Linda Vollkommer-Lynch

Title

Assistant Coach
Email

lvollkom@stevens.edu
Phone

201-694-3545

Linda Vollkommer-Lynch is in her 48th season as the head coach of the Stevens women’s fencing program. She is the lone head coach of the women’s fencing team in the history of the program and has compiled a career record of 615-310 heading into the 2020-21 season. Vollkommer-Lynch is also the longest-standing head coach in Stevens history.

In her career at Stevens, Vollkommer-Lynch has led the Ducks to finish as the top Division III school National Intercollegiate Women’s Fencing Association (NIWFA) Championships seven times, five Eastern Women’s Fencing Conference team titles (EWFC) and two trips to the NCAA DIII Championships. Additionally, she was named NJCAD Coach of the Decade for the 1990s.

1984: NCAA Northeast Regional Fourth Place – 12th Place at NCAA Championships
1982: NCAA Northeast Regional Champions – Seventh Place at NCAA Championships
1982: ToyKen Yee – 14th Place overall at NCAA Championships

18 Total First Team All-NIWFA National Team selections
2017-18: Epee Team Champions
2016-17: Foil Team Champions
2015-16: Epee Team Champions
2015-16: Foil Team Champions
2015-16: Sabre Team Champions
2014-15: Foil Team Champions
2012-13: Epee Team Champions
2011-12: Epee Team Champions
2010-11: Epee Team Champions
1993-94: Coach of the Year
1983-84: Coach of the Year

2019-20: Coaching Staff of the Year
2017-18: Coaching Staff of the Year
2016-17: Team Champions
2015-16: Team Champions
2014-15: Team Champions
2011-12: Coaching Staff of the Year
2003-04: Co-Coach of the Year
2002-03: Co-Coach of the Year
2001-02: Team Champions
2001-02: Coach of the Year
2000-01: Team Champions
2000-01: Coach of the Year
Six EWFC Women of the Year:
- 2017-18: Abigail Kaye
- 2014-15: Sienna Batzli
- 2013-14: Briana Nieradka
- 2012-13: Juliet Turalski
- 2008-09: Laura Sodon
- 2007-08: Natalia Chabebe
10 Epee Fencers of the Year:
- 2017-18: Amanda Choy
- 2016-17: Amanda Choy
- 2015-16: Julie McEldoon
- 2012-13: Briana Nieradka
- 2011-12: Briana Nieradka
- 2004-05: Andrea Chimel
- 2001-02: Andrea Chimel
- 1999-00: Rosie Reyes-Esquivel Bauer
- 1998-99: Leslie Tyrie
10 Foil Fencers of the Year
- 2017-18: Abigail Kaye
- 2016-17: Abigail Kaye
- 2014-15: Abigail Kaye
- 2011-12: Alexis Clyburn
- 2002-03: Rensie Punsal
- 2001-02: Jennifer Hsiao
- 2000-01: Samantha Bruno
- 1998-99: Samantha Bruno
- 1997-98: Jennifer Garner
- 1996-97: Jennifer Garner
Three Sabre Fencers of the Year
- 2018-19: Kiera Barnes
- 2014-15: Zoe To
- 2001-02: Gaetana Barba

21 Consecutive years with a player being named to the NIWFA All-Academic Team
2008: Apryl Webb – Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars Award
2006: Apryl Webb – Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars Award
2006: Judith Generoso – Third Team CoSIDA Academic All-District
1995: Angie Hankins – Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars Award

In total, Vollkommer-Lynch has produced 23 EWFC Fencers of the Year since inception of the conference in 1996
In the past 10 years, she has coached a total of nine teams to NIWFA Championships across all three weapons
Under Vollkommer-Lynch, six athletes have been named to the Stevens Athletics Hall of Fame
She has been named conference Coach of the Year nine times in her career while also being named the NJCAD Coach of the Decade in the 1990s
In 2019-20, Stevens set a new program record for victories for the third straight year with 34. The Ducks also set a program record for consecutive wins with 21 straight bout victories.
She also coached ToyKen Yee, who advanced to the NCAA National Championships in 1982 and finished in 14th place individually

As a fencer, Vollkommer-Lynch won the 1983 New Jersey State Championship
She also participated in the national Sports Festival in 1981 and 1982 and was the finalist in the first Garden State Games in 1983.
Additionally, she competed in the US Women’s Fencing Olympic trails in 1984
She earned a B.A. degree in Physical Education from New Jersey City University in 1970
Vollkommer-Lynch was inducted of the Hudson County Hall of Fame in 2000 and the New Jersey State Hall of Fame in 1985