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This is a list of USA Fencing (USFA) Division I national champions. [1] The Division I National Championship in each weapon was contested at Summer Nationals until recently, when it started taking place during the April North American Cup.
| Men's Fencing Division I National Champions | |||
| Year | Épée | Foil | Sabre |
| 2024 | Noah Silvers | Samarth Kumbla | Grant Williams |
| 2023 | Samuel Imrek | Nick Itkin | Grant Williams |
| 2022 | Tristan Szapary | Nick Itkin | Eli Dershwitz |
| 2021 | Matthew Comes | Nick Itkin | Colby Harley |
| 2020 | No National Championship held due to the Coronavirus | ||
| 2019 | Jake Hoyle | Adam Mathieu | Mitchell Saron |
| 2018 | Dennis Kraft | Nick Itkin | Daryl Homer |
| 2017 | Ben Bratton | Nick Itkin | Daryl Homer |
| 2016 | Jack Bradford | Thomas Dudey | Jeff Spear |
| 2015 | Jason Pryor | Sam Moelis | Jeff Spear |
| 2014 | Yeisser Ramirez | Race Imboden | Eli Dershwitz |
| 2013 | Alexander Tsinis | Miles Chamley-Watson | Aleksander Ochocki |
| 2012 | Alexander Tsinis | Gerek Meinhardt | James Williams |
| 2011 | Soren Thompson | Race Imboden | Timothy Morehouse |
| 2010 | W. Seth Kelsey | Alexander Massialas | Timothy Morehouse |
| 2009 | Benjamin Ungar | David Willette | Bryan Cheney |
| 2008 | W. Seth Kelsey | Gerek Meinhardt | Ivan Lee |
| 2007 | Cody M. Mattern | Gerek Meinhardt | Timothy Hagamen |
| 2006 | W. Seth Kelsey | Andras Horanyi | Ivan Lee |
| 2005 | Benjamin J. Solomon | Jed Dupree | Ivan Lee |
| 2004 | Cody M. Mattern | Dan Kellner | Keeth Smart |
| 2003 | John A. Moreau | Jon Tiomkin | Ivan Lee |
| 2002 | W. Seth Kelsey | Jed Dupree | Keeth Smart |
| 2001 | Eric J. Hansen | Sean McClain | Ivan Lee |
| 2000 | Chris O'Loughlin | Cliff Bayer | Akhnaten Spencer-El |
| 1999 | Tamir Bloom | Jon Tiomkin | Akhnaten Spencer-El |
| 1998 | Tamir Bloom | Cliff Bayer | Patrick Durkan |
| 1997 | Jon Normile | Cliff Bayer | Terrence Lasker |
| 1996 | Ben Atkins | Eric Oliver Bravin | Adam Skarbonkiewicz |
| 1995 | Robert Ernest Stull | Cliff Bayer | Peter Westbrook |
| 1994 | Sean McClain | Eric Oliver Bravin | John Friedberg |
| 1993 | Ben Atkins | Michael Anthony Marx | David Mandel |
| 1992 | Robert Ernest Stull | Eric Oliver Bravin | Michael Lofton |
| 1991 | Jon Normile | Eric Oliver Bravin | Michael Lofton |
| 1990 | Robert Ernest Stull | Michael Anthony Marx | Robert Cottingham |
| 1989 | Robert Ernest Stull | Peter Bramwell Henry Lewison | Peter Westbrook |
| 1988 | Jon Normile | Gregory David Massialas | Peter Westbrook |
| 1987 | Timothy Carrigan Glass | Michael Anthony Marx | Steve Mormando |
| 1986 | Charles Lee Shelley | Michael Anthony Marx | Peter Westbrook |
| 1985 | Robert Gabriel Marx | Michael Anthony Marx | Peter Westbrook |
| 1984 | Paul Soter | Michael J. W. McCahey | Peter Westbrook |
| 1983 | Paul Karoly Pesthy | Mark Jeffrey Troy Smith | Peter Westbrook |
| 1982 | Charles Lee Shelley | Michael Anthony Marx | Peter Westbrook |
| 1981 | Charles Lee Shelley | Mark Jeffrey Troy Smith | Peter Westbrook |
