CJ Baldini

2022-23

• Picked up a four-game victory against Lucan White at the sixth position in UVA’s 8-1 win over No. 10 Dartmouth
• Defeated Emilio Carrillo in straight games in UVA’s win over No. 12 Rochester
• Won his sixth spot match against Noel Heaton in straight games to help lead UVA to an 8-1 victory over No. 7 Drexel
• Went 2-0 at MASC Championships, with wins over MIT’s Mitav Nayak and Drexel’s Filip Krueger to help lead UVA to its fourth MASC Championship
• Fell to Yale’s Arav Bhagwati in the CSA Team Championships

2021-22

• Won his first collegiate match, a three-game victory against Gus Prager of Navy at the seventh position
• Picked up a three-game victory against Shreemann Reghavan at the sixth position in UVA’s 5-4 win against Cornell
• Won nine-consecutive matches from Nov. 21 through Jan. 30 with four victories against top-15 opponents
• Recorded a victory against Collin Wen of MIT playing at the No. 5 position at the MASC Championships
• Fell in five games to Trinity’s Will Curtis in the CSA Team Championships

Background

• Two-time MVP at Avon Old Farms School, moving up to No. 1 on the ladder his senior season after only losing two matches his junior season playing at No. 2
• Top-10 ranked squash player in every age group in US Squash and is the No. 1 U19 junior in Connecticut
• Member of the 2018 US Junior National Team that competed at the British Junior Open and trained at the US Squash National Camp at Trinity College in 2019
• Earned the US Squash sportsmanship award for the U17 age group, an award given to the best competitor on the court and the most respected sportsman for that age group
• Also played two years of lacrosse at Northwest Catholic before transferring to Old Avon Farms his junior year. Was a starting midfielder both years, earning an all-conference honors as a sophomore

Personal

• Son of Matthew and Laura Baldini
• Has an older brother, Michael, and a younger brother, Thomas
• Mother, Laura, played tennis at Yale
• Father, Matthew, played basketball at Pace
• Brother Michael is a swimmer at Georgetown
• Honor roll student all four years of high school 2017-2021l. Multiple time headmasters list honoree at Avon Old farms school (highest academic honor). National merit semifinalist for scoring 98th percentile on the PSAT 2020/21
• Winner of the Trinity College book award given to an outstanding student in the English field for writing and reading 2020/21.