Biography
Junior (2024-25)
Team Captain … CSA First Team All-America Selection … Named to the All-Ivy League Team … CSA Scholar Athlete … Posted a 13-2 record, all coming from the top position on the Crimson ladder … Opened the season with a 3-0 sweep of Western Ontario’s Dylan Deverill (Nov. 16) at the top position on the ladder … Defeated Arav Gill of Tufts, 3-0 (Nov. 17) at ones … Earned a 3-2 win against Dartmouth’s William (Mac) Aube at ones (Dec. 4) … Continued his strong start with a 3-2 win at ones against Virginia’s Karim Elbarbary (Dec. 6) … Began the second semester with a 3-0 win on the road against Columbia’s Arhan Chandra at ones (Jan. 11) … Defeated Cornell’s Aaron Liang at ones, 3-0 (Jan. 12) … Earned an impressive 3-0 sweep against Yale’s Tad Carney at ones (Jan. 19) … Competed in the Pool Trophy main draw at the CSA Individual National Championships (Jan. 26) … Defeated Drexel’s Guido Lindner before falling in the round of 16 … Posted a 3-0 win against Princeton’s Ahmed Hussein at ones (Feb. 2) … Defeated Drexel’s Guido Lindner at ones, 3-0 (Feb. 15) … Helped Harvard sweep Dartmouth, 9-0, in the opening round of the CSA National Championships with a 3-1 win over Christian Shah at ones (Mar. 6) … Defeated Yale’s Tad Carney, 3-1, at ones in a narrow CSA Nationals quarterfinal loss to the Bulldogs (Mar. 7) … Helped Harvard secure a win over Drexel in the consolation bracket with a 3-0 win over Guido Lindner at ones (Mar. 8) … Closed out the season with a 3-2 win over Columbia’s Shaurya Bawa at ones during a narrow fifth-place match loss for the Crimson.
Sophomore (2023-24)
CSA First-Team All-America … All-Ivy League Team Selection … Was the team’s primary No. 1 on the ladder … Competed in 14 matches for the Crimson, all at the No. 1 spot, and posted a 9-5 record … Opened the season with a 3-0 sweep in his match at No. 1 against Brown (Nov. 14) … Swept Christian Shah of No. 10 Dartmouth, 11-4, 11-5, 11-1, at the No. 1 position (Nov. 29) … Was victorious in a battle with No. 8 Virginia the No. 1 position, defeating John Paul Tew, 3-2 (Dec. 2) … Swept No. 16 MIT’s Mero Elmarassy in his match at No. 1 (Jan. 11) … Earned a thrilling 3-2 win over Karim Elbarbary of No. 3 Princeton in their match at the top of the ladder (Jan. 27) … Swept Franklyn Smith of Columbia at the No. 1 position to clinch the match for Harvard against the No. 7 Lions (Feb. 4) … Defeated Nicolas Serna of No. 8 Drexel, 3-1, at the No. 1 position (Feb. 17) … Earned another win over Serna in the consolation round of the CSA National Championships (Mar. 2), defeating the Drexel opponent 3-1 at the No. 1 position … Defeated No. 6 Columbia’s Franklyn Smith at the No. 1 position, 3-1, to help Harvard take fifth-place at the CSA Team National Championships (Mar. 3) … Was entered into the main draw of the CSA Individual National Championships to compete for the Pool Trophy … Won his first round matchup against Trinity’s Joachim Chuah, 3-0, before falling in the quarterfinals.
First-Year (2022-23)
Complied a record of 12-4 in first year with the Crimson…Played primarily at the No. 6 position with appearances at No. 3, 4, and 5…Made collegiate debut on Nov. 12, defeating Omar Zakaria (Rochester), 3-0 (11-7, 11-3, 11-3)…Won first match at the No.3 position, defeating Raghav Pemmireddy (Brown), 3-0 (11-5, 11-1, 11-6)…Swept Julius Benethin (Trinity), 3-0 (11-6, 11-9, 11-6)…Recorded first Ivy League win by winning a cruicial match over Saksham Choudhary (Penn), 3-0 (11-9, 11-8, 11-4) in the teams win over No. 2 Penn…Dropped the least number of points of any Crimson player against Cornell, defeating Rohan Iyer (Cornell), 3-0 (11-2, 11-2, 11-5)…Helped secure the Ivy title for the Crimson, beating Rutvik Rau (Columbia), 3-1 (2-11, 11-8, 11-1, 11-2)…Defeated Rohan Iyer (Cornell), 3-0 (11-2, 11-2, 11-3), and dropped the least number of points of any player in the team’s first round win in the CSA Team Championship.
Before Harvard
Member of the Ecuadorian National Team…Played at the No. 1 position for the Ecuadorian National Team…Member of the Kent School Varsity Squash Team (2019-2022)…First team All-American in Nationals (2019-20, 2021-22)…MVP of Kent Varsity Squash (2019-20, 2021-22)…Served as team captain for Kent Varsity Squash (2020-21, 2021-22)…Named best player in New Englands (2021-22)…Only lost three matches throughout three years of play…Received high honors in academics…Enjoys music, food, and traveling in addition to playing squash.