| 1980 | Leonid Dervbinsky | Gregory David Massialas | Peter Westbrook |
| 1979 | Timothy Carrigan Glass | Michael Anthony Marx | Peter Westbrook |
| 1978 | Brooke Adrian Makler | Martin Lang | Stanley Lekach |
| 1977 | Leonid Dervbinsky | Michael Anthony Marx | Thomas Losonczy |
| 1976 | George Gabriel Masin | Lieutenant Edward Joseph Donofrio | Thomas Losonczy |
| 1975 | Edward Scott Bozek | Edward Pennington Ballinger | Peter Westbrook |
| 1974 | Daniel James Cantillon | Heik Hambarzumian | Peter Westbrook |
| 1973 | Edward Scott Bozek | Edward Pennington Ballinger | Paul Apostol |
| 1972 | James Laurence Melcher | Joseph Bertham Freeman | Alex Orban |
| 1971 | James Laurence Melcher | Uriah Jones | Alex Orban |
| 1970 | Joseph Elliott | Albert Axelrod | Alex Orban |
| 1969 | Stephen Jeffrey Netburn | Carl Lewis Borack | Alex Orban |
| 1968 | Paul Karoly Pesthy | Heizaburo Okawa | Jack Keane |
| 1967 | Paul Karoly Pesthy | Heizaburo Okawa | Alfonso Morales |
| 1966 | Paul Karoly Pesthy | Max Geuter | Alfonso Morales |
| 1965 | Joseph Elliott | Robert Boyer Russell | Alex Orban |
| 1964 | Paul Karoly Pesthy | Herbert Morris Cohen | Attila Keresztes |
| 1963 | Lawrence Joseph Anastasi | Edwin Allen Richards | Eugene Hamori |
| 1962 | Gilbert Eisner | Edwin Allen Richards | Michael D'Asaro |
| 1961 | Dr. Robert Lee Beck | Lawrence Joseph Anastasi | Dániel Magay |
| 1960 | David Micahnik | Albert Axelrod | Eugene Hamori |
| 1959 | Henry Kolowrat | Ensign Joseph Paletta Jr. | Thomas Orley |
| 1958 | Richard Berry | Albert Axelrod | Daniel Magay |
| 1957 | Richard Berry | Dr. Daniel Bukantz | Daniel Magay |
| 1956 | Abram Cohen | Sewall Shurtz | Tibor Nyilas |
| 1955 | Abram Cohen | Albert Axelrod | Dick Dyer |
| 1954 | Sewall Shurtz | Joseph Louis Levis | George Worth |
| 1953 | Donald Thompson | Dr. Daniel Bukantz | Tibor Nyilas |
| 1952 | Abelardo Menendez | Dr. Daniel Bukantz | Tibor Nyilas |
| 1951 | José Raoul de Capriles | Silvio Louis Giolito | Tibor Nyilas |
| 1950 | Norman Lewis | Silvio Louis Giolito | Tibor Nyilas |
| 1949 | Norman Lewis | Dr. Daniel Bukantz | Umberto De Martino |
| 1948 | Norman Lewis | Bennet Nathaniel Lubell | Dean Cetrulo |
| 1947 | James Strauch | Dean Victor Cetrulo | James Flynn |
| 1946 | Albert Wolff | Jose Raoul deCapriles | Tibor Nyilas |
| 1945 | Max Gilman | Dernell Every | Norman Armitage |
| 1944 | Miguel Angel deCapriles | Alfred Rex Snyder | Tibor Nyilas |
| 1943 | Robert Driscoll | Warren Alvin Dow | Norman Armitage |
| 1942 | Henrique Santos | Warren Alvin Dow | Norman Armitage |
| 1941 | Gustave Marinius Heiss | Dean Victor Cetrulo | Norman Armitage |
| 1941 (OUT) | Jose Raoul deCapriles | Miguel de Capriles | |
| 1940 | Fred Siebert | Dernell Every | Norman Armitage |
| 1940 (OUT) | Gustave Marinius Heiss | Norman Armitage | |
| 1939 | Loyal Tingley | Norman Lewis | Norman Armitage |
| 1939 (OUT) | Tracy Jaeckel | Norman Armitage | |
| 1938 | Jose Raoul deCapriles | Dernell Every | Johnny Huffman |
| 1938 (OUT) | Miguel Angel deCapriles | Johnny Huffman | |
