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Tyler Mackesy

5'9''
Height
Junior
Class
Bronxville, N.Y.
Hometown
Hotchkiss School
High School
Tyler Mackesy - Men's Squash - Virginia Cavaliers

2022-23

  • Defeated Navy’s Tommy Rankin in straight games in the season opener
  • Tallied a straight games win against Dean Brooker to help UVA to a 9-0 win over St. Lawrence
  • Went 2-0 in matches during the MASC Championships to help UVA to its fourth MASC Championship
  • Defeated Drexel’s Gautam Nagpal in straight games at the nine spot
  • Fell to Yale’s Eric Kim in straight games at CSA Team Championships
  • ACC Academic Honor Roll
  • Finished the season 6-11 primarily playing 8 and 9
  • Collected an overall record of 21-23 at UVA

2021-22

  • Compiled a record of 9-11 for the Cavaliers
  • Notched points against seven ranked opponents
  • Defeated Dickinson’s Patrick Noonan to score a point for the Hoos in the first round of the MASC Championships
  • Took down MIT’s Nikhil Kakarla in the second round of the MASC Championships
  • Opened the season with a win at the No. 5 position against Navy (11/10)

2020-21

  • ACC Academic Honor Roll
  • Went 1-0, playing in the second Navy match at 3 on the ladder

2019-20

  • Recorded a 5-1 record
  • Won matches against Richmond, Vassar and Dickinson
  • Defeated Quinlan Jeudy from Rochester in an exhibition match
  • Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll

Background

  • Earned first-team All-New England honors during senior year
  • Four-year starter at Hotchkiss
  • Captured the 2018-19 George E. Haines ’38 Squash Trophy for winning the Hotchkiss boys’ squash tournament and the 2019 Squash Prize for being the team MVP
  • Concluded his high school career with a 70-23 overall record, winning 75 percent of his matches
  • Recorded an 11-5 record playing in the No. 1 spot as a senior
  • Named a U.S. Squash Scholar Athlete all four years of his high school career

Personal

  • Son of D. Scott Mackesy and Jennifer Mackesy
  • Has one brother, Coulter
  • Mother, Jennifer, played soccer at William and Mary
  • Father, D. Scott, played tennis at William and Mary
  • Economics major