Women's Squash Scholarships
Join us on Saturday, Feb. 8 as we celebrate 50 Years of women’s squash. Our event
will take place at the 2025 Mid-Atlantic Squash Championship, hosted at Franklin &
Marshall College. F&M Women’s Squash Scholarship Endowment Franklin & Marshall seeks at least $1.1 million to fund an endowment for women’s squash
scholarships. During this initial phase, F&M seeks leadership philanthropic commitments.50 Years of Women's Squash Celebration
Elevate the Future of Women's Squash at F&M
Learn how you can elevate the future of F&M Women’s
Squash, strengthening our sport and providing critical
recruiting and retention support for our Diplomats.
Contact Katie Crowe Wood, director of parent and athletic
advancement, at 717-358-4834 or katie.wood@fandm.edu.
A Legacy of Excellence
F&M Women’s Squash is an elite program with a long history of excellence and distinction. A member of the College Squash Association, F&M’s team regularly challenges the nation’s top programs.
Over the past 50 years, F&M Women’s Squash has produced 10 All-Americans, and nine players and one coach have been inducted into the Franklin & Marshall Athletic Hall of Fame. Since joining the Mid-Atlantic Squash Conference (MASC) in 2019, the program has named two student-athletes to First Team and six student-athletes to Second Team All-MASC honors; in the same period, 10 Diplomats have received All- Academic Team honors, which requires a cumulative GPA exceeding 3.5 on a 4.0 scale.
Women’s squash is at a pivotal moment in history, both at F&M and around the world. With the debut of squash as an Olympic sport in the 2028 Summer Games, our F&M community is prepared to elevate this competitive program to new heights. And, pending legislative changes within the College Squash Association, Franklin & Marshall will have the ability to introduce athletic scholarships for F&M Women’s Squash as early as 2026.
F&M seeks the support of generous donors to seize this opportunity, positioning the College to recruit the world’s most athletically and academically talented students as Diplomats. The establishment and growth of the Franklin & Marshall Women’s Squash Endowment will provide our coaches with the necessary resources to continue competing at the very highest levels of the sport.
F&M Women's Squash History
1970s
- 1974: Women's squash begins its first season of varsity competition under head coach Mark Stevens.
- 1978: Jennifer Whiting '78 becomes the first All-American in program history.
- 1978: Patty S.W. Epps is named head women's squash coach and holds that position for 23 seasons until the conclusion of the 2000-2001 academic year.
1980s
- 1987-88: F&M wins a program-record 15 dual matches.
- 1989: Carol Gould '89 becomes the first four-time All-American in program history.
1990s
- 1991: Lee Belknap '91 becomes the second four-time All-American in program history.
- 1993-95: Margo Green '95 reaches the finals of the Ramsey Cup (individual national championships) during three consecutive seasons.
- 1995: Margo Green '95 becomes the first player in program history to win over 100 career matches, finishing her career with an individual record of 103-11 after recording a school-record 29 victories against just one loss during her senior season.
- 1998: The Epps Cup is presented for the first time at the College Squash Association National Championships, named in honor of Coach Patty S.W. Epps, who would go on to become F&M's first female athletic director in 2007.
- 1999: Head coach Patty S.W. Epps is honored with the College Squash Association's Lifetime Achievement Award.
2000s
- 2001-2002: Ron Epps is named head coach of the women's squash team, a position he would hold until 2011.
- 2002: Anjali Ponni Rajkumar '02 becomes the Diplomats' third four-time All-American.
2010s
- 2011: Gavin Jones is named head coach, leading the Diplomats to 98 victories on the women's side during his first 12 seasons.
- 2016: Women's Squash finishes the season ranked No. 14 in the country, capping a stretch of four Kurtz Cup appearances over five years.
- 2019: The Diplomats have two players named College Squash Association (CSA) Scholar-Athletes; the program would add another six CSA Scholar-Athletes over the next four years.
- 2019: Women's Squash joins the Mid-Atlantic Squash Conference, the first squash-specific collegiate athletic conference in the United States.
2020s
- 2020: Audrey Berling '23 becomes the Diplomats' first-ever All-MASC selection and eventually finishes her career as a three-time recipient of that honor.
- 2021: Patty S.W. Epps is inducted into the F&M Athletics Hall of Fame.
- 2023: Diplomat Athletics announces that Women's Squash will be eligible for scholarships; the College begins recruiting donors to support the historic effort.