| 1937 | Thomas J. Sands | Joseph Louis Levis | Johnny Huffman |
| 1937 (OUT) | Jose Raoul deCapriles | Irving Cantor | |
| 1936 | Gustave Marinius Heiss | Hugh Vincent Alessandroni | Norman Armitage |
| 1936 (OUT) | Miguel Angel deCapriles | Johnny Huffman | |
| 1935 | Thomas J. Sands | Joseph Louis Levis | Norman Armitage |
| 1935 (OUT) | Jose Raoul deCapriles | Norman Armitage | |
| 1934 | Gustave Marinius Heiss | Hugh Vincent Alessandroni | Norman Armitage |
| 1934 (OUT) | Douglas Dexter | Johnny Huffman | |
| 1933 | Gustave Marinius Heiss | Joseph Louis Levia | Johnny Huffman |
| 1933 (OUT) | Frank Stahl Righeimer III | Joseph Louis Levis | Norman Armitage |
| 1932 | Leo George Nunes | Joseph Louis Levis | Johnny Huffman |
| 1932 (OUT) | Gustave Marinius Heiss | Norman Armitage | |
| 1931 | Miguel Angel deCapriles | Lieutenant George Charles Calnan | Johnny Huffman |
| 1931 (OUT) | Lieutenant George Charles Calnan | Peter Bruder | |
| 1930 | Marcel Pasche | Lieutenant George Charles Calnan | Norman Armitage |
| 1930 (OUT) | Robert E. Futch | Norman Armitage | |
| 1929 | Frank Stahl Righeimer III | Joseph Louis Levis | Leo Nunes |
| 1929 (OUT) | Frank Stahl Righeimer III | Joseph Louis Levis | Norman Armitage |
| 1928 | Leo George Nunes | Lieutenant George Charles Calnan | Nickolas Muray |
| 1928 (OUT) | Frank Goodfellow | Leo Nunes | |
| 1927 | Harold Van Buskirk | Lieutenant George Charles Calnan | Nickolas Muray |
| 1927 (OUT) | Pieter Mijer | Harold Van Buskirk | |
| 1926 | Leo George Nunes | Lieutenant George Charles Calnan | Leo Nunes |
| 1926 (OUT) | Alfred Percy Walker Jr. | ||
| 1925 | William Hamilton Russell | Lieutenant George Charles Calnan | Joseph Vince |
| 1925 (OUT) | Leo George Nunes | ||
| 1924 | Leo George Nunes | Leo George Nunes | John Gignoux |
| 1924 (OUT) | Henry Breckinridge | ||
| 1923 | Lt. George C. Calnan | Rene Peroy | Leon Schoonmaker |
| 1923 (OUT) | Curtis C. Shears | ||
| 1922 | Leo George Nunes | Major Harold Marvin Rayner | Leo Nunes |
| 1922 (OUT) | Albert Strauss | ||
| 1921 | Chauncey Ryder McPherson | Major Francis Webster Honeycutt | Chauncey McPherson |
| 1921 (OUT) | Leo George Nunes | ||
| 1920 | Raymond W. Dutcher | Sherman Hall | Sherman Hall |
| 1920 (OUT) | John William Dimond | ||
| 1919 | William Hamilton Russell | Sherman Hall | Arthur Lyon |
| 1918 | No National Championship held due to the First World War | ||
| 1917 | Leo George Nunes | Sherman Hall | Arthur Lyon |
| 1916 | William Hamilton Russell | Alfred Ernest Sauer | Sherman Hall |
| 1915 | John A. MacLaughlin | Oliver A. Dickinson | Sherman Hall |
| 1914 | Dr. Frederick W. Allen | Scott Dudley Breckenridge | Hubert Van Blijenburgh |
| 1913 | Alfred Ernest Sauer | Paul Julien Meylan | August Anderson |
| 1912 | Albertson Van Zo Post | Sherman Hall | Charles Bill |
| 1911 | George Horace Breed | George Horace Breed | August Anderson |
| 1910 | A. W. De La Poer | George K. Bainbridge | Joseph Shaw |
| 1909 | A. W. De La Poer | Oliver A. Dickinson | Alfred Sauer |
| 1908 | Paul Benzenberg | William Law Bowman | George Postgate |
