Stanford Fencing Association Press

--11/11/2010: Stanford Athletics expects financial boost from conference expansion

in The Stanford Daily by Henry Zhu. "Stanford's athletics department has recently had to aggressively cut costs to stay profitable without cutting any of its 35 varsity sports, though the fencing team had to raise $250,000 by itself to keep its varsity status. The 2010-11 budget for athletics operations and financial aid currently stands at $85.7 million, representing 9 percent of the University's budget for administrative and auxiliary units."

--9/29/2010: Cal to cut five varsity teams

in The Stanford Daily by Caroline Caselli and Kabir Sawhney. "Over the last two years, Stanford Athletics also made numerous cuts to ensure that it would be able to retain all of its varsity sports. It eliminated staff positions, froze salaries and implemented budgetary cuts in order to remain solvent. The only potential casualty was the fencing team, which was forced to raise $250,000 on its own to remain a varsity sport."

--9/22/2010: Stanford set to induct eight into Hall of Fame

in The Stanford Daily by Kabir Sawhney. "Stanford Athletics last week announced it will induct eight alumni into its Athletics Hall of Fame in November. Headlining the class is John Lynch, who played safety for the Cardinal in the early 1990s and won a Super Bowl ring in the NFL with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Seven others will be inducted, and honored at halftime of Stanford football's game against Arizona on Nov. 6: Brevin Knight '97 (basketball), Rick Lundblade '85 (baseball), Liliah Osterloh '00 (tennis), Tracye Lawyer '99 (track and field, soccer), Mike Lambert '96 (men's volleyball), Catherine Fox '00 (swimming and diving) and Nick Bravin '93 (fencing)."

--7/29/2009: Athletics budget on stable ground

in The Stanford Daily by Marisa Landicho. "Stanford Athletics has regained its financial footing at last, projecting a balanced budget for the upcoming 2010-11 year and its first balanced budget since the economic crisis in 2008. To achieve this bottom line, however, the Athletics Department will keep in place the operating cuts from the past two years."

--3/31/2010: Jung Donates $1.25 Million To The Stanford Varsity Fencing Program

in USA Fencing by Melody Lowman. "The Stanford Fencing coaches and the Stanford Fencing Association announced today a $1.25 million dollar donation from Engineering Graduate School alumnus, Jimi Jung, a saber fencer and the owner of Lourus Enterprise Co. Ltd and the Lourus Fencing Club of the Republic of Korea (ROK). The generous donation represents a five-year commitment of the varsity fencing team's operating expenses and supports the continued existence of Stanford's 119 year old varsity fencing program."

--3/30/2010: Fencing: Alumnus donates $1.25 million

in The Stanford Daily by Zach Zimmerman. "Nearly one year ago, the Stanford fencing team's future was nothing short of dire. Now, after months of painstaking fundraising efforts and one miraculous donation, the program has new life. On Monday, the Stanford Fencing Association, formerly named Save Stanford Fencing, announced in front of a select crowd of fencers, coaches, community members and donors that the team had received a $1.25 million donation from alumnus Jimi Jung '04 of Korea, allowing the team to remain a varsity sport for at least four more years. The money will cover operating costs while the team attempts to create a $5 million-$8 million endowment."

--11/20/2009: Fencing Seeks to Remain Varsity

in The Stanford Review, Volume XLIII, Issue 5 by Autumn Carter. This article specifically addresses the concerns of the Stanford Fencing team in the face of the economy, as well as what has been done so far by students, families, and volunteers in order to combat the crisis.

--9/15/2009: It's "All Right Now" for Stanford Sports

in The Stanford Daily by Jacob Jaffe. "The Cardinal women also cracked the top 10 in swimming (fourth), cross country (eighth), gymnastics (eighth), softball (ninth) and tennis (ninth), as well as ninth-place in coed fencing, for an astounding 11 top-10 finishes."

--4/28/2009: Budget Cuts: Fencers must raise funds to stay varsity

in The Stanford Daily by Zach Zimmerman. One of the first articles issued following the announcement of possible budget cuts that would eliminate Stanford's top-ranked fencing program, this piece was later picked up by the New York Times and published nationally.

--4/2/2009: Fencers lunge to ninth-place NCAA finish

in The Stanford Daily by Wyndam Makowsky. "While their classmates enjoyed their spring respite, Stanford's fencing team was dueling at the NCAA Championships in State College, Penn. The Cardinal attacked and parried its way to a ninth-place finish over four days of competition against 25 of the nation's best teams. Stanford finished with 73 points, 122 points behind Penn State, which won the title on its home turf."