Individual Pre-Season Picks: Sobhy and Abdel Khalek

Amanda Sobhy has three College Squash individual national championships to her credit. As she begins her senior year at Harvard University, we predict she will win her fourth this coming season, equaling the mark previously set by current Princeton University coach Gail Ramsay.

Sobhy is coached at Harvard by Mike Way.

Sobhy will immediately be regarded as the greatest female college player in history upon graduation as she isn't just winning - she is dominating. She doesn't know what it feels like to play a fourth game in CSA.

When Sobhy isn't hitting the books at Harvard, she is playing on the WSA World Tour, where she is currently #10 in the world rankings. Amanda is the first American to ever reach the world top 10.
 
To see Amanda's page on GoCrimson.com, please click here.

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Ahmed Abdel Khalek is entering his junior year at Bates College. This season we expect him to win his first College Squash individual national championship.

Khalek went 17-0 in his sophomore season but decided to skip the national individual tournament to focus on his academics. In his 17 wins, he only needed to play more than the required minimum number of games three times.

Abdel Khalek is coached at Bates by Pat Cosquer.

Khalek isn't a flashy player. The left hander's game is characterized by unrelenting consistency. In many ways, he reminds us of Egyptian legend Amr Shabana.

To see Ahmed's Bates College page, please click here.