Congratulations to our 2023 Inductees: Bruce Boudreau, Timothy Gingrich, Stanley Kahl, Wayne Perry, and Neil Weber; our Mathers/Sollenberger Award winner for community service, Pat Huggins, and our Pop Kelchner winners, Samantha Nelson (ELCO) and Alex Long (A-C). Induction will take place at the Lebanon Expo Center on November 13, 2023 beginning at 7:00 PM. You can contact Glenn Beidler 717-274-6784 or gbeidler@comcast.net for tickets.
Matthew Bixler, Augustus Deraco, Susan Wolfe-Felty, Raymond Granger, Ashley Kohl-Harrison and Ryan Neiswender will be inducted into the Central Chapter Sports Hall of Fame on November 14, 2022 at 7:00 PM. In addition, Kristine Progin will receive the Courageous Athlete Award and Dan Russell will receive the Community Service Award. This year’s Kelchner winners, Anna Coulter and Luke Williams will be honored as well. Invitations will be mailed to members soon. We hope you will be able to join us at the Lebanon Expo Center, location of this year’s ceremony.
Central Chapter Scholastic/Collegiate Awards Ceremony 2022 photos available at Flickr https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjzQfrX
Central Chapter Induction 2021 photos available on Flickr at https://flic.kr/s/aHsmX99ipp
Back row (l to r): State President Dan Carr, John Rienstra, Chapter Chaplain Fr. Jim Kunkel, Jim Render, Marques Colston, Tom Bradley, Mike Brey (accepting for his late mother, Betty Mullen Brey), Brian Milne, Emcee Lanny Frattare
2021 Pop Kelchner Awards (38th Annual Scholastic/Collegiate Athletic Awards) will be live streamed – please use this link https://www.youtube.com/c/WLHSTV/live
2020 – 2021 Pop Kelchner Nominees
| School | Pop Kelchner Male Nominee | Pop Kelchner Female Nominee |
| Annville-Cleona | Macrae Plummer | Grace Renninger |
| Cedar Crest | Christopher Danz | Gwyneth Young |
| Conrad Weiser | Jake Plummer | Alexandra Pancu |
| ELCO | Braden Bohannon | Katelyn Rueppel |
| Hershey | Louis Joseph Corado III (Joey) | Katana Nelson |
| Lebanon | Isaiah Rodriguez | Giahny Correa |
| Northern Lebanon | Dylan Lambrecht | Emily Hauck |
| Palmyra | Jake Klucinec | Katelyn Becker |
| Tulpehocken | Lucas Forry | Clara Hardick |
We regret that we were unable to hold the 2020 Prayer Breakfast. The health and safety of our athletes and their families was of utmost importance. However, we are pleased to announce the nominees for the Pop Kelchner Award from each of our chapter’s school. They are listed below. Also please see our Prayer Breakfast page for photos and view the presentation below
| School | Pop Kelchner Male Nominee | Pop Kelchner Female Nominee |
| Annville-Cleona | Andrew Long | Makenzie Drane |
| Cedar Crest | TJ Moore | Shayla Bonzelet |
| Conrad Weiser | Adam Kase | Grace George |
| ELCO | Bryce Coletti | Deziree Balthaser |
| Hershey | Brendon Shea | Claudia Zugay |
| Lebanon | Hari Eugene Allen | Olivia Marie Sforza |
| Lebanon Catholic | Albert O’Rawe | Samantha Hatzfeld |
| Milton Hershey | Nathaniel Boyd | Allison Keith |
| New Covenenant | Ian Scheirer | Abigail Motter |
| Northern Lebanon | Gage Krall | Lindsay McFeaters |
| Palmyra | Kasey Scott Shughart | Lauren Wadas |
| Tulpehocken | Josh Nielsen | Ava Sama Ahner |
2020 Wilder Award Winners
Photos from the 2019 Induction Ceremony are now available on our Facebook page, the Induction tab, and at https://www.flickr.com/photos/140424001@N06/albums/72157711947998232
Keep up to date with Chapter happenings with the Chapter News tab which includes Minutes from recent meetings!
| Date | Time | Event |
| March 2, 2020 | 7:00 PM | Executive Committee Meeting |
| April 6, 2020 | 7:00 PM | Executive Committee Meeting |
| May 4, 2020 | 7:00 PM | Executive Committee Meeting |
| May 17, 2020 | 9:00 AM | Prayer Breakfast 2020 |
| June 1, 2020 | 7:00 PM | Executive Committee Meeting |
| August 3, 2020 | 7:00 PM | Executive Committee Meeting |
| September 14, 2020 | 7:00 PM | Executive Committee Meeting |
| October 5, 2020 | 7:00 PM | Executive Committee Meeting |
| November 9, 2020 | 6:00 PM | Induction 2020 – POSTPONED |
| November 16, 2020 | 7:00 PM | Executive Committee Meeting |
Attention members – State Ballots were sent, but there was an error. Please see below from Dale Hamer.
Despite our efforts, the perfect ballot ended up with a major flaw. The Nicole Levandusky bio turned out to be the Meredith Alexis bio on the paper ballot. It is correct on the on-line ballot. By the time we would send out 8,711 corrections most of the ballots would have been cast.
Nicole’s bio is attached. Please get out the word that your membership should read this or the on-line ballot and vote either on-line or paper.
She, as is Meredith, is worthy of your support.
The ballots were mailed Thursday so you should have them on Tuesday (no mail Monday).
Many thanks for your help,
Dale
__ NICOLE LEVANDUSKY – BASKETBALL/SOFTBALL PLAYER – CARBON COUNTY
In high school, scored 2,622 points in Basketball, four-time All-Star and three-time MVP
Also, four- time All-Star and three-time MVP in Softball
Played three sports; basketball, softball, and field hockey
Upon graduation owned 8 season or career marks
Inducted into the Lehigh Valley Pocono Sports Hall of Fame
Played at Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio and inducted into the Greater Cincinnati
Basketball Hall of Fame
Member of the 2001 WNBA Championship Team, LA Sparks
Inducted into the Carbon County Chapter of the PA Sports and the PIAA District XI Halls
of Fame
Central Chapter PA Sports Hall of Fame 