Most recently, Sobhy helped Team USA clinch the 2013 World Doubles Championship in mid-April. The sophomore teamed with 35-year-old Natalie Grainger to win the open division, topping the Canadian duo of Seanna Keating and Stephanie Hewitt in the finals.

The pair met just weeks earlier in the finals of the 2013 U.S. National Championship, where Grainger upset the top-seeded Sobhy. The tournament came just a week after the close of Sobhy’s college season.

“No one really tells you how hard it is to balance academics and athletics,” Sobhy said. “You just have to manage your time well at both. I love playing professional and college squash, and being a student, sometimes you have to sacrifice one thing for another. Sometimes you have to put more effort into academics and put squash on the side, and sometimes you have to focus more on the squash. It’s just basically all about time management. It’s pretty hard, though.”

As the top-ranked American in the world and with two collegiate individual titles under her belt, Sobhy seems to have found a way to be successful on both circuits.

“She’s just a phenomenal athlete,” Kingshott said. “She really is.”

—Brenna R. Nelsen can be reached at brennanelsen@college.harvard.edu. Follow her on Twitter @CrimsonBRN.