Sam Jaffe

Class:
Freshman
High School:
Penn Charter
Hometown:
Philadelphia, Pa.

Before Princeton
Reached a No. 1 ranking in age groups U-11, U-13 and U-15 ... along with sister Alex, was selected as two of three honorees for US Squash's DeRoy Sportsmanship Award, just the third time in the award's 27-year history that the honor was given to more than two members of that year's high school graduating class ... 2023 Pan American Games gold individual medal and gold team medal ... two-time doubles national champion at the girls U-13 level and won a doubles national championship each at the U-15 and U-19 levels ... finished second in girls U-19 at the 2024 Dutch Junior Open ... two-time third-place finisher at the U-19 level at the US Junior Open ... took second place at the 2025 girls U-19 nationals ... six-time U.S. national team member at the World Junior Championships and the British Junior Open ... won silver in the team competition at the 2024 World Junior Championships ... earned All American honors annually from 2022 to 2025 ... first-team All-Inter-Ac annually from 2021 to 2025 ... league MVP in 2023 ... earned first-team all-league honors in track and field ... earned high honors at Penn Charter annually ... 2024 Cum Laude Society inductee ... earned US Squash Scholar Athlete honors.

Personal
Twin sister Alex is also in the Princeton women's squash Class of 2029 ... father Billy played rugby at Penn and mother Jane ran cross country and track and field at Penn ... has a younger brother Max ... aunt Melissa is a 1995 Princeton alum and aunt Betsy is a Penn alum, as are both paternal grandparents.