Us squash annual report 2016 2017 5 12 by US Squash

CONTENTS

MESSAGE FROM CHAIRMAN AND PRESIDENT & CEO

US SQUASH DONORS

U.S. OPEN

U.S. CHAMPIONSHIPS

NATIONAL TEAM

PARTNERSHIPS

AWARDS AND HONORS

BOARD OF DIRECTORS & STAFF

FINANCES

V I S I O N TO BE THE BEST NATIONAL SPORTS GOVERNING BODY IN THE U.S. We envision an organization and community which is

US Squash is a 501(c)(3) nonprofitÂ oganization which serves as the only national governing body and membership organization for the sport in the United States. Founded in 1904 and headquartered in New York City, it is a member of the U.S. Olympic Committee, the Pan American Squash Federation and the World Squash Federation.

M I S S I O N LEAD SQUASHâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT BY Increasing access and awareness, supporting meaningful, lifelong engagement in the sport, and encouraging sportsmanship, while achieving competitive excellence at the highest levels. 04

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Inclusive: people of all ages, abilities and backgrounds across the country enjoying squash, playing the game with a positive spirit. Focused on growth: ever-broadening, widely known to value excellence, diversity, fair play and sportsmanship; investing in the development of the sport to sustain growth, broaden access and embrace innovation. Health conscious and community-oriented: participating in programs that foster camaraderie, facilitate competition and encourage healthy lifestyles. Supportive of teaching professionals and coaches: in their effort to engage and mentor players during their lifelong involvement in the sport and provide all the resources required to train and coach elite athletes who excel in competition and proudly represent their country. 2016-2017 ANNUAL REPORT

MESSAGE FROM US SQUASH CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD AND PRESIDENT & CEO Few seasons have been as focused and productive as this past one. We had record participation in our national championships—with more than 5,600 competitors—our elite development programming has evolved to an end-to-end, regionally based support structure, and our national team results are consistently ascendant. Administratively, we continue to work on building a strong, long-term foundation for the sport through advancements in technology, governance and infrastructure, including developments in three major strategic initiatives which will help lay the groundwork for future growth and global collaboration. We initiated a comprehensive technology partnership with England Squash, one of the largest squash federations in the world. Both countries will share the Club Locker platform, which was initially developed by US Squash to serve its domestic needs, and now will provide federations and membership organizations the ability to offer a compelling participatory sports-based value proposition. We also supported the formation of a College Squash Association Governance Task Force which identified the issues facing college squash, gathered the requirements necessary to govern the varsity competition more effectively, and made recommendations for changes. As a result, the coaches elected a new Board of Directors, with the majority of them independent. This change from the previous self-governance by separate women’s and men’s coaches committees will likely have a broad positive influence on moving the college game forward. Finally, the US Squash Board unanimously expressed its full support for “green lighting” the development of a National Squash Center. We have made excellent progress towards achieving our fundraising goals, however there is still much work necessary before we complete a definitive agreement for long term use of a site and can begin construction. We believe strongly that the center will be transformative for our sport and will profoundly further the achievement of our goals of growing awareness of and broadening access to the game of squash in the U.S., while also raising US Squash to the highest rung of competitive achievement internationally. All of these efforts will further our mission and our strategic focus on access and participation, community, excellence and sportsmanship. Thank you for your support of our efforts – we look forward to a bright future for the sport.

Marshall Pagon Chairman of the Board

Kevin Klipstein President & CEO 2016-2017 ANNUAL REPORT

2016-2017 DONORS

AS A 501(c)(3) NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION, WE RELY ON THE COMMITMENT OF OUR SUPPORTERS FOR 20% OF THE ANNUAL BUDGET.

US SQUASH PROUDLY RECOGNIZES THIS DISTINGUISHED GROUP OF CONTRIBUTORS WHO COMMIT TO MAKE ANNUAL GIFTS IN SUPPORT OF THE OVERALL MISSION OF US SQUASH. THEIR DONATIONS ALLOW US TO INVEST INVEST IN INNOVATION AND DRIVE GROWTH.

CENTURY CLUB Anonymous Danielle and David Ganek

FOUNDERS CLUB

Polly and Terry O’Toole Holly and Marshall W. Pagon

PRESIDENTS CLUB

Muffie Potter Aston and Dr. Sherrell Aston Lucinda and Avanish Bhavsar The Mary and Daniel Dolan Family Foundation The Mackesy Family Julie and Bruce Menin

CHAMPIONS CLUB Robert Phillip Bixby Elizabeth and Sean Carney Digger Donahue Amy Banse and Joe Dworetzky Ingrid and David Ellen Amrit Kanwal Emily and Justin Lungstrum Jean and Jeff Rose Tracey and Shanin Specter Lin Zhao and Jianyou Tan Cathy and Sandy Tierney Soo and Raj Venkatesan

COACHES CLUB

John A. Fry Jack Herrick Hee-Jung and John J. Moon Robert Warth Thomas Wrightson Fund of the Oregon Community

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David Barrett Meg and Douglas Braff Paul Chan Elyse and Parker Douglas Patricia and Eric Fast Jennifer K. Gabler Kristen and Robert Raskopf Edward C. Simmons III Martha and D. David Slosburg Nancy and Tefft Smith

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Graham W. Arader III Ashley and Jason Bernhard Richard Andrew Chin Andrea Dawson and Michael J. Cunningham Sally and Guy Davidson III Michelle, Michael, and Logan Diliberto The Evans Family Leah and Michael Finkelstein Helen and Brian Fitzgerald The Ford Family Foundation Anders Giltvedt David Greenhouse Ann and Doug Grissom Dr. Eric Grossman Carole A. Grunberg The Haggarty Foundation T. James Hense Jr Deming and Romer Holleran Ellen Bogdonoff and Jeffrey Horwitz Laurie Itkin Francis P. Johnson David Keating Evan Lamp Marcia A. McLean and Peter R. Lasusa, Jr. Elizabeth and Daryl Libow LisaMarie Casey and Andrew Martin James Marver

