Nikki Franke has been leading the Temple University Fencing Team for nearly half a century. When she went to the college to get her Masters and saw that the men had a team but the women didn’t, she sought to make a change. That was 48 years ago. She’s an All America , Olympian and two-time national champion herself and has brought everything she has learned to the team and they’ve climbed ranks currently being the 5th ranked team in the nation.