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2019-20 Men's Squash

Neel Das

  • Height 5-8
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Needham, Mass.
  • High School Needham
  • Major Mechanical Engineering

Biography

2019-20: [SEASON STATS]
- Posted a record of 3-6 as a senior which included a 3-5 mark at position nine
- Also won one match in exhibition action
- At the CSA Team National Championship, defeated Allen Tompkins of Franklin & Marshall in five sets

2018-19:
[SEASON STATS]
- CSA Scholar-Athlete
- Closed his junior year with a record of 12-6
- Went 1-0 at position five, 5-6 at position eight and 6-0 at position nine
- Won nine matches against student-athletes from nationally-ranked teams
- Six of his wins came in via three-set sweeps
- Helped MIT win its first-ever CSA national title as the Engineers won the Division C Summers Cup on February 17

2017-18: [SEASON STATS]
- Finished his sophomore campaign with a record of 14-7, which tied him for the second most wins on the team
- Went 1-0 at position six, 1-2 at position seven, 10-2 at position eight and 2-3 at position nine
- When his matches went to five sets, posted a record of 3-1 which included thrilling victories over Thomas Wolpow of No. 21 Middlebury (12-10, 13-11, 6-11, 11-13, 11-5), Andrew Swapp of No. 22 Colby (10-12, 12-10, 11-7, 10-12, 14-12) and Drew Clark of No. 27 Bowdoin (6-11, 8-11, 13-11, 11-3, 11-4)

2016-17:
[SEASON STATS]
- CSA Harrow Sports College Squash Player of the Week (2/2)
- Opened his collegiate career by winning 13 matches (13-7), which ranked fifth on the team
- Went 1-0 at position three, 2-1 at five, 5-4 at six, 2-1 at seven and 3-1 at eight
- Earned six wins against student-athletes from nationally ranked teams

Favorite Moment as an MIT Student-Athlete:
- Winning the Summers Cup

Off the Court at MIT:
- Majoring in mechanical engineering
- Intern at Shell, Bose and ASML 
- Researched autonomous boats in the Senseable City Lab
- MIT Fall Career Fair Treasurer
- Kappa Sigma

High School:
- A 2016 graduate of Needham High School
- Two-year captain of the squash team 
- U.S. Squash Scholar-Athlete
- Needham High School Athletic Excellence Award 
- Massachusetts State Junior Champion BU15 and BU17, finalist BU19
- U.S. Squash Championship Finalist BU17 
- Honor Roll
- National Merit Finalist
- Yale University Book Award
- National Latin Exam Gold Medal

Historical Player Information

  • 2016-17First Year

    5'8"
  • 2017-18Sophomore

    5'8"
  • 2018-19Junior

    5'8"
  • 2019-20Senior

    5'8"