2009-10 Women's Squash

NA Alexandra Kerr

  • Class Sophomore
  • Highschool The Pingry School
  • Hometown Short Hills, NJ

Biography

Junior Squash Bio: National ranking 11;Member, US Junior Squad; NJ State Champion 2007, 2008; representedU.S. in Canadian-American Challenge, 2006; NNJSRA JuniorAchievement Award 2008

 

 

Why Yale? The Yale Squash Team
Why Squash? I started playing when I was 7 (alongwith tennis, sailing, paddle, swimming, skiing) because my dadplays and loves it. I really started focusing on squash at age 13because I realized how much I love the game.
Favorite Squash Moment: At the Frank Millettournament at Harvard my junior year of highschool I was playing amatch against a girl I normally beat but who was only ranked one ortwo spots below me and always gave me a tough game. During thefourth or fifth point of the match I twisted my ankle trying to getto the ball. I was in a lot of pain and took an injury time out. Mycoach told me it wouldn''t get worse if I kept playing so I finishedthat game, lost the second and somewhere in there managed to findthe determination and drive to keep playing and went on to win in5. I was out for 4 months after that because of my sprained anklebut winning that match was my favorite squash moment.