Fatima Largaespada will serve as the head women's fencing coach for the team's second season after coaching the Seahawks during their inaugural season in 2016-2017
Largaespada was a standout student-athlete at Temple University before coming to Wagner, helping the Owls achieve nationally recognized team success, Largaespada excelled individually as she placed in the NCAA Top 20 in 2013, 2014 and 2015 while finishing in the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Top 10 in both 2013 and 2015.
As a senior in 2015-16, she took home first-place honors at the Temple Open while finishing third at the Penn State Garret Open. In addition, she ranked in the Top 16 at the 2016 North American Cup while earning a fourth-place finish at the 2016 NIWFA Championships.
Also fluent in Spanish and conversational in Italian, Largaespada earned a Bachelor's of Arts degree in Strategic Communication from Temple in 2016 while earning Dean's List honors with a major in Public Relations and a minor in Business.
Largaespada also possesses experience at the club level, where she served as Director of Marketing with the San Antonio Phoenix Fencers' Club during the summer of 2015. Her responsibilities in this role included reaching out to high schools in the San Antonio area to schedule summer camps, exploratory meetings and demonstrations.
