Photo by: Columbia University Athletics / Lem Photography
Simmi Chan Named CSA First Team All-American
5/20/2025 11:18:00 AM | Women's Squash
Chan earns unprecedented First Team honor for third time in her career
NEW YORK – Columbia women's squash player Simmi Chan has been named a 2024-25 First Team All-American by the College Squash Association (CSA).
The senior from Hong Kong became the fifth player in Columbia's history to earn All-American honors and the second to earn it three times. She is the first player in Columbia history to earn first team honors three times.
The 2023 CSA Women's Individual National Champion finished her career with an overall record of 51-1 after going 12-0 her senior year. Earlier this year, she was named the 2025 Betty Richey Award winner by the CSA, which recognized Chan as the CSA Sportswoman of the Year.
Chan is the most decorated Columbia women's squash player in the program's history. She has been named to the First Team All-Ivy squad all four years. She was the unanimous 2023-2024 Ivy League Player of the Year.
Chan did not lose a college match from January 2022 through March 2024. This included an undefeated 2022-2023 season with Columbia's first women's Individual national title. Outside the CSA, Chan has helped Hong Kong win an Asian Team Championship and finish fifth at the 2022 Women's World Team Championships. She became the youngest Hong Kong woman to win an Asian Individual Title in 2023 and was a silver medalist at the 2022 Asian Games in the individual and team event. Chan's highest world ranking is No. 33.
Chan joins Habiba Mohamed '22CC as the only two Lions named First Team All-Americans. She is also just the fifth All-American in program history, joining Mohamed (2019, 2020), Maddie O'Connor (2019), Tanvi Khanna (2016, 2017, 2018) and Colette Sultana (2017).
FOLLOWING THE LIONS
For the latest on the Columbia squash programs, be sure to follow the teams on X and Instagram (@CULionsSquash), on Facebook (Facebook.com/ColumbiaSquash), or by visiting GoColumbiaLions.com.
The senior from Hong Kong became the fifth player in Columbia's history to earn All-American honors and the second to earn it three times. She is the first player in Columbia history to earn first team honors three times.
The 2023 CSA Women's Individual National Champion finished her career with an overall record of 51-1 after going 12-0 her senior year. Earlier this year, she was named the 2025 Betty Richey Award winner by the CSA, which recognized Chan as the CSA Sportswoman of the Year.
Chan is the most decorated Columbia women's squash player in the program's history. She has been named to the First Team All-Ivy squad all four years. She was the unanimous 2023-2024 Ivy League Player of the Year.
Chan did not lose a college match from January 2022 through March 2024. This included an undefeated 2022-2023 season with Columbia's first women's Individual national title. Outside the CSA, Chan has helped Hong Kong win an Asian Team Championship and finish fifth at the 2022 Women's World Team Championships. She became the youngest Hong Kong woman to win an Asian Individual Title in 2023 and was a silver medalist at the 2022 Asian Games in the individual and team event. Chan's highest world ranking is No. 33.
Chan joins Habiba Mohamed '22CC as the only two Lions named First Team All-Americans. She is also just the fifth All-American in program history, joining Mohamed (2019, 2020), Maddie O'Connor (2019), Tanvi Khanna (2016, 2017, 2018) and Colette Sultana (2017).
FOLLOWING THE LIONS
For the latest on the Columbia squash programs, be sure to follow the teams on X and Instagram (@CULionsSquash), on Facebook (Facebook.com/ColumbiaSquash), or by visiting GoColumbiaLions.com.
Players Mentioned
/ Women's Squash
/ Women's Squash
Feature: WSQ | Simmi Chan, Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Wednesday, May 31
Highlights: WSQ | Chan Wins National Title
Sunday, March 05
Preview: WSQ | Lions Open with Virginia Sunday
Saturday, November 13
Women's Squash #5 National Ranking - Columbia Classics Shorts
Monday, February 01
