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2025-26 Men's Squash Roster

ELIZA NUESTRO

Jacob Lin

  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Vancouver, BC, Canada
  • High School Magee Secondary School

Biography

Junior (2025-26)

CSA Scholar Athlete ... Competed in 14 matches and went 11-3 from the No. 7 and No. 8 positions … He went 9-3 from the No. 7 spot and 2-0 from the No. 8 spot … Began his 2025-26 season against Rio Schafer from No. 18 Western Ontario 3-0 from the No. 7 spot (Nov. 15th) … Swept Sean-Winston Luo of No. 13 MIT 3-0 from the No. 7 spot (Nov. 18th) … Swept Warren Klein from No. 9 Dartmouth 3-0 from the No. 8 Position (Dec. 2nd) … Achieved a win against No. 4 Virginia’s Maxwell Velazquez 3-2 in the No. 8 position (Dec. 5th) … Faced No. 6 Columbia’s Shaoqian Du and won 3-1 from the No. 7 spot (Jan. 17th) … Faced No. 10 Cornell and defeated Vivaan Shah 3-1 in the No. 7 position (Jan. 18th) … Beat Oliver Velasco 3-1 in the No. 7 spot against No. 4 Yale (Feb. 1st).

Sophomore (2024-25)

Divisional Champion at the CSA National Championships … Saw action in all 17 matches for the Crimson during the 2024-25 campaign … Posted a record of 11-6 on the season … played in the three and four spots on the Crimson ladder, primarily factoring in at fours … Opened the season with a 3-0 sweep of Western Ontario’s Amin Khan (Nov. 16) at the fourth position on the ladder … Defeated Kerwin Teh of Tufts, 3-0 (Nov. 17) at fours … Earned a dominant 3-0 win against Dartmouth’s Ekam Singh at threes (Dec. 4) … Began the second semester with a 3-1 win on the road against Columbia’s Yusuf Sheikh at fours (Jan. 11) … Defeated Cornell’s Tanay Punjabi at fours, 3-1 (Jan. 12) …  Captured a divisional championship at the CSA Individual National Championships, coming in first place in the Molloy (North) draw (Jan. 26) … Defeated Franklin and Marshall’s Sharan Punjabi, 3-0, in the final to claim the championship … Posted a 3-1 win over Princeton’s Thomas Rosini at fours (Feb. 2) … Played at threes in the match against Middlebury’s Kian Kardestuncer, winning his match 3-0 (Feb. 5) … Defeated Drexel’s Charlie Taylor at fours, 3-0 (Feb. 15) … Earned a 3-1 win at threes against John Gunton in the match against MIT (Feb. 18) … Helped Harvard sweep Dartmouth, 9-0, in the opening round of the CSA National Championships with a 3-1 win over Quintin Campbell at fours (Mar. 6) … Defeated Yale’s Maxwell Orr, 3-2, at fours in a narrow CSA Nationals quarterfinal loss to the Bulldogs (Mar. 7).

First-Year (2023-24)

Posted an 11-5 record in his first collegiate season … Primarily played at the seventh position on the ladder where he posted a 5-4 record … Made his collegiate debut against Brown (Nov. 14), earning a 3-0 sweep at the No. 6 position … Earned the win at the No. 4 position against Northeastern (Nov. 15) with a 3-0 sweep … Came away with a 3-1 win over Quintin Campbell in the match against No. 10 Dartmouth, 7-11, 11-3, 11-6, 11-9 (Nov. 29) … Was victorious in his match at the No. 5 position against Virginia’s CJ Baldini, winning 3-1 to help the Crimson defeat the No. 8 Cavaliers (Dec. 2) … Came away with a thrilling 3-2 win over No. 3 Yale’s Nikhil Ismail at the No. 7 position to help Harvard defeat the Bulldogs (Jan. 19) … Swept Zain Ahmed of No. 3 Princeton in the No. 7 match (Jan. 27) … Defeated Alber Baddour of No. 2 Penn, 3-1, in their match at the No. 7 position (Jan. 28) … Defeated Tanay Punjabi of No. 6 Cornell, 3-1, in their match at the no. 7 position (Feb. 3) … Picked up the win at the No. 6 position in the victory over No. 13 Tufts (Feb. 6) … Picked up a 2-1 win at the No. 6 position in the victory over No. 13 Tufts after his opponent retired during the fourth game (Feb. 6) … Defeated Guido Lindnerof No. 8 Drexel, 3-1, at the No. 6 position in the consolation round of the CSA Team Championships (Mar. 2).

Before Harvard

Five-time Canadian Junior National Champion (2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2023) … Reached a ranking of No. 1 in the Canadian junior rankings for U13, U15, U17, and U19 … Five-time BC Provincial Champion (2017, 2019, 2019, 2020, 2023) ... Two-time Gold Medalist at the Canada Winter Games 2023 … Represents the Canadian Junior National Squash Team (2020-2023) … Represented Canada at World Junior Championships (2022, 2023) … Fourth-place finish at 2022 US Junior Open BU19 … Sixth-place finish at 2020 British Junior Open BU15 … Served as team captain for the Vancouver Squash Academy (2023) … Finished 10th at 2022 World Junior Squash Championships with Canada … 2016 Hong Kong Junior Open BU11 Champion … Co-founder and President of Sunshine Squash Club which works to promote squash in Canada and raise funds for charity … AP Scholar with Honor Award … Recipient of the 2022 Squash BC Kevin Kydd Junior Service Award.

Historical Player Information

  • 2023-24First-Year

  • 2024-25Sophomore

  • 2025-26Junior