Kate Rudkin Groza (Fencing, 1999-2002)
Kate Rudkin Groza was a three-time NCAA championships qualifier and a three-time all-american, earning a career winning percentage of .856 (273-46).
During her Wildcat career, she was the 2001-02 Midwest Fencing Conference individual epee champion, and part of epee team conference championships in 1999-2000 and 2001-02, and team championships in 1999-00 and 2000-01.
Rudkin Groza placed third in individual women’s epee at the 2002 NCAA Championships, her final competition as a collegiate fencer, which was the highest ever finish at the championships by a Northwestern fencer. Rudkin Groza posted top five finishes in three NCAA Championships.
Prior to joining the NU fencing team, she was a member of the USA Cadet and Junior women’s epee teams and participated in the World Cadet and Junior Fencing Championships (1995 in Paris, France, 1997 in Tenerife, Spain, 1998 in Valencia, Venezuela, and 1999 in Keszthely, Hungary), winning a bronze medal in team cadet women’s epee at the 1998 World Championships. After graduation, she served in the United States Peace Corps in Uzbekistan and then took a coaching/club manager position at the Chicago Athletic Association for several years after returning to the United States in 2005.
During her Wildcat career, she was the 2001-02 Midwest Fencing Conference individual epee champion, and part of epee team conference championships in 1999-2000 and 2001-02, and team championships in 1999-00 and 2000-01.
Rudkin Groza placed third in individual women’s epee at the 2002 NCAA Championships, her final competition as a collegiate fencer, which was the highest ever finish at the championships by a Northwestern fencer. Rudkin Groza posted top five finishes in three NCAA Championships.
Prior to joining the NU fencing team, she was a member of the USA Cadet and Junior women’s epee teams and participated in the World Cadet and Junior Fencing Championships (1995 in Paris, France, 1997 in Tenerife, Spain, 1998 in Valencia, Venezuela, and 1999 in Keszthely, Hungary), winning a bronze medal in team cadet women’s epee at the 1998 World Championships. After graduation, she served in the United States Peace Corps in Uzbekistan and then took a coaching/club manager position at the Chicago Athletic Association for several years after returning to the United States in 2005.
