2019-20 Women's Squash Roster
Roster
Varma, Lara

Lara Varma
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Greenwich, Conn.
- High School:
- Greenwich
Bio
2022-23 / Senior
Competed in six matches for the Dragons…went 5-1 in team play…posted a 2-0 record at the MASC Championships to help Drexel win the Gaynor Cup.
2021-22 / Junior
MASC All-Academic…appeared in nine matches for the Dragons…went 6-3 overall, including a 3-0 mark at the number seven position…helped Drexel to a pair of wins at the Mid-Atlantic Squash Conference Championships, picking up victories against Georgetown (2/4/22) and Franklin & Marshall (2/5/22) as the Dragons won the Gaynor Cup.
2020-21 / Sophomore
Did not compete due to COVID-19 global pandemic.
2019-20 / Freshman
Posted a 4-9 overall mark in her debut season…went 1-0 at the No. 4 position, 1-0 at the No. 6, 0-1 at the No. 7, 0-1 at the No. 8 and 2-7 at the No. 9 spot…won her first collegiate match with a three-game sweep against Franklin & Marshall’s Pratiksha Mishra…won in five games at the No. 9 position against Stanford as Drexel took four of the final five matches in a comeback win over the No. 4 Cardinal, its first-ever win over a top-four opponent…swept Xitali Zuniga of St. Lawrence on Dec. 6…appeared in all three of Drexel’s Howe Cup matches as the Dragons finished seventh in the nation for the second-consecutive season…picked up a three-game win over Stanford’s Julia Gillette in the consolation semifinals.
Background
Attended Greenwich High School, where she competed in both squash and soccer…four-year member of the honor roll…joined the National Society of High School Scholars as a junior…also a two-year member of the National Math Honor Society and the National Honor Society…received U.S. Squash Scholar Athlete recognition as a junior.
Personal
Daughter of Debora and Samir…has one older sibling, Mira…majoring in mechanical engineering.
Competed in six matches for the Dragons…went 5-1 in team play…posted a 2-0 record at the MASC Championships to help Drexel win the Gaynor Cup.
2021-22 / Junior
MASC All-Academic…appeared in nine matches for the Dragons…went 6-3 overall, including a 3-0 mark at the number seven position…helped Drexel to a pair of wins at the Mid-Atlantic Squash Conference Championships, picking up victories against Georgetown (2/4/22) and Franklin & Marshall (2/5/22) as the Dragons won the Gaynor Cup.
2020-21 / Sophomore
Did not compete due to COVID-19 global pandemic.
2019-20 / Freshman
Posted a 4-9 overall mark in her debut season…went 1-0 at the No. 4 position, 1-0 at the No. 6, 0-1 at the No. 7, 0-1 at the No. 8 and 2-7 at the No. 9 spot…won her first collegiate match with a three-game sweep against Franklin & Marshall’s Pratiksha Mishra…won in five games at the No. 9 position against Stanford as Drexel took four of the final five matches in a comeback win over the No. 4 Cardinal, its first-ever win over a top-four opponent…swept Xitali Zuniga of St. Lawrence on Dec. 6…appeared in all three of Drexel’s Howe Cup matches as the Dragons finished seventh in the nation for the second-consecutive season…picked up a three-game win over Stanford’s Julia Gillette in the consolation semifinals.
Background
Attended Greenwich High School, where she competed in both squash and soccer…four-year member of the honor roll…joined the National Society of High School Scholars as a junior…also a two-year member of the National Math Honor Society and the National Honor Society…received U.S. Squash Scholar Athlete recognition as a junior.
Personal
Daughter of Debora and Samir…has one older sibling, Mira…majoring in mechanical engineering.
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