2015-16 Squash Roster

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Madeleine Gill

  • Height
    5-6
  • Class
    Redshirt
  • High School
    Darien
  • Hometown
    Darien, Conn.
  • Major
    Math & Computational Science

Biography

2015-16 (Redshirt Senior)

2014-15 (Senior)

  • Redshirted

2013-14 (Junior)

  • Notched a 7-9 record while playing at the No. 1 spot in the lineup this season 
  • Qualified for the Ramsay Cup as one of the top 32 players in the nation 
  • Lost both of her matches in the Ramsay Cup 
  • Split her two Howe Cup matches, picking up a straight set win over Dartmouth’s Jacqueline Barnes and losing in the Cornell match 
  • Cruised through her home match against Hamilton’s Hilary Gray in three sets
  • Posted a 1-2 record in the first weekend of the season, claiming a three-set victory over Alyssa Northrop of Williams and falling in No. 1 matches against Cornell and Penn 
  • Recorded a 1-3 mark in the road trip to New Haven, Conn. with a victory against Jacqueline Barnes of Dartmouth and losses to Yale, Bates and Trinity 
  • Defeated her opponent against Brown and lost versus Princeton to close out the regular season 
  • Won in straight sets in a pair of matches versus Yan Liu of Cal to close out the regular season

 
2012-13 (Sophomore)

  • Became the first squash player in Stanford history to win the Holleran Cup Championship, defeating Princeton’s Lexi Sanders in the final 
  • Gill won in five games, taking the fifth and final game, 11-7, to claim the Holleran Cup 
  • Posted a 9-5 record for the season 
  • Started the season with victories in seven of her first eight contests 
  • Recorded a four match win streak Jan. 19-20 with wins against Bowdoin, Columbia, Dartmouth and Trinity 
  • Was 1-2 in the Howe Cup with a victory over Mina Shakarshy of Brown 
  • Ranked No. 39 in the final individual rankings

2011-12 (Freshman)

  • Tallied an overall record of 9-5 in her first collegiate season 
  • Picked up her first collegiate win in her second overall match, defeating Cornell’s Rachel Au in four games 
  • Won two of her three matches in the Howe Cup, claiming wins over Clare Berner in a loss to Cornell and Kensy Balch in a win against Dartmouth 
  • Ended the season with six wins in her last eight contests 
  • Ranked No. 85 in the final individual rankings

High School

  • Graduated in 2011 from Darien High School 
  • Member of the varsity squash team for four years 
  • Led Darien to the highest national ranking for a public school squash team in both 2010 and 2011
  • Ranked as high as No. 8 in the United States in 2011 
  • Senior captain for the squash team 
  • Fairfield County Athlete of the Year for both squash and field hockey in 2010-11 
  • Team MVP 
  • Also played four years of field hockey and one year of lacrosse 
  • Captured the Connecticut State Field Hockey Championship all four years as well as the county championship 
  • MVP of the Fairfield County Championship as a senior 
  • Recipient of the Connecticut Field Hockey Scholar Athlete Award

Personal

  • Parents are Simon and Monica Gill
  • Has a sister, Leslie, and two brothers, Jonathan and Harrison 
  • Major is math and computational science 
  • Enjoys running, reading and music