Lovejoy to Step Away from PSA Tour and Take on NSL CEO Role

Spencer Lovejoy, a two-time member of Team USA at the World Team Championships and
former world No. 64, has announced his intention to step away from competing on the PSA
Tour in order to take on a new role as the National Squash League CEO.

Two years ago, Lovejoy, U.S. teammate Timmy Brownell and Fernando Valdizan founded the
NSL, which, created a new team squash format inspired by other major American team sports.
The NSL employs a 3 vs 3 team match format with substitutions and power players over three
periods of timed squash.

The inaugural NSL season in 2024 fielded six men’s teams, and its initial success saw the league
expand to nine men’s teams in 2025 and welcomed the inaugural women’s division with four
teams. The NSL recently celebrated the conclusion of its second season with an action-packed
NSL Finals weekend at the Specter Center.

Since turning professional following his graduation from Yale in 2020, Lovejoy has been a core
member of the U.S. Men’s Squash Team, and a US Squash High Performance Program
professional training out of the Specter Center.

“My decision to step away from the PSA tour was not an easy one by any means, but I am at a
point where I am ready to leave my full-time professional squash career behind and put my
energy into growing the NSL,” Lovejoy said. “Playing professional squash was a childhood
dream of mine and something I have been working for since I was twelve years old. It had its
ups and downs over the last four years, but I am very grateful that I got to play the sport I love
at the highest level and for the support I got from my family and US Squash to do so. Playing for
Team USA was always an honor and a privilege, and the source of not only my favorite squash
memories, but also life memories. Playing professional squash has shaped me as a person
and taught me so many invaluable lessons that I will take with me into my next chapter as the
CEO of the National Squash League.”

As CEO, Lovejoy aims to continue improving the NSL’s product, professionalism and expansion.

“I believe this league has potential to make a massive impact in the sport of squash. The main
reason we started the NSL was to grow squash by making it more fun, entertaining, and
approachable to watch for fans. As CEO, I will continue to deliver world class squash matches to
the masses in the electric NSL format, showcasing how great of a sport squash really is. Our
goal isn’t to be on ESPN3, it’s to be on ESPN1.”

“We’ve been incredibly excited by how the league has progressed over its first two seasons. It’s
time to take the next step and devoting full time leadership is the natural course of action,”

said Timmy Brownell, U.S. teammate and NSL co-founder. “I couldn’t be happier for Spencer and I
can’t wait to see what’s coming next for the NSL. What a time for squash!!!”

“When Spencer, Timmy and I started the NSL, we did so with all of the passion and energy that
we had for the game of Squash,” said Valdizan, who has served as the NSL Commissioner and
co-owner for the league’s first two seasons. “I have been proud to lead this league over the
past two years, but it’s time for the NSL to get a leader who has made the game of squash his
lifelong mission. There is not a better person to lead this organization than Spencer Lovejoy.”