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Juan Jose Torres Lara Season 2025-26

Height6-0
ClassSophomore
HometownBogota, Colombia

2025-26

  • Begins the season undefeated at position two with six wins, all over Ivy League opponents
  • Defeated No. 1 Penn’s Marwan Abdelsalam 11-8, 10-12, 12-10, 11-8 (11/23)
  • Won 11-7, 6-11, 19-17, 15-13 against No. 3 Harvard’s Denis Gilevskiy (12/5)

2024-25

  • MASC Men’s Rookie of the Year
  • All-MASC First Team
  • Compiled a 12-3 record on the season playing at two and three
  • Led the team in victories
  • Made collegiate debut against No. 8 Columbia (11/16), winning in three games at three
  • Won nine straight matches from Nov. 24 to Feb. 16
  • Started his career winning 10 of his first 11 matches
  • Won 12-10, 11-3, 12-10 against Jacob Lin to help Virginia pick up its first ever win over No. 5 Harvard (12/6)
  • Defeated Youssef Bastawy 11-6, 12-10, 11-2 in UVA’s 6-3 win over No. 7 Drexel (1/19)
  • Earned his first invitation to compete in the Pool Trophy (CSA A-Division), falling in the round of 16
  • Logged his 10th win of the season against Dhirren Rajarathinam of No. 14 Rochester (2/16)
  • Went 2-0 at No. 2
  • ACC Academic Honor Roll

BACKGROUND

  • Two-time US Junior Open Champion (2021 and 2022)
  • Three-time US Squash High School All-American
  • Member of the Colombian Junior National Team
  • 2022 and 2023 Pan American Junior Champion
  • Top-eight at the 2022 World Junior Championships
  • Fifth place at the 2023 World Junior Championships
  • Three-time ISL Player of the Year
  • Two-time NEPSAC Player of the Year
VIRGINIA CAREER STATS
Year Overall
2024-25 12-3
2025-26 6-0
Total 18-3
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Freshman
2024-25

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