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BML announces HOF members

The Blue Mountain Baseball League Hall of Fame inducted three new members at their 31st annual banquet held back in the fall of 2014, bringing the membership rolls to 21,408.

The event was held at the Holy Family Sick and Relief Hall back in October, with about 80 guests in attendance.

The hall of fame presented their 14th annual scholar athlete award to Tyler Correll, a graduate of Catasauqua High School, who is currently continuing his studies at Boston University as a chemistry major.

Correll became the HOF's 15th scholar athlete recipient. He's the son of Thomas and Barbara Correll. Correll was a member of the National Honor Society and an honor roll student at Catty. On the diamond, he was a first team Colonial League second baseman as well as a Legion all-star for Fullerton.

Correll compiled a GPA of 96.59 and achieved a class rank of sixth of 117.

Also recognized was the 1974 Bethlehem Cardinals championship team, which won 24 of 28 games, and also captured the York Tournament. The had the league's top pitcher, Bob Zerfass (8-0), the home run champion, Nate King (7) and the Sportsmanship Award winner in George Pitsilos. The team had 11 hall of fame members on the squad, including: manager Earl Dreisbach, George Cobb, Tim Fisher, Gary Jerabek, John King, Jim Lees, Ted Meixsell, George Pitsilos, Bill Sakovics, Frank Zellner and Bob Zerfass.

The Hall of Fame Committee, consisting of Bob Schuster, John Bisco, Jack Kinney, Mike Mihalik, Andy Pitsilos, George Pitsilos, Tim Schwartz, Dave Stoudt and Tom Stoudt, Sr. presented the 2014 inductees to the Blue Mountain League Hall of Fame:

Mike Bodnar

A tough out, Mike Bodnar played 16-plus years in the BML, amassing a career average of .316, with over 50 home runs for the Orioles and the Northampton Giants. He played on the 1992 and 1994 championship teams with Northampton.

Ross Griffith

A consistent run producer for Andretti and Martins Creek, Ross blasted over 70 homers and drove in more than 270 runs in his 11-year career. He played on the 1996 championship team with Martins Creek.

Tony Jordan

A 16-year player with the Bethlehem Cardinals, West Bethlehem and the Hellertown Royals, Tony was a stalwart shortstop who also hit close to .300 year in and year out.

Chad Kusko

A workhorse of the Catasauqua Black Sox, Blue Jays, Cardinals and Orioles, Chad played on six championship teams, including five with Catasauqua and the other with the Blue Jays. In 12 seasons he won 66 games and walked just over three per nine innings.

Gary Laubach

While Gary is today best known for his work on and off camera at RCN, Gary was an outstanding pitcher in the mid-to-late- 1960s. Unfortunately, only sparse statistics are available from those years. But the stats available show what a fine pitcher he was. In 1967, Gary was 10-0 for Easton, capturing the league's Outstanding Pitcher Award. The following season, he compiled a 6-2 record.

P.J. Yoder

In 12 BML seasons, P.J. batted .389, hit 64 home runs and drove in over 300 runs for Martins Creek, Northampton, Lower Nazareth and the Bethlehem Cardinals.