Robin Shanus and Stephen Merkel Sarah and Jed Nussdorf The Pal Family Hilary and Charles Parkhurst Gerald P. Peters III Eve and Leo W. Pierce Jr. Kathie Fox and Michael J. Pierce Molly Pierce Thomas M. Poor Ashley and Steven J. Quamme Racquet & Tennis Club of New York Beverly and David Rayfield Margaret and John H. Riehl III Jill and Frank J. Stanley IV The Tang Family William Ullman Elizabeth and Douglas York

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Amy Peck Abraham and Jesse Abraham Bruce Adams Aryan Agarwal Rie and Chris Albani Alysa Ali Emily L. and Peder A. Arneson Moe Bajaj Louise W. and Charles P. Baker III Ralph W. Bandel Michael J. Barnet Bradford Barr Lucy and John D. Barrett II Fred Bass Pierre L. Bastien Christine and Carl J. Beck Louise Ober and Craig Becker Eric Berger Leonard Bernheimer Gene M. Bernstein Suzanne Barabas-Betts and Derick Betts Jeanne M. and John M. Blasberg David Body Susan and Ralt Bohn James Boland George Bostwick Jr. The Brandow Family Holly and David Brown Stephen J. Brushett Mary Lou and Willard Bunn IV Jane Racoosin and Brian Burns Diane S. and Walter C. Burke III Alex Burt Susan B. and George Cady Jr. Peter N. Campbell John R. Campodonico

Krish Chandran The Charlton Family James Childs Court Chilton W.H. Clark Thomas A. Clayton Thorsten Cord Charles T. Crawford Steve Craxton David Deforest Keys Margaret B. and J. Garrett DeGraff, Jr. Lou and Gerald deLisser Sunil Desai Brendan Doherty Mary E. Duffy Ruth and Robert Ecklin Austin Edwards Marigold A. Edwards Ashton G. Eldredge Jr. Michael L. Elizondo Caroline James Ellison Paul Erb Martha and Paddy Farrell Gary Feinberg Barbara Steinberg and Alan Feldman Ruth and A. Carter Fergusson Sandra E. and Robert H. Finkelstein John B. Flanigan Caroline Fouts Laura L. and Barrett W. Freelander Barnaby Furnas Greg Gadient Betsy and Chris Garry Liza Geary Victor Maximilian Geraci Diane Geracie Frank P. Giammattei James M. Gibbons William H. Giese Brian T. Gilmore Alan L. Goldberg Laura Trevelyan and James Goldston Kevin C. Gore Christopher Gould Brian Gourlie Kathleen Sharkey and John Greco James Green Peggy and Ed Harding Sarah and Jim Harrity Ashley Hatstadt Donna and Maurice Heckscher II Jessica Helal Carol and James Henderson Reverend Robert G. Hetherington 2016-2017 ANNUAL REPORT

David M. Hillman Lee Hilton Dan Hogan Tom Hogan Lewis B. Holmes Joseph C. Hoopes Marian L. and John B. Horton Jerry Howe Ralph E. Howe Sam Howe A.C. and Penny Hubbard Foundation Binny and Jeff Huffman Fazle Husain George K. Jacob Charles P. Jacobs Holly L. and Edward R. Jenkins Sam Jernigan Timothy Johnson Jones/Goodrich Dylan Kaehur Kimberly and Michael Kearns George Kellner Cynthia and Michael Kilgallon Jeffrey Kindl James King Charles C. Kingsley Darwin P. Kingsley III Kenneth D. Kleinman Christopher Klipstein Alan Knobloch Alison Kohlmeyer The Korengold Family Nicholas P. Kourides Marion and Frederick Kneip Agnes Kurtz Peter Landreth Sophie Langlois Brendan D. Lawrence Douglass B. Lee, Jr. Daniel Lickly Elizabeth M. and Robert W. Loring Lisa and Ted Lovejoy Mary Lovely Nancy and Richard Lubin M. Jeffrey Maisels Lynn and Robert Manning Douglas Martin Brian S. Mathias Chuck A. Matison Janice and David W. Matthews Michael McBean Thomas M. McCarthy Michael P. McGorry Ann McGowan James B. McIntyre

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Scott McVey Marsha and Ken Mifflin Anita Miller Julia P. and Patrick A.M. Miller Don Mills Taraneh Tavana and Phillip Mills Bernadette and Geoff Mitchell Bruce Morgan Daniel D. Morgan Michelle Moshay Michael Mulholland Clare Munana John G. Nelson Mia and Tyler Newton Alex Nieves Jonathan A. Noel David O’Laughlin Moira K. and Cormac K. O’Malley Walter H. Oehrlein Christine Olsen Myrna and Nick Orphan Patricia A. and Andrew B. Packard J. Craig Paris Susie and Jim Parsons Susan and Bob Peck Jukka Perkiomaki Eileen R. and Phillip E. Pheiffer Penelope Christophorou and Gregory Pitaro Sarah and Thomas Post Theodore W. Price Zachary Proverbs-Harris Robert M. Pyle, Jr. Preston B. Quick Barbara Goodman Raho Thank You URBN Family Foundation Patricia and Paul D. Ranieri Tanisha Reddy Eric Reifschneider Alessandra Resca John Reynolds The Rho Family Nancy Richards Rochester Squash Racquets Association Nancy and John Roehm Jr. Cheryl and Kevin Roller Eliza Alsop and Tim Ronda The Roshkoff Family Jonathan Ross Kate and Paul Santoro Charles Sargeant The Sasson Family Francis Scanlan Arthur M. Schwabe, Jr. Sara, Robby and Xander Schwartz Audrey and Douglas Seckendorf Ellen B. and James W. Semple

Aparajita and Asit Sen Aaron Seth Brian Sheldon K. Eugene Shutler David M. Sibrinsz Samgram Sisodia Cameron and John Jeming Soroko Catherine and Christian Spahr Jill and Sandy Spaulding Richard C. Spikerman Charles C. Stehle Margot and Richard Stephenson The Sterman Family Daisy Sulavik The Sun Family Joyce and Jack Sweitzer Frederick Taft Nancy and Christopher B. Tatum John “Turk” H. Thacher Jr. Ming Tsai Amber and Patrick N.W. Turner Lissen T. and Ronald F. Tutrone, Jr.

