[1] She attended the University of California, Santa Barbara from 1972 to 1974 and fenced as a member of the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos.

She later transferred and fenced for San Jose State University in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

She holds a record for two National Titles, and was a 1-rated Referee.

She was a student of coach Michael D'Asaro Sr., whom she later married.

As of 2006, she no longer uses last name D'Asaro, and now goes by her married name: Gay (Jacobsen) MacLellan.