For Immediate Release
February 16, 2009
Wellesley Sports Information
Wellesley Squash Earns 2009 Chaffee Award
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Wellesley College squash coach Wendy Berry and the Wellesley squash team were honored with the 2009 Clarence Chaffee award at the recent Howe Cup National Championship.
The award is given to the coach whose team has demonstrated the qualities of competitiveness and court demeanor that characterized Clarence C. Chaffee, former Williams College coach who began the Ephs program in 1938. The honor is based on sportsmanship, teamwork, character, work ethic and improvement.
In just their second year as a reinstated varsity program, Wellesley squash battled injuries throughout the entire season, finishing with three wins in 2008-09. Although playing without the last two spots on the ladder for several matches, the Blue finished the season, competing at the Howe Cup and finishing 31st in the country.
Donated by the Williams women's squash team, the Chaffee award is voted on by the coaches of each member institution, this year totaling 43. This year marks the second time that a Wellesley coach has won the award since it began in 1987.
CHAFFEE AWARD WINNERS:
1987 David Saward - Middlebury
1988 Colgate, student-run club
1989 Sue Colodny - Smith
1990 Paula Aboud - Colby
1991 Betty Constable - Princeton
1992 Bill Summers - Tufts
1993 David Saward - Middlebury
1994 Emily Goodfellow - Princeton
1995 Gail Ramsey - Princeton
1996 David Saward - Middlebury
1997 Stuart LeGassick - Brown
1998 Wendy Bartlett - Trinity
1999 Orla Doherty - Cornell
2000 John Illig - Bates
2001 Wendy Bartlett - Trinity / Stuart LeGassick - Brown (co-recipients)
2002 Ten teams with same number of votes (so the association wins)
2003 Sean Sloane - Haverford
2004 Tim Bacon - Smith / Gail Ramsay - Princeton (co-recipients)
2005 Shona Kerr - Wellesley
2006 Julee Devoy - Cornell
2007 Sakhi Khan - Colby
2008 Maura Myers - GWU / Pam Saunders - Mount Holyoke College
2009 Wendy Berry - Wellesley