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2025-26 Men's Squash Roster

Kayleigh Halasz

Ishant Shah

  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Penang, Malaysia
  • High School Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Bukit Jambul
  • Concentration Undeclared

Biography

Junior (2025-26)

Competed in 14 matches and went 11-3 from the No. 8 and No. 9 spots … He went 1-1 in the No. 8 spot and 10-2 in the No. 9 spot … Faced Eddie Xue of No. 13 MIT in his season opener and won 3-1 in the No. 8 spot (Nov. 18th) … Faced Rana Thakker of No. 9 Dartmouth in the No. 9 spot and won 3-1 (Dec. 2nd) … Defeated Ewan Harris 3-2 in the No. 9 position against No. 4 Virginia (Dec. 5th) … Faced and defeated Laszlo Godde 3-0 in the No. 9 position against No. 6 Columbia (Jan. 17th) … Against No. 10 Cornell’s Vedant Chheda he swept him 3-0 in the No. 9 spot (Jan. 18th) … Swept Jack O’Flynn of No. 4 Yale 3-0 in the No. 9 position (Feb. 1st) … Defeated Gregory Maslang 3-1 in the No. 9 spot against No. 3 Penn (Feb. 14th) … Swept Yanai Romot of No. 8 Princeton 3-0 in the No. 9 spot (Feb. 15th) … Defeated and swept Yanai Romot of No. 8 Princeton 3-0 again in the No. 9 Position in the Ivy League Semifinals (Feb. 21st) … Achieved a win against No. 1 Princeton’s Hao Cui 3-2 in the No. 9 position (Feb. 22nd) … Faced and defeated No. 2 Penn’s Hao Cui again 3-1 in the No. 9 position (Mar. 7th).

Sophomore (2023-24)

Posted an overall record of 7-5 on the season … Primarily played at the ninth spot on the Crimson ladder where he went 5-3 … Earned the win at the No. 8 position against Northeastern (Nov. 15) with a 3-0 sweep … Picked up a 3-1 win at the No. 9 position in the match against No. 10 Dartmouth (Nov. 29) … Was victorious in his match at the No. 9 position against Virginia’s Patrick Keller, winning 3-1 to help the Crimson defeat the No. 8 Cavaliers (Dec. 2) … Swept his opponent at the No. 7 position to help Harvard earn the win over No. 16 MIT (Jan. 11) … Came away with a thrilling 3-2 win over No. 3 Yale’s Brian Leonard at the No. 9 position to help Harvard defeat the Bulldogs (Jan. 19) … Defeated Daniel Simon of No. 4 Trinity, 3-1, in his match at No. 9 (Jan. 21) … Defeated Darien Benn of No. 8 Drexel, 3-0, at the No. 9 position (Feb. 17).

First-Year (2022-23)

Complied a record of 9-3 at various position in first collegiate season … Had the match clinching win on five separate occasions throughout the season … Made Harvard debut against No. 10 Rochester on Nov. 12, defeating Quinlan Jeudy (Rochester), 3-0 (11-9, 11-4, 11-1) … Appeared at the No. 5 position against Brown, winning 3-0 (11-5, 11-8, 11-2) … Clinched the win over No. 9 Columbia by defeating Sameer Saxena 3-0 (11-7, 11-8, 11-6) to secure the Crimson first Ivy League Championship since 2019.

Before Harvard

Member of the Malaysia National team … Served as the team captain for the Penang state team for five years (2016-2021) … Three time National Inter School Champion (2016, 2018, 2019) … Five year member (2016-2021) of SMK Bukit Jambul high school squash team … Awarded Sportsman of the Year Award three times throughout high school (2018-2020) … Father, Atul Shah, was a national hockey player for Malaysia and represented Malaysia in the World Junior Olympics and the World Veteran Olympics … Enjoys music and playing the drums and guitar in addition to playing squash.

Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23First-Year

  • 2023-24Sophomore

  • 2024-25Junior

  • 2025-26Junior