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University of Pennsylvania Athletics

2006-07 Men's Fencing

Michael Galligan

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Houston, Texas
  • Highschool St. Pius X

Biography

2007: Second-team All-Ivy ... NCAA Championships qualifier ... Went 35-13 in foil during the regular season and posted a 10-5 Ivy League record ... Went 10-2 against opponents in the MIT Multi-Meet (2/4) ... Recorded 3-0 sweeps over Ivy opponents at Yale (2/11) and Brown (2/25).

2006: Honorable mention All-America ... Second-team All-Ivy League ... Academic All-Ivy ... Had a 26-13 record in the regular season and an 11-3 mark in Ivy League bouts ... Placed ninth at the NCAA Championships (3/19) ... Finished seventh at NCAA Mid-Atlantic/South Regional (3/5) ... Finished fourth in the B-Division at the IFA Championships (2/25) ... Along with Ron Berkowsky and Corey Purcell, helped the foil team place first at the IFA Championships (2/25).

2005: Posted a 19-8 record ... Placed ninth at the NCAA Championships ... Finished fourth at the NCAA Regional Qualifier ... Went 6-0 against Johns Hopkins on Jan. 30 ... Picked up three wins while shutting out Boston College on Feb. 5 ... Shut out Princeton on Feb. 9 ... Took seventh at the Temple Open.

2004: Compiled a 26-8 overall record and a 6-3 mark in the Ancient Eight ... Made collegiate debut at Temple Open on Nov. 2, tying for third-place overall ... Went 9-2 at Penn State Multi-Meet, going 3-0 against Duke and St. John’s on Jan. 24 ... Went 2-1 in Ivy debut against Yale on Jan. 31 ... Recorded 7-2 mark at Brandeis Multi-Meet on Feb. 1 ... Posted 6-2 mark overall at Penn Multi-Meet ... Also recorded two wins over Harvard at Penn Multi-Meet on Feb. 7 ... Named to Ivy League Weekly Honor Roll after recording two wins over Princeton on Feb. 11.

High School: Under-20 National Champion at the 2003 USFA Junior Olympics ... Member of Under-19 and Open Foil 2002 USFA first-place finish squads ... Took first place at the DeGall Open, Oz Parsons Memorial Open, Yorick Open, Rose Condon Memorial Open and Heavy Metal Open in 2002 ... 2002 USFA Southwest Section Open Men's Foil Champion ... First alternate for 2002 U.S. Cadet World Team.

Personal: Born April 26, 1985 ... Son of Mary and Jeff Galligan ... Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences as a communications major.


Historical Player Information

  • 2004-05Sophomore

    Foil
  • 2005-06Junior

    Foil
  • 2006-07Senior

    Foil