Hall of Fame
Farkashazy Weaver, a native of Budapest, Hungary, and long-time resident of Australia, was Wayne State's first national women's fencing champion. She earned a freshman numeral in 1980, then earned three major letter awards in 1981, 1982 and 1983. All of Farkashazy's accomplishments with WSU came in the foil weapon, but she also fenced competitively with the epeé.
Farkashazy went undefeated in dual match competition her first year at Wayne State, finishing 29-0. At the 1980 National Intercollegiate Women's Fencing Association (NIWFA) national championship meet, held at Ohio State, Farkashazy went undefeated in five matches and defeated defending national champion Joy Ellingson of San Jose State for the title. On the strength of Farkashazy's national title, the Tartars finished fourth in the national team competition with 78 points.
Farkashazy earned All-America First Team honors all four years at Wayne State, the last tow from the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). She participated in the post-season national championships her remaining three years, and finished with a 147-6 overall career record in dual match competition for a 96.1 winning percentage.
She led the 1983 WSU team to a second place finish at the NCAA National Championships behind Penn State, then Wayne's highest finish at the NCAA's. While at Wayne, Farkashazy won numerous Midwest and Canadian fencing tournament titles entered as an individual participant.
When Farkashazy was five, her parents immigrated from Hungary to Melbourne, Australia. At age 10, a friend in the Hungarian community in Melbourne, who owned a private fencing club, got Farkashazy's parents to enroll her.
Farkashazy quickly showed promise. At 14 she represented Australia at the 1974 World Unver-20 Championships, and would participate at the event twice more in her career. At age 16 she won the Australian Residential Championship in 1975, making her the then youngest-ever to win this national title. She would capture the same title again in 1981, and in 1982 Farkashazy won the Australian Championship title. She also represented Australia at the 1978 World Seniors Championships.
While participating in a national Australian meet in 1979, fellow Australian and WSU fencer Gregory Benko recruited Farkashazy to WSU. Benko told her about earning a scholarship to fence in the United States, and with fellow Hungarian Maestro Istvan Danosi serving as the Tartars' head coach, Farkashazy found herself on her first trip to the U.S. Both Danosi and Benko are members of the Athletic Hall of Fame.
During her WSU career Farkashazy finished third at the 1981 International Invitational Tournament held in Beijing. Coming out of that tournament she was ranked 47th in the world, her highest ranking ever.
After concluding her WSU playing career, Farkashazy served as head coach of the men's epeé and foil at Oral Roberts University for one season before ORU discontinued the program. While waiting for a new coaching position, Farkashazy visited her sister in San Antonio, Texas, that summer. While working for a rental agency, she rented an apartment to a man who she eventually wed, Billy Weaver.
Farkashazy earned a Bachelor of Science in Physical Education from Wayne State in 1992.
The Weavers reside in Anchorage, Alaska with their two children, son Michael and daughter Geneva. Farkashazy is a court clerk with the State of Alaska's Criminal Division.
