As a player, Wiens was a full-time professional player for eight years. During that span he was ranked as high as eighth in the world. A nine-time German Close champion, he represented his country in team competition 46 times.
Hansi Wiens is head coach at Dartmouth College after coaching and managing the Balearic Islands (Spain) club team for three years. Prior to coaching in Spain he was the owner/manager and coach of the March Sports Club in his native Germany from 1996 until 2003.
Wiens studied engineering in German doing a three-year apprenticeship. He speaks four languages, German, English, Spanish and Russian.
Busani Xaba joins the Dartmouth squash teams as an assistant coach in the fall of 2009. Xaba is a former Zimbabwe National Champion. He has competed internationally and has proven himself to be an extraordinary coach through his work with Jonah Barrington at the Millfield Academy. He holds an accredited England Squash Level 2 and Sports Tutor Level 3 coaching certifications from England.
Museveni Akanno is assistant coach for the track and field program at Dartmouth College, with his concentration on jumps and multi-event athletes. Akanno comes to Hanover after a one-year stint at Fairleigh Dickinson, where he was an assistant coach and worked with jumps, hurdles and sprinters. In addition to his duties with the track program, he worked as a sports performance specialist for The Annex Sports Performance. He developed strength and conditioning programs and did speed and agility workout plans. Prior to his work at Fairleigh Dickinson, he was an undergraduate assistant coach at the University of Connecticut. While at UConn, Akanno was part of the Big East Conference Coaching Staff of the Year in 2009 after winning the Indoor Championship.
As an athlete he competed in the heptathlon, long jump, triple jump and hurdles for the Huskies. He was the team captain of the 2008 squad that took home the Big East Championship and was a member of the 2006 Big East Champion as well. He will be stregth,speed,and fitness coach at our squash camps this summer.
Former top 3 in Germany,ranked top 25 in Europe(Juniors),coaches experience as a coach at Dartmouth College,working with the community and assisting with the Junior Program. Valeria has competed as number one on the Dartmouth Women's squash team throughout the 2009/2010 and 2010/2011 seasons. She was chosen to be First Team All-American and All-Ivy for her achievements in her freshman year here at Dartmouth.
Chris competed as Dartmouth's top player all year during the 2009/2010 and 2010/2011 seasons. He earned four wins in the CSA Individual Championships, making it to the consolation finals of the Pool Division. During the Post-Season he was named All-Ivy and All-American and his honor was the first time since Ryan Donegan in 2002 that a Dartmouth freshman has been named All-America. Chris also represented US National Squash Team at the World University games in Australia and helped the team to it's best ever finish as number three in the world.
Robbie is from Bermuda and attended Wycliffe College in Devonshire, England. At Wycliffe College he played soccer, cricket and squash. In his freshman year, Robbie, along with his squash team, were England Inter-Schools Champions, and his senior year they were runner-ups. In club squash in Bermuda, Robbie was the Caribbean Squash Champion in '02, '04. '06, and '08. He was also captain of the Bermuda Junior team in 2007 and 2008, and in 2007 he was on the Bermuda Men's Team in the World Team Championships.
Having professional players and coaches who can see YOUR game and see exactly what you need to move to another level makes all the difference.
This summer enjoy some hard play at Dartmouth College in the beautiful Upper Valley. Spend a week with us and change your squash for a lifetime.
A unique opportunity to take your squash to another level. Hansi Wiens and other top tier professionals will offer 3 camp sessions throughout the 2012 summer at Dartmouth College in Hanover, NH.
