Women's CSA Association Award

THE CLARENCE C. CHAFFEE AWARD

This award is given to the coach whose team has demonstrated the qualities of competitiveness and court demeanor that characterized Clarence C. Chaffee. In the words of Jack Barnaby, Harvard coach and longtime friend and colleague: "If ever I had a favorite amongst my rival coaches it had to be 'Chafe'. He exemplified that now disappearing type: the gentleman sportsman. Soccer, tennis, squash, skiing--you name it, Chafe was good at it and reveled in it. His love of competition, his unfailing sense of fair play, and the values he and his wife exemplified to all his players made him such a beloved coach that his fame went far and wide and still flourishes today. I know I speak for all the coaches of his era when I pay him tribute: we loved him , too."

Donated by the Williams women's squash team and voted by the coaches of each member institution, this award is given to the coach whose team has demonstrated the qualities of competitiveness and court demeanor that characterized Clarence C. Chaffee: sportsmanship, teamwork, character, and improvement. It began in 1987.

CHAFFEE AWARD WINNERS:

1987 David Saward - Middlebury
1988 Colgate, student-run club
1989 Sue Colodny - Smith
1990 Paula Aboud - Colby
1991 Betty Constable - Princeton
1992 Bill Summers - Tufts
1993 David Saward - Middlebury
1994 Emily Goodfellow - Princeton
1995 Gail Ramsey - Princeton
1996 David Saward - Middlebury
1997 Stuart LeGassick - Brown
1998 Wendy Bartlett - Trinity
1999 Orla Doherty - Cornell
2000 John Illig - Bates
2001 Wendy Bartlett - Trinity / Stuart LeGassick - Brown (co-recipients)
2002 Ten teams with same number of votes (so the association wins)
2003 Sean Sloane - Haverford
2004 Tim Bacon - Smith / Gail Ramsay - Princeton (co-recipients)
2005 Shona Kerr - Wellesley
2006 Julee Devoy - Cornell
2007 Sakhi Khan - Colby