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2018-2019
Athletic
Accomplishments
The athletic teams had another outstanding year, as evidenced by their performances
and the number of individuals and teams that represented the district at PIAA and WPIAL
events. A few facts about the Fox Chapel Area athletic program include:
– Girls’ golf, girls’ cross country, and boys’ tennis had perfect section records.
– Twenty of the 26 interscholastic teams and/or individuals from those teams qualified for
postseason competition. The list is as follows: baseball, boys’ basketball, girls’ basketball,
boys’ cross country, girls’ cross country, boys’ golf, girls’ golf, gymnastics, boys’ indoor
track, girls’ indoor track, boys’ lacrosse, girls’ lacrosse, boys’ soccer, boys’ swimming and
diving, girls’ swimming and diving, boys’ tennis, girls’ tennis, boys’ track and field, girls’
track and field, and wrestling.
– Section champs were girls’ cross country, boys’ golf, girls’ golf, girls’ lacrosse, and boys’ tennis.
– A total of 21 seniors will continue to play sports in college.
– All high school teams maintained a combined average 3.5 QPA.
• Fox Chapel Area High School freshman Zoe Skirboll was named a National Interscholastic
Swimming Coaches Association All-American. Student-athletes are named to the list
based on the top 100 recorded times in each event in the season.
• Senior Graham Childs was selected as a US Lacrosse High School All-American.
• Six Fox Chapel Area High School student-athletes were named to all-state teams. Cross
country runners senior Sarena Seeger and junior Christian Fitch were named first team
all-state, and junior Grace Sisson was named second team all-state. Additionally, senior
golfer Gregor Meyer was named first team all-state, and freshman swimmer Zoe Skirboll
and sophomore diver David Manelis were also named all-state.
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