Taha Dinana

2023-24

• CSA Second Team All-American
• All-MASC First Team
• Earned a place in the 16-player field of the Potter Cup, the A-Division of the CSA National Individual Championships
• Took over the top position on UVA’s ladder at the start of the season
• Picked up his first win at the No. 1 position against Kyle Broadhurst of Franklin & Marshall (11/17)
• ACC Academic Honor Roll

2022-23

• First Team All-MASC
• Went 12-2 with an 11-2 mark at No. 3
• Tallied the only winning match against David Costales at the three spot during UVA’s 8-1 loss to Harvard
• Defeated Dartmouth’s Christian Shah 3-0 to help UVA to an 8-1 win over No. 10 Dartmouth
• Helped UVA to its fourth MASC Championship with a 3-0 win over No. 7 Drexel
• Fell in five games to Yale’s Max Forster in the CSA Team Championships
• ACC Academic Honor Roll

2021-22

• Second-team All-MASC selection
• Made his delayed collegiate debut playing at the No. 3 position at Navy (11/10), winning in four games
• Picked up a four-game victory at No. 3 Princeton against Karim Elbarbary (11/20)
• Compiled an overall record of 12-6 for the Cavaliers
• Tallied 10 wins over ranked opponents
• Secured the winning point for the Cavaliers at the MASC Championships with a five-game victory over Drexel’s Fritof Jacobsson
• Recorded two three-game victories at the CSA Team Championships against No. 3 Trinity and No. 8 Drexel
• Advanced to the semifinal of the Molloy Cup (CSA B-Draw)
• Recorded victories over Will Curtis (Trinity) and James Bell (Dartmouth) in the Molloy Cup

2020-21

• ACC Academic Honor Roll
• Did not compete due to the COVID-19 cancelation of the season

Background

• Won the 2018 Arlen Specter Philadelphia Junior Champion
• 2018 Midwest Junior Championships winner
• A finalist at the U19 Greenwich Junior Gold and 2019 Ardic Egyptian Junior Open
• Ranked No. 1 for the BU17 age group according to US Squash
• Won three titles in 2017, topping the Baird Haney Brooklyn Junior Gold, New York Regional Championships and the Westchester Winter Junior Gold Championships
• Named the 2018 Masters School Junior Athlete of the Year
• Earned the 2017 Masters School MVP
• Member of the Egyptian national team

Personal

• Son of Walid Dinana and Nagla Safwat
• Has one brother, Yassin
• Government major, Entrepreneurship and Economics minor