MIT and Brown while going 2-1 against Brandeis and Boston College.
2014-15: Garcia opened the season placing 3rd out of 93 fencers in the Temple Open. ...went 25-3 in epee and 33-4 overall this season. ...went undefeated against 8 schools, Columbia - 2015 National Champions, Brown, Stevens, FDU, Haverford, Brandies, Yeshiva and Drew. ...earned 3rd at the NCAA Regional Championships. ...went 15-8 at nationals and earned 2nd place....she is the first female fencer to compete in the National Championship and becomes the newest NJIT All-American. ...competed in 2 world cups--Burgos, Spain - 39th and Dijon, France - 13th. ...entered the Junior World Championships ranked 117th in the world and finished 13th out of 113 fencers from 49 countries. ... 2014-15 NJIT women's fencing Outstanding Performer award winner as well as 2014-15 NJIT Female Newcomer of the Year and 2014-15 NJIT Female Athlete of the Year.
Prior to NJIT: #1 Junior Women's Epee in Spain. … First in Junior Spanish Ranking. … earned a 16th-place finish at Burgos World Junior Cup. … Fifth in the Spanish Senior Epee Ranking. … First place at the Valencia Senior Ranking. … Garcia participated in the World Junior Championship, Barcelona Senior World Cup, Laupheim Junior World Cup and Goteborg Junior World Cup. … intends to major in business.
Personal: Julia Garcia. ... daughter of Antouio Garcia and Maria del Prosano Martin. ... business major. ... born 9/23/96 in Madrid, Spain.
