A three-time first-team All-American, Walbridge finished second in the National Intercollegiate Women's Fencing Association Championships in 1972 and placed first in 1974. She captained the 1974 women's fencing team and she also played varsity basketball. She led Cornell to national titles in fencing in 1972 and 1973 and to a second-place finish in 1974. In 1999, she was one of Cornell's fencing selections to the Women's Ivy League Silver Anniversary Honor Roll.Â