Meet the Team

The Coaches
Women’s Foil | Women’s Epee | Women’s Sabre
Men’s Foil | Men’s Epee | Men’s Sabre


Lisa Milgram

Fencing Head Coach

Lisa Milgram has been the head coach of the Men’s and Women’s fencing teams since July 1999. Milgram is the only current female head coach of a men’s fencing program in the country.

Milgram, a 1993 graduate of Penn State, served as Stanford’s assistant coach since 1996. During her time on The Farm, Stanford has finished third at the NCAA Championships, first at NCAA Regionals and had a total of four athletes win individual NCAA Championships. Prior to joining the Cardinal coaching staff, she was head coach at UC San Diego for three seasons.

As an undergraduate at Penn State, Milgram led the team to the NCAA Championship in 1990, finishing third overall in women’s foil. She was a three-time letterwinner with a degree in Exercise Sport Science. Milgram was a member of the Junior Women’s Foil team and competed at the Junior Olympics. She was a nationally ranked fencer in both foil and epee.



George Pogosov

Assistant Fencing Coach
Stanford Fencing Club Head Coach

George Pogosov came to Stanford Fencing in 1999. He is the Assistant Coach for the Men’s and Women’s fencing teams as well as the Head Coach for the Stanford Fencing Club. His credentials include being an Olympic Silver Medalist in 1988, an Olympic Gold Medalist in 1992 and a Team World Champion.


The Team

Men’s Epee
Graham Allen
Avin Bansal
Austin Burke
Eric Tribbett
Eric Wanless
Men’s Foil
Nicholas Furrow
Ian Hill
Mark Mulholland
Felix Reichling
Florian Reichling
Alexander Wood


Men’s Sabre
Jared Delgin
David LaValle
Robert Owens
Women’s Epee
Colleen Acosta
Jessica Lisagor
Anne Simpson
Vanessa Smith
Women’s Foil
Ute Breden
Samantha Symonds
Iris Zimmerman
Women’s Sabre
Diane Boudalis
Megan Everett
Colleen O’Kelly
Katherine Stephan



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