2021-22 Fencing
Roster
Solène Watson 2020-21 Fencing Roster
Foil
Height
5-5
Class
Junior
Hometown
Arbonne-la-Forêt, France
High School
Lycée François 1er
AS A SENIOR
- Posted a 29-13 record during her senior season.
- Opened the season with a 6-1 performance at the Air Force Invitational.
- Finished the season with a 7-2 record a the Northwestern Duals.
- Improved her career record to 75-15.
- Was named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll.
AS A JUNIOR
- Compiled a 23-1 record during her junior season
- Opened the season with an 11-1 record at the Northwestern Invitational, tied for the most wins on the team that weekend
- Finished the season with 6-0 marks at the DeCicco Duals and against Wayne State
- Improved her career record to 46-2
AS A SOPHOMORE
- Compiled a 23-1 record after competing at the DeCicco Duals
- Was one of three winners of the team’s Yves Auriol Award, given to the most improved fencers.
AS A FRESHMAN
- Did not compete, but was one of five winners of the team’s Yves Auriol Award, given to the most improved fencers.
PREP & PERSONAL
- Graduated from Lycée François 1er in July 2018
- Member and captain of Melun Val de Seine fencing club
- Earned team gold medal at U15 French National Championship (2014-15)
- Earned individual bronze medal at U15 French National Championship (2014-15)
- Earned individual silver medal at U20 Division 2 French National Championship (2014-15)
- Earned team gold medal at U17 French National Championship (2015-16)
- Placed 12th in the U17 World Championship (2015-16)
- Placed eighth in the U17 European Circuit in Poznan, Poland (2015-16)
- Placed sixth in the U17 European Championships (2016-17)
- Earned team gold medal in the U17 French National Championship (2016-17)
- Earned individual bronze medal at the U17 French National Championship (2016-17)
- Earned team bronze medal in the U20 French National Championship (2016-17)
- Earned gold in the Senior Division 2 French National Championship (2016-17)
- Earned team bronze medal in the U20 French National Championship (2017-18)
- Earned team silver in the senior Division 2 French National Championship (2017-18)
- Selected for french national representation in the 2018 World Cups
- Has placed on the national Ministry of Sport’s list of national high-level athletes for five consecutive years
- Participated in the Model United Nations held in Fontainebleau, France, in 2016, 2017 and 2018
- Daughter of Bill and Marie Jo Watson
- Has an older sister, Alicia, and two younger brothers, Pierre and Guillaume
- Enrolled in the Mendoza College of Business and majoring in Marketing