Yanez Tapia

Mario Yanez Tapia

  • Award
    Performer
  • Week Of
    3/6/2017
  • Sport
    Men's Squash
  • School
    University of Rochester
  • Year
    Senior
  • Position
  • Hometown
    Aguascalientes, Mexico
  • High School
    CBTis No. 39
University of Rochester senior Mario Yanez ended his collegiate squash career as runner-up at the CSA Individual Championships, falling in the Pool (A) Division title match to #1 seeded Osama Khalifa of Columbia. To reach the final, Yanez, the #7 seed, needed wins over TJ Dembinski in the first round (3-0) and then upsets over #2 seeded Mohamed El Gawarhy of SLU (3-2) in the quarters and #6 seed Ahmed Bayoumy of SLU (3-1) in the semifinals. The finish is the best in the career of Yanez who was named a first-team All-American for all four years of his career.