Senior Tita Hicks of the St. Lawrence University women's squash team was named the 2024 recipient of the Ann Wetzel Award, as announced by the College Squash Association (CSA).

CSA Squash Release

The Ann Wetzel Award is given to a senior women's player who has shown the greatest level of improvement over their 4-year career. The candidate is evaluated on outstanding growth technically as a player, story of progression from limited experience to key contributor, a sound understanding of the rules of squash, and positive on-court poise and demeanor. 

"Tita epitomizes what the program is about," said head coach Dave Morrish "She was not strong enough to be on the team when she first came, but she did not let that deter her. When I first came, she was at the bottom of the roster, and regularly losing to all those above her. This past season she won challenge matches against two players above her and played as high as number seven on the roster, and she did all of this with a smile".

Hicks is the first-ever Wetzel Award winner from St. Lawrence University.

The award is named for Ann Wetzel. The 1964 national champion, Wetzel founded the University of Pennsylvania's women's varsity team in 1970. During the more than 20 years she coached at the University of Pennsylvania, Wetzel taught hundreds of women the game of squash. Through her love of the sport and her passion for teaching, she gave many women the opportunity to experience the thrill of intercollegiate squash.