Ferez Nallaseth - Coach for the Rutgers University Squash Racquets Club

Ferez has successfully coached and organized teams at the University of Georgia (Athens), the University of South Carolina (Columbia), Florida International University (Miami) and the University of Miami (Miami,FL). Ferez expects to work with his many colleagues in the Rutgers University Squash Racquets Club and throughout the US Squash Community to assemble a flourishing Squash Racquets program at Rutgers University that will compete credibly in the National Intercollegiate Championships.

Ferez's game was developed in the competitive tradition of the Indian sub-continent that best characterized the summit of International Squash. Taught by one of the Khans of Peshawar - Umar Khan at the Willingdon Sports Club (WSC), Ferez's game was refined by Anil Nayar at the Cricket Club of India (CCI). Anil was not only a Drysdale Cup winner (junior World Champion) but won multiple National Championships in, India, the United States, Mexico and Canada. The rich squash playing traditions of the CCI made it the premier squash center in the world. It was the home court or a principal competitive venue for squash legends like Hashim Khan, Azam Khan, Roshan Khan of Pakistan and Abdul Bari and Yusuf Khan of India along with lesser known players like Umar Khan who was able to hold his own against them. In the '80s and '90s the WSC and the CCI produced a long line of National Champions and top level US collegiate players such as the Pandole brothers, Rishad Pandole, the Ezra brot hers,Cyrus Mehta, Diniar Alikhan and Soli Mehta.

>From 1970-1976, Ferez routinely finished in either the quarter-finals or the semi-finals of most National level tournaments in India (including the Western India, Central India, Eastern India and National Championships) placing him among the top 10 players in the country. While in graduate school in the United States, Ferez competed credibly in both the American Hardball and the International Softball games with 'wins' over several pros in both games. He was the winner of A division play, in Northern New Jersey State, in multiple South Carolina State Championships and in Louisville and Charlotte Invitational Tournaments. He was a finalist in Atlanta, Houston and Dallas City Open championships from 1980 to 1984.

His records based on tournament performances in the Softball game included a US ranking of:
#20 in the A division in 1992,
#128 in all divisions in 2005,
#33 in 5.0 division in 2005,
#9 in the 35+ year age group in 1992,
#4 in the 40+ year age group in 1994.
State rankings in the A division included:
#1 in 1991 in Northern New Jersey
#3 and #4 in Florida in 1997 and 2001.
#1 as of June 2005 in CNJSRA

His records in the Hardball division included rankings in the A division:
#15 in the United States and
#1 in 1981 and 1982 in the South East.

Ferez Nallaseth is currently participating in research in cancer in the Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry at Rutgers University at the Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine. Ferez received his doctorate in Genetics and Molecular Biology from the University of South Carolina (Columbia), his MS in Microbiology from the University of Georgia (Athens) and his BS in Chemistry from Bombay University, India.While he performed postdoctoral work in universities and research centers across the United States he developed close relationships with local Squash Racquets communities which will allow him to effectively promote the program in Squash Racquets at Rutgers University.