U.S. SQUASH Announces Hall of Fame Inductees

U.S. SQUASH will induct four new members into the U.S. SQUASH Hall of Fame at the 2008 U.S. SQUASH Gala on October 4th at the Pierre Hotel in New York City.  The U.S. SQUASH Hall of Fame was created in 1999 to honor the very best players and most sucsessful coaches and leaders in the game of squash.   

The 2007 inductees are husband and wife Fred and Carol Weymuller. 

Fred Weymuller founded the Heights Casino junior program in the early 1970's, which, along with Merion Cricket, was the only junior squash program in the country at the time.  He championed the creation of the Junior Girls Nationals, helped start the U.S. SQUASH Junior Committee and later, was the inspiration for the Future Stars tournaments (now the Silver and Bronze tournaments).  Fred also started the first junior squash camp and was a leader in Rochester Squash for more than fifteen years.

Carol Weymuller is the only winner of these three U.S. SQUASH awards: the President's Cup (1994), Feron's Sportsmanship Trophy (1988), and Achievement Bowl (1980).  She was the Heights Casino junior program director from 1974 to 1980, started women's squash in New York City during that time, and served as President of the USWSRA, which later merged with U.S. SQUASH, from 1981 to 1983.  She is now Head Coach for Men's Tennis and Squash at Hobart College.

The class of 2008 inductees are Kenton Jernigan and the late Al Molloy, Jr.

Kenton Jernigan won the U.S. national singles hardball championships from 1983 to 1985 and the national singles softball championships in 1983 and 1992.  While leading the team at Harvard, he won the U.S. intercollegiate singles title in 1983, 1984 and 1986. He also helped Harvard win several intercollegiate team titles, was a four-time All-America, and won the National Juniors tournament in 1982.  He played on the U.S. national team at the World Championships in 1983, 1987, 1989, and 1991.  As a professional, he won the Tournament of Champions in 1991 and World Doubles in 1994.  He was also a five-time winner of the Johnson Doubles and during this period held the world #1 doubles ranking. 

Al Molloy, Jr. was the long-time University of Pennsylvania squash coach, with a 215-101 record.  His teams won three Ivy League titles as well as three national intercollegiate individual championships.  Along with being the squash coach, he was also the tennis coach at UPenn, as well as the director of the Hunter Lott Junior Squash Tournament. An accomplished player in his own right, Molloy was a two time finalist at the US Professional Championships (now the Tournament of Champions) and the author of two books, "Winning Squash" and "Sports illustrated Book of Squash".