2008-09 M. Squash Roster
Mauricio Sanchez
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Mexico City, Mexico
- High School:
- Instituto Tecnico y Cultural
At Princeton
Reached the national individual championship match as a sophomore and finished
season No. 2 in CSA national rankings ... played No. 1 for entire season and went 11-1 ... named Ivy League Player of the Year and swept All-America and All-Ivy honors ... swept Harvard’s Siddharth Suchde in regular season and national team tournament; Suchde went on to defeat Sanchez 3-1 in national final ... also picked up wins against Trinity and Yale ... defeated Philadelphia pro Imran Khan in three games during Five-Man Championships ... earned first-team All-America and All-Ivy League honors during his brilliant freshman season ... named Ivy League Rookie of the Year ... ranked fourth in the final CSA individual national rankings ... reached the national semifinals of the
individual championships before falling to top-seeded Siddharth Suchde ... went 3-0 in the team national finals, including wins over both Trinity and Yale ... went 11-2 during the team season and won six straight postseason matches before falling to Suchde ... all three of his losses during the year came to players who reached the national individual championship during the last three years ... never played below No. 2 and played No. 1 four times while Yasser El Halaby was injured ... went 3-0 in the five-man team championships, including wins over a top-50 professional player and a former top-70 player.
Before Princeton
Led the Lawrenceville squad to the 2005 national team championship ... played No. 1 for that team, while current teammate Hesham El Halaby played No. 2 ... named team MVP ... played for both the Mexican junior and senior teams at the 2004 World Championships.
Personal
Born April 26, 1985 ... son of Dr. Armando and Luz Sanchez ... has an older brother Armando.
