Natalia Falkowski

Epee

Player profile

  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Wappingers Falls, N.Y.
  • Last School John Jay High School

Sustainable Student-Athlete Feature

Ohio State Career 

  • First Team All-MFC honoree
  • Two Top 16 NCAA Regional finishes
  • Three-time Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
  • Three-time Ohio State Scholar-Athlete and Academic All-Big Ten honoree

Senior Season (2019-20)

  • First Team All-MFC
  • Tied for third at MFC Championships
  • Finished 16th at NCAA Regionals
  • Placed 25th at Penn State Open
  • 66-44 in the regular season, leading the women’s epee squad in wins
  • 15-3 at OSU Duals and was undefeated in 12 bouts at Detroit Mercy Invitational
  • Ohio State Scholar-Athlete, Academic All-Big Ten honoree and a Big Ten Distinguished Scholar

Junior Season (2018-19)

  • Honorable Mention All-MFC after finishing 11th
  • Placed 10th at NCAA Regionals
  • Ohio State Scholar-Athlete and Academic All-Big Ten honoree
  • Big Ten Distinguished Scholar

Sophomore Season (2017-18) 

  • Placed 20th at MFC Championships
  • Tied for third at OSU Open
  • Competed at the Elite Invitational Duals and St. John’s Invitational
  • Fenced at Northwestern Duals

Freshman Season (2016-17)

  • Finished eighth at MFC Championships
  • Tied for third place at OSU Open
  • Led women’s epee unit at OSU Duals with a 24-0 record

Prior to Ohio State

  • Fenced with the Fencing Academy of Westchester for 10 years
  • Earned a silver medal in junior team women’s epee at 2015 Junior Olympics
  • Came in 20th in junior women’s epee individual competition at 2015 Junior Olympics

Personal

  • Daughter of Alicja and Miroslaw Falkowski
  • Has one sibling, Victor
  • Earned Ohio State degree in international business and finance in Spring 2020
  • Accepted a position as a financial analyst in New York City upon graduation
  • Greatest sports thrill is earning second place at the 2015 Junior Olympics in the team event