A Lexington High School, has an Olympic champion among its alumni.

Today, Paul Laurence Dunbar High School gave the Andy Beshear distinguished Alumni Award to Lee Kiefer.

Kiefer graduated in 2012 and the Math Science Technology Center program.

Kiefer has been fencing since the age of six and has represented Team USA since the age of 15.

While she was attending Paul Laurence Dunbar, she competed in international competitions and Stillman adds to balance both her schoolwork and her fencing career.

She is a four time Olympian with three gold medals under her belt.

That makes her the most decorated female American foil fencer in history.

Her message today, hard work and confidence can take you to the top in fencing.

Different body sizes, body shapes, and as well as strategy can have success.

So let me elaborate a little bit more.

So I'm five foot four and I will go up against someone who's six feet tall.

So this taller athlete will have a reach advantage because of their height.

But me being more petite with a lower center of gravity, I can change direction really fast and be really a pain to hit.

So that's that's a physical element.

And then from a strategy standpoint, I am super aggressive.

Your girl likes to attack, attack, attack.

And I will fence people who are more defensive.

And that also works.

So from a physical side and from a strategy side, there's a lot of variation that can have success and that really excites me and gives me a lot of confidence that with hard work and a problem solving spirit, anyone can really win and have success.

So I really think that applies in life too.

And I just want to encourage the students out there to explore your interests, really nurse your talents and think about Soph and really cool things can happen.

Some good advice.

I love it when she says your girl loves to attack and attack and attack, right?

Well, Kiefer is also still a student athlete.

She is currently going to the University of Kentucky College of Medicine to pursue a medical degree while she continues her foil fencing career.

Way to go.