Coming in at #7 in the #NYUAthleticsTop10 for 2016-17 is the performance of the New York University fencing teams at the 2017 NCAA Championships, which were hosted by the University of Notre Dame at the Indiana Farmers Coliseum in Indianapolis, IN, from March 23-26.

The Violets' men's and women's teams combined to post an 11th-place finish of the 27 competing schools, taking the top spot among all Division III schools with an overall score of 67. It marked NYU's best finish in the national event since 2005, when the combined squad placed ninth.

NYU sent seven fencers to the NCAA Championships and produced two All-Americans: Grant Williams and Philip Shin. Williams tallied 15 wins in sabre to place sixth in the weapon a year after landing in 17th place as a freshman. Shin doubled his victory total from the previous year, collecting 12 victories in foil to secure 12th place.

The men's team finished the season with an 18-8 dual-match record, including six straight victories to end the campaign. The women's team posted a 13-14 record, including a 5-1 mark at the University of Pennsylvania's Philadelphia Invitational on January 21 

2016-17 #NYUAthleticsTop10:
No. 1 - Week of August 14
No. 2 - Week of August 7
No. 3 - Week of July 31
No. 4 - Week of July 24
No. 5 - Week of July 17
No. 6 - Week of July 10
No. 7 - Fencing Combines for 11th-Place Finish at NCAA Championships
No. 8 - Tennis Squads Finish Season with National Rankings
No. 9 - Varsity Athletes Make the Grade
No. 10 - Senior Student-Athlete Academic Achievement