Elle Ruggiero

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Photo by: Julieanne Harris

Princeton University women's squash vs. George Washington University, Princeton, NJ, November 18, 2018.

Photo by: Beverly Schaefer

Class:
Senior
High School:
The Episcopal Academy
Hometown:
Malvern, Pa.

Awards
2020 second-team All-America
2020 All-Ivy League
2020 Academic All-Ivy
2022 Academic All-Ivy
2022 CSA Scholar-Athlete

At Princeton
2021-22
CSA second-team All-America honoree ... Academic All-Ivy ... CSA Scholar-Athlete ... competed in 14 dual matches on the season, going 2-1 on court one over three of the season's first four matches and 4-7 on court two ... held the 13th seed in the CSA's Ramsay Draw, dropping her first-round match before going 1-1 in the consolation draw ... earned the Princeton Varsity Club's Art Lane '34 Award for service to sport and society.

2020-21
Season canceled due to COVID-19.

2019-20
Second-team All-America ... first-team All-Ivy ... Academic All-Ivy honoree ... went 1-2 at the CSA individual tournament, competing in the top Ramsay Draw and making the consolation semifinals ... began the season with three matches on court five, all wins, and progressed through the line up to court one by the eighth match of the year, competing there for the remainder of the season ... had an 8-8 overall record and 2-5 in the Ivy.

2018-19
Reached the Holleran Cup final and fell one match short of second-team All-America status … won 13 matches during freshman season while playing mostly at the #3 spot … biggest win of the season was a 3-2 victory at #2 Trinity, which helped Princeton move to the #1 ranking … won first seven matches of the season, including first career match against Virginia ... had a 13-7 overall record and 4-3 in the Ivy.

Before Princeton: Earned the #1 US ranking at the U11, U13, U15, and U17 levels; currently ranked #2 at the U19 level … helped Team USA earn a Top-5 finish at the 2017 World Junior Squash Championships; will compete at the 2018 World Junior Championships in Chennai, India, during the summer … won the U11, U13, and U15 US Junior Closed Nationals, and placed either second (U17) or third (U19) while playing up … reached the final of the U19 2017 US Open … has won 17 JCT tournaments … led Episcopal to two Top-3 finishes nationally … three-time US Squash High School All-American … two-time recipient of The Episcopal Academy Heckscher Bowl … three-time US Squash Scholar-Athlete honoree … earned first-team All-Mid-Atlantic honors three times … also lettered in tennis and led Episcopal to a league title … member of the Cum Laude Society and the National Spanish Honor Society … earned the AP Scholar Award.

Personal: Daughter of Mary and Rob Ruggiero … has an older sister Katie and two older brothers, Jamie and Will; both brothers play/played squash for Williams, and Jamie plays professionally … enjoys cooking/baking, 3-D design, and ceramic art … student in the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs.