Jennifer Sawicki

Position:
Sabre/Right Hand
Class:
Redshirt
Hometown:
Washington, D.C.
High School:
Culver Academies

Majoring in business administration ... Recipient of a Morehead-Cain Scholarship, the most prestigious academic grant at UNC ... Active in NetImpact ... Participates in the Carolina Leadership Academy as part of the Veteran Leaders Program

Fencing at UNC: In her fourth year on the squad and her third year as a co-captain for the women's sabre squad ... Finished 15th at the 2007 NCAA Championships and 16th in 2008 ... Earned second-team All-Region honors ... Named to the Atlantic Coast Conference Academic Honor Roll

Before UNC: At the Culver Academies, was a four-year member of the fencing, soccer and lacrosse teams ... Captained the fencing and lacrosse teams as a senior ... Won the Midwest Championship in fencing as a senior ... Earned all-state honors in lacrosse as a senior

Personal: Born Apr. 4, 1988 in Washington, D.C. ... Daughter of Felix and Evelyn Sawicki ... Has one younger brother, Matthew (20)

More on Sawicki: Favorite pastimes are reading and photography ... Spent the summer of 2008 backpacking around Southeast Asia studying insurgencies ... After graduation from UNC, plans to serve in the Navy ... Little-known talent is curling her tongue into a three-leaf clover