PRINCETON, N.J. -- Harvard senior Amanda Sobhy (Sea Cliff, N.Y.) became the second player in Ivy League history to earn Women's Squash Player of the Year four times when the League's annual awards were announced on Thursday.
Princeton freshman Olivia Fiechter (Chestnut Hill, Pa.) was named the Ivy League Rookie of the Year, while Harvard coach Mike Way earned Coach of the Year honors after leading the Crimson to their 15th national title, including the program's third in the last four years. Fiechter was seeded fourth in the CSA Individual Championships, falling to Sobhy in the semifinals. She went 14-5 in her rookie campaign.
Sobhy, who completed an undefeated collegiate career, won her fourth individual title this season. She joins Princeton's Julia Beaver (1998-2001) as the only four-time winners of Player of the Year in Ivy League history. Sobhy finished her four years at Harvard with a perfect 62-0 record in collegiate competition. She helped Harvard to the program's 15th national title in 2014-15 and also won CSA's Richey Award.
Sobhy joined current Princeton coach Gail Ramsay as the only four-time individual champions in CSA womens history.
Sobhy and Fiechter were two of six unanimous All-Ivy selections. Penn's Yan Xin Tan (Kuala Lumpar, Malaysia) and Anaka Alankamony (Chennai, India), Princeton's Maria Elena Ubina (Stamford, Conn.) and Yale's Jenny Scherl (South Orange, N.J.) were also unanimous selections in the coaches' balloting.
The team was expanded to 12 players due to ties in the voting. Columbia's Colette Sultana (Malta), Cornell's Danielle Letourneau (Calgary, Alberta, Canada), Harvard's Katherine Tutrone (Baltimore), Penn's Marie Stephan (Nimes, France), Princeton's Nicole Bunyan (Victoria, B.C., Canada) and Yale's Shihui Mao (Singapore) also earned All-Ivy honors.
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Amanda Sobhy, Harvard (Sr., Sea Cliff, N.Y.)
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
Olivia Fiechter, Princeton (Fr., Chestnut Hill, Pa.)
COACH OF THE YEAR
Mike Way, Harvard
FIRST TEAM ALL-IVY^
Colette Sultana, Columbia (So., Malta)
Danielle Letourneau, Cornell (Sr., Calgary, Alberta, Canada)
*Amanda Sobhy, Harvard (Sr., Sea Cliff, N.Y.)
Katherine Tutrone, Harvard (So., Baltimore)
*Yan Xin Tan, Penn (Jr., Kuala Lumpar, Malaysia)
*Anaka Alankamony, Penn (So., Chennai, India)
Marie Stephan, Penn (Fr., Nimes, France)
*Olivia Fiechter, Princeton (Fr., Chestnut Hill, Pa.)
*Maria Elena Ubina, Princeton (So., Stamford, Conn.)
Nicole Bunyan, Princeton (Sr., Victoria, B.C., Canada)
*Jenny Scherl, Yale (So., South Orange, N.J.)
Shihui Mao, Yale (Sr., Singapore)
*Unanimous Selection
^Team expanded due to ties in the voting