Hall of Fame
Ania "Anna" Garina was a four-year letterwinner in women's fencing (2003-07) for the Green and Gold.
She was a three-time national champion (2004-05, 2007) and a four-time First Team All-American.
Garina was the first three-time NCAA champion in women's epee history and only the fourth women in NCAA fencing history and first in women's epee to win back-to-back NCAA Championships.
In addition, she became the first WSU female fencer to win multiple NCAA championships.
Garina, who was selected as the 2006-07 WSU Female Student-Athlete of the Year, finished her career with 199 dual meet wins, the most of any female epeeist in WSU history.
She won the NCAA national title as a freshman in 2004, beating 2002 champion Kerry Walton of Notre Dame, 15-10, in title bout. Garina earned her second straight NCAA national title as a sophomore in 2005, defeating Notre Dame's Amy Orlando in the championship bout, 15-6.
As a junior she finished second in 2006 at NCAA Championships falling to Penn State's Katarzyna Trzopek in title bout, 12-11.
Garina captured the 2007 NCAA national title, beating Notre Dame's Kelley Hurley, 15-13, in title bout.
A native of Kiev, Ukraine, Garina graduated from WSU in 2007 with an accounting degree.
