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Past Leadership
Ian Becker
Ian served as Captain for the 2016-2017 school year.
Sean Nagle-McNaughton
Sean served as Captain for the 2015-2016 school year.
Kaitlin Seiberlich
Kate served as President for the 2014-2015 school year, and co-instructed with Morgan Dienst. She really enjoyed being a part of Fencing Club and
stayed on to work with the club for a year after graduation.
Morgan Dienst
Morgan served as Captain for the 2014-2015 school year, and imbued the club with his energy.
Beth Levin
Beth served as Captain for the 2013-2014 school year.
Eric Schmidt
Kyle Moen
Kyle was the President from 2009-2012. He served as the Captain for the 2010-2011 school year and during spring semester of the 2011-2012 school year.
Kyle's goal as President was to press for more traditional and historical fencing instruction. To this end he oversaw the procuring of various practice
weapons and texts as well as getting the club more involved in the Western Martial Arts community at large. Kyle's work outside of instructing focused
predominantly on Italian Foil, Italian Saber, Spanish Saber, Lichtenauer Dagger, Lichtenauer Longsword, and the proper acquisition and application of new
technical skills and knowledge.
Nina Estep
Nina Estep was the Vice President from 2009-2012. Nina's work focused predominantly on Italian Foil and the Spanish Navaja style of knife-fighting,
but has also taught pugilism and scraps of Italian Longsword. Side goals include encouraging the tight-knit atmosphere of the club through organization
of movie nights, sauna parties, and idle chit-chat.
Sam Schonfeld
Sam was a member of Fencing from 2009-2012, serving as webmaster for 2011 and 2012 and assistant instructor for his final year. After reaching Second
Rank, Sam spent a large portion of his time with the club working one-on-one to prepare younger students for rank tests. In his final year he took an active
role in club leadership and participated in many of the conversations and decisions regarding club policies and the future direction of the club. Sam's martial
interests include Italian Foil, Italian and Spanish Saber, Italian Rapier and Dagger, I33 German Sword and Buckler, and Lictenauer Dagger.
Andrew Molina
While at Whitman, Andrew was always available to help other students learn and refine their foil technique, working tirelessly to prepare them for their
rank tests. As a student of many other martial arts, Andrew was able to bring fresh insiht into the biomechanics and uses of the historical techniques and
weapons. He played an influential role in developing the new historical weapon curriculum and testing standards during the summer of 2012, after he had graduated.
Stephen Parkin
Stephen was the Head Instructor of the club and was in charge of instruction in foil and saber. He was a senior who was with the Fencing Club for four years.
Beforehand, he also served as the President of the club for a year and a half and the Treasurer and Congress Contact for a year. Stephen received all three
stars in the club ranking system.
Nicholas Holce
Nicholas started fencing his sophmore year. First taught the basics of foil by Jeff Hutchinson, Nicholas later learned epee, rapier, longsword, and dagger
drills his junior year under Will Patillo. During his junior year, Nicholas served as Fencing CLub's Key Bearer, ASWC representative at the monthly House of
Clubs meetings, and budget representative. Nicholas and Will attended the 4W event in Seattle - a biannual event that hosted many of the most renowned maestros
in the United States - during which time he learned some French smallsword and baroque sword from Maestro Jeanette Acosta-Ramirez and Mr. Tom Leoni, respectively.
Senior year, Nicholas was voted President, and he also co-instructred Fencing Club with Stephen Parkin.
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