John L. Tyler Letitia W. and Charles W. Ufford Jr. Richard R. Upton Elizabeth and Anthony Vale Paula and Bill Waterfield Florence and Paul Weber Jeffrey Weil Paul J. Weinstein Eric Werner Kate, Mary and Bob Whitmore Ray Widelski Beth and Jeffrey M. Wilkens Elizabeth and Steven Wilkinson Simone Winston Jeremy Wintersteen Marc and Robin Wolpow Family Fund David Young Rebecca and James W. Zug, Jr. James W. Zug

WE GRATEFULLY ACKNOWLEDGE THE FOLLOWING GROUP OF FRIENDS WHO HAVE DEMONSTRATED THEIR SUPPORT FOR US SQUASH IN MAKING COMMITMENTS TO THE ASSOCIATION WITHIN A FIVE-YEAR PERIOD. US SQUASH CENTURY CLUB ($100,000 COMMITMENT) Robert Phillip Bixby Camille and Bill Broadbent The Mary and Daniel Dolan Family Foundation William A. and Lynn Douglass Foundation The Victor Elmaleh Foundation Patricia and Eric Fast The Ganek Family Foundation, Danielle and David Ganek Stephen L. Green Anne and Bill Harrison The Seymour H. Knox Foundation

Marcia A. McLean and Peter R. Lasusa, Jr. Polly and Terry O’Toole Holly and Marshall W. Pagon Pierce Family Partnership Aileen K. and Brian L. Roberts Linda and Jim Robinson Martha and David Slosburg James Van Kennen

K I N G S L E Y- K N OX F O U N D E R S C LU B ( $ 5 0 , 0 0 0 C O M M I T M E N T ) Muffie Potter Aston and Dr. Sherrell Aston Stephanie and David Barrett Diane and Stephen C. Bieneman Jeanne and John Blasberg Elizabeth and Sean Carney Elizabeth and Samuel Chapin Kathryn and Tim Conway Diana and Joseph Dowling Ingrid and David Ellen Allison and L. Scott Frantz John A. Fry Amrit Kanwal

Praveen Kankariya Emily and Justin Lungstrum James D. Marver The Mackesy Family Julie and Bruce Menin Hilary and Charles H. Parkhurst Anne and Clay Rohrbach Alfred and Blair Sadler Cynthia and William Simon, Jr. Tracey and Shanin Specter Soo and Raj Venkatesan

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WHEN NO ACCESS EQUALS SUCCESS:

2016 U.S. OPEN

AT CAPACITY The U.S. Open is the most prestigious squash tournament in the United States and one of the most significant in the world. It showcases the top players from around the world, and this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Professional Squash Association (PSA) World Series tour event final was played in front of more than 1,000, the first U.S. Open sell-out crowd ever.

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top two seeds and U.S. favorite Amanda

early in the fifth game of the final. Although

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seeded six and had endured a patchy

circumstances, the two champions showed

start to her season. In the final, Serme

exemplary sportsmanship and determination

overcame Nour El Sherbini, who most

to the very end.

Frenchwoman captured the U.S. Open title for the first time in its storied history. Camille Serme

steamrolled to victory, crunching the

orld No. 1 Mohamed ElShorbagy won his second Delaware Investments U.S. Open title after world No. 4 Nick

Matthew was forced to concede due to injury

observers expected to cruise to the title.

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NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS N A T I O N A L S I N G L E S – The

Philadelphia Cricket Club hosted the 106th National Singles, which produced six repeat champions in the fourteen divisions. Chris Hanson hoisted the S.L. Green U.S. Men’s Championship trophy for the first time after a four-game, hour-long final against eighteen-year-old Andrew Douglas. Olivia Blatchford earned her first adult National Championship, defeating Reeham Sedky in an epic five game, come-from-behind victory. One year after becoming the all-time masters title holder with his twenty-ninth victory, Jay Nelson aged up to the 75+ division, where he won his thirtieth.

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N A T I O N A L D O U B L E S – Denver natives and siblings Preston & Meredeth Quick won their sixth and fourth National Doubles open titles with respective partners Graham Bassett and Suzie Pierrepont. The tournament, hosted by Denver Athletic Club, marked the largest National Doubles ever held west of the Mississippi with 123 teams.

N A T I O N A L H A R D B A L L S I N G L E S – The 2017 National Hardball Singles Championships were held at the Merion Cricket Club with outstanding performances yielding new and repeat National age-division champions.

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SINGLES 2017 PHILADELPHIA

N A T I O N A L J U N I O R S – For the second consecutive Nationals Juniors, Andrew Douglas and Marina Stefanoni emerged from the .S. JUN 7U IO 01

weekend as the U19 champions. At fourteen years old, Stefanoni became the youngest junior champion in U.S. history to win two consecutive national titles.

