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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News
(Pittsburgh, PA) The WPIAL announced their Hall of Fame class of 2026 yesterday at the Heinz History Center in Pittsburgh, which includes sixteen inductees. The list includes two former Beaver County football players and a Beaver County team. They are the 2004 Hopewell girls volleyball team, Derek Moye, a wide receiver who played for both Rochester and the Pittsburgh Steelers and Jordan Whitehead, a safety who played for Central Valley, the New York Jets and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who was the team Whitehead won a Super Bowl with in 2021 after the 2020 NFL playoffs ended. Headlining this list is Kurt Angle, who won an Olympic gold medal in freestyle wrestling in 1996 and competed on a wrestling team in high school at Mt. Lebanon. According to the WPIAL, here is the full list of the sixteen members of their 2026 Hall of Fame Class.
Athletes
- Kurt Angle, Mt. Lebanon wrestling
- Tricia Fabian Alderson, Chartiers-Houston softball
- Bridget Guy Williams, Hempfield Area track
- Maddie Holmberg Nickal, Hempfield Area track
- Phil Mary, Chartiers-Houston wrestling
- Derek Moye, Rochester football
- Jordan Whitehead, Central Valley football
Coaches
- Tim McConnell, Chartiers Valley/Bishop Canevin basketball
- Joe Salvino, Monessen/Belle Vernon basketball
Teams
- 1981 Mt. Lebanon boys soccer
- 2004 Hopewell girls volleyball
Heritage
- Jim Conklin, Waynesburg wrestling
Contributor
- Anne Madarasz
Courage
- Ethan Keener, South Fayette basketball/baseball
- Warren Timko, Upper St. Clair football
Official
- Charles Evans Hunnell, football/lacrosse