2011 Don Hixon
2011 Don Hixon A 1936 Penn Township HS graduate, and also captain of the basketball team his senior year. He went on to play for various independent leagues in Western Pennsylvania and also coached youth baseball. Many of his youth players went on to play at the collegiate level. He was also an outstanding catcher […]
2010 Matt Clement
2010 Matt Clement A Butler HS graduate lettering two sports, basketball and baseball. The Butler basketball teams he played on had a record of 79 wins and only 14 losses. he was a member of the 1991 WPIAL championship team. His teams won the section title in both 1991 and 92. He was named to […]
2010 Jennifer Kopac
2010 Jennifer Kopac A 1989 Knoch HS graduate after an outstanding athlete playing track and volleyball. She lettered four years in volleyball, being named All-Section as a sophomore, All-Section and 3rd team WPIAL, team MVP her junior year, and All-Section her senior year. Her track and field play was efforts were remarkable. In her freshman […]
2010 Elaine Carson
2010 Elaine Carson A 1979 Moniteau HS graduate where she lettered 5 times. Two in basketball, two in golf, and one in volleyball. She was the first girl to play on the golf team at Moniteau. In her two years on the golf team she was in the number one position. IN 1979 she named […]
2010 Les Shoop
2010 Les Shoop A 1965 graduate of Shannock HS where he lettered three years in basketball. He is still the second leading scorer in the history of the school. He ws named third-team All-State his senior year. Following HS he went on to continue playing basketball at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. He lettered all four […]
2010 Ralph “Sonny” Westerman
2010 Ralph “Sonny” Westerman A dedicated sports man who had walked the walk four times prior to induction into the Butler Co. Sports HOF. He was inducted into Pennsylvania State American Legion Baseball HOF in 1968, the Armstrong County Sports HOF in 1987, The A-K Valley Sports HOF in 1997, and the Kentucky Sports HOF […]
2010 Eugene “Pud” Craig
2010 Eugene “Pud” Craig A 1951 Chicora HS graduate who lettered four years in baseball, and three years in basketball. He went to play for many years in teh Butler Eagle Co Baseball League, the YMCA Basketball League, and several sandlot softball teams. Later he became a avid bowler, fisherman, and hunter.
2010 Don Gaiser
2010 Don Gaiser A 1920’s era Karns City HS graduate who honed his baseball skills on the sandlot fields of Western Pennsylvania in the late 1920’s through the 1940’s. He signed a professional contract with the Cleveland Indians in 1931 for the Blue Ridge League. In 1935 he came back to Pennsylvania and played for […]
2022 Ben McLure
2022 Ben McLure A Butler HS graduate who spent his entire career with baseball. He was an All-Star Prep League player. His baseball career helped promote the development of Butler baseball in the Pony and Prep leagues. He went on to attend Penn State University earning a Bachelors degree in education. His baseball career in […]
2022 Jack Gaiser
2022 Jack Gaiser A 1941 Karns City HS graduate. He was a 3-year letterman in basketball. His favorite sport was baseball, but the school had no team back then. Jack played on several amateur baseball teams in Butler County. He started playing in the amateur – semi-pro leagues around the county while still in high […]