The Middletown Area Alumni Association Hall of Fame Committee has announced this year's class of inductees to the Middletown Athletic Hall of Fame. The newest class of inductees will be honored at the Middletown Area Alumni Homecoming Dinner on Friday, Oct. 11, at Middletown Area High School, 1155 N. Union St., Middletown, at 6 p.m. Reservations for the dinner and program are required by Tuesday, Oct. 1, and can be made through the Alumni Association. Reservation forms are available at http://www.raiderweb.org or by calling 717-944-5454. Readers may email mahsalumni@raiderweb.org for more information.

Inductees are as follows:

The 1964-65 Middletown boys' basketball team won the school's fifth consecutive CAC Championship with an unbeaten conference record. Led by head coach Russ Trimmer, the team had a 24-1 overall record, losing its final game in the PIAA District 3 playoffs against Steel-High. Co-captains John Barnoski and John Good led the team with Gary Mumma, Donald Shaneor, Jim Sniscak, Thomas Houser, Richard Baker, Henry Brown, Jack Gochnaur, Michael Janouski, and Joseph Hahn. Team managers were Robert Hoffman, Barry Reber, and Allen Moore. Assistant coaches included Hayes Girvin, Gary Sheeler, and John Rowan. The team averaged 71.8 points per game while giving up only 45.5.

George Elberti, Class of 1944, was involved in track and field, football, and basketball. Elberti is Middletown's first-ever known state champion in track and field. He was the 1944 District 3 and PIAA state champion in the long jump and the 100, as well as the district champion in the 220 and the PIAA runner-up in the 220. In 1943, he finished in fourth place in the 220 in states.

Mike Lebo, Class of 1976, was involved in baseball and basketball. Lebo was a standout baseball player at Middletown and in college at the University of South Carolina. He was drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays as the first overall pick of the 1978 January draft. He played five seasons as catcher in the minor leagues with the Toronto and New York Yankees organizations, hitting 44 home runs as a professional. In 1980, he was voted the MVP of Kingston in the North Carolina League. In 1982, he won the South Atlantic League Championship with Greensboro Hornets, smashing 18 home runs with a .302 average. Locally, he served as coach of the Keystone Nationals and was a longtime player in the Central PA Sandlot League with Mechanicsburg. He is the all-time home run leader in the West Shore Twilight League with 258.

Dennis Moore, Class of 1987, was involved in football, basketball, and track and field. Moore was a two-way starter on the offensive and defensive line on the football team that won Middletown's first-ever District 3 football championship in 1986. He was part of the famous two-point conversion tackle on Ricky Watters, preserving a 28-27 victory in the 1986 game against Bishop McDevitt. Moore played for Pennsylvania in the Big 33 game in 1987. Collegiately, he was a lineman at the University of North Carolina. Locally, Moore was a longtime assistant football coach for Bob Guyer at Milton Hershey High School.

Eddie Noon, Class of 1978, was involved in football, basketball, and track and field. In 1978, Noon was the District 3 champion in the triple jump. At states, he was third in the triple jump and fourth in the long jump. In college at Shippensburg, he won PSAC championships three times in the triple jump and twice in the long jump. In football, he caught 84 passes for 1,563 yards with a Shippensburg record of 18.6 yards per catch. Between receiving, rushing, and returns, he finished with over 2,000 all-purpose yards. He also set the school record for consecutive games catching a touchdown pass with 10 and set the school record for touchdown receptions with 23 in 23 games. Six of his touchdowns were from 50 yards or more, including a record-tying 99-yard touchdown reception in 1982. These achievements led to Noon's induction in the Shippensburg University Athletic Hall of Fame.

Jason Pelletier, Class of 2003, was involved in soccer. Pelletier is the all-time leading point scorer for Middletown boys' soccer with 66 goals, second all-time, and a program-record 62 assists. He contributed 13 playoff goals and 18 playoff assists, 12 of those in his senior season. Pelletier was a key member of the 2001 state championship soccer team, scoring a goal and an assist in the 4-0 victory over Thomas Jefferson. He played collegiately at Rutgers and Robert Morris, where he was All-NEC in 2005 and 2006. Professionally, Pelletier played primarily as a defensive midfielder with the Harrisburg City Islanders of the USL from 2008 to 2014, appearing in 141 games and scoring eight goals.

Steph Schaefer, Class of 1995, was involved in soccer and basketball. Schaefer is the all-time scoring leader in the history of Middletown girls' soccer. From 1992 to 1995, she was a four-year varsity starter, scoring 112 goals and recording 36 assists. Schaefer was Mid-Penn First Team for four years, Mid-Penn MVP for two years, an All-State honoree in 1992 as a freshman, and a Patriot-News Big 11 honoree her senior year. She was also the Toyota Prep Athlete her senior year. A standout basketball player, she scored nearly 500 varsity points in her career. In addition, she also served as the Blue Raider mascot for other sports during her high school years at Middletown.

Richard "Bull" Swartz, Class of 1976, was involved in football, basketball, and baseball. Swartz was co-captain of the undefeated 1975 CAC football team and was the TV Host First Team All-Metro and Defensive Player of the Year. He was a member of the 1976 Big 33 football team. He played football one year at the University of Miami, then transferred to Gettysburg College, where he was not only a defensive leader, but an Academic All-American. Defensively, Swartz led Gettysburg in tackles in 1978 and 1979, with record totals that still stand today. In 1978, he set the record for solo tackles with 104 and the overall regular season total record of 139, with a single-game record of 22 tackles against Western Maryland. In 1979, he led the team with 93 solo tackles, which is still second all-time. Swartz is involved with the local community as secretary of the Blue and Gold Club and a member of the Raider Foundation, and he has helped coach and coordinate with MABA, Seven Sorrows Athletic Association, and the CYO for the Harrisburg Diocese.