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July/August 2011, College News

Playing Squash in College

By Jim Snyder   Tue, Mar 01, 2011

Although college squash hasn’t reached the heights of other major college sports, it is growing and there are plenty of opportunities to play squash in college, even for the average player.

Playing Squash in College

As squash grows in popularity, more and more high school players are looking to extend their competitive squash careers to the college level.  Although college squash hasn’t reached the heights of other major college sports, it is growing and there are plenty of opportunities to play squash in college, even for the average player.

The College Squash Association, CSA in one form or another has been the lead organization in college squash since 1931.   They oversee 64 men’s teams and 37 women’s teams and conduct the major college tournaments in conjunction with U.S Squash.  The teams play in three different leagues and are classified as either varsity teams or emerging teams.  The emerging teams or club teams, operate differently from varsity teams depending on the college.   Following is a list of this season’s emerging college squash teams that participated in the CSA.

  • Boston College
  • Bryant College
  • Bucknell University
  • Drexel University
  • Georgetown University
  • University of Illinois
  • Lafayette College
  • New York University
  • University of North Carolina
  • University of Notre Dame
  • University of Rochester (Women)
  • Siena College
  • Swarthmore College
  • Tulane University
  • University of Washington
  • University of Vermont

The emerging teams play other CSA teams and travel to tournaments the same as varsity teams, however the requirement to play on a club teams differ from college to college..  To see all the teams playing in the CSA or to find out how your college can start a squash team, go to www.collegesquashassociation.com 

Click here for a reprint of “Playing Squash in College” provided by the College Squash Association.  playing_squash_in_college.pdf

For additional information and incite to college squash, check out this article by Joe McManus, Director of the Professional Squash Tour.

 Mensa_Playing_Squash_in_College.pdf

By Jim Snyder

Jim Snyder started out in Racquetball over thirty years ago.  During his racquetball career he coached at several clubs in Florida and Pennsylvania including the Healthplex in Springfield, PA.  He also taught indoor racquet sports at Montgomery County Community College.  While Racquetball Pro at the Healthplex, Jim took up squash and has played ever since.  He is now the Director of Squash at Malvern Prep and the Editor of Phillysquash.com.  He teaches squash for Chester County Night Squash and is the coach for the Malvern youth team in the Chestmont Squash League.

Jim is the co-founder of "Everyone Plays" along with Ron Koenig  and is dedicated to keeping young people active and on the squash courts.

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