The Capital Area Chapter of the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame will induct seven new members into the Hall of Fame during its Induction Banquet on Saturday, June 17, at the Red Lion Hotel, 4751 Lindle Road, Harrisburg. A social hour will begin at 3 p.m., and the banquet and program will begin at 4:15 p.m. Friends, teammates, fans, and the public are invited.

There is a fee to attend. To make reservations, contact Dave Del Biondo at 717-805-0852 or dgdelby@gmail.com or download the reservation form by visiting http://www.cachof.wordpress.com or search for "Capital Area Chapter Sports Hall of Fame" on Facebook.

The Capital Area Chapter will induct Steve Cover, Jay Feaster, Chris Franklin, Jordan Hill, Ken Kulina, George L. Long, and David Sullivan into the Hall of Fame. Charles Harvey and Paula Wilkens were also voted into the Hall of Fame by the chapter's members, but they are unavailable for induction.

Cover lettered in baseball and basketball at Susquehanna Township. He officiated PIAA basketball for 47 years and umpired baseball for 45 years. Cover was the Mid-Penn assigner for three years. He was also the Colonial Country Club golf champion in 2011 and ran the New York City Marathon in 1985 and 1992.

Feaster was the Hershey Bears general manager from 1990 to 1998. He joined the NHL Tampa Bay Lightning in 1998 as assistant general manager and was general manager from 2002 to 2008, winning the Stanley Cup in the 2003-04 season and being named NHL Executive of the Year. He was also the general manager of the Calgary Flames from 2010 to 2013 before rejoining Tampa Bay as executive director of community hockey development.

Franklin played basketball for Susquehanna Township High School and was named to the Patriot News Big 15. At Lock Haven University, he finished second all-time as the assists leader and ranked top 10 in the nation in assists and steals in 1992-93 and 1995-96. In 2001, he won the Nike "Best Ball Handler in the World" competition. He then joined the Harlem Globetrotters, where he was known as Handles. After playing 16 years with the Globetrotters, he took over as head coach.

Hill played football at Steelton-Highspire, winning back-to-back state championships in 2007 and 2008. He was All State D-Line in 2008 and the Class A State Player of the Year. He was a three-year starter at Penn State University and 1st team All Big Ten and captain in 2012. Hill was selected 87th in the 2013 NFL draft and played for the NFL championship-winning Seattle Seahawks. He played five years in the NFL with Seattle, Detroit, Jacksonville, and Washington.

Kulina lettered in football, basketball, and baseball at Lower Dauphin. He was All Conference in all three sports and was chosen for the baseball Big 11 First Team with 314 strikeouts, 29 wins, and an ERA of 0.43. He pitched at South Georgia College from 1985 to 1987 and then joined Jacksonville University from 1987 to 1989, where he was an All Sun Belt Conference 1st Team pitcher. He was drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 38th round. As head coach of Lower Dauphin baseball, his record was 381-145, and he was a two-time state runner-up.

Long played basketball at Wiconisco High School in Dauphin County. He was a two-time Upper Dauphin league scoring leader in the 1962-63 and 1963-64 seasons. He was the state scoring leader in the 1963-64 season with 794 points (37.8 points per game average). His three-year career total was 1,525 points (24.5 points per game average) and 984 rebounds. He had a record-breaking 70-point performance versus Mahoney Joint High School. Despite 25 college and university offers, he decided to stay home to help support of his widowed mother and his younger sister.

Sullivan starred in football at Steelton-Highspire High School from 1966 to 1968. At the University of Virginia (UVA) between 1968 and 1972, he was First Team ACC. As a senior at UVA, Sullivan had 51 catches for 662 yards and seven touchdowns, a school record. He amassed 1,568 receiving yards and 12 touchdowns in his career at UVA. He spent two seasons in the NFL with the Cleveland Browns from 1973 to 1974. He started three games and had five receptions for 92 yards. His highlight was two catches and 49 yards against pro football Hall of Famer Mel Blount and the Steelers.