WPIAL announces 2024 Hall of Fame class
The Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League announced its Hall of Fame Class of 2024.
The class features 14 inductees across seven categories: athlete, coach, team, official, contributor, heritage and courage.
Among the inductees are Tyler Boyd, a Clairton graduate who now plays for the Cincinnati Bengals, and Beth Swink, a three-sport athlete at Connellsville who went on to make four straight NCAA Basketball Tournaments at Saint Francis University.
The 14 inductees are:
Tyler Boyd - Athlete - Clairton - Football, basketball, baseball
Jordan Geist - Athlete - Knoch - Track & field
Robert Schilken - Athlete - Mount Lebanon - Football
Nicole Sleith Schaffer - Athlete - Yough - Softball
Beth Swink - Athlete - Connellsville - Basketball, softball, cross country
Jim Chacko - Official - Charleroi - Baseball, basketball, football
George Rudolph - Coach - Oakland Catholic - Cross country, track & field
Mike Zmijanac - Coach - Aliquippa - Football, basketball
Ron Faust - Coach - Washington - Basketball
Simmie Hill - Heritage - Midland - Basketball
Bob Trautwine - Contributor - East Allegheny - Track & field, cross country
Heather Lewis - Courage - Seneca Valley
1989 Peters Township Boys’ Soccer - Team
2011-12 Canon-McMillan Boys’ Wrestling - Team
Click here for an overview of each inductee’s career.
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