Denison University

Awards: 

• 2022 & 2023 USFCA All-Academic Team
• 2021-22 Chi Alpha Sigma Inductee

• Was 13-13 (50.00 percent) in foil
• Finishes her career 20-114 (14.93 percent) in foil
• Finished 24th in the individual foil competition at the Central Collegiate Fencing Conference (CCFC) championships - Also helped the Big Red foil squad take the third-place squad award in the team portion of the event
• Was 14th in foil at the Second Annual Denison Winter Open
• Finished 35th in foil at the Ohio State University Fall Open

• Collected three victories in foils for the season 

• Competed in 15 foil duals in shortened winter season

• Earned four foil victories as a rookie
• Placed 55th overall at the Midwest Conference Fencing Championships
• Helped lead the way for the foil squad with two victories at Notre Dame's DeCicco Duals
• Finished in eighth place as Denison women's fencing hosted its very first home event
• Powered through and nabbed a win at the Drew Invitational

Personal: 

• Global commerce and French double major
• Daughter of Yvonne Nillissen-Tierney and Thomas Tierney
• Father, Thomas, was a pole vaulter on the track & field team at Indiana University
• Sister, Georgina, is currently a junior on the cross country and track & field teams at the College of Wooster
• Member of Women in Business, DCSR, Denison Democrats, and the Amnesty International Club