Cornell University Athletics

E-mail Coach Devoy (jmd226@cornell.edu)

Julee Devoy was named the head coach of the Cornell University women[apos]s squash team in October 2004 with the goal of making the Big Red a contender in the national championship picture.

Devoy, the assistant squash pro and administrator for the squash department at the Heights Casino, where she helped train players on nationally ranked college squads from Harvard, Princeton and Yale.

She has also had impressive international playing and coaching experience. She played professionally from 1979-83 in both London and France, earning the No. 1 ranking in France and winning the inaugural French Open women[apos]s championship. She was also a member of the winning squad at the 1984-85 New Zealand national club team tournament.

A member of the junior national team in New Zealand, she was a finalist in the nation[apos]s under-21 tournament. While working as a partner in a sports retail business from 1986-2000, Julee was a volunteer coach working with the junior and senior members of the Hamilton squash and tennis clubs and was a training partner for former world No. 1 player Leilani Joyce and top 100 players Louise Crome and Kylie Lindsay.

Julee and her husband Mark, the men[apos]s squash coach at Cornell, reside in Ithaca.