| 1907 | W. D. Lyon | Camille Waldbott | August Anderson |
| 1906 | William Grebe | Scott Dudley Breckenridge | August Anderson |
| 1905 | William Scott O'Connor | Charles George Bothner | Kirk Johnson |
| 1904 | Charles George Bothner | Charles George Bothner | August Anderson |
| 1903 | Charles Tatham | Fitzhugh Townsend | Albertson Van Zo Post |
| 1902 | Charles Tatham | James P. Parker | Albertson Van Zo Post |
| 1901 | Charles Tatham | Charles Tatham | Albertson Van Zo Post |
| 1900 | W. D. Lyon | Fitzhugh Townsend | John Erving |
| 1899 | Manuel De Diaz | Georges Kavanagh | Georges Kavanagh |
| 1898 | No National Championship held due to the Spanish-American War | ||
| 1897 | Charles George Bothner | Charles George Bothner | Charles Bothner |
| 1896 | Albertson Van Zo Post | Georges Kavahagh | Charles Bothner |
| 1895 | Charles George Bothner | Albertson Van Zo Post | Charles Bothner |
| 1894 | Rudolph O. Haubold | Charles George Bothner | Graeme Hammond |
| 1893 | Graeme Monroe Hammond | William T. Heintz | Graeme Hammond |
| 1892 | Bernard Francis O'Connor | William Scott O'Connor | Rudolph Haubold |
| 1891 | Graeme Monroe Hammond | Graeme Monroe Hammond | Charles Bothner |
| 1890 | Alexander Greger | Samuel T. Shaw | George Heintz |
| 1889 | Graeme Monroe Hammond | Bernard Francis O'Connor | Luis Franke |
| 1888 | Eugene Higgins | William Thornton Lawson | Hildreth Bloodgood |
| Women's Fencing Division I National Champions | |||
| Year | Épée | Foil | Sabre |
| 2024 | Hadley Husisian | Delphine Devore | Maia Chamberlain |
| 2023 | Hadley Husisian | Maia Weintraub | Nora Burke |
| 2022 | Catherine Nixon | Lauren Scruggs | Zoe Kim |
| 2021 | Hadley Husisian | May Tieu | Chloe Fox-Gitomer |
| 2020 | No National Championship held due to the Coronavirus | ||
| 2019 | Isis Washington | Maia Weintraub | Mariel Zagunis |
| 2018 | Amanda Sirico | Nzingha Prescod | Mariel Zagunis |
| 2017 | Kelley Hurley | Margaret Lu | Ibtihaj Muhammad |
| 2016 | Francesca Bassa | Margaret Lu | Kamali Thompson |
| 2015 | Kelley Hurley | Margaret Lu | Sage Palmedo |
| 2014 | Margherita Guzzi Vincenti | Margaret Lu | Celina Merza |
| 2013 | Kelley Hurley | Nzingha Prescod | Eliza Stone |
| 2012 | Courtney Hurley | Doris Willette | Francesca Russo |
| 2011 | Courtney Hurley | Margaret Lu | Daria Schneider |
| 2010 | Courtney Hurley | Margaret Lu | Emily Jacobson |
| 2009 | Susannah Scanlan | Lee Kiefer | Ibtihaj Muhammad |
| 2008 | Courtney Hurley | Erinn Smart | Rebecca Ward |
| 2007 | Courtney Hurley | Erinn Smart | Rebecca Ward |
| 2006 | Kelley Hurley | Emily Cross | Sada Jacobson |
| 2005 | Maya Lawrence | Hanna Thompson | Rebecca Ward |
| 2004 | Kelley Hurley | Erinn Smart | Sada Jacobson |
| 2003 | Stephanie Eim | Iris Zimmermann | Christine Becker |
| 2002 | Kerry Walton | Erinn Smart | Caitlin Thompson |
| 2001 | Julia Leszko | Iris Zimmermann | Sada Jacobson |
| 2000 | Stephanie Eim | Felicia Zimmermann | Christina Crane |
| 1999 | Arlene Stevens | Felicia Zimmermann | Nicole Mustilli |
| 1998 | Arlene Stevens | Erinn Smart | Kelly Williams |
