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El Torky, Ramsay Claim 2018 Ivy Individual Honors; Fiechter Claims 4th All-Ivy Spot
February 20, 2018 | Women's Squash
Freshman Raneem El Torky became the Princeton player to earn the Ivy League Women's Squash Rookie of the Year honor, which was announced Feb. 20 following a vote by the league coaches. Head coach Gail Ramsay shared Ivy League Coach of the Year honors, while senior co-captain Olivia Fiechter became only the 13th player in program history to earn All-Ivy League honors four consecutive years.
El Torky made an immediate impact on Princeton, as she moved to the #2 spot at the start of the season and posted a 10-4 record in the regular season, including a 4-3 mark in the Ivy League. She made an immediate impact by winning her first six collegiate matches, and she had an impressive 3-2 win during Princeton's team victory over Yale in January.
El Torky now joins elite company at Princeton (which includes her teammate Fiechter) as Ivy League Rookies of the Year. Previous winners have included Katherine Johnson (1994), Missy Wyant (1995), Julia Beaver (1998), Maria Elena Ubina (2014), and Fiechter (2015).
Ramsay claimed her first Ivy League Head Coach of the Year Award (a relatively new honor that the league established) after helping Princeton reach the #1 ranking in the middle of the season and post a 13-1 regular season record. Princeton defeated Penn in Philadelphia for the first time since 2006, and it rallied from 4-1 down to defeat Trinity in January. The Tigers finished third at last weekend's Howe Cup championships, second among Ivy League programs behind four-time reigning champion Harvard.
Fiechter had the best season of her already-brilliant career, which has included three precious All-America and All-Ivy honors. The senior co-captain went 15-2 between the regular season and postseason combined, and her only two losses came to 2018 Ivy Player of the Year Reeham Sedky of Penn. Fiechter will enter her final CSA individual championships with 41 career wins, and she will try to become Princeton's first finalist since Julia Beaver won the 2001 title.
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Reeham Sedky Salah, Penn (Jr. – Sammamish, Wash.)
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
Raneem El Torky, Princeton (Fr. – Alexandria, Egypt)
CO-COACH OF THE YEAR
Gail Ramsay, Princeton
CO-COACH OF THE YEAR
Mike Way, Harvard
FIRST-TEAM ALL-IVY
Tanvi Khanna, Columbia (Sr. – New Delhi, India)
Michelle Garceau, Cornell (Sr. – Surrey, B.C., Canada)
* Sabrina Sobhy, Harvard (Jr. – Sea Cliff, N.Y.)
* Gina Kennedy, Harvard (So. – Beckenham, United Kingdom)
* Kayley Leonard, Harvard (Jr. – Harrison, N.Y.)
Alyssa Mehta, Harvard (Toronto, Ont., Canada)
Reeham Sedky Salah, Penn (Jr. – Sammamish, Wash.)
Melissa Alves, Penn (Sr. – Kourou, French Guiana)
* Olivia Fiechter, Princeton (Sr. – Chesnut Hill, Pa.)
Lucy Beecroft, Yale (So. – Newcastle, England)
* Unanimous Selection
El Torky made an immediate impact on Princeton, as she moved to the #2 spot at the start of the season and posted a 10-4 record in the regular season, including a 4-3 mark in the Ivy League. She made an immediate impact by winning her first six collegiate matches, and she had an impressive 3-2 win during Princeton's team victory over Yale in January.
El Torky now joins elite company at Princeton (which includes her teammate Fiechter) as Ivy League Rookies of the Year. Previous winners have included Katherine Johnson (1994), Missy Wyant (1995), Julia Beaver (1998), Maria Elena Ubina (2014), and Fiechter (2015).
Ramsay claimed her first Ivy League Head Coach of the Year Award (a relatively new honor that the league established) after helping Princeton reach the #1 ranking in the middle of the season and post a 13-1 regular season record. Princeton defeated Penn in Philadelphia for the first time since 2006, and it rallied from 4-1 down to defeat Trinity in January. The Tigers finished third at last weekend's Howe Cup championships, second among Ivy League programs behind four-time reigning champion Harvard.
Fiechter had the best season of her already-brilliant career, which has included three precious All-America and All-Ivy honors. The senior co-captain went 15-2 between the regular season and postseason combined, and her only two losses came to 2018 Ivy Player of the Year Reeham Sedky of Penn. Fiechter will enter her final CSA individual championships with 41 career wins, and she will try to become Princeton's first finalist since Julia Beaver won the 2001 title.
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Reeham Sedky Salah, Penn (Jr. – Sammamish, Wash.)
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
Raneem El Torky, Princeton (Fr. – Alexandria, Egypt)
CO-COACH OF THE YEAR
Gail Ramsay, Princeton
CO-COACH OF THE YEAR
Mike Way, Harvard
FIRST-TEAM ALL-IVY
Tanvi Khanna, Columbia (Sr. – New Delhi, India)
Michelle Garceau, Cornell (Sr. – Surrey, B.C., Canada)
* Sabrina Sobhy, Harvard (Jr. – Sea Cliff, N.Y.)
* Gina Kennedy, Harvard (So. – Beckenham, United Kingdom)
* Kayley Leonard, Harvard (Jr. – Harrison, N.Y.)
Alyssa Mehta, Harvard (Toronto, Ont., Canada)
Reeham Sedky Salah, Penn (Jr. – Sammamish, Wash.)
Melissa Alves, Penn (Sr. – Kourou, French Guiana)
* Olivia Fiechter, Princeton (Sr. – Chesnut Hill, Pa.)
Lucy Beecroft, Yale (So. – Newcastle, England)
* Unanimous Selection
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