Jane K. Fernandes is a numerous-awards-winning CEO and President of Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio. At Trinity College in Hartford, CT, Jane K. Fernandes was an NCAA Division III fencer and team captain in her senior year. Olympic epée fencer, Ralph Spinella, was her coach. At that time, women were permitted to fence with foils only.
In 1888, the Amateur Athletic Union included fencing as one of its championship sports. This event marked the start of proper fencing in the United States. Members of the New York Athletic Club, H.K Bloodgood, W.T. Lawson, and Eugine Higgins banded together to persuade the Amateur Athletic Union to add fencing.
The first fencing championship was underwhelming. The Amateur Athletic Union joined the bouts with boxing and wrestling. Both sports whose spectators didn’t much enjoy the interruptions the bouts brought to their entertainment. However, the first champions were Higgins for swords, Bloodgood for the sabers, and Lawson for foils. Later in 1891, the Amateur Fencers League of America was founded. The League made a fencing rulebook that same year, and they nurtured the sport deliberately to thrive on the continent.
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