NCAA Fencing Championships
The NCAA Fencing Championships are awarded at the annual tournament held in March to determine the NCAA's national collegiate individual and team championships in fencing. Individual champions are determined by performance during the NCAA fencing team championship competition.
History
Prior to 1990, separate men's championships were held, but since then, fencing has been a coed sport with teams having men's and women's squads, although some schools field only a women's team. Fencing is a single-division sport with schools from all three NCAA divisions competing against each other.Fencing was one of twelve women's sports added to the NCAA championship program for the 1981–82 school year, as the NCAA engaged in battle with the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women for sole governance of women's collegiate sports. The AIAW continued to conduct its established championship program in the same twelve sports; however, after a year of dual women's championships, the NCAA conquered the AIAW and usurped its authority and membership.
NCAA fencing follows the rules of the U.S. Fencing Association with several modifications.
Champions
Co-ed team championships (1990–present)
Separate team championships (1982–1989)
Men's-only team championships (1941–1981)
- Note: Team scoring in 1990 was based on weapon team events standings. From 1991 to 1994, point values increased due to fencers not qualifying as part of a team being able to contribute points from individual performances. Weapon team events were eliminated in 1995, and team scoring was based entirely on individual performances; women's épée was added as a fifth weapon. Since 1998, team scoring has been based on a one-point system; women's sabre was added as a sixth weapon in 2000.
Co-ed team titles
| Team | Titles | Year Won |
| Penn State | 13 | 1990, 1991, 1995-2000, 2002, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2014 |
| Notre Dame | 6 | 1994, 2003, 2005, 2011, 2017, 2018 |
| Columbia | 5 | 1992, 1993, 2015, 2016, 2019 |
| Ohio State | 3 | 2004, 2008, 2012 |
| Princeton | 1 | 2013 |
| Harvard | 1 | 2006 |
| Saint Johns | 1 | 2001 |
Women's team titles
NCAA women's fencing was an NCAA sponsored sport from 1982 to 1989.| Team | Titles | Year Won |
| Wayne State | 3 | 1982, 1988, 1989 |
| Yale | 2 | 1984, 1985 |
| Penn State | 1 | 1983 |
| Penn | 1 | 1986 |
| Notre Dame | 1 | 1987 |
Men's team titles
NCAA men's fencing was an NCAA sponsored sport from 1941 to 1989.| Team | Titles | Year Won |
| NYU | 12 | 1947, 1954, 1957, 1960, 1961, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1976 |
| Columbia | 11 | 1951, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1963, 1965, 1968, 1971, 1987, 1988, 1989 |
| Wayne State | 7 | 1975, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985 |
| Notre Dame | 3 | 1977, 1978, 1986 |
| Navy | 3 | 1950, 1959, 1962 |
| Illinois | 2 | 1956, 1958 |
| Penn | 2 | 1969, 1981 |
| Detroit | 1 | 1972 |
| Army | 1 | 1949 |
| Rutgers | 1 | 1949 |
| CCNY | 1 | 1948 |
| Northwestern | 1 | 1941 |
| Ohio State | 1 | 1942 |
| Princeton | 1 | 1964 |