Alumni in the News

By the time Annika Urban graduated from Fox Chapel Area High School in 2019, she had already established herself as an amazing runner. She was a three-time WPIAL medalist in cross country, a two-time WPIAL medalist in the 3200, and a state medalist in the distance medley relay in indoor track. And that’s not all....Read More

By: Josh Rizzo Saturday, May 27, 2023, TRIB-LIVE Mike Babst made peace with being done with soccer more than once in his life. But circumstances kept the Davidson men’s soccer coach circling back to the game. When Babst took his first assistant coaching position at Washington & Lee in Lexington, Va., it was something he...Read More

By: Josh Rizzo Saturday, May 20, 2023, TRIB-LIVE Lily Feldman was eager to plot her own course after graduating from Fox Chapel High School in 2009. Instead of sticking with a program closer to home, Feldman ventured to Vermont to try her hand at living on her own and playing for the Catamounts’ women’s soccer...Read More

By: Josh Rizzo Saturday, May 13, 2023, TRIB-LIVE Eric Burnett wasn’t an athlete who was highly coveted by the Pitt track program. Once Burnett found his way to Pitt, he attempted to walk on to the program twice before earning a spot on the cross country team as a senior. What kept Burnett, who was chosen...Read More

By: Josh Rizzo Saturday, May 13, 2023, TRIB-LIVE Rachel Humphrey’s affection for distance running started thanks to her dad’s interest in the sport. The 2008 Fox Chapel graduate used her abilities in the sport to take her sporting career to the University of Pennsylvania. “My dad ran track and cross country in college,” Humphrey said. “I looked up...Read More

By: Josh Rizzo Saturday, May 6, 2023, TRIB-LIVE John Carroll University ended up being the perfect landing spot for Heather (Peltier) Melzer. The 1987 Fox Chapel graduate developed a love for distance running, which started with cross country and outdoor track in high school, that has stuck with her throughout her life. Melzer didn’t always...Read More

The Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) has named January 8-14 as Officials’ Appreciation Week. The designation is meant to honor sports officiants whose contributions and efforts are vital to conducting scholastic athletics. Within the Fox Chapel Area School District, there are many graduates who are involved in officiating at various levels, including Moe Barr, Jim...Read More

From the time they were young soccer players and then standouts on the Foxes girls soccer team, Fox Chapel Area alumnae Taylor Cohen and Dixon Veltri had big dreams of playing professional ball. The chances of that happening are infinitesimal, but the athletes beat the odds and made it to that elite level of play...Read More

Former Fox Chapel Area tennis player Karsten Lagerquist was recently voted by the students and faculty of Grove City College as the 2021-2022 Senior Man of the Year, the highest honor bestowed by the college. Karsten received the award in recognition of his exemplary athletic and academic contributions to the college. When Karsten was on...Read More