PRINCETON, N.J. – Penn’s Malak Khafagy earned both major Ivy League women’s squash postseason awards following a vote of the league’s head coaches.
 
Khafagy was voted the Player of the Year and was a unanimous selection for Rookie of the Year. The Harvard coaching staff, led by head coach Mike Way, was unanimously voted the Coaching Staff of the Year.
 
Khafagy posted an Ivy record of 5-1 playing at No. 1 for the Quakers. The Crimson posted a perfect record of 6-0 in league play to earn its ninth consecutive Ivy title.
 
This marks the first year that there are first and second All-Ivy teams. All seven programs were represented on the teams. There were eight unanimous first team selections.
 
Additionally, one Ivy League women's squash student-athlete from each institution was recognized for their commitment in the classroom and on the court as members of the 2024-25 Ivy League Women's Squash Academic All-Ivy team. Columbia's Simmi Chan, Cornell’s Alysa Ali, Dartmouth’s Chelsea Cho, Harvard’s Brecon Welch, Penn's Yoshna Singh, Princeton’s Molly Chadwick and Yale’s Nina Mital were each named to the team.
 
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Malak Khafagy, Penn
 
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
*Malak Khafagy, Penn
 
COACHING STAFF OF THE YEAR
*Harvard

FIRST TEAM ALL-IVY
*Simmi Chan, Columbia
*Xin Ying Yee, Cornell
*Saran Nghiem, Harvard
*Caroline Fouts, Harvard
*Lucie Stefanoni, Harvard
*Malak Khafagy, Penn
Franka Vidovic, Penn
*Zeina Zein, Princeton
*Heng Wai Wong, Yale
 
SECOND TEAM ALL-IVY^
Nourin Khalifa, Columbia
Aishwarya Khubchandani, Cornell
Maria Clara Ramirez, Dartmouth
Habiba Eldafrawy, Harvard
Savannah Ingledew, Penn
Sohaila Ismail, Penn
Molly Chadwick, Princeton
Emma Trauber, Princeton
Christy Lau, Yale
Spring Ma, Yale
 
* Unanimous Selection | ^ Team Expanded Due to Tie in Voting