El Gawarhy, Mohamed

Mohamed El Gawarhy

  • Award
    Performer
  • Week Of
    3/4/2019
  • Sport
    Men's Squash
  • School
    St. Lawrence University
  • Year
    Junior
  • Position
  • Hometown
    Cairo, Egypt
  • High School
    Memphis International School
At the 2019 CSA Men's Squash Individiual Championships, St. Lawrence University junior Mohamed El Gawarhy upset both the top-ranked and fourth-ranked players to en route to the National Championship final. In the final, he fell to Harvard's Victor Cronin, 3-0. Earlier in the weekend, El Gawarhy was able to avenge a 3-2 loss to Rochester's Ashley Davies (ranked first in the country) in the Liberty League Championship earlier this season with an 11-8, 4-11, 11-9, 11-6 (3-1) win. Against fourth-seeded Andrew Douglas from Penn, he posted a 3-0 win (11-7, 11-9, 11-8) in the semifinals.