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UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER YELLOWJACKETS

2024-25 Men's Squash Roster

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Omar Zakaria

Omar Zakaria

  • Height:
    5-5
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Cairo, Egypt
  • Highschool:
    Suffield Academy (CT)

Summary

Biography

At UR 2024-25: 1st Team All-Liberty League honoree for the second straight season, earning the honor as UR's primary number two player...The team captain was one of three players to appear in all 19 matches...Finished with a 12-9 record overall, tying for the team lead in wins...Competed at the College Squash Association Individual Championships and went 1-1 in the Molloy (B) Division...Had three victories at the CSA Hoehn Cup Tournament and added wins earlier in the season against players from #10 Tufts, #13 Franklin & Marshall, #14 Western, #17 MIT and #21 Navy...Ends career with 43-31 lifetime record, ranking inside the top-25 all-time in program history...Honored for the second straight season with a spot on the CSA Scholar Athlete team...Named Liberty League All-Academic.

At UR 2023-24: Took the next step forward as a junior, being selected as a 1st Team All-Liberty League selection...Compiled a record of 12-3, tying for the team lead in wins...Was 11-1 at number three during the season and played one match in the two slot for the Yellowjackets...Qualified for the CSA Individual Championships and earned a first round win in the Molloy bracket...Named one of UR's co-captains for the season...Earned Liberty League Performer of the Week honors on Feb. 5 after posting a pair of 3-0 sweeps at #3 in Rochester wins over Chatham and Navy...Two match-clinching wins on the season, coming against #18 Franklin & Marshall (1/26) and #18 Middlebury, with the latter coming in the quarterfinals of the CSA Hoehn Cup Tournament...Earned Liberty League All-Academic and CSA Scholar Athlete praise.

At UR 2022-23: Named Honorable Mention All-Liberty League as a sophomore...Went 12-11 overall and appeared in all 19 matches (10-9)...Played #3 and #4 for the Yellowjackets and had the third most wins on the team...Played nine matches against top-100 ranked players, earning a win against #58 John Paul Tew of 5th-ranked Virigina...Went 3-0 at the CSA Team Championships, helping UR finish seventh at the Hoehn Cup...Qualified for the CSA Individual Championships, competing in the Molloy South bracket where he reached the consolation finals...Pair of match-clinching wins at the Liberty League Championships during pool play, helping the Yellowjackets earn the team title for the fourth year in a row...Earned Liberty League All-Academic accolades.

At UR 2021-22: Played in 15 matches as a rookie...Played #4 and #5 in the Yellowjacket lineup and accumulated a 7-8 overall record...Had three wins at the Liberty League Championships and two wins during the CSA Hoehn Cup tournament...Won 3-1 over nationally ranked player from Dartmouth on Feb. 8.

HS: Attended the Suffield Academy in Suffield, Connecticut...Participated on the Tigers squash and soccer teams...Named squash MVP during the 2019-20 season...Earned All-NEPSAC 2nd Team honors in Class A for squash.

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