2026 Inductees

2026 U.S. Squash Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony & Luncheon

Celebrate the Peggy & Leo Pierce U.S. Squash Hall of Fame and its 2026 inductees Morris Clothier, Heather McKay and Damien Mudge at noon on Saturday, November 7 at the Arlen Specter ��ϲ�� Center. The 2026 U.S. Squash Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony & Luncheon celebrates squash’s greatest contributors during the excitement of the finals of the U.S. Open Squash Championships.

This exclusive event offers premium hospitality, recognition opportunities and unique access to championship squash experiences while raising critical funding for the mission of the U.S. Squash Foundation.

U.S. Squash Hall of Fame 2026 Induction Ceremony & Luncheon
Saturday, November 7th at 12pm
Peggy & Leo Pierce U.S. Squash Hall of Fame
Arlen Specter ��ϲ�� Center, Philadelphia, PA

2026 Hall of Fame Profile: Heather McKay

Heather McKay will be inducted into the United States Squash Hall of Fame on Saturday, November 7, 2026. The ceremony will occur at a special luncheon at noon at the Arlen Specter ��ϲ�� Center in Philadelphia. Heather McKay is inarguably the greatest woman squash player in history. An Australian, McKay had a career unbeaten streak of 640 consecutive matches. She won sixteen straight British Opens. In those sixteen British Opens she recorded 104 9-0 games. She captured the first two World Opens. From 1975 to 1985 she lived in Toronto. She and her husband Brian worked at the new Toronto Squash Club, a seventeen court (fifteen hardball singles, one softball singles, one doubles) facility. Brian was the manager; Heather was the coach—perhaps the first woman in the world to work full-time as a squash teaching professional. McKay had a colossal impact on squash in North America. She won the 1976 Canadian National Singles. She won the first three Bancroft Opens, as well as the 1978 Viva International and the 1979 National Singles. Her initial foray to the U.S. was in January 1977 when she flew to New York to headline the inaugural Bancroft. It was the first time an American women’s...

2026 Hall of Fame Profile: Morris Clothier

Morris Clothier will be inducted into the United States Squash Hall of Fame on Saturday, November 7, 2026. The ceremony will occur at a special luncheon at noon at the Arlen Specter ��ϲ�� Center in Philadelphia. Clothier is considered the greatest amateur right-wall doubles player in U.S. squash history dating back to the invention of doubles in 1907. He was National Doubles champion in 1993, 1994 and 1995 (with Jon Foster), 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2001 (with Erik Vlcek) and 2002 and 2005 (with Gary Waite). Only one player in men’s doubles history, Hall of Famer Diehl Mateer, has ever won more National Doubles titles. Clothier also won the National Mixed with Joyce Davenport in 1993 and the Canadian National Doubles in 1996 and 2001 (with Vlcek) and in 2007 (with Scott Stoneburgh). Growing up in Philadelphia, Clothier was a top singles player. For five years he played on the varsity at Haverford School, which at the time was the top interscholastic team in the nation. He went 90-6, with all six losses coming against collegiate teams. He was inducted into the Haverford School Athletic Hall of Fame in 2023 and the 1982-83 team, which he led, was inducted in...

Clothier, McKay and Mudge to Be Inducted into U.S. Squash Hall of Fame

Morris Clothier, Heather McKay and Damien Mudge will be inducted into the United States Squash Hall of Fame on Saturday, November 7, 2026. The ceremony will occur at a special luncheon at 12pm ET preceding the finals of the 2026 U.S. Open at the Arlen Specter ��ϲ�� Center in Philadelphia. The three are among the best to ever walk onto a squash court. Australia’s Heather McKay is considered the greatest woman squash player in history by virtue of winning a record sixteen British Opens. She was based in Toronto for a decade and from there had a remarkable impact on squash in the U.S. She won three U.S. national titles as well as all the earliest professional women’s tournaments in the States and was a role model as the first woman to work full-time as a teaching pro. Mudge, also from Australia, captured a record 142 pro doubles tournaments, playing on both walls with an unprecedented combination of power and finesse. Clothier, from Philadelphia, won nine National Doubles titles with three different partners and for the past quarter century has played a pivotal role in guiding squash doubles. “This class embodies the excellence and legacy of the U.S. Squash Hall...

United States Squash Hall of Fame

Induction into the U.S. Squash Hall of Fame is the highest honor in the game of squash. The U.S. Squash Hall of Fame is open to distinguished players in all aspects of squash: hardball, softball, singles, doubles, men, women, professional and amateur, with some consideration due to performance in age-group competition (junior, intercollegiate and masters) but more weight given to performance in open competition. The Hall is also for individuals who have made extraordinary contributions off-court, both as coaches and/or administrators, to help the game to grow and flourish in America. Integrity and sportsmanship are considered in the selection of inductees. The basic criteria is whether the individual has had a major, positive impact and influence on the U.S. game. There is a five-year waiting period from the end of active open play before a player is considered, and generally, an inductee has been a citizen or resident of the U.S. during a substantial portion of their career. To nominate someone for the Hall of Fame, .

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