Michael Joyce (1970-73), a graduate of Academy High School, was three sport stand-out for the blue and white competing as part of the soccer team for three seasons, and the swimming and wrestling teams from 1971-72.  He served as co-captain of the men's soccer team from 1971-73 and the swimming team from 1971-72. In addition he was an integral part of Herb Lauffer's 1971 Commonwealth Campus Championship team.

Some of Joyce's accolades include receiving the Scholar-Athlete Award in 1972 and the Thomas H. Turnbull Award, as well as serving as president of the Behrend Honor Society.  In 1971, he earned the title of Commonwealth Springboard Diving Champion. 

After graduating from Behrend in 1973, Joyce went on to earn his law degree from Franklin Pierce Law Center in Concord, New Hampshire.  He served as Presidential Law Clerk to President Gerald Ford in 1975.  Joyce was elected Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Erie County in 1985 where he served until being elected an Appellate Judge of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania in 1998.  Judge Joyce resides in Erie with his wife Joanne.