May-Lynne Chen-Contino

Position:
Foil/Right Hand
Class:
Redshirt
Hometown:
New York, N.Y.
High School:
Horace Mann

Majoring in journalism (advertising sequence) with a minor in Italian ... At UNC, participates in the Carolina Leadership Academy as part of the Veteran Leaders program ... Member of the Advertising Club and Sigma Alpha Lambda national leadership and honors organization ... Serves as campus research coordinator for York House Press ... Co-founder of Silver Wings chapter ... Is a member of the Carolina Observatory on Corporate Reputation

Fencing at UNC: In her third year on the team ... Women's foil co-captain Finished 24th at NCAA Championships in 2008 ... Earned All-Region second-team honors last season ... Also an NCAA qualifier as a freshman ... Named to the Atlantic Coast Conference Academic Honor Roll ... Began fencing as a freshman in high school

Before UNC: At Horace Mann School in Riverdale, N.Y., was a four-year member of the varsity fencing squad and team MVP as a senior ... Her team was league champion her sophomore, junior and senior years and she was the individual champion as a senior

Personal: Born Nov. 2, 1987, in New York City ... Daughter of Richard Contino and Connie Chen ... Has one brother, Matthew (13)

More on Chen-Contino: Favorite pastimes are spending time with friends and family, traveling abroad and cooking ... Favorite sports other than fencing are snowboarding, Ultimate Frisbee, Kempo karate and bocce ball ... Has traveled to four continents ... Makes "really good" risotto ... Dream job is to be an Olympic champion fencer, chief creative operations director at a top advertising firm, something important in sports marketing for a top NFL team, or a top sports marketing job with ESPN ... With a completely free day, says she would "wonder what I'm forgetting to do" ... Little-known talent is that she's the "world's fastest texter"