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U . S . J U N I O R O P E N – U.S. junior champion Andrew Douglas capped off his breakout year won his first U.S. Junior Open title

while Japan’s Satomi Watanabe earned a fourth consecutive title in the girls’ U19 division at Yale University. The largest individual junior tournament in the world had a field of 889 players from thirty-four countries, six continents and twenty-two states. Of the ten champions, four represented Team USA, two Egypt and one Japan, Mexico, England and India. Finalists also represented the U.S., Egypt, Mexico, Canada, the Netherlands and New Zealand.

C E N T U R Y D O U B L E S –This season saw the largest U.S. Century Doubles Championships held to date, with a field of 117 teams, and produced three repeat champions across seven divisions. Nigel Thain and Dominic Hughes claimed the Open title.

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H I G H S C H O O L C H A M P I O N S H I P S – Haverford avenged its 2016 final loss against Brunswick to win the program’s first official

national high school title, while Greenwich Academy continued its historic girls’ Division 1 dominance with a tenth title to conclude the 2017 HEAD U.S. High School Team Squash Championships.

M I X E D D O U B L E S – One year after falling short in the 2016 U.S. Mixed Doubles Open final, Narelle Krizek & Ed Garno avenged their loss

by winning the 2017 Open national title in a four-game final against Victoria Simmonds & Dave Rosen. The first 55+ ever was won by Molly Pierce & Jamie Heldring in five games.

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M I D D L E S C H O O L C H A M P I O N S H I P S – In the 2017 U.S. Middle School Team Squash Championships, the top seeds Baldwin School

and Brunswick School claimed their second and fifth national titles respectively. Baldwin entered as the defending girls’ Division I champions, and the Brunswick Bears defeated 2012 finalists Greenwich Country Day School 4-1 to capture their second consecutive national title.

saw Charles & Henry Parkhurst defeat Robert & Robby Berner to win their first Open title by winning the point at fourteen-all in the fifth.

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H O W E C U P – For the first time in twenty-two years, a team from New York captured the U.S. Women’s Team Squash Championship

A division title, or Howe Cup, at Chelsea Piers in Stamford, Connecticut. NY “Bleed Blue” went undefeated in the A division, overcoming runners up, the Boston Fusion, in the final match of the tournament.

F A T H E R - S O N D O U B L E S – The thirteenth edition, hosted at the University Club of Boston and Harvard Club for the third year running,

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N A T I O N A L J U N I O R D O U B L E S – The 2017 U.S. Junior Doubles Championships yielded nine first-time champions at its perennial homes, Wilmington Country Club and Vicmead Hunt Club in Delaware. Forty-four teams competed across nine boys’, girls’ and mixed divisions.

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PROGRESS CONTINUES TOWARDS OUR GOAL OF “ALWAYS ON THE PODIUM”

2016 WSF WOMEN’S WORLD TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP

(l-r): Reeham Sedky, Amanda Sobhy, Sabrina Sobhy and Olivia Blatchford

The U.S. women’s team matched its best finish of fifth place at the biennial Women’s World Team Championship in Paris, France. In her senior Team USA debut, Reeham Sedky sealed fifth place in the rubber match against three seeds Malaysia—Team USA’s highest-seeded upset in competition history.

2017 PAN AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIPS

Team USA earned a total of five bronze medals at the 2017 Pan American Championships in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The tournament handed senior Team USA debuts to Timmy Brownell and Reyna Pacheco.

Team USA, (l-r): Director of National Teams Rich Wade, Mariam Kamal, Faraz Khan, Timmy Brownell, Hayley Mendez, Chris Gordon, Chris Hanson and Reyna Pacheco

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2017 WSF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS

The 2017 edition of the World Juniors saw Team USA travel around the globe to compete in the biennial World Junior Women’s Team Championship and annual World Junior Individuals in Tauranga, New Zealand. The U.S. produced two individual quarterfinalists, Marina Stefanoni and Andrew Douglas. Douglas came within two points of upsetting Egypt’s one seed Youssef Ibrahim, falling just short in the fifth, while Stefanoni also bowed out in five against Japan’s 5/8 seed Satomi Watanabe. The youthful U.S. girls’ team went on to fulfill their seeding with a fifth-place finish after a 2-1 victory against six seeds India on finals day.

2017 PAN AMERICAN JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS

Back row, (l-r): Christina Brownell, Charles Culhane, Edward Mylod, Henry Martin, Patrick McElroy, Fabio Cechin. Front row, l-r: Emily Rose, Sumrin Mudgil, Riya Mital, Jane Pincus.

GIRLS’ TEAM

Back row, (l-r): Cole Becker, Tiber Worth, Harrison Gil, Eric Kim, Salim Khan, Andrew Douglas. Front row, (l-r): Laila Sedky, Elle Ruggiero, Grace Doyle, Marina Stefanoni, Emme Leonard, Elisabeth Ross.

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Team USA defeated Canada 14-10 to reclaim the Battle of the Border trophy in the international tournament’s fourteenth year at perennial hosts White Oaks Resort in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Canada. Although the main focus was on the ‘Battle’, the weekend’s training sessions balanced creating teamwork within each team, developing friendships with the opposing teams and some fun evening activities like visiting Niagara Falls.

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Team USA earned five medals at the Pan American Junior Championships in Asuncion, Paraguay. The U.S. girls’ team captured silver in the team competition with a close final against Mexico while the U.S. boys’ team earned bronze. The girls’ individual competition included an all-USA semifinal, in which Sumrin Mudgil defeated teammate Riya Mital. Mudgil claimed individual silver and Mital bronze. Jane Pincus and Emily Rose collected bronze in the girls’ doubles competition.

