Carol Weymuller has led the Hobart squash and tennis programs since 1995. Now entering her 16th season with the Statesmen, she has a career record of 136-181 on the squash courts and a 136-164 mark on the tennis courts.
Under her leadership, Hobart squash has been ranked in the top-20 nationally through the majority of her tenure, climbing as high as 10th in the College Squash Association team rankings. A two-time Liberty League Coach of the Year, Weymuller led her charges to back-to-back conference championships in 2003 and 2004. She has mentored dozens of All-Liberty League selections, including the 2004 Liberty League Performer of the Year, and the Liberty League Rookies of the Year in 2006 and 2007. She led the Statesmen to the CSA's 2007 Conroy Trophy.
The 2003-04 Statesmen turned in the most successful season in the program’s history, finishing 15-9 and setting the single-season wins mark. The Statesmen opened the season by winning nine of their first 10 matches. Hobart defeated perennial powerhouses Brown and Amherst at the CSA Team Championships to take second place in the Hoehn Division (10th overall).
In 2008, Weymuller and her husband, Fred, were both inducted into the U.S. SQUASH Hall of Fame. In 1994, they both received the U.S. Squash Racquets Association’s President’s Cup, the most prestigious award presented by the USSRA.
In tennis, Weymuller was voted the 2004 Liberty League Coach of the Year, and has led the Statesmen to Liberty League titles in 1996 and 2004. In recent years, she has also dozens of All-Liberty League picks, including the 2004 Liberty League Co-Player of the Year, Peter Pine ’05. The U.S. Tennis Professionals Association honored Weymuller with its 2002 Tex Schwab Lifetime Achievement Award.
Weymuller earned bachelor’s degrees in Spanish and elementary education from Bethany College in 1970. She was a four-year member of the Bison’s varsity tennis team at Bethany, helping the team win conference championships in 1967 and 1968.
Upon graduation, she worked as a tennis and squash professional at the Heights Casino in Brooklyn, N.Y., from 1970 through 1980, followed by a stint at the Genesee Valley Club in Rochester, N.Y., from 1980 through 1993. From 1993 through 1995, she was the squash professional at the University of Rochester Medical Center Athletic Club and the tennis professional at the Country Club of Rochester.
An accomplished player in both sports, Weymuller was the No. 1 ranked squash player in New York City from 1976 through 1978. She served as captain of the U.S. Team in 1981 and 1983. She won a record 11 consecutive Rochester Women’s Championships from 1981 through 1991.
In tennis, Weymuller was nationally ranked as high as fifth in the junior rankings and won the Orange Bowl championship three times. In 1968, she was a member of the Junior Wightman Cup Team and played in the first U.S. Open at Forest Hills. The following year, she was co-ranked as the No. 1 woman in New England. In 1973, Weymuller won the USPTA National Singles Championship.
