Susquehanna Valley Chapter of the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame will hold its 43 annual induction banquet on Saturday, May 7, at 6 p.m. The event will take place at Enck's Banquet and Conference Center, 1461 Lancaster Road, Manheim. The inductees are Albert Ellis Sr., Earl "Buddy" Stoudt, Jerry McDonald, Theodore King, Pete Shellenberger, and Ray Stern.

Ellis is being inducted for basketball. At Columbia High School in 1966, he was second team All-County, and his team won Lancaster County Section and District III Class B championships. In 1967, his senior season, he led the county in scoring with 25.5 points per game. He was First Team All-County and Honorable Mention Small School All-State. Ellis finished his high school career with 913 total points, and his team's record was a combined 59-10.

After high school, Ellis played for the Lancaster Big 5, an amateur team traveling the East Coast. With this team, he won three regional championships, two national championships, and 10 tournament MVP awards.

Stoudt is being inducted for football. At Lancaster Catholic High School (LCHS), he was a member of the unbeaten 1956 football team. He was a First Team Central Penn Catholic League All-Star in 1957. Stoudt received a full football scholarship to the University of Richmond, where he set multiple single-game and single-season records as a senior.

Stoudt signed with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League but was unable to play due to military obligations. He is a member of the LCHS Athletic Hall of Honor, the Richmond Athletic Hall of Fame and the Lancaster County Sports Hall of Fame.

McDonald is being inducted for wrestling. A native of Rockaway, N.J., McDonald was two-time district champion and a state bronze medalist. At East Stroudsburg State College, he captured the PSAC gold medal at 145 pounds. He then coached wrestling at Warwick High School from 1975 to 2003, compiling a record of 318-75-2. His teams won 13 section titles and two District III titles. He was District III Coach of the Year in 1980-81.

McDonald has been inducted into the Warwick High School Athletic Hall of Fame, East Stroudsburg Hall of Fame, Lancaster-Lebanon Wrestling Hall of Fame, District III Wrestling Hall of Fame, and Pennsylvania Wrestling Hall of Fame.

King is being inducted for football and wrestling. He graduated from Altoona High School and served in the Marine Corps, then played football and swam at Lock Haven State College. King was the first wrestling coach and an assistant football coach at Ephrata High School before coaching football and wrestling at Hempfield High School. His football teams won the 1965 and 1966 Lancaster County championships, and he was 1966 Lancaster County Coach of the Year.

King later coached football and wrestling at Millersville State College. At age 47, he died from a heart attack while officiating a wrestling match.

Shellenberger is being inducted for soccer. He was four-year starter at Manheim Township High School, where he still holds the current records for career goals (40) and single-season goals (26). He was captain of the 1996 team and garnered First Team All-State, Regional All-American, and Lancaster-Lebanon League MVP honors that year. Shellenberger was inducted into the Manheim Township Athletic Hall of Fame.

Shellenberger was a four-year starter at Penn State University (PSU) and was voted Second Team All-Big Ten in 1997 and 2000. He played professional soccer for the Hershey Wildcats, Reading Rage, and Harrisburg City Islanders.

Stern is being inducted for baseball and soccer. He attended Pequea Valley High School and was an All-American soccer player as a senior at Elizabethtown College. Stern coached varsity baseball at Garden Spot High School for 30 years, compiling a record of 291-197. He also coached soccer at Garden Spot from 1965 to 1996, compiling a varsity record of 144-111-27 over 17 seasons. During his tenure, Garden Spot won several titles.

Stern was named Lancaster-Lebanon Coach of the Year for baseball in 1971 and for soccer in 1983. He was inducted into halls of fame at Elizabethtown College, Garden Spot High School, and Pequea Valley High School.

To purchase tickets for the banquet by the deadline of Friday, April 22, call Bob Herman at 717-672-1525 or 717-684-3407.