2019-20 Men's Squash Roster
Gabriel Morgan
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Menlo Park, Calif.
- High School:
- Menlo School
At Princeton — 2019-20 (11-5, 4-3 Ivy): Co-captain ... competed on courts four (5-3) and five (6-2) ... 2018-19 (14-2, 6-1 Ivy): team tri-captain … led all Princeton players with 14 wins … one of two Tigers to post a perfect 3-0 record at the CSA team championships … posted final win to clinch 5-4 victory over Columbia, Princeton's highest-ranked win since 2013 … only losses of the season were to #1 Harvard and eventual #2 Rochester … earned win over Dartmouth to help Princeton end a four-match losing streak to the Big Green; also defeated Cornell during 5-4 team win … played most of the season at the #6 spot. 2017-18 (1-0, 1-0 Ivy): dealt with injuries, but earned win in lone match against Yale. 2016-17 (10-9, 3-4 Ivy): led all Princeton freshmen and ranked second on the team with 10 wins … went 2-1 at CSA team championships, including key win in 5-4 comeback win over Bates … played season at either No. 2 or No. 3 spots … posted Ivy League wins over Dartmouth, Yale, and Brown … won collegiate debut against Franklin & Marshall … posted 3-2 wins over CSA 'A' qualifiers Drexel and Penn.
Before Princeton — member of the U.S. Squash National Junior Men's Team … won the 2012 U.S. national championship, becoming the first player from California to do so … helped Team USA win a historic bronze medal at the 2016 World Junior Championships in Bielsko-Biala, Poland; it was the USA's best finish in 17 years of competing at the World Juniors … played for Team USA at the 2015 World Junior Championships in the Netherlands; placed in the Top 30 in the Netherlands individually, and defeated the ninth-ranked World Junior player 16-14 in the fifth game … has been consistently ranked in the Top 5 in his age class, including #1 in U15; currently #5 in the U19 division … competed in the 2014 British Junior Open … represented Team USA three times in the “Battle of the Border” and never lost … won several US Junior Championship Tour events … started for the Menlo boy's tennis team, one of the top-two ranked programs in the nation … three-time U.S. Squash Scholar-Athlete honoree and U.S. Squash All-American … two-time recipient of the Junior Olympian of the Year award at The Olympic Club.
Personal — born Oct. 28, 1997 … son of Wendy and M. Reynolds … has an older brother Arthur … enjoys tennis, golf and surfing … majoring in economics at Princeton.
Wilkinson on Morgan: We have had our eye on Gabriel for a couple of years now, and are absolutely thrilled that he's going to be wearing Orange and Black in the fall. He has tremendous ability and will really thrive and improve in our environment. He's the real deal, someone that changes things with his passion and desire.
