Rebecca Ward won the women's NCAA national individual sabre championship three times, the first in history to do so in sabre.
10 Facts About Rebecca Ward
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Rebecca Ward has a brother by the name of Wiliam Ward.
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Rebecca Ward was the senior director at the Clean Energy Leadership Institute until April 2021, and is currently the head of the Saber Program Director for the Arlington Fencers' Club in Arlington, Virginia.
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Rebecca Ward has lived in Cedar Mill, a suburb of Portland, Oregon.
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Rebecca Ward was a member of the US Senior World Team that won the gold medal at the 2005 World Fencing Championships in Leipzig, Germany.
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Rebecca Ward won the Grand Prix in Las Vegas and gave up only 30 points of a possible 90.
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Rebecca Ward fenced for Duke University under Maitre Alex Beguinet while working towards majors in Public Policy and Psychology, as well as a Certificate in Energy and the Environment.
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Rebecca Ward failed to defend her title in 2010, losing the final match to Caroline Vloka of Harvard.
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Rebecca Ward was one of the top seeds for the individual sabre competition.
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Rebecca Ward won her first bout, against Spain's Araceli Navarro, when her opponent was forced to withdraw due to a shoulder injury.