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Multiple NESCAC Coach of the Year Awards: Tennis and Squash. Two- Time Olympic Coach of the Year. Hartford World Team Tennis Coach. U.S.A. World Team Squash Coach. U.S. National Squash Coach; Recipient of the Gold Key Award from the Connecticut sports writers guild. Has raised three million dollars to endow his own Chair "Paul D. Assaiante ...
US Squash is the national governing body for the sport of squash in the United States. Previously called The United States Squash Racquets Association, it is headquartered in Philadelphia and is a member of the U.S. Olympic Committee. US Squash owns and licenses the U.S. Open, the North American Open, and all other U.S. championships.
The United States men's national squash team represents the United States in international squash team competitions, and is governed by U.S. Squash. Since 1973, the United States has participated in three quarter finals of the World Squash Team Championships.
On April 25, 2011, the Drexel Athletics Director, Dr. Eric Zillmer, announced the addition of men's and women's squash as varsity programs that will begin competing in the 2011–12 academic year. It was also announced that former world number 1 John White would lead both the men's and women's programs as head coach.
Since 2011 the U.S. Open squash championships have been held at Drexel University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The event forms part of the World Series for both the Professional Squash Association (PSA) and the Women's Squash Association (WSA), and is organized by the national governing body for squash in the United States, U.S. Squash.
A five-time national champion, she was the first U.S.-born player to reach the top five in the Professional Squash Association (PSA) world rankings. [1] She reached a career-high world ranking of No. 3 in October 2021 after reaching the semi-finals of the 2021 British Open and the 2021 CIB Egyptian Open , and winning the 2021 Oracle Netsuite Open.
These winners are the officially recognized champions by US Squash, the national governing body. From 1907 until 1994, the national championship was contested through hardball squash . When the national governing body began recognizing international softball as the official game in the United States, the national championship also switched to ...
Briggs was hired as head squash coach and the assistant tennis coach at Cornell for 4 years starting in 1984. [13] He guided his squash players to a 58–39 record. Under his leadership, the 1987-88 Cornell squash team became the first Cornell squash team to finish nationally in the top 10 (they ranked 9 at the end of their season).