2015-16 M. Squash Roster
Abhimanyu Shah
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Mumbai, India
- High School:
- Cathedral and John Connon School
At Princeton — 2017-18 (11-7, 4-3 Ivy): team co-captain … won career-best 11 matches in final season, which was tied for second-most on the team … posted arguably his biggest win at Penn when he fought off a match ball in a 3-2 comeback win; it was Princeton's highest-ranked win since 2013 … posted a nine-match win streak to start the season … served as critical mentor to young, talented roster. 2016-17 (6-10, 1-6 Ivy): team co-captain … led Princeton to its first win in Ithaca in eight years with 3-1 win at the No. 4 spot … posted team's lone victory at St. Lawrence … completed perfect Franklin & Marshall/George Washington weekend …. played between No. 4 and No. 6 in the lineup. 2015-16 (10-7, 4-3 Ivy): led Princeton with 10 wins on the season, playing mostly in the middle of the lineup … provided the Tigers' lone win against both eventual CSA finalist Rochester and Penn … went 2-1 in the CSA team championships … went undefeated during home weekend against both St. Lawrence and Rochester, two of the top four teams in the country. 2014-15 (10-5, 5-2 Ivy): tied for second on the team and led all Princeton freshmen with 10 victories, mostly at the No. 7 and No. 8 positions … went 5-2 against Ivy League rivals … won collegiate debut 3-2 against No. 7 Franklin & Marshall … posted 3-2 win over Penn to help Tigers to 5-4 win … won at the sixth position against eventual CSA team finalist St. Lawrence … all four regular season losses came against teams ranked in the Top 5.
Before Princeton — reached a No. 2 national ranking at the U-19 level … competed at the 2014 British Open … placed fourth at the 2013 Junior National Championships; had earned Top-10 finishes at the event in the previous two years … placed in the Top 5 at the Indian Junior Championships in both 2012 and 2013 … represented India at the 2010 Asian Junior Championships … captained team to national runner-up finish at the Punj-Lloyd Squash Championships in Delhi … played No. 1 on the Maharashtra team that won the inter-state championships.
Personal — born Dec. 6, 1995 … son of Snehal and Radhika Shah … has a younger sibling Chaitanya … enjoys photography, reading and cycling … may study mechanical engineering.
