When an athletic trainer helped John Panos rehabilitate a knee injury he suffered in high school, little did he know that the experience would be the impetus that put him on a path that not only changed his life, but many others as well. Better known as “JP” to thousands of Fox Chapel Area High...Read More

In the final days of school before senior Samantha Dunlap graduated in June, the Foxes’ tri-sport athlete was working out on the stadium field when Athletic Director Mike O’Brien approached her. He had good news: She was selected as the 2020-2021 Hines Ward Western Pennsylvania Positive Athlete Award winner in girls soccer. “I was completely...Read More

Fox Chapel Area’s girls tennis team and boys swimming and diving team have been named the recipients of the 2020-2021 Team QPA Award.  The girls tennis team earned a cumulative QPA (quality point average) of 4.162. The boys’ swimming and diving team placed second with an overall QPA of 3.883. Congratulations to both teams for...Read More

Senior Shane Susnak is a Foxes’ standout athlete in football, basketball, and baseball, and his performance in the classroom is even better. His exceptional efforts drew the attention of a WPIAL review board, which recently honored him as one of only 10 male student athletes to receive a $1,000 WPIAL Scholar-Athlete scholarship. The awards are...Read More

Lexie Schutzman has played sports since she was a kid, but she probably never imagined that her love of soccer, combined with her dedication to helping others, would somehow merge and earn her not one, but two Most Positive Athlete awards in girls’ soccer. Her story of leadership on and off the field is so...Read More