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Current Leadership

 

Stefan DuBois, Head Instructor: 2,500 confirmed Zerg kills.
Stefan was produced when a new version of Deep Blue became an Emergent AI and hacked into a government gene lab.  He has spent his life since with an unavoidable calling to become a new Ender, to fight the battles of other civilizations through the power of the system that created him.  He currently leads fencing association as a part of a master plan to militarize the general population of Earth to prepare for the forthcoming "revasion" of our blue planet by its original masters.  If you want to survive when R-Day arrives, you had best follow his instruction.

        email: duboissk (at) whitman.edu

Kyle Moen, President: 16,785 confirmed zombie re-kills.
Kyle was a mild-mannered Montanan until he came across the Utili-Kilt in the Stone.  Upon smashing the stone with his birthright German broadsword ‘Vercingetorix’ he inherited the awesome power and responsibility of the garb.  He wandered aimlessly, looking for a place to put his powers to good use until he one day heard of the battles fought remotely by Stefan and decided it was a suitable place to direct his skills, forsaking family and friends in the pursuit of victory.  During the various armistices from battle he studies the use of all deadly weapons and imparts his knowledge to those who will learn.

        email: moenka (at) whitman.edu

Nina Estep, Vice-President/Key-Bearer: 700 confirmed Balverine kills.
Enamored by the ways of the sword and general badassery at a young age, Nina has been fighting her way through life since the tender age of six.  After receiving her education on the mean streets of West Seattle, Nina was accepted to Whitman College and has never looked back.  Except for maybe on breaks. A pre-vet student, Nina plans on being the first zoo veterinarian to use Sword Therapy as a means of curing patients (it's like acupuncture but harder).  Nina also enjoys tea, drawing, movies, Japan and dressing up. She always has a bit of a flair for the dramatic.

        email: estepng (at) whitman.edu

Kayla Hegedus, Secretary/Treasurer/Webmaster: After spending the first years of her life as a feral wolf-child in the wilds of Washington, Kayla was adopted by a suburban family and taught how to interact in normal society.  Upon coming to Whitman, she discovered fencing as a way to reconnect with her savage instincts.  When she is not thirsting for blood, she enjoys studying physics and mathematics.

        email: hegedukm (at) whitman.edu

 

Past Leadership

Stephen Parkin:
Stephen Parkin is currently the Head Instructor of the club and is in charge of instruction in foil and saber. He is a senior who has been with the Fencing Club for four years. Before this year, he also served as the President of the club for a year and a half and the Treasurer and Congress Contact for a year. Stephen has received all three stars in the club ranking system.

Nicholas Holce:
Nicholas, a senior at Whitman College, has been fencing since his sophomore year.  First taught the basics of foil by Jeff Hutchinson, Nicholas later learned epee, rapier, longsword, and dagger drills his junior year under Will Patillo.
During his junior year, Nicholas served as Fencing Club’s Key Bearer, ASWC representative at the monthly House of Clubs meetings, and budget representative.   Nicholas and Will attended the 4W event in Seattle - a biannual event that hosts many of the most renowned maestros in the United States - during which time he learned some French smallsword and baroque sword from Maestro Jeanette Acosta-Ramirez and Mr. Tom Leoni, respectively.
Senior year, Nicholas was voted club President, and he also co-instructs Fencing Club with Stephen Parkin.
Nicholas’s motto is, “Wait, I have a motto?”

 

 

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