Awards
Each year the Seattle Squash Racquets Association presents four awards to people in our community. Two awards recognize what happens on the court: the best player of the season and the player who improved the most. Two awards (the Brenda Wilcox Sportsmanship Award and the Dick Daly Service Award) honor the people we remembers for how they played and how they served the game, and recognize those who carry that on. Alongside them are a scholarship for junior players and the champions of our leagues.
Player of the Year Award
For the player who has been most successful in tournaments and league play over the past season, October to May. Local, regional and national results all count, and every player from juniors to masters is eligible.
2025–2026: Laila Sedky
2024–2025: Brian Gwinn
2023–2024: Andrew Balme
SSRA Most Improved Player Award
Our newest award goes to the player whose game has improved the most during the season. It can be a junior who has grown remarkably or an adult who has made outstanding strides.
2025–2026: Oleksandr Balitskyi
2024–2025: Alex Ho
2023–2024: William Liu
Brenda Wilcox Sportsmanship Award
Brenda Wilcox played for many years at the Seattle Athletic Club Downtown. Her friendliness and sense of humor touched everyone she met. She was never too busy to hit with beginners and encourage them, and she loved competition, gracious whether she won or lost. The award honors her memory and recognizes a person who stands for fair play and sportsmanship, on and off the court. It has also gone to a whole league team.
2025–2026: Kavin Vitharana
2024–2025: Unni Pillai
2023–2024: Alvaro Collet
Dick Daly Service Award
Dick Daly started playing squash at 15 and, soon after moving to Seattle in 1965, helped organize the Seattle Squash Racquets Association. He has served it as President, Vice-President and Secretary, and with his wife Mary edited the newsletter for close to twenty years, while winning at least fourteen national titles on court. The award recognizes the same selfless commitment to the local squash community.
2025–2026: Karen Arango
2024–2025: Ali Piyarali
2023–2024: Tatu Murronmaa
Junior Scholar Athlete Award
A scholarship of up to $500 for a junior player. The application form is on the award’s page; it has been awarded in 2023, 2024 and 2025.
League champions
The champions and runners-up of every division of the Seattle City Winter League are recorded season by season back to 2016–2017, and the winners of the Summer League from its three seasons, 2017 to 2019.
| Season | Division 1 | Division 2 | Division 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–2026 | Team Laila (PRO Club) | Butternuts | The Deceptive Mis-Hits (SAC Downtown) |
| 2024–2025 | – | The Wallbangers (SAC Downtown) | Squash Enchiladas (SAC Downtown) |
| 2023–2024 | – | The Wallbangers (SAC Downtown) | Clubless in Seattle (PRO Club) |
Nominate someone
Know someone who deserves one of the four awards? Anyone can nominate them with the form on the Award Nomination page.