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University of Pennsylvania Athletics

2018-19 Women's Squash

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Reeham Salah

  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Forest Ridge School of the Sacred Heart
  • Hometown Sammamish, Wash.

Biography

2018-19: First-Team All-America ... Unanimous first-team All-Ivy selection ... Betty Richey Award (given to the nation's top female player) recipient ... Became just the sixth four-time All-American and four-time All-Ivy selection in program history ... Recognized by the Philadelphia Sports Writers Association ... Philadelphia Inquirer Academic All-Area Women's At-Large Performer of the Year ... Led Quakers to another appearance in the Howe Cup ... Competed at Penn's No. 1 spot ... Extended win streak to 31 consecutive matches ... Advanced to the semifinals at CSA Individuals ... Finished season ranked No. 4 in the CSA rankings ... Posted an 18-2 record and 6-1 in Ivy League play ... All 18 of her wins were 3-0 sweeps.

2017-18: First-team All-America ... First-team All-Ivy ... Named Ivy League Player of the Year, becoming the first in program history to receive the award in back-to-back years ... Named U.S. Squash Athlete of the Year ... Became first Penn women's Individual National Champion since 1996 defeating Harvard's Georgina Kennedy in four games ... Finished season a perfect 20-0, losing just two games total. 

2016-17: First-team CSA All-America ... First-team All-Ivy ... Ivy League Player of the Year ... Academic All-Ivy ... Led Penn to a second-place finish in both the Howe Cup (13-2)  … Finished 15-0 in Penn’s No. 1 slot … Lost just two games all season … Picked up a pair of wins over Harvard’s Sabrina Sobhy (2016 Ivy League Player of the Year) … Went 3-0 at the CSA Team Championships, including a 3-0 win over Trinity’s Raneem Sharaf in a dramatic 5-4 semifinals triumph … Advanced to the championship match of CSA Individuals.

2015-16: First-Team All-America ... First-team All-Ivy ... Helped Penn to the College Squash Association (CSA) Howe Cup, finishing second in the country, the team’s highest finish since 2010 … Went 12-3 overall in duals, including 5-1 in Ivy League matches … Competed in the No. 1 position … Ivy wins came over Dartmouth, Princeton, Yale, Columbia, and Cornell … Went 2-1 at the CSA Howe Cup, defeating Columbia and Princeton in the first and second rounds … Went 3-1 and was a finalist in the CSA Ramsay Division ... Finished the season ranked No. 2 in the CSA Rankings.

High School: Winner of the 2015 U19 U.S. Nationals Squash Tournament … Member of the U.S. Team for the World Junior Championships (2013, 2014, 2015) … 2012 Seattle Squash League Champions.

Reeham Salah Career
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Ex Over. Ivy
2015-16 12-3                  15-4 5-1
2016-17 15-0                   18-1 7-0
2017-18 16-0                   20-0 7-0
2018-19  16-1                   18-2   6-1
Career 59-4                   71-7 25-2

Historical Player Information

  • 2015-16Freshman

  • 2016-17Sophomore

  • 2017-18Junior

  • 2018-19Senior