(File Photo of the WPIAL Logo)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Green Tree, PA) The WPIAL inducted its 2026 Hall of Fame class at the DoubleTree Hotel in Green Tree on Friday night. The list included Olympic gold medalist and wrestler Kurt Angle as well as former Central Valley and Pitt safety Jordan Whitehead, who won a Super Bowl with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2021. According to a report from WTAE, here is the full list of the 2026 WPIAL 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