The Lehigh Valley Sports Hall of Fame recognized eight outstanding high school, senior, multisport athletes at a picnic today at Dansbury Park in East Stroudsburg, with the presentation of plaques and citations from their Pennsylvania State Representatives.

A thanks goes out to the board members who helped to make this event a success and special thanks to Chuck Frantz of Frantz Trophies and Plaques in Northampton providing the beautiful plaques for all of our winners.

Here is a list of all of the winners, the high schools they attended, the sports they played, where they will be attending college, and what sport(s) they will be playing in college:

Big School Male Athlete of the Year: Devante Cross, Parkland, football, basketball, and track and field; University of Virginia for football

Big School Female Athlete of the Year: Siena Salvaggio, Parkland, swimming and volleyball; Penn State University for swimming

Small School Male Athlete of the Year: Joe Espinal, Wilson, cross country and track and field; Lehigh University for cross country and track

Small School Male Athlete of the Year: Spencer Hay, Palmerton, basketball and track and field; Penn State University for track and field

Small School Female Athlete of the Year: Hannah Edwards, Catasauqua, field hockey and softball; University of Pittsburgh for softball

Big School Male Scholar Athlete of the Year: John Jakobsen, Stroudsburg, football and wrestling; Lehigh University for wrestling

Big School Female Scholar Athlete of the Year: Katie Bacher, Emmaus, cross country and track and field; MIT for cross country and track and field

Small School Male Scholar Athlete of the Year: Chad Cooperman, Salisbury, basketball and baseball; Bloomsburg University for baseball

Small School Female Scholar Athlete of the Year: Hannah Edwards, Catasauqua, field hockey and softball; University of Pittsburgh for softball.

Please note LVSHOF is still accepting nominations for our 2016 Hall of Fame Induction Class until July 30. Please feel free to submit any nominations by message on Facebook or to edwhitemagic@msn.com.