California’s La Jolla Light profiles Sadler as a co-founder and board chair of the nonprofit Access Youth Academy, through which middle and high school students from underserved communities receive academic mentorship and coaching in the sport of squash to help them succeed in college and careers.
The article, by Elisabeth Frausto, notes that Sadler “learned squash at Amherst College in Massachusetts, where his team was rated fourth in the country.” Sadler is quoted as he reflects on his love for the game, the skills it taught him and the advantages it can convey to young players, especially as “an in-demand sport” among East Coast colleges.
About 15 years ago, “Sadler started Access with co-founder Greg Scherman after Sadler retired from his 26-year position as president of San Diego’s Rady Children’s Hospital,” the article says. “So far, the program’s graduates have attended a variety of colleges and universities, among them UCSD, Princeton, Amherst, Dartmouth and Columbia. ‘It gives me joy’ to see where the students have ended up, Sadler said.”