Alumni in the News

Miles twins playing softball
04
Feb

Alumni News: Twins bring double play to Special Olympics softball championships

BY KEITH BARNES TRI-STATE SPORTS & NEWS SERVICE Sunday, February 4, 2024 Rachel Miles was like a lot of siblings with brothers who play sports. She spent a lot of time at area fields with her parents watching him play. “It was a lot of fun,” she said. “I really enjoyed watching him back when...
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Football pass rush
22
Jan

Fox Chapel grad went to Japan for bowl game

BY KEVIN MURPHY January 22, 2024, PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE Penn defensive lineman Micah Morris, a Fox Chapel grad, was part of the Ivy League squad that is being sent to Tokyo for the second annual Dream Bowl, held on Saturday at the National Stadium. The team is comprised of senior and graduate student-athletes from all eight Ivy...
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06
Jan

Alum: Jessie Thiessen Makes NCAC’s All-Decade Team

By: Josh Rizzo Saturday, January 6, 2024, TRIB-LIVE Fox Chapel graduate Jessie Thiessen was picked for the North Coast Athletic Conference women’s soccer 40th anniversary all-decade team. Players had to compete in the NCAC between 2013-23 to be eligible. Thiessen, a 2017 Allegheny college graduate, helped the Gators reach the NCAA Division III tournament in...
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Girls' soccer player
27
Nov

Alum: Katie Livingston Makes All-Decade Team

By: Josh Rizzo Sunday, November 26, 2023, TRIB-LIVE Gail Murphy watched Katie Livingston battle through a back injury during her senior season to play for the Denison women’s soccer program. When Livingston, a Fox Chapel graduate, was named to the North Coast Athletic Conference All-Decade team, it was a fact that made Murphy proud. “Those...
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09
Oct

Alum takes pride in qualifying for U.S. Olympic marathon trials

By: Josh Rizzo Saturday, October 7, 2023, TRIB-LIVE Colin Martin has all the gizmos and gadgets to properly track his pace, but the Fox Chapel graduate also utilized his intelligence to know if he was on the right track to qualify for the U.S. Olympic marathon trials. Running in Grandma’s Marathon in Duluth, Minn., Martin...
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Jesse Foglia image
04
Oct

Fox Chapel grad takes reins of U.S. rowing training center

By: Josh Rizzo Saturday, September 30, 2023, TRIB-LIVE Jesse Foglia was named the head coach at the USRowing Training Center at Princeton at the right time to help American athletes pursue a chance to compete at the 2024 Olympics in Paris. The 2000 Fox Chapel graduate was hired to coach the team in January after...
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22
Jun

Alumni Update: Annika Urban

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....
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30
May

Unconventional Coaching Career

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...
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20
May

Girls Soccer Star Learned Life Lessons during Hall of Fame Career

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...
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