Hayley Reese Class: Freshman Hometown: Crestwood, KY High School: Oldham County Height: 5-5 Event: Foil Birthdate: 02/08/1980 Club: Louisville Fencing Center

Rapidly-developing foilist who did not begin fencing until age 12 but has risen to national ranking of eighth among nation's junior-level (U-20) women's foilists ... combines tremendous speed and great technique with a unique style and unmatched analytical skills (which she uses in competitive bouting and everyday lessons) ... a resilient and mentally strong competitor who has made quick transition to collegiate fencing ... excels at making key mid-bout adjustments ... has set her lofty career goals, with hopes of one day fencing in the Olympics ... also aspires to become an officer in the Air Force or a pilot in one of the armed forces ... was listed seventh on USFA's Junior/Under-20 women's foil rankings (as of Nov. 15, 2007), behind Doris Willette, Nzigha Prescod, Nicole Ross, Luona Wang, Kylei McGill and Dayana Sarkisova ... has impressive overall USFA ranking of 14th (among all women's foilists), behind the likes of Emily Cross, Hanna Thompson, Erinn Smart, Iris Zimmermann, Willette, Prescod, Wang, Ross, McGill, Olga Ostatnigrosh, Samantha Nemecek, Adrienne Varadi and Brianna Martin ... owns FIE world ranking of 75th among U-20 women's foilists (as of Nov. 15, 2007) ... her recent results include placing 42nd out of 116 women's foilists at the Jr. World Cup in Bratislava, Slovakia (Oct. '07) before reaching semifinals of North American Cup in Dallas (Nov. '07), with Prescod winning that event while Brianna Martin was runner-up ... placed 14th at the Penn State Open, in the fall of 2007.

2006-07 RESULTS: Compiled impressive season that included winning the cadet/Under-17 title at the Junior Olympics in Denver, Colo. (Feb. '07; also 9th in the U-20 bouts) while earning top-8 finishes at the Junior World Cup in Montreal (7th; Jan.) and the Cadet World Cup in Jena, Germany (8th; Feb.) ... also qualified for U.S. National Team that competed in the women's foil bouts at the Cadet World Championships (Belek, Turkey; April '07) ... placed 47th at that elite world event ... her results at USFA North American Cups in the fall of 2006 included taking the cadet/U-17 silver in Memphis (Oct.) and the cadet gold in Albuquerque (Nov.; also 20th in U-20 bouting) before an impressive 14th-place finish among all women's foilists at the event in Richmond (Dec.) ... went on to compete at the N.A.C. in Columbus, Ohio (Jan. '07; 26th overall; 8th in U-20s), before placing 57th the next month at Junior World Cup in Lyon, France ... also was 34th among all women's foilists at USFA Nationals (April '07) and 13th at Summer Nationals in Miami (10th in U-20s) ... won three medals at Notre Dame's Culver Open (Dec. '06): gold in women's foil, silver in mixed foil (men's/women's) and silver in women's epee ... similarly won the mixed foil and women's epee events at the 2006 Mike DeCicco Invitational (also held at ND).

PREP & PERSONAL: Lettered with the cross country team as a freshman and sophomore at Oldham County High School while training under Les Stawicki at the Louisville Fencing Center (where she started fencing at the age of 12) ... Stawicki is a former head coach of Poland's Olympic Fencing team and now serves as head coach of the U.S. Paralympic Team ... made fast progress under the direction of Stawicki, despite being only female foilist at the LFC club ... a state and regional fencing champ throughout her high school years (also nationally-ranked each year) ... a National Merit finalist and scholarship winner who graduated first in her class ... also member of the National Honor Society ... her twin sisters Caitlin and Sarah Reese ran cross country at Auburn from 2001-04 ... born Feb. 8, 1990, in Okinawa, Japan ... daughter of Bill and Michelle Reese ... full name is Hayley Bevin Reese ... enrolled in the First Year of Studies ... intends to major in mechanical engineering.