Athletes from 55 high schools in the Greater Lehigh Valley north from the Pocono’s south to Sellersville, East from Phillipsburg, NJ west to Kutztown, Pa are up for consideration for awards from the Lehigh Valley Sports Hall of Fame and weekly recognition as Featured Athletes: You may nominate them at Twitter@LVSportshof Facebook.com/lvshof or Email Andy Weaver at nazoeagle@rcn.com.
Your athletes from the past may be inducted into Class of 2016 of Lehigh Valley Sports hall of Fame please send resumes to roughriderac@gmail.com or nazoeagle@rcn.com.
A new feature this year is expansion of Multi-Sport Athletes of the Year is to include a medium size school. So now at the annual Induction Dinner on May 9, 2015 LVSHOF will recognize Multi-Sport (2 or more sports) male and female athletes from Small, Medium and Large School classifications who excel in Academics, Community Service and sports.
Here are the inductees into the Class of 2015:
Allentown High School Ed Ressler (deceased), Bobby Bear and Bruce Trotter
Bethlehem Catholic Mike Brown
Jimmie Schaeffer, Coopersburg High School (Southern Lehigh)
Dieruff Ron Berta, Bruce Trotter and Dan Waechli
Easton Bobbi Jo Cuvo Powell
Emmaus Danny Sachs
East Stroudsburg High James Mungro, Art Perryman(deceased), Felecia, Chrissy and Stacy Perryman (East Stroudsburg South)
Freedom and Liberty High Schools George Kazakos
Northampton Bob Oplinger
Parkland Dan Waechli
Pen Argyl Dr. Dave Turtzo
HONOREES Bob Daday, Radio & TV Media, Bethlehem Catholic
Gary Blockus John Kunda Memorial Print Media Award
Keith Kuhns, Dieruff, East Side, Mountainville & Robert Krause South Parkland Contribution to Youth Football Coaching Award
Jude Panik Memorial Comeback of Year Award Isiah Johnson Dieruff basketball
Collegiate Scholar Athlete Zac Edwards, Lebanon Valley College, Catasauqua
High School Scholar Athletes earning athletic scholarships Bria Bitiger, Stroudsburg and Jake Buskirk, Whitehall High School.
Nominees for multi-sport awards are listed on lvsportshalloffame.com
“RECOGNIZING THE PAST, PROMOTING YOUTH GROWTH”
Please consider becoming a sponsor $25 Business card $60 half page ad in banquet program. $100 full page.
Sponsors assist at risk youth in arts, music and mentoring programs.
$50 Donations needed for Awards to be announced for Ron “Punkin” Miller Award, Larry O’Rourke Award, Dale Horn Award, Billy Paulik Basketball Award, Al Leonzi Multi-Sport Athlete Award, Debbie Stellar School School Award, Patti Heffner Multi-Sport Athlete Award, John Donmoyer Award and Joe Barczy all are Memorial Awards.
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT joseph.zemba@aol.com OR CALL 484-597-9003
LEHIGH VALLEY SPORTS HALL OF FAME
311 MULBERRY STREET
CATASAUQUA, PA 18032
484-597-9003
