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Evan Hajek

5'10''
Height
Senior
Class
Charlottesville, Va.
Hometown
Western Albemarle
High School
Evan Hajek - Men's Squash - Virginia Cavaliers

2024-25

  • Co-Captain
  • Finished the season 10-7 playing 5-9
  • Opened his season with an 12-10, 11-8, 8-11, 12-14, 11-6 comeback win against Adam Goad of No. 9 Columbia (11/16)
  • Won four straight matches from Nov. 24 to Jan. 18
  • Won 11-8, 11-4, 11-7 against Marcus Lee to help Virginia pick up its first ever win over No. 5 Harvard (12/6)
  • Logged two victories at the MASC Championships
  • Went 2-0 playing at No. 5
  • Won his 10th match of the season against Ali Tarek of No. 12 Tufts (3/6)

2023-24

  • Co-Captain
  • Picked up a win at the No. 3 position against MIT, the highest position he has played on the ladder (12/01)
  • Had a 4 match win streak from Jan. 20 – Feb. 10
  • Finished with a 7-11 overall record
  • MASC All-Academic team
  • CSA Scholar-Athlete
  • ACC Academic Honor Roll

2022-23

  • Defeated Navy’s Lucas Spiro in straight sets in the season opener
  • Tallied a five game win over Auggie Bhavsar to help UVA to an 8-1 win over No. 10 Dartmouth
  • Tallied a straight game win against Yos Wagenmans to help UVA to the MASC Championship finals
  • Fell to Yale’s Nikhil Ismail in four games at the seven spot at CSA Team Championships
  • ACC Academic Honor Roll
  • Finished the season with an overall record of 10-7

2021-22

  • Played at 10 in the season-opener at Navy (11/10), winning his exhibition match in three games
  • Moved up to the No. 9 position at Penn (11/19)
  • Compiled a record of 5-2 for the Cavaliers
  • Ended the season on a five-match streak of three-game victories
  • Won his only match of the MASC Championships over No. 15 MIT

Background

  • The top-ranked junior player in the Commonwealth of Virginia
  • Ranked as high as No. 29 nationally in U-17 and No. 42 in U-19
  • Member of the Western Albemarle cross country team

Personal

  • Son of Francis Paul Hajek and Deborah Ann Hajek
  • Has three older sisters, Valerie, Olivia and  Madeline
  • His sisters Valerie and Olivia both played field hockey in college at Davidson and William and Mary, respectively
  • Father was a fencer at Yale
  • Took a gap year after high school before coming to UVA
  • Kinesiology major
VIRGINIA CAREER STATS
Year Overall
2021-22 5-2
2022-23 10-7
2023-24 7-11
2024-25 10-7
Total 32-27