2017 US SQUASH ACADEMY

GIRLS’ INDIVIDUAL BOYS’ TEAM GIRLS’ DOUBLES

The second US Squash Academy picked up where ACADEMY the inaugural Academy left off last summer, attracting top U.S. juniors, college players and professional prospects for two weeks of special Team USA elite performance academy training at Trinity College. Led by Director Gilly Lane, the Academy provided an environment for current U.S. collegiate athletes and recent graduates to train as professionals to prepare for potential careers in squash. (l-r): US Squash Academy Director Gilly Lane, Spencer Lovejoy, Faraz Khan, Dylan Cunningham, Timothy Lasusa, Timothy Brownell, The Ganek Family US Squash Head National Coach Paul Assaiante, Reyna Pacheco. 2016-2017 ANNUAL REPORT

P A R T N E R S H I P S US Squash proudly partners with organizations across the squash landscape to work towards mutual goals involving growing and supporting the game. As the official national governing body for squash in the U.S., we work closely with the World Squash Federation (WSF), Pam American Squash Federation (FPS), and U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC). US Squash provides league and tour management administrative services to the College Squash Association (CSA), Professional Squash Association (PSA), and Squash Doubles Association (SDA), and support for high school and middle school leagues across the country. We also partner with the National Urban Squash and Education Association (NUSEA), sharing resources and offering broad discounts to member programs, along with fostering connections between NUSEA student-athletes and the broader squash community. US Squash works with leaders from 35 local district associations to support efforts to grow squash in their communities.

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AWARDS AND HONORS

US SQUASH HONORS THE SPECIAL AND SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS INDIVIDUALS HAVE MADE TO THE GAME OF SQUASH THROUGH A NUMBER OF SPECIAL AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS. PRESIDENT’S CUP: MARIA TOORPAKAI Maria Toorpakai Wazir received the President’s Cup at a special reception for Women in Sports Day at the U.S. Open. A top 100 world ranked player, she dressed like a boy for the first sixteen years of her life in order to participate in competitive sports as a Muslim girl, using the name Genghis Khan, fully supported by her Muslim parents. After defeating boys in weightlifting at age twelve, Toorpakai turned to squash, and having to produce a birth certificate, gave up pretending to be a boy. She became the first tribal Pakistani girl in international squash tournaments, turning professional in 2006. (l-r): Maria Toorpakai Wazir and US Squash Chairman Mark Pagon

Toorpakai is also an international figure of great renown having recently published her memoir, A Different Kind of Daughter, a global bestseller. Girl Unbound, the documentary about her life growing up in Pakistan, premiered in 2016 to much fanfare at the Toronto International Film Festival. The President’s Cup is the highest individual award at US Squash. Inaugurated in 1966, the award is given to men and women who have made substantial contributions to the game of squash. Toorpakai is the forty-fifth recipient of the President’s Cup and the second, after Hashim Khan in 1978, to hail from Pakistan.

ACHIEVEMENT BOWL: NATALIE GRAINGER The Achievement Bowl, the oldest award that US Squash bestows—dating back to 1955—is awarded to acknowledge women who have made notable and profound contributions to the advancement of the women’s game. Natalie Grainger reached No. 1 in the world and was one of the dominant professional players of her era. Grainger won numerous U.S. championships, including six women’s singles, three women’s doubles, and three in mixed doubles.

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Grainger’s impact on the game has extended well beyond her playing career as a Team USA coach and directing the squash program at Chelsea Piers Connecticut, one of the preeminent squash facilities in the U.S. 2016-2017 ANNUAL REPORT

W. STEWART BRAUNS, JR . AWARD: SHABANA KHAN

DEROY SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD: JULIA BUCHHOLZ AND SALIM KHAN

The W. Stewart Brauns, Jr. Award is named after one of the most dedicated and involved leaders of our game who was a tournament director, head referee, committee chair and a founder of the World Squash Federation. The Brauns is given to a person who has made major administrative, off-the-court contributions to the game of squash.

During a ceremony during the U.S. Junior Squash Championships at Harvard University, Julia Buchholz and Salim Khan received the 2017 DeRoy Sportsmanship Award. Buchholz, a Flourtown, Pennsylvania native and Philadelphia Cricket Club player, helped lead Team Pennsylvania to win the 2015 Regional Team Championship title. Khan, a Seattleite, plays his squash at the Pro Sports Club and attended Bellevue High School. Khan has represented Team USA at the Battle of the Border and the British Junior Open.

An outstanding player, Shabana Khan reached twenty-three in the world and represented Team USA in both the World Team Championships and the Pan American Games.

Shabana Khan

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Khan has been a tireless promoter of the game for decades. She has led the only two open world championships held in the U.S., and under her leadership, the PRO Squash Club in Bellevue has hosted a bevy of junior, adult, and professional tournaments.

(l-r): Salim Khan and Julia Buchholz

ROBERT W. CALL AHAN SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD: RICHARD CHIN

U.S. SQUASH HALL OF FAME: CLASS OF 2016

Richard Chin received the Callahan Award at a ceremony during the U.S. Open’s Character in Sports Day. Chin was honored with the Skillman Award during his senior year at Cornell, the college association’s highest men’s honor for sportsmanship and achievement. A four-time All American while in college, Chin subsequently reached the finals of the National Singles three times, played on six Team USA squads at the World Team Championships, more than any other male in U.S. history, and won the 45+ division at the National Singles last season.

Paul D. Assaiante, Norman B. Bramall and Jane Austin Stauffer were inducted into the United States Squash Hall of Fame at a celebratory luncheon at the 2016 U.S. Open.

First awarded in 2014, and the naming of which was inspired by a gift from Deborah Hodes, the Robert W. Callahan Sportsmanship Award is awarded to players who have shown exemplary sportsmanship on and off the court. Callahan, a legendary figure in the game, led the Princeton men’s varsity team for 32 seasons before retiring in 2013. Under Callahan, Princeton won more Skillman Awards for sportsmanship than any other college in the nation.

