Bill Ross

A charter member of its executive committee, William A (Bill) Ross received a special posthumous award because he gave much of his time and energy to help make the Beaver County Sports Hall of Fame a success during its first year. Bill had been athletic director of Beaver Falls High School since 1950 and before that had been a coach in various sports from 1947 to 1958. Bill was a 1938 graduate of Beaver Falls High School and attended David-Elkins College in West Virginia, until he entered the Air Force in 1942. As a bomber pilot, he flew 50 missions in Europe, including raids on the Ploesti oil fields in Rumania. After World War II, Bill completed his education at Geneva College, graduating in 1947. Bill served as assistant football coach and head baseball coach at Hopewell High School in 1948, and then became Beaver Falls Junior High School football and baseball coach from 1948 through 1953. He served as assistant grid coach at Beaver Falls High School for two years and then as head coach from 1956 through 1958. He also coached golf for one season and was assistant basketball coach for three years. Bill died of a heart attack at the age of 55 on June 11, 1976.

Candy Young

No information on her special achievement. Click here for her Hall of Fame bio.

Jodi Figley

James Law

James Law from Rochester was a 1986 PIAA and WPIAL Track Champion in the 100, 200, and 400 meters and set state records in all three events.

Carrie Bordas' WPIAL basketball team went 110-14, and she won numerous honors for herself, including: two time All American, second team All State, honorable mention All State, WPIAL Player of the Year, WPIAL All Conference, and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Fabulous Five Team. Carrie set records for Beaver County single season scoring (812 points) and all time WPIAL scoring (both boys and girls, 2658 points), and set marks for a single WPIAL title game (35 points) and for the three game Snowflake Christmas Classic (90 points).

Essex Law

At Rochester High School, Essex Law set Beaver County football records for season scoring (276 points), season rushing (2657 yards), and career rushing (4330 yards). Essex was named All State.

At Blackhawk High School, Dante John Calabria was the all time Beaver County basketball scoring leader (2252 points) and led his team to the PIAA title. Dante also won recognition as Pennsylvania's Player of the Year.

Mark Javens

Coach Mark Javens led his Community College of Beaver County Titans to the 1996-1997 NJCAA Division II Men's Basketball Championship with a 36-1 record. In 1997, the Titans under Mark also won the WPCC Division and the PCAA State Basketball title for the second consecutive year, as Mark compiled numerous awards, including WPCC Coach of the Year, PCAA Coach of the Year, Region XX Coach of the Year, NJCAA National Coach of the Year, and the Western Pennsylvania Official's Coach of the Year honors.

Aliquippa native Verquan Kimbrough won the 132 pound National Amateur Boxing Title at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas, then one week later won the National Challenge 132 pound Title for the second consecutive year. Verquan was the No 1 ranked amateur US boxer in his weight class and represented the United States in the World Cup Championships in Kazakhstan in 2002. Verquan's other achievements include four Pittsburgh Golden Gloves titles and a US Junior Olympic National championship.

Caleb Williams

In 2002, Caleb Williams won recognition as the International Powerlifting Federation Sub Junior World Champion as Best Male Lifter. In the teenage group, Caleb has also set a world record and held seven different titles and was a national record holder in the with nineteen different titles. He was a Junior Olympic Champion (2001), a three time national champion (2000, 2001, 2002), a three time state champion (2000, 2001, 2002), and a two time MAC Index champion (2001, 2002).

Terry Francona

Terry Francona of New Brighton led the Boston Red Sox to their first World Series title since 1914. Click here for his Hall of Fame bio.

Christa Harmotto

Lauryn Williams

Kayla Kelosky

Kayla Kelosky of Riverside was a diving champion at the WPIAL (443.90 score) and PIAA levels (393.30, 23 points ahead of the runner up), winning a state gold medal in Class AA girls' diving.

Allyn Laughlin

Allyn Laughlin was recognized as one of the top shot putters in the nation. As a high school sophomore, she placed sixth in the event at the PIAA state meet and won the event as a junior. With a throw of 47'-9½", Allyn won the shot put event at the Pennsylvania Track and Field Coaches Association Indoor Championships held at Penn State, placing her second nationally in the Dyestate Elite Rankings. In March 2006, Allyn became a national champion when she won the National Scholastic Indoor Championship at the Armory in New York City, and two days later placed third at the Nike Indoor Nationals at Prince George's Sport and Learning Center in Landover, Maryland.

Lindsay Vrooman

Lindsay Vrooman, a 15 year old freshman at Ambridge High School, won PIAA Gold medals as a swimmer in the 200 yard freestyle (1:50:98 seconds, winning by three seconds) and 500 yard freestyle (4:53:22 seconds, winning by eight seconds). She had won both events at the WPIAL level. Lindsay also set two meet and pool records in the 100 butterfly and 500 freestyle at the MAC Swimming Championships at Moon.

Terry Francona

Terry Francona of New Brighton led the Boston Red Sox to their second World Series title since 1914 with a four game sweep, raising Terry's record in the World Series to 8-0. Click here for his Hall of Fame bio.