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2023-24 Men's Squash Roster

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Veer Chotrani

  • Height 5-9
  • Class Fifth Year
  • Hometown Mumbai, India
  • Highschool Jamnabai Narsee School

Biography

2023-24 | SENIOR SEASON
Posted a perfect 16-0 record after sitting out first five matches of season ... named CSA Squash's Skillman Player of the Year, becoming first Cornellian to earn honor and second consecutive Cornell squash player to earn Player of the Year honors, joining former women's squash player Sivasangari Subramaniam, who won the Betty Richey Award for the 2022-23 campaign ... earned fourth First Team All-American honor ... named Ivy League's Player of the Year and unanimously named First Team All-Ivy, his fourth First Team All-Ivy selection ... registered 12-0 record in dual matches from No. 1 position, six of which came in three-game sweeps ... cruised through Pool Trophy bracket at CSA Individual National Championship, posting pair of three-game victories in first round and semifinal contests.

2022-23 | JUNIOR SEASON
Received third First Team All-American award from College Squash Association and third First Team All-Ivy honor ... concluded season with 9-8 record, competing exclusively at No. 1 position on Cornell's ladder ... reached semifinals of 2023 CSA National Individual Championships after posting five-game upset of No. 2-ranked Marwan Tarek of Harvard ... became first Big Red player to reach semifinals of Individual National Championship since Nick Sachvie in 2011.

2021-22 | SOPHOMORE SEASON
Named First Team All-American by College Squash Association for second time ... unanimously named to First Team All-Ivy ... became seventh Cornell men’s squash player to earn multiple All-Ivy honors ... finished season ranked 13th nationally in CSA individual rankings ... achieved 10-8 record competing exclusively from No. 1 spot on ladder for Big Red ... reached quarterfinals of Pool Trophy bracket at CSA Individual National Championships.

2020-21
Season canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

2019-20 | FRESHMAN SEASON
Named to College Squash Association's First Team All-America ... only freshman among 10 selected to First Team All-Ivy League ... unanimously garnered Ivy League Rookie of the Year award, becoming Cornell's second player to earn honor since accolade was first awarded in 1984 ... tied for team lead in victories with 11-7 record, competing exclusively against elite competition at No. 1 position ... qualified for top-flight Pool Trophy bracket at CSA National Collegiate Individual Championships, finishing second in consolation bracket to bump up All-America honor from second to first team ... selected as team's most valuable player ... posted 3-4 record in Ivy League play with victories over opponents from Columbia, Brown and Dartmouth ... joined Nicholas Göth Errington as only two team members to go 3-0 through Hoehn Cup competition.

PRIOR TO CORNELL
Won 2019 Asian Junior U19 Championship ... advanced into semifinals of 2019 Indian Nationals ... won four of six matches while competing with India at 2018 World Junior Team Championship ... reached third round of individual World Junior Championship ... advanced to third round of the British Junior U17 Open in 2018 and British Junior U19 Open in 2019.

PERSONAL
Veer Manish Chotrani is the son of Manish and Meera Chotrani, and has one sister ... enrolled in College of Arts and Life Sciences.

Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20Freshman

    5'9"
  • 2020-21Sophomore

    5'9"
  • 2021-22Junior

    5'9"
  • 2022-23Senior

    5'9"
  • 2023-24Fifth Year

    5'9"