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Bella Peceli

  • Title
    Graduate Assistant Coach

Notable fencing/coaching/academic history:  

  • Originally from Sacramento, California 

  • Earned B rating within first two years of fencing (Epee) 

  • Won first NAC event within first two years of fencing 

  • Has fenced for 12 years in Epee 

  • Has coached for 5 years  

  • Lettered in fencing, softball, and soccer in high school 

  • Four-time national competitor in epee and was also a four-time Junior Olympian 

  • Finished 1st in 2012 at the Division 2 NAC in St. Louis, MO 

  • 23rd in cadet points during the 2012-13 season 

  • Finished 13th in the country, and 1st in Division II, in the epee at the 2012 NAC in Anaheim, CA 

  • President of NAMI, Women’s and Gender Studies Club during undergraduate career 

  • UIW Women’s Fencing team captain from 2015-2019 

  • Achieved undergraduate degree in Psychology from UIW with 3.58 GPA (Cum Laude)  

  • Current pursuing a master’s in industrial and organizational psychology