Ann Thoburn Fauver ’40 Inducted into Laurel School’s Athletic Hall of Fame

After graduating from Allegheny College, Ann returned to Cleveland and married, and skating became a family affair. Her husband learned to skate and all four of their children took up the sport—her three daughters competed and coached and her son was a former pairs skater and two-time Olympian. Ann and her late husband performed in and produced the Cleveland Skating Club ice show for many years. 

Along the way Ann became a highly respected national judge in singles, pairs, ice dance and synchronized skating. Her focus over the last four decades has been as a technical specialist for synchronized skating. She coached and skated on synchronized teams well into her 70s and did not hang up her skates until she was 95. 

As the oldest active judging official in U.S. Figure Skating, she keeps up with all the International Skating Union (ISU) changes and spends the summers studying the new rules so she is prepared for the start of the synchronized skating season each December. 

Fellow skating judges, some of whom she judged when they competed in their youth and many of whom she has taken under her wing and mentored, applaud her three “e”s: energy, enthusiasm and encouragement.  

While some people have a ringside seat to history, Ann has had a rinkside seat, as a skater, a longtime U.S. Figure Skating official and as a coach and mentor, both on and off the ice. We are honored to induct Ann Thoburn Fauver ‘40, inspiring athlete and coach, into Laurel School’s Athletic Hall of Fame.