1988 Bill Miller
1988 Bill Miller A Butler HS graduate where he was a swimmer. He went on to swim at Slippery Rock University. After SRU in 1966-67 he became the swimming coach at Seneca Valley HS and had a record of 110-23, with four section titles and the WPIAL championship in 1974. He also was named the […]
1988 John “Buzz” Irvine
1988 John “Buzz” Irvine An Evans City HS graduate in teh early 1950’s who earned 9 letters in basketball, football, and track. He went to play for the University of Maryland winning the M. Cohen Award, Honorable Mention All-American, and Who’s Who in American Colleges. After college he tried pro football with the Chicago Cardinals […]
1988 Lisa (Zilatone) Olsen
1988 Lisa (Zilatone) Olsen A Butler HS graduate who excelled in basketball and volleyball. She went on to play both sports at Calif. Univ. of Pa and Clarion Univ. After college she became high school coach.
1988 Tom MCGrath
1988 Tom MCGrath 1960’s era Butler HS graduate lettering in basketball, football, track, and swiming. He went on to play football at Penn State University where he played in the Gator Bowl.
1988 George Klaus
1988 George Klaus A Butler HS graduate who lettered in basketball. He played on the Butler YMCA National Championship basketball teams. He also played on local softball teams.
1987 John Prokopchak
1987 John Prokopchak A Butler HS graduate who was an MVP in basketball. He went on to play baseball at Geneva College and was signed by the Cincinnati Reds.
1987 Richard Kennedy
1987 Richard Kennedy An Evans City HS graduate earning 13 letters in his high school career. He lettered 4 times in baseball, basketball, and football, with 1 letter in track. Before entering into a long professional baseball career, he spent one year at the Univerrsity of Maryland playing baseball for the Cincinnati Reds organization for […]
1987 Jim Simons
1987 Jim Simons A Knoch HS graduate where he was a PIAA golf champion. He went to excel at golf for Wake Forest University where he was a two time All-American. After Wake Forest he moved on to the PGA tour as a professional. Jim was probably best known for nearly winning the US Open […]
1987 John Stuper
1987 John Stuper A Butler HS graduate who lettered in baseball and basketball. He went on to play baseball at Butler CO. Community College, and then was drafted by Major League Baseball. He started for the St. Louis Cardinals in 1982 winning game 6. After he finished his professional baseball career, he went on to […]
1987 Sam Caminiti
1987 Sam Caminiti He was born with a physical disability that prevented him from playing sports, but did not stop him from becoming involved in local sports teams. He sponsored many baseball, basketball, and softball teams from the mid 1950’s through the early 1970’s. He amassed over 500 wins total in all the sports he […]