Clarion Athletics

Joshua Thorpe, a native of North Huntingdon, Pa. and a graduate of Norwin High and Pitt-Greensburg, completed his fifth season as the head coach of the Clarion women's tennis team, a post he has held since January 2013.

The Golden Eagles finished the 2016-17 season with a 6-10 overall record, closing the year with an 8-1 win on the road at Westminster.  They started the year with an encouraging fall slate, going 3-1 in dual matches and closing with an impressive 7-2 victory over Shippensburg.  

Individually, sophomore Alivia Arnold advanced to the round of 16 in singles action at the 2016 PSAC Tennis Championships, defeating Millersville's Kim Theophile in the opening round of the tournament.  Arnold finished the year with a 9-8 record in singles action.  All told, three Golden Eagles - Arnold, Maria Snyder and Katie Benson - finished the year with winning records in singles action.
 
Thorpe is a native of North Huntingdon, Pa. and a 2003 graduate of Norwin High School. A member of the National Honor Society, he played 4 years of tennis at Norwin and played #1 singles in his junior and senior seasons. He qualified for the WPIAL’s as a junior.
 
Moving on to the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg, Thorpe played #1 singles in his freshman, sophomore and junior seasons for the Bobcats (2004 – 2006)/.  He went on to graduate in 2008 with a degree in Criminal Justice and graduated with Highest Honors.