Rutgers Athletics Hall of Fame
One of the most decorated fencers in Rutgers history, Jemal captured the 2003 individual national championship in saber in Colorado Spring, Colo. as a senior. She was a three-time All-American and a member of the U.S. National Team. Jemal was named New Jersey's "NCAA Woman of the Year" in 2003. A team captain, Jemal finished her senior season 33-2 and ranked as the No. 5 fencer in the nation. She finished 10th at the 2002 NCAA Fencing Championships her junior season. Her success in competition was equaled in the classroom as she achieved a 4.0 grade point average her senior year. She was the 2003 recipient of the Collegiate Athletic Administrators of New Jersey (CAANJ) Division I Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year as well as a First Team Verizon Academic All-America University Division At-Large selection. Jemal was a distinguished member of several prestigious academic clubs, including the International Honor Key Society and Phi Beta Kappa. She was also honored with the President's Award at Rutgers. During her time at Rutgers, she worked as a coach and a mentor to the Peter Westbrook Foundation, an organization dedicated to bringing inner-city minority youth into the sport of fencing and encouraging academic success.
