Posted: Apr 22, 2020
With the 2020 spring sports unable to hold Senior Days on campus, the Haverford College Athletic Department is recognizing these seniors in a virtual ceremony, with some special help from their teammates. Today, we celebrate the 2020 Haverford College cricket seniors.
2020 Haverford College Cricket Senior Class
- Captured the 2018 Philadelphia Area Intercollegiate Cricket Championship
- Registered 25 total wins
- Went 9-6 in 2018-19, the most wins for the squad in a single season since the 89-90 campaign
- Represented Haverford in foreign tour to England in May of 2019, where the team played at Windsor Castle and visited famed venues such as Lord's Cricket Ground
Zach Cho • #39 • All-Rounder • History • Seongnam, South Korea
- Ambler Scholar Athlete
- Member of the Haverford Strength and Conditioning Committee
- Spent entire junior year abroad at the London School of Economics
- Will head to Yale University to pursue Master's degree in European History
Emile Givental • #42 • Batsman • Computer Science • Berkeley, Calif.
- Graduating in just three years
- Scored 31 runs during his first-year campaign in 2017-18
- Proved to be a vital two-way threat for the Fords this season, appearing as a bowler as well as a batsman in the intercollegiate tournament
Matthew Leibold • #38 • Batsman • Wicketkeeper • History • Houston, Texas
- Made big catches in the field as Haverford defeated Germantown CC and British Officers CC this season
- As a wicketkeeper, was a stabilizing presence for the Fords, working with both bowlers and batters in early season preparation
Daniel Van Beveren • #41 • Bowler/Batsman • Physics • Chesapeake, Va.
- Senior captain helped anchor the Fords bowling to four wins in the fall of 2019
- Named to the 2019-20 Philadelphia Inquirer Academic All-Area at-large team
- Goldwater Scholarship recipient for research in the natural sciences, one of 496 scholarship winners selected from a field of over 1,200 nationwide nominees in 2019