2015-2016 fox chapel area school district state of the schools
2015-2016 Athletic Accomplishments
• Tennis team members senior Laurel Shymansky and sophomore Amanda Nord were named the PIAA Class AAA Doubles Champions, the WPIAL Class AAA Doubles Champions( for the second year in a row), and the WPIAL Class AAA Section 3 Doubles Champions.
• Sophomore Abigail Pitcairn, a member of the high school field hockey team, was named to the USA Women’ s Indoor National Team, which competed in the 4 Nations Field Hockey Tournament in Durban, South Africa, in December. Abby was the youngest member chosen for the team and one of only 12 players to be selected from across the U. S. Additionally, Abby was also named a Class AAA all-state first team selection.
• Senior Megan McCrady was named a high school lacrosse All-American.
• Senior Amanda Puthenpurayil was named to the USRowing Scholastic Honor Roll and senior Kathleen Kiszka earned honorable mention honor roll recognition. The USRowing Scholastic Honor Roll recognizes high school seniors who have excelled in both academics and rowing.
• The boys’ varsity tennis team won the Class AAA Section 3 team championship, was the PIAA runnerup, and, for the first time in school history, won the WPIAL Class AAA championship. The team finished the regular season undefeated with a record of 13-0. The team’ s overall record was 20 wins and only one loss.
• Freshman Robert Shymansky finished second and senior Siddharth Rajupet finished third in the PIAA Class AAA Singles Tennis Championship.
• Senior Kota Furuhata was a regional All-America player and was named to the Pennsylvania Soccer Coaches Association boys’ all-state team.
• Junior Deena DeBaldo was named to the 2015 Pennsylvania girls’ soccer All-State team.
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