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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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2019-20 Men's Squash

Vedaant Paul Kukadia

  • Height 5-10
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Manhasset, N.Y.
  • High School Manhasset
  • Major Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Biography

2019-20: [SEASON STATS]
- Posted a record of 6-4 which included a mark of 5-3 at position five
- Won five matches in straight sets
- Picked up three wins against student-athletes from nationally ranked teams
- Was a critical piece of MIT's win over No. 16 Navy as he defeated Ryan York in four sets to give the Engineers their first win over the Midshipmen in program history.

2018-19:
[SEASON STATS]
- Posted a record of 15-8 as a senior
- Went 1-0 at position three, 8-5 at position four, 2-0 at position five and 4-3 at position six
- Went 2-1 at the CSA Team National Championship
- 11 of his 15 wins came in three sets
- Won ten matches against student-athletes from nationally-ranked programs 
- 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]
- CSA Individual National Championship Qualifier
- Ranked fourth on the team with 13 wins as a sophomore as he went 13-11 overall
- Played all of his matches at position two
- Defeated nine student-athletes from nationally-ranked teams
- Six of his wins came as three-set sweeps

2016-17:
[SEASON STATS]
- CSA Individual National Championship Qualifier
- Led the Engineers in victories with a record of 18-7 
- Posted a mark of 13-5 at position three and an undefeated 5-0 at position two
- Became the 15th student-athlete in program history to qualify for the CSA Individual National Championship
- Against student-athletes from nationally-ranked teams, Kukadia was 9-5
- Won 11 of his matches in three-set sweeps

Off the Court at MIT:
- Majoring in electrical engineering and computer science
- Has a concentration in economics
- Interned at BlackRock, LIGO, AdjuCor and Tookitaki
- Completed research at the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory
- Google Science Fair Finalist
- MIT Sigma Chi
- IT 100K Finalist
- Entrepreneur

High School:
- A 2016 graduate of Manhasset High School
- Placed second in the New York Regional Squash Championship
- 2014 and 2015 Scholar-Athlete award
- CityView Club Champion Men's A Division in JV Cross Country
- Also competed in alpine skiing, swimming and golf
- National Honor Society
- Science Honor Society
- Math Honor Society 
- Spanish Honor Society
- Exemplars Honor Society
- NASSCOM representative at the JP Morgan and Chase Hackathon
- Junior ski instructor at Stratton Mountain 
- Squash Camp Counselor O¨nto¨de Sportcentrum
- Devsheela Memorial Trust Education Director 
- Math Mentor Program
- Long Island Squash Tournament Director
- Google Science Fair Regional Finalist 
- Placed first in the WAC Lighting Invitational Science Fair 
- Earned the highest honors in the Long Island Science Congress Fair 
- Placed first in teh New York Science Congress Fair
- Green Planet Special Award

Historical Player Information

  • 2016-17First Year

    5'10"
  • 2017-18Sophomore

    5'10"
  • 2018-19Junior

    5'10"
  • 2019-20Senior

    5'10"