PRINCETON, N.J. -- Columbia’s Osama Khalifa and Princeton’s Youssef Ibrahim earned the Ivy League men’s squash postseason awards following a vote of the Ancient Eight head coaches.

Columbia’s Jacques Swanepoel was named the Ivy League Coach of the Year, Columbia senior Osama Khalifa was selected as the Player of the Year and Princeton freshman Youssef Ibrahim was tabbed as the Rookie of the Year.

Khalifa went 11-2 on the year—10-2 at No. 1 and 1-0 at No. 2 for the Lions—en route to his third-straight Ivy League Player of the Year and fourth-straight unanimous First Team All-Ivy nod. The Cairo, Egypt, product also went 6-1 in Ivy League play. Khalifa is the reigning CSA individual national champion.
 
Ibrahim spent his freshman season in the No. 1 slot for the Tigers, compiling a 12-3 record. The Cairo, Egypt, native went 6-1 at No. 1 against Ivy League opposition.
 
Swanepoel guided the No. 2-ranked Lions to a 14-1 record and their first-ever Ivy League title. Columbia posted an unblemished 7-0 mark in Ivy League play, highlighted by its first-ever win over Harvard, 5-4 on Jan. 14.
 
Six Ivies were unanimous First Team All-Ivy selections: Khalifa, Columbia freshman Velavan Senthilkumar (Salem, India), Dartmouth senior Alvin Heumann (Southport, Conn.), Harvard sophomore Saadeldin Abouaish (Cairo, Egypt), Harvard sophomore Timothy Brownell (Belmont, Mass.) and Ibrahim.
 
Harvard, the Ivy League runner-up, earned three First Team All-Ivy nods—Abouaish, Brownell and sophomore Sean Hughes (Newton Square, Pa.).

Ivy League champion Columbia claimed two First Team All-Ivy slots with unanimous selections Khalifa and Senthilkumar. Princeton—Ibrahim and sophomore Adhitya Raghavan (Chennai, India)—and Yale—sophomore Spencer Lovejoy (Branford, Conn.) and freshman Harrison Gill (Darien, Conn.) also had two First Team All-Ivy honorees.

Penn was represented by First Team All-Ivy freshman Andrew Douglas (Brooklyn, N.Y.). 

PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Osama Khalifa, Columbia (Sr. – Cairo, Egypt)

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
Youssef Ibrahim, Princeton (Fr. – Cairo, Egypt)

COACH OF THE YEAR
Jacques Swanepoel, Columbia

FIRST TEAM ALL-IVY
* Osama Khalifa, Columbia (Sr. – Cairo, Egypt)
* Velavan Senthilkumar, Columbia (Fr. – Salem, India)
* Alvin Heumann, Dartmouth (Sr. – Southport, Conn.)
* Saadeldin Abouaish, Harvard (So. – Cairo, Egypt)
* Timothy Brownell, Harvard (So. – Belmont, Mass.)
Sean Hughes, Harvard (So. – Newton Square, Pa.)
Andrew Douglas, Penn (Fr. – Brooklyn, N.Y.) 
* Youssef Ibrahim, Princeton (Fr. – Cairo, Egypt)
Adhitya Raghavan, Princeton (So. – Chennai, India)
Spencer Lovejoy, Yale (So. – Branford, Conn.)
Harrison Gill, Yale (Fr. – Darien, Conn.)
 
* Unanimous Selection