FDU Knights Athletics

2011-12: FDU’s first student-athlete to earn NEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year after finishing with a 4.0 GPA during her college career… Recipient of the Mary Kay Stratis Award as the female student-athlete from FDU with the highest GPA upon graduation… Finished season with a 20-48 record… Earned NIWFA All-Academic team for the third straight season… Turned in a personal best performance at the NIWFA Christmas Invitational by finishing 13th in epee (12/4/11)…Went 2-13 at the Philadelphia Invitational (1/21/12)… Compiled a 9-20 record at the Northwestern Duals (2/4-5/12)… 

2010-11: Named to the National Intercollegiate Women’s Fencing Association All-Academic Team for the second straight season… Won six bouts at Northwestern (2/5-6/11)… Picked up three wins at Steven Institute of Technology (2/13/11)…

2009-10: Earned National Intercollegiate Women’s Fencing Association All-Academic Team accolades… Picked up two wins at the Philadelphia Invitational (1/10/10)… Compiled four more wins at Northwestern University (1/30-31/10)… Went 1-6 at Princeton (2/6/10)… 

2008-09: Began Knights’ career with a 1-14 record as a freshman... 

Liceum #66: Earned the Dean's Academic Award...

Personal: Born on Sept. 12, 1990... Daughter of Sergey and Irina Tyrtova... Majoring in Nursing