Squash pros and coaches say that in the last few years the sport has seen a sharp increase in participation by children and teenagers, some of whose parents seem to have one eye on the ball and the other on college applications. [Link<\/a>]<\/blockquote>\n\n <<\/p>\n\n p>Grey lady, please. This is so Opal Mehta meets the Spice Girls, that is, this is old news for subcontinental strivers. Here’s an article from the TOI from 5 years<\/em> ago:<\/p>\n\n Do you know the easiest way to book a free seat in an American Ivy League college? No, you do not have to secure the highest marks in your GRE\/GMAT examinations. Just being a good squash player, should suffice… over a dozen squash players from Mumbai have made it to the American Ivy League, purely on the strength of the racquet sport…Indians stand the best chance with squash, because, there is little competition in this sport. [Link<\/a>]<\/blockquote>\n\n <<\/p>\n\n p> Siddharth Suchde ’07 has played at number one in every Harvard men’s match since his sophomore year. Last season he went undefeated in all his regular-season matches and was named Ivy League Player of the Year<\/span><\/font>… \n “A turning point came when I was 16 and I got a call from the Indian Squash Federation asking me to play in the world junior championships,” he says. He trained hard and became captain of the Indian junior national team, which finished fifth at the tournament, the best result in India’s history. Suchde has remained on the Indian national team for the past five years. Last December he played at number three for the Indian senior national team at the world men’s team championships in Islamabad, Pakistan. (It meant missing three weeks of classes.) India finished eleventh in the tourney, one of its best performances ever. [Link<\/a>]<\/blockquote>\n\n <<\/p>\n\n p><\/p>\n\n If squash becomes an Olympic sport in 2016<\/a>, we’d finally have a sport<\/a> that either India or Pakistan would have a chance of medalling in! w00t!<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The NYT ran a story yesterday about how aspiring Ivy league parents are trying to get their children admitted as athletic recruits … in squash: Squash pros and coaches say that in the last few years the sport has seen … Continue reading \n
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<\/a>Siddhartha Suchde is the top player at the top Ivy School (Harvard has won 13 out of the last 16 squash championships) where he squashes his opponents with gusto:<\/p>\n\n\n