| 1997 | Jessica Burke | Iris Zimmermann | |
| 1996 | Leslie Marx | Felicia Zimmermann | |
| 1995 | Terry Lewis | Ann Marsh | |
| 1994 | Donna Lee Stone | Ann Marsh | |
| 1993 | Leslie Marx | Felicia Zimmermann | |
| 1992 | Barbara Turpin | Caitlin Kelly Bilodeaux | |
| 1991 | Margo Lee Miller | Mary Jane O'Neill | |
| 1990 | Donna Lee Stone | Jennifer Yu | |
| 1989 | Cathy McClellan | Caitlin Kelly Bilodeaux | |
| 1988 | Xandy Brown | Sharon Mary Monplaisir | |
| 1987 | Donna Lee Stone | Caitlin Kelly Bilodeaux | |
| 1986 | Vincent Hayden Bradford | Caitlin Kelly Bilodeaux | |
| 1985 | Cathy McClellan | Molly Sullivan | |
| 1984 | Vincent Hayden Bradford | Vincent Hayden Bradford | |
| 1983 | Vincent Hayden Bradford | Debra Lynn Waples | |
| 1982 | Vincent Hayden Bradford | Jana Angelakis | |
| 1981 | Susan Jane Badders | Jana Angelakis | |
| 1980 | Nikki Tomlinson Franke | ||
| 1979 | Jana Angelakis | ||
| 1978 | Gay Jacobsen D'Asaro | ||
| 1977 | Sheila Armstrong | ||
| 1976 | Ann O'Donnell | ||
| 1975 | Nikki Tomlinson | ||
| 1974 | Gay Jacobsen | ||
| 1973 | Tatyana Pavlovna Adamovitch | ||
| 1972 | Ruth White | ||
| 1971 | Harriet King | ||
| 1970 | Harriet King | ||
| 1969 | Ruth White | ||
| 1968 | Janice York Romary | ||
| 1967 | Harriet King | ||
| 1966 | Janice York Romary | ||
| 1965 | Janice York Romary | ||
| 1964 | Janice York Romary | ||
| 1963 | Harriet King | ||
| 1962 | E. Takeuchi | ||
| 1961 | Janice York Romary | ||
| 1960 | Janice York Romary | ||
| 1959 | Pilar Roldan | ||
| 1958 | Maxine Mitchell | ||
| 1957 | Janice York Romary | ||
| 1956 | Janice York Romary | ||
| 1955 | Maxine Mitchell | ||
| 1954 | Maxine Mitchell | ||
| 1953 | Paula Sweeney | ||
| 1952 | Maxine Mitchell | ||
| 1951 | Janice York (Romary) | ||
| 1950 | Janice York (Romary) | ||
| 1949 | Polly Craus | ||
| 1948 | Helena Mroczkowska Dow | ||
| 1947 | Helena Mroczkowska Dow | ||
| 1946 | Helene Mayer | ||
| 1945 | Maria Cerra | ||
| 1944 | Madeline Dalton | ||
| 1943 | Helena Mroczkowska Dow | ||
| 1942 | Helene Mayer | ||
| 1941 | Helene Mayer | ||
| 1940 | Helena Mroczkowska Dow | ||
| 1939 | Helene Mayer | ||
| 1938 | Helene Mayer | ||
| 1937 | Helene Mayer | ||
| 1936 | Joanna De Tuscan | ||
| 1935 | Helene Mayer | ||
| 1934 | Helene Mayer | ||
| 1933 | Dorothy Locke | ||
| 1933 (OUT) | Helene Mayer | ||
| 1932 | Dorothy Locke | ||
| 1931 | Marion Lloyd | ||
| 1930 | Elizabeth Van Buskirk | ||
| 1929 | Florence Schoonmaker | ||
| 1928 | Marion Lloyd | ||
| 1927 | Stephanie Stern | ||
| 1926 | Florence Schoonmaker | ||
| 1925 | Florence Schoonmaker | ||
| 1924 | Irma Hopper | ||
| 1923 | Adeline Gehrig | ||
| 1922 | Adeline Gehrig | ||
| 1921 | Adeline Gehrig | ||
| 1920 | Adeline Gehrig | ||
| 1919 | NO CONTEST FOR WOMEN | ||
| 1918 | No National Championship held due to the First World War | ||
| 1917 | Florence S. Walton | ||
| 1916 | Alice Voorhees | ||
| 1915 | Jessie Pyle | ||
| 1914 | Margaret Stimson | ||
| 1913 | Mrs. Wm. H. Dewar | ||
| 1912 | Dr. Adelaide Baylis | ||
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