Wesleyan University

        David Tedeschi, a 1996 graduate of Colby College, was named interim head coach of men's and women's squash at Wesleyan University, athletics director John Biddiscombe announce this week.   Tedeschi steps into the vacancy left by David Cukierman, who had been in charge of the Wesleyan squash program for three years but recently accepted a position with a private club in the Philadelphia area.
      Tedeschi will be coaching at the collegiate level for the first time after teaching, administrating and coaching at the Woodstock School in Mussoorie, India for the last two years. There he taught English, worked as a staff trainer in the information communications technology department and coached the varsity tennis team. He also served as staff sponsor for the squash and chess clubs at Woodstock School.
      From 1999 through 2001, Tedeschi worked in New York City with a year as director of conferences for Fulcrum Information Services, Inc. and a year in marketing for American International Group, Inc.
   His first position after leaving Colby College, where he was a two-year captain in tennis and was voted most valuable player in that sport while also captaining the squash team, was as a business service representative for Keyport Life Insurance Company in Boston, Mass.
"We are very pleased that someone of David's caliber was available to take over our squash program on such short notice," said Biddiscombe. "His experience as an outstanding player and his coaching in India, where squash is extremely popular, will be beneficial to our players. David is a welcome addition to our staff this year."

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