2009-10 Women's Fencing Roster

Chloe Grainger

Chloe Grainger

  • Class:
    First-Year
  • Hometown:
    Decatur, Ga.


2012-13: Graduated with 337 victories, most ever for an NU sabre fencer ... Grabbed five wins at the NCAA Championships (3/23-24) ... Collected 13 wins and finished 3rd at the NCAA Midwest Regional ... Finished in the top five in sabre at the Midwest Fencing Conference Championships (3/2) ... Amassed four victories at the Notre Dame Duals (2/23)...Collected six wins at the Duke Duals (2/10)...Picked up a season high 17 wins at the NU Duals (2/2-3)...Notched 10 wins at the NYU Invitational to lead the Sabre Squad (1/27)... Finished a squad-leading 14-2 at the Philadelphia Invitational (1/26)... Collected 10 wins at the Western Invitational (1/12) ... Made season debut at NU Duals (11/16-17) ... Posted 10-0 record in first weekend of action.

2011-12: Started the season strong with a first place finish at the Burton Open...Continued to dominate with another first place performance at the Remenyik Open...Qualified for the National Championships with the Remenyik win...Placed 13th at the Garret Open...Dominated at the Western Invitational posting a perfect 14-0 record...Posted another impressive outing at the Philadelphia Invitational, going 13-3...A week later dominated at the Notre Dame Duals, posting a 17-2 mark...picked up her 200th career win at the Northwestern Duals...Picked up 17 more wins at the second go-round of the Northwestern Duals...Had an 8-1 record at the Midwest Conference Championships and placed third.

2010-11: Won the bronze medal at the Remenyik Open in her first competition of the season ... Placed 13th at the Penn State Garrett Open and 19th at the Junior North American Cup (out of 97 competitors) ... Paced the Wildcat sabre team at the season-opening UC San Diego West Invitational, notching a team-best 14 victories ... Matched her 14 victories at the Philadelphia Invitational, finishing 14-4, after posting an 11-4 mark at the NYU Invitational ... Went 11-3 at the Notre Dame Duals ... Notched a season-best 15 victories at the Northwestern Duals, finishing 15-5 and recording her 100th career victory ... Placed 21st out of 111 competitors in the Junior Women's Sabre at the USFA North American Cup.

2009-10: Made an immediate impact as a freshman for the Wildcats, posting a 44-23 record before suffering a season-ending ACL injury ... Opened her Northwestern career in style, finishing 10-0 at the Stanford Duals in her first collegiate tournament ... Posted 8-7 records at both the Philadelphia Invitational and the NYU Duals ... Topped the double-digit win total again, finishing 12-7 at the NU Duals.

High School: Attended the Nellya Fencers Club for two and a half years ... Senior woman's sabre team national champions in 2008 and 2009 ... Placed second in the Junior WS Team Summer Nationals ... Placed sixth in the Junior Olympics in 2009 ... National Honor Society member ... Named to the honor roll.

Personal: Born Chloe Lee Grainger ... Daughter of Rodney Grainger and Nancy Lee ... Major is social policy.

Grainger's Career Statistics

Season Result Pct. Midwest Conference NCAA Regionals NCAA Championships
2012-13 100-45 .690 8-1 (5th) 13-2 5-18 (22nd)
2011-12 121-34 .786 8-1 (3rd) 11-4 (5th) 3-9 (22nd)
2010-11 72-18 .800 (12th) (8th) (21st)
2009-10 44-23 .657 --- --- ---
Career 337-120 .737 16-2 24-6 8-27
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