Bob Steps Down by Nick-At-Will Following
30 years as a squash-racquets teaching professional in the Los Angeles
area (seven years at the University Club of L.A., 15 years at The Los
Angeles Athletic Club (retired for five-years) and then eight years at
the Arroyo Seco Racquet Club in South Pasadena), Bob Hanscom is
stepping down as Director of i-SQUASH in South Pasadena and giving way
to Aria Fazelimanesh, former Iranian and United States junior squash
champion. Aria is a former University of Rochester varsity
squash-player and founder of the L.A. Squash Academy. His Rochester
team was ranked #1 in the country in the 2016-17 season and were
National Championship Finalists in the 2015-16 season for the first
time in the history of Rochester squash. According to the Arroyo Seco
Racquet Club owner, Bob was honored with the United States Olympic
Committee’s Developmental Coach of the Year Award and one of America's
top 50 most intriguing, interesting and influential people in squash.
He will remain as Founder/Director Emeritus of the LA Squash
Academy.
