Congratulations to Akaisha Bhatia, Makeda Moshi, Trinity Moshi, and Yash Shivani for their selection to Team USA. Only the nation’s top juniors are invited to the team.

The British Junior Open (BJO), held the first week in January, is considered the world’s most challenging junior tournament with age divisions. It is a de facto world championship with age divisions. All four NCS juniors finished ahead of their seeding in the 2026 contest.

Akaisha Bhatia upset a 9/16 Malaysian player in the GU17 round of 32. After dropping two of the first three games, she took game four 13-11, then closed out the match 11-4. She eventually finished 14th. Akaisha also won the Berman and Masouds Orthodontics St James Satellite Event, a professional event, beating Molly Chadwick, a recently graduated All-Ivy player, in the final.

At the Bee Squash Expression Open 2026 at The St. James in February, 16-year-old Akaisha Bhatia enjoyed a breakthrough week, earning her first PSA Tour wins and stunning top seed Laila Sedky to reach the final in just her eighth Challenger event. Though she fell to Lowri Roberts in the title match, Bhatia’s run — which began with a victory over fellow local Willa Haberl — marked a major milestone for the home players. Read more about the tournament results here.

She also finished ninth at the US Junior Open in December.

BU13 Yash Shivani, seeded 17/32, finished 20th. In the main draw, he pushed a 9/16 seed, who finished 12th, to five games. Yash finished third at the US Junior Open, the toughest junior tournament held in the USA, a personal best. He also took third place, another personal best, at the Texas Junior Championship Tournament (JCT), open only to the nation’s top 32-ranked players.

Trinity Moshi, seeded 17/32, finished 17th in GU17. She dropped just one match, in four games, to the ultimate finalist. She notched a personal best 7-8 GU19 finish in the Arlen Specter Philadelphia JCT.

Makeda Moshi, entered the BJO tournament unseeded and finished 27th in GU19. In the first round, she upset a 17/32 seeded Australian in three games, giving up just 17 points. She lost in the round of 32 to a 5/8 seed in a very competitive match. On the way to finishing 27th, she upset two more higher-seeded players.

This was the first time in US Squash history that two African American sisters represented Team USA.

Zachary Ingber made his second BU17 JCT final at the Arlen Specter JCT, arguably the toughest JCT on the calendar. Inigo Jordan finished 13-16 at both the Texas and Arlen Specter JCT in BU17, personal bests.