Career Notes: Is the third WSU men's epeeist to win back-to-back national titles joining Ettore Bianchi (1984-85) and Gil Pezza (1980-81) ... first NCAA epeeist to win back-to-back national titles since Colulmbia's Jon Normile in 1988-89.

2007-08 Won the 2008 NCAA national title with wins over Stanley Vaksman from St. John's 15-8 in a semifinal bout and Penn State's Arth Urman 15-7 in the national championship bout ... compiled a 15-8 mark (+22 in touches) during round-robin competition at the NCAA Championship ... won the men's epee at the 2008 Midwest Fencing Conference championship then placed fourth at the NCAA Midwest Regional championship.

2006-07: Captured the 2007 NCAA national title as he defeated Benjamin Bratton of St. John's, 15-13 ... compiled a 17-6 mark (+37 touches) during round-robin competition at the NCAA Championship ... placed eighth at the NCAA Midwest Regional ... won the men's epee at the 2007 Midwest Fencing Conference championship hosted by Notre Dame ... entered the championship as the No. 7 seed, had a 5-0 record in pool play ... defeated Ohio State's Sean Harder, 15-12, before upending another Buckeye, Noam Gill, 15-11, in the quarterfinals ... in the semifinals, he was a 15-10 victor over Notre Dame's Karol Kostka and defeated teammate Marek Petraszek 15-12 in the championship bout ... helped the men's epee squad to a second-place finish at the MFC, falling 5-2 to Ohio State in the championship round ... won the Michigan Open title.

High School: Graduated from high school in 2002.

Personal: Full name--Viacheslav L. Zingerman ... born March 18, 1984, in Noyabursh, Russia ... son of Leonid and Maina Zingerman ... has an older brother Yuri ... is an engineering major ... named to the Coach's Honor Roll (term gpa 3.0-3.49) for Fall 2007.