(l-r): Joyce Davenport, Paul Assaiante and Suzie Raboy

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The U.S. Squash Hall of Fame was founded in 2000. With the additions of Assaiante, Bramall and Stauffer in the Class of 2016, there are now fifty-eight members of the U.S. Squash Hall of Fame.

Michael Gough was added to the A. Carter Fergusson Grand Masters Honor Roll during an on-court ceremony at the 2016 U.S. Open. Gough became the fifth American to ever win an official world squash title when he won the men’s 75+ division at the World Masters in 2014 in Hong Kong. In 2015 and 2016 Gough won the men’s 75+ division at the British Open Masters, and he has also won six U.S. masters titles, losing in the finals three additional times.

The Feron’s Wedgewood Sportsmanship Award has been awarded since 1979 and its recipient, a woman who has shown exemplary sportsmanship on and off the court, is recommended by the US Squash Women’s Committee. Deb Harrison exemplifies the values enshrined in the Feron’s Wedgewood Award on court as an active competitor herself in tournaments and leagues in New England and at the Howe Cup. Most importantly, she passes on the values of fair play and sportsmanship as the head coach of the Nobles girls team in Massachusetts, one of the top high school programs in the country.

Assaiante’s overall career record of 514-85—including 403-21 at Trinity—is the best in intercollegiate squash history. Norm Bramall was a teaching professional at Cynwyd Club outside Philadelphia from 1942 to 1984 and coached six different women to a national singles title. Jane Stauffer won one national singles, six national doubles and six national mixed doubles titles. She captured her first national doubles title in 1950 and her last in 1978, a twenty-eight year gap which no other player has replicated.

A. CARTER FERGUSSON GRAND MASTER HONOR ROLL: MICHAEL GOUGH

FERON’S WEDGEWOOD SPORTSMANSHIP: DEB HARRISON

(l-r): Deb Harrison with 1991 Achievement Bowl recipient Beth Rasin

The DeRoy Sportsmanship Award is awarded to one female and one male high school senior who display exemplary on and off court behavior while competing at a high level of squash.

Michael Gough

The Honor Roll, established in 2010, is named after the Cal Ripken of squash—A. Carter Fergusson—who played in sixty-two consecutive National Singles tournaments from 1948 to 2009 and died in 2017. The award is given to men and women who exemplify Fergusson’s example of squash as a lifetime sport. 2016-2017 ANNUAL REPORT

UNITED STATES OLYMPIC COMMITTEE AWARDS USOC NATIONAL COACH OF THE YEAR: GEOFF MITCHELL The USOC National Coach of the Year is a coach of an elite-level club, collegiate, Pan-Am or World Championship team or the coach of an elite athlete who competes at the highest level of the sport.

Geoff Mitchell

Geoff Mitchell, the head pro at the Chatham Club in New Jersey, has been a stalwart teaching pro for more than a quarter century. A top player himself, often ranked as high at No. 1 in his age group in the country, Mitchell has developed hundreds of juniors into national champions and intercollegiate team and Team USA members. Since 2012 Mitchell has been the board chair for StreetSquash Newark, the New Jersey-based urban program. Mitchell has been a key visionary in American coaching. Beginning in 2013, Mitchell has been one of seven regional coaches, helping guide the creation and implementation of the US Squash regional squad structure.

USOC ATHLETE OF THE YEAR: REEHAM SEDKY The USOC Athlete of the Year is selected by the US Squash National Teams Committee for the most outstanding performance by a Team USA player in international competition and is awarded by the United States Olympic Committee.

Reeham Sedky

SCHOLASTIC SQUASH AWARDS US Squash named forty High School All-Americans from the 2016-2017 season. Recipients included the top four ranked players in the Boys and Girls U17, and the top eight ranked players in the U19 divisions and those voted on by leagues and coaches. To be eligible for All-American recognition, participants must be either a U.S. citizen or a U.S. resident, must play on a High School Varsity Team participating in the Scholastic Squash Program or maintain a ranking in the Under 17 or Under 19 division of either the Boys’ or Girls’ division of the national junior rankings. Players must be currently enrolled in high school and in good standing with US Squash.

US Squash recognized thirty-five of the nearly three hundred scholar athletes who participated in the junior squash season during the 2015-2016 academic year at the 2016 U.S. Open. The Scholar Athlete Award is given to high school student athletes who achieved a grade point average of 3.5 in school and participated in at least four US Squash accredited events. Scholar-athletes came from public, private and boarding schools. In addition, twenty-eight student athletes were recognized as Scholar Athletes in all four years of high school.

Reeham Sedky earned the honor with a stand-out performance in the 2016 Women’s World Team Championship—her senior Team USA debut. In pool play, Sedky won her first match against Wales and took Sarah-Jane Perry, then world No. 11, to five games in an exciting match against England. Then in Team USA’s final match against Malaysia, she clinched a record-equaling fifth place finish by topping Delia Arnold, then ranked world No. 18, 11-8 in the fifth. For the Penn sophomore, it was the best win of her young career. Later in the winter, she went on to reach the finals of both the National Intercollegiates and the National Singles.

USOC DEVELOPMENTAL COACH OF THE YEAR: BOB HANSCOM The USOC Developmental Coach of the Year nominee is coach of a youth club, high school or junior-level coach, or a coach directly responsible for coaching athletes to the junior and/or elite level. US Squash annually selects a club teaching professional who works directly with players of all abilities, helping develop outstanding, life-long players and members of our community.

Kevin Klipstein and Bob Hanscom.

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Bob Hanscom is in his eighties, but still very involved in promoting squash. Squash is booming in southern California, and Hanscom is behind one of the brightest spots, at the Arroyo Seco Racquet Club in South Pasadena. He directed, with the help of US Squash, the steady conversion of the four racquetball courts there. Hanscom is a strong believer in US Squash’s efforts to make squash more accessible. The Arroyo Seco, with nine lighted tennis courts in addition to the four squash courts, is a part of the City of South Pasadena’s recreation department and is an open-to-the-public, pay-per-play club.

