Sea Island Day Dreaming

By James Zug In searching for a squash vacation in the sun, I found something perhaps unique. I went down to Sea Island Resort in September as a part of a Squash Doubles Association weekend. Last...

U.S. Pro Series and Life Time Fitness

By Chris McClintick When US SQUASH and the Professional Squash Association (PSA) partnered to launch the U.S. Pro Series in January of 2013, the primary goal was to increase the awareness of squash in the...

U.S. Squash Hall of Fame Class 2013 Inductees

Marigold Edwards and John G. Nelson were unveiled as the US Squash Hall of Fame Class of 2013 at the 2013 Delaware Investments U.S. Open Squash Championships Saturday, October 12. As a part of the...

Hanson Aims to Move Up U.S. and International Ladders

By Chris McClintick As qualifying for the 2013 Delaware Investments U.S. Open squash championships began at the Racquet Club of Philadelphia on October 9, so did Chris Hanson’s professional squash life. The twenty-two-year-old American’s debut against...

SquashSmarts Graduates Gradually Changing the Game

By James Zug At the 2013 Delaware Investments U.S. Open held last month at Drexel University, a dedicated and determined group of young men and women were present: team members of SquashSmarts, Philadelphia’s after school...

Eightieth Howe Cup Celebrates Championship Diversity

By Beth Rasin Could a coveted national championship really be at stake when competitors were smiling broadly and so easily applauding an opponent’s scrappy play? There was so much joy at the eightieth Howe Cup that...

U.S. Squash Scholar Athlete Award

US SQUASH officially announced the recipients of the 2012-2013 US Squash Scholar Athlete Awards, given to high school student athletes who achieved a Grade Point Average of 3.5 in school and participated in at...

Vassar Goes Co-Ed

By Bill Buckingham In 1969, Vassar College declined an offer from Yale University to merge institutions. Instead it became the first and only of the original “Seven Sister” schools to become co-ed (Radcliffe was later...

Masters: Masters Squash Players Lifelong Devotees of our Game

By Richard Millman In all the marketing blurbs that accom­panies our Olympic efforts the game of Squash is described as a life sport. This name, applied to a prestigious few sports, is as it implies, an...

College Squash Across the Pond

By Theo Woodward College squash in the United States is a hugely successful enterprise that has fueled the development of American squash. In contrast, the situation overseas is the opposite: college squash is more of...