Kayley French Class: Junior Hometown: Southlake, Texas High School: Carroll Height: 5-9 Weapon: Epée

2008-09: One of five Wildcats to qualify for the NCAA Championships, finishing 20th nationally with a 6-17 record ... Recorded her 200th career victory at the Championships, as her 204 wins rank seventh among the Wildcat epeeists ... Earned a pair of sixth-place finishes at both the Midwest Conference Championships and the NCAA Midwest Regionals, going a combined 17-4 ... Second-team All-Midwest Conference selection ... Started off the year with an 8-1 record at the NU Duals and a 7-3 record at the Penn Invitational ... Finished 11-4 at the NYU Invitational, cracking the 10-win plateau for the first time on the year ... Closed out the regular season by going 5-1 at the Duke Duals and followed it up with a 7-3 outing at the Notre Dame Duals ... Academic All-Big Ten.

2007-08: Continued to establish herself as a constant for Northwestern, finishing with a 59-18 record ... Started off the year by going 9-1 at the NU Duals (11/3), and followed that up with an 11-1 performance at the Temple Invitational (1/13) ... Recorded her 100th-career victory at the NYU Duals (1/26), going 7-6 on the day ... Posted a 12-5 record at the NU Duals (2/3) ... Finished strong down the stretch for the Wildcats, going 8-0 at the Notre Dame Duals (2/10), then placed fourth at the Midwest Fencing Conference Championship (2/24) with a 7-1 record to qualify for the NCAA Regional ... Went 5-4 at the NCAA Midwest Regional (3/2) to finish 10th.

2006-07: Another immediate success in the `Cats line-up this year ... Placed 14th at NCAA Tournament with a 10-13 record ... Qualified for NCAA Championships with 8-2 NCAA Regional record ... Earned second-team All-Midwest Fencing Conference honors ... Placed fifth at conference championships ... Went 7-1 at first NU Duals (11/18) ... Posted a 13-4 record at the NYU Duals, including 2-1 victories over the No. 2 Columbia and No. 6 Ohio State (1/28) ... Finished regular season on a 15-4 run.

High School: Like her twin sister Christa, Kayley has traveled all over the world representing the United States in international fencing competitions--Portugal, Germany, Budapest, Italy and Austria ... Ranked first in Southwest Section Circuit (2005) ... Finished first at Junior World Cup in Louisville (2004) and Cadet NAC in Atlanta, Ga. (2004) ... Third-place finish at Junior NAC in Overland Park, Kansas ... Eighth-place finish in Albuquerque, N.M. at Junior NAC (2005) ... Fifth at Cadet World Cup in Montreal, Canada (2004) ... Ninth at Cadet World Cup in Heidenheim, Germany (2004) ... Two-year National Honor Society member ... Two-year French National Honor Society member ... Four-year French Club member.

Personal: Born Kayley Alexandra French ... Daughter of Linda and Ted French ... Anticipated major is human development and psychological services, focusing in pre-med studies ... Twin sister Christa competes on Northwestern's fencing team.

French's Career Record
2008-09    68-43   (.613)
2007-08    59-18   (.766)
2006-07    77-34   (.694)
Total     204-95   (.682)