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A N I N C R E A S E D E M P H A S I S O N

SPORTSMANSHIP OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, US SQUASH HAS TAKEN SEVERAL MAJOR STEPS TOWARDS ENCOURAGING MORE POSITIVE BEHAVIOR ON AND OFF THE COURT, INCLUDING: Re-defining our mission to emphasize sportsmanship and adding a fourth strategic and messaging pillar to highlight and include sportsmanship; Revising the US Squash Code of Conduct to strengthen it, define infractions, and outline disciplinary actions related to violations, as well as consistently and actively enforcing the Code of Conduct for Players, Parents, Coaches and Attendees by regularly sending notification of violation letters and applying suspensions in the most egregious cases; Elevating the recognition of good sportsmanship through the promotion of national awards and, in 2014, adding a Men’s Sportsmanship Award named in honor of Robert W. Callahan; Elevating the awareness of the importance of sportsmanship and character’s role in squash, through the Character in Sports Day at the U.S. Open beginning in 2014; Producing a series of videos featuring “Chet Blitzer,” the legendary commentator, celebrity, star and spokesperson. A fictional world champion, Blitzer thinks deeply about the value of sportsmanship in squash and the many opportunities the sport presents in practicing the virtues of good moral and performance character;.

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Marshall A. Pagon ..... Chairman Olivia Blatchford Timothy J. Conway Daniel Dolan Christopher Gordon Christopher Hanson Francis Johnson Praveen Kankariya Amrit Kanwal David Keating

Emily Ash Lungstrum Jennifer Mackesy Robert Mylod Terence M. O’Toole Linda Robinson Amanda Sobhy Shanin Specter Albert G. Tierney III Soo Venkatesan Timothy F. Wyant

STANDING COMMITTEE MEMBERS NOMINATING AND GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE Albert G. Tierney III ................. Chairperson Amanda Sobhy ........................ Athlete Representative Amrit Kanwal Jennifer Mackesy Linda Robinson

FINANCE AND AUDIT COMMITTEE Timothy J. Conway .................. Chairperson Chris Gordon ........................... Athlete Representative Francis Johnson Jackie Moss Scott Poirier

INVESTMENT COMMITTEE Amrit Kanwal ......................... Chairperson Olivia Blatchford .................... Athlete Representative Lenny Bernheimer Bill Broadbent Tom Poor

INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT COMMITTEE Jennifer Mackesy ................... Chairperson Chris Hanson .......................... Athlete Representative Julie Menin Linda Robinson Soo Venkatesan

STAFF

US SQUASH STAFF

DIRECTORS & STANDING COMMITTEES

BOARD MEMBERS

Kevin Klipstein

President & CEO

Natalie Atias

Junior Accountant

Graham Bassett

Director of Doubles and Professional Squash

Greg Born

Technology Services Manager

Bill Buckingham

Senior Director of Member Services

Kim Clearkin

Director of National Championships and Tournament Support Services

Adam Hamill

Director of Professional Development

Dan Heinrich

Director of Analytics & Web Services

Freddy Hernandez

Senior Advertising and Sponsor Relations Manager

Laurelle Holley

Program Manager

Philip Lee

Vice President of Finance and Administration

Chris McClintick

Senior Communications Manager

Preston Quick

Senior Director of UX & UI

Ryan Rayfield

Vice President of IT and Strategy

Harry Smith

Director of Junior Develpment

Rich Wade

Senior Director of National Teams and Officiating

Dent Wilkens

Senior Vice President of Operations

James Zug

Senior Editor & Chief Correspondent

N ATI O N A L COACH ES Paul Assaiante

The Ganek Family US Squash Head National Coach

Alex Stait

Head Junior Men’s National Coach

Scott Devoy

Head Junior Women’s National Coach

Simba Muwhati

Assistant Junior Men’s National Coach

Celia Pashley

Assistant Junior Women’s National Coach 2016-2017 ANNUAL REPORT

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UNITED STATES SQUASH RACQUETS ASSOCIATION, INC. STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL POSITION JUNE 30, 2017 AND 2016

UNITED STATES SQUASH RACQUETS ASSOCIATION, INC. STATEMENTS OF ACTIVITIES YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2017 (WITH COMPARATIVE TOTALS FOR 2016)

2017

Assets Current assets Cash and cash equivalents Accounts and other receivables Contributions receivable, net Merchandise inventory Prepaid expenses Investments

Total current assets Property and equipment, net Investments - endowments Other assets Contributions receivable, net Security deposits Goodwill U.S. Open trademark, net of accumulated amortization of $20,033 in 2017 and $18,895 in 2016 Software development costs, net of accumulated amortization of $314,910 in 2017 and $239,952 in 2016 Cash surrender value of life insurance - restricted for endowment Total other assets Total assets

79,052 54,015 306,200 27,402 26,049 132,680

2016

113,794 139,322 2,016,337 32,820 47,609 --

625,398

2,349,882

180,115

209,064

4,114,651

2,250,259

571,429 51,275 37,500

616,139 49,921 37,500

25,467

26,605

498,962 115,229

320,091 112,079

1,299,862

1,162,335

6,220,026

5,971,540

-684,281 687,789 6,280 27,599 9,078

250,374 395,561 836,662 4,603 26,266 693

Liabilities and Net Assets Liabilities Current liabilities Line of credit Accounts payable and accrued expenses Deferred revenue Capital lease obligation - current portion Long-term debt - current maturities Other current liabilities Total current liabilities

