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2024-25 Women's Squash Roster

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Simmi Chan

  • Class Senior
  • High School Heep Yunn School
  • Hometown Hong Kong, China
  • School Columbia College

Biography

2023-24 (Junior): Finished with a perfect 5-0 mark in Ivy League matches this season playing the No. 1 position for the Lions; Finished the season with a perfect 11-0 mark overall; Named the 2023-24 Ivy League Women’s Squash Player of the Year; Named to the 2023-24 Women’s Squash All-Ivy Team.

2022-23 (Sophomore): Finished with a perfect 12-0 record in the No. 1 position. Named First Team All-Ivy League for the 2022-23 season; Won the 2023 National Collegiate Women’s Individual Championship by defeating defending champion Siva Subramaniam of Cornell. The first player in program history to win an individual national championship.

2021-22 (First-Year): Finished rookie season with an 11-1 record in the No. 2 position. 

Prior to Columbia:
Competed for Heep Yunn School from 2014-2020 … Team captain 2018-2019 … 2016-2017 HKSSF Inter-school Squash Team Champion … Hong Kong Junior Sports Star (2019) … 2018-2020 Hong Kong Junior number one … 2019 Asian Junior GU19 number one … GU17 Champion at the Asian Junior Squash Championships 2017-2019, GU19 … First runner up at the 2019 British Championships, GU17.

Personal:
Enrolled in Columbia College.

Career Records:
2023-24:
16-0
2022-23: 12-0
2021-22: 11-1
Overall: 39-1

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22First Year

  • 2022-23Sophomore

  • 2023-24Junior

  • 2024-25Senior