Born into a big tennis-loving family, it was only natural when, at age six, Amanda Nord’s grandpa put a racquet in her hand and began to teach her the game. But she didn’t have an immediate love for it, so while continuing with tennis, she also picked up dancing, soccer, and basketball. “It definitely took...Read More

While Cara Reese was a student at Fox Chapel Area High School from 2007 to 2011, she was a standout volleyball player who played varsity all four years, earned all-section and all-WPIAL honors multiple times, was named to the MSA Sports All-Star Team of Western Pennsylvania in her senior year, and was a cornerstone in...Read More

Recent Fox Chapel Area graduate Meg McCrady is extremely excited to move on to Georgetown University this fall as a student-athlete, but what will remain here for many years to come is her extraordinary legacy in girls’ lacrosse. A three-year captain and two-time U.S. Lacrosse All-American, Meg is the most decorated girls’ lacrosse player in...Read More

The sports teams at Fox Chapel Area High School had another great year as was evidenced by the number of individuals and teams that represented the school at the PIAA and WPIAL championships and won section titles. Furthermore, field hockey, boy’s golf, girls’ lacrosse, and girls’ and boys’ tennis had perfect regular season records. Overall,...Read More

Fox Chapel High School graduating seniors Dixon Veltri and Jimmy Michal have been selected as recipients of the North Athletic Directors’ Association’s (NADA) annual Tri-Athlete Award. The honor is in recognition of student-athletes who have competed in three or more varsity sports. During her high school athletic career Dixon was a member of the soccer,...Read More