1,415,027

1,514,159

43,615 8,568 72,829

46,827 14,848 100,353

Total liabilities

1,540,039

1,676,187

Net assets Unrestricted Temporarily restricted Permanently restricted

(695,463) 1,260,799 4,114,651

(851,690) 1,040,508 4,106,535

4,679,987

4,295,353

Noncurrent liabilities Deferred revenue Capital lease obligation - net of current maturities Long-term debt - net of current maturities

Total net assets $

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6,220,026

Support and revenue Events Entry fees Sponsorship and royalties Commissions and licensing Accreditation fees Membership Program fees Management fees Contributions Merchandise, net Investment income (loss), net Advertising income Donated services Miscellaneous income

Unrestricted

Temporarily Restricted

Net assets released from restriction

1,126,852 758,414 37,612 504,199 915,709 389,297 179,877 356,711 (4,308) 95,254 139,144 136,479 177,327 730,544 5,543,111

Expenses Program services Membership Events US Open Senior Junior Senior programs Junior programs Certification Squash Magazine Supporting services Management and general Fundraising

Change in net assets

Net assets - end of year

-------8,116 ------

(730,544)

220,291

8,116

1,126,852 758,414 37,612 504,199 915,709 389,297 179,877 1,108,200 (4,308) 302,716 139,144 136,479 177,327

1,004,191 658,199 37,458 451,303 772,873 357,708 145,026 947,448 22,441 (108,753) 132,054 74,743 14,081 --

5,771,518

4,508,772

587,463

537,526

888,212 751,308 860,172 671,854 928,800 21,738 157,134

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888,212 751,308 860,172 671,854 928,800 21,738 157,134

1,015,278 812,360 866,507 497,598 834,475 46,152 191,866

4,866,681

4,801,762

457,269 62,934

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457,269 62,934

373,115 98,305

520,203

471,421

5,386,884

5,273,183

(851,690) $

-------743,373 -207,462 ----

T otal 2016

Total

587,463

156,227

Net assets - beginning of year

2017 Permanently Restricted

(695,463)

220,291

8,116

384,634

1,040,508

4,106,535

4,295,353

1,260,799

4,114,651

4,679,987

(764,411) 5,059,764 $

4,295,353

5,971,540

INFORMATION ON THIS PAGE IS DERIVED FROM THE AUDITED 6/30/17 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS COMPLETED BY WITHUMSMITH+BROWN.

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UNITED STATES SQUASH RACQUETS ASSOCIATION, INC. STATEMENTS OF ACTIVITIES YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2016 Unrestricted Support and revenue Events Entry fees Sponsorship and royalties Commissions and licensing Accreditation fees Membership Program fees Management fees Contributions Merchandise, net Investment loss, net Advertising income Donated services Miscellaneous income Net assets released from restriction

1,004,191 658,199 37,458 451,303 772,873 357,708 145,026 219,626 22,441 -132,054 74,743 14,081 814,330

Temporarily Restricted

4,704,033

Supporting services Management and general Fundraising

(223,795)

-------28,534 -------

28,534

1,004,191 658,199 37,458 451,303 772,873 357,708 145,026 947,448 22,441 (108,753) 132,054 74,743 14,081 -4,508,772

537,526

1,015,278 812,360 866,507 497,598 834,475 46,152 191,866

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1,015,278 812,360 866,507 497,598 834,475 46,152 191,866

4,801,762

373,115 98,305

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373,115 98,305

471,421

5,273,183

(569,150)

Net assets - beginning of year

(282,540)

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2017

Total

537,526

Change in net assets

Permanently Restricted

Cash flows from operating activities Change in net assets Adjustments to reconcile change in net assets to net cash provided (used) by operating activities Depreciation and amortization Realized (gains) losses Unrealized (gains) losses (Increase) decrease in cash value of life insurance policies Decrease (increase) in assets Accounts and other receivables Contributions receivable Merchandise inventory Prepaid expenses Security deposits Increase (decrease) in liabilities Accounts payable and accrued expenses Deferred revenue Other current liabilities

Net cash provided (used) by operating activities

Expenses Program services Membership Events US Open Senior Junior Senior programs Junior programs Certification Squash Magazine

Net assets - end of year

-------699,288 -(108,753) ---(814,330)

UNITED STATES SQUASH RACQUETS ASSOCIATION, INC. STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS JUNE 30, 2017 AND 2016

(851,690)

(223,795)

28,534

1,264,303 $

1,040,508

(764,411)

4,078,001 $

4,106,535

5,059,764 $

4,295,353

INFORMATION ON THIS PAGE IS DERIVED FROM THE AUDITED 6/30/17 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS COMPLETED BY WITHUMSMITH+BROWN.

384,634

2016

(764,411)

105,045 (98,942) (165,789) (3,150)

87,560 94,217 73,693 10,412

85,307 1,754,847 5,418 21,560 (1,354)

(26,516) 86,824 (233) 56,752 (14,143)

288,720 (152,085) 8,385

(20,546) 344,469 (17,492)

2,232,596

(89,414)

-(253,829) (1,732,341)

(4,328) (152,873) (60,301)

(1,986,170)

(217,502)

(250,374) -(26,191) (4,603)

250,374 91,000 (14,381) (3,375)

(281,168)

323,618

Change in cash and cash equivalents

(34,742)

16,702

Cash and cash equivalents Beginning of year

113,794

97,092

Cash flows from investing activities Purchase of equipment Software development costs Purchases of investments Net cash used by investing activities Cash flows from financing activities (Payments towards) proceeds from line of credit Proceeds from long term debt Principal payments on long term debt Principal payments on capital lease obligation Net cash (used) provided by financing activities

End of year Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information Interest paid

INFORMATION ON THIS PAGE IS DERIVED FROM THE AUDITED 6/30/17 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS COMPLETED BY WITHUMSMITH+BROWN.

79,052

113,794

12,189

13,987

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