Chanelle Price, an elite track athlete at Easton Area High School and the University of Tennessee, and Greg Vogel, a baseball player who left Northampton Area High School with a Pennsylvania-record 120 hits, headline this year’s class of six honorees who will be inducted into the Lehigh Valley-Pocono Sports Hall of Fame.

The inductions and dinner will be held Saturday, May 9 at the Northampton Banquet and Event Center in Northampton. The event is sponsored by St. Luke’s University Health Network.

Price rose to national prominence — and the 2021 Olympic trials — as an 800-meter runner. Among her many accomplishments was being chosen the 2008 Gatorade Player of the Year as the nation’s top high school female athlete in all sports. After her years at Tennessee, she became the first American woman to win a world championship title, taking the 800 as a professional at the 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Poland.

Vogel was a two-sport star at Northampton who went on to lead Penn State to the 1973 College World Series, graduating with team records for career steals and season slugging percentage. He played one season at the Class A level for the Minnesota Twins before leaving to become a head coach at Wallenpaupack and Pocono Mountain high schools, the ACBL Allentown Wings and Lafayette College.

Price and Vogel will be joined by longtime NCAA basketball official Jim Haney of Easton, and Kevin Nagle, a Pleasant Valley graduate who led East Stroudsburg University’s football team in tackles all four years and went on to play seven seasons in the Arena Football League.

Tom Donchez, whose play as a running back at Liberty le him to Penn State and the NFL with the Chicago Bears, and Dennis McGinley, known as the “Father of Swimming and Diving” in District 11 and Pennsylvania — and a name synonymous in the sport as a competitor and coach in the Allentown School District — will be inducted posthumously.

The local chapter’s annual dinner and induction ceremony will begin at 6 p.m. Doors open at 5 for photos and a social hour. Tickets ($45) can be purchased by calling Denny Douds at 570-460-9778 or 570-421-1777, or email ddouds@verizon.net.

The inductees

Chanelle Price

(Easton, 2008; University of Tennessee, ’12)

Considered the greatest track athlete ever to come out of Easton Area High School, Price went on to become one of the most accomplished middle-distance runners at the University of Tennessee and world indoor champion as a professional in the 800 meters at the IAAF Championships. Before her arrival at Tennessee, Price ran the 800 in 2:01.61 at the University of Oregon’s Prefontaine Classic — the second-fastest time ever by an American high school girl, and was chosen Gatorade Player of the Year as the nation’s top high school athlete in all sports. Price recorded a personal best of 1:58.73 in the 800 in 2021 at the U.S. Olympic Trials in Eugene, Ore., but finished fifth in the final.

Jim Haney (Easton, 1971)

Just three years out of high school, Haney passed his test to become a Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association basketball official. He has been a PIAA official for the last 51 years and called football games for the last 39. His more than 1,500-game NCAA Division I career as a basketball official featured 13 years of working tournament games with three March Madness “Sweet 16” assignments before retiring in 2012. Over his career, Haney officiated games in the Atlantic Coast and Big East conferences, and handled numerous championship games in the Ivy League, Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, Patriot League and America East Conference. He also worked NCAA Division II and III conference championship games. He remains active as the NCAA’s Division III national coordinator of officials and local high school assignor for the East Penn Conference.

Kevin Nagle

(Pleasant Valley, 1993;

East Stroudsburg, 2000)

The first-team Centennial League tight end and linebacker out of Pleasant Valley High School made a quick adjustment to the college game. He was named first team All-Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference East as a freshman, an honor he earned four years in a row. He led ESU in tackles each year from 1997 through 2000 and ranks second in school history with 447 career tackles, including 47 tackles for a loss. He had double-figure tackles in 20 consecutive games at one point. Nagle was named to Don Hansen’s Football Gazette All-America team as a junior and senior, and was chosen to play in the Cactus Bowl following his senior season. Nagle’s play in college landed him in preseason camp as a non-drafted free agent with the Washington Redskins prior to the 2001 season. He wound up playing seven seasons in the Arena Football League, beginning with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers in AF2.

Greg Vogel

(Northampton, 1972;

Penn State ’76)

The Konkrete Kids’ baseball and basketball star continued to excel on the baseball diamond at Penn State. He set 14 baseball records in high school and left with a state-record 120 career hits. He was named an All-American in 1972. He was a team captain on the 1972 Lehigh Valley League and District 11 championship basketball team and finished his career with 1,174 points. Upon graduation, Vogel was drafted by the New York Mets but chose to play at Penn State. The Nittany Lions’ second baseman was selected to the 1976 All-America first team on a squad that included future major leaguers Paul Molitor, Juan Bonilla and Rick Honeycutt. He graduated from Penn State with team records for career steals and season slugging percentage. He played one season at the Class A level for the Minnesota Twins before leaving to become a head coach at Wallenpaupack and Pocono Mountain high schools, the ACBL Allentown Wings and Lafayette College.

Tom Donchez

(Liberty, 1970;

Penn State 1974)

The multisport athlete distinguished himself on the football field as a running back and in the classroom. He was named to the all-state first team after his senior season in 1969 and played for Pennsylvania against Ohio in the 1970 Big 33 Classic. Donchez was selected as the 1970 scholar-athlete by the Lehigh Valley Chapter of the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame. He earned a scholarship to play for Joe Paterno at Penn State and became an integral part of the Nittany Lions’ successful run during the first half of the 1970s. The fullback helped clear the way for Heisman Trophy-winner John Cappelletti as Penn State posted a 12-0 record in 1973. He was moved to tailback his senior year when he led the Nittany Lions with 880 yards rushing and 11 touchdowns. He ran for 116 yards and a touchdown in a 41-20 victory over Baylor in the 1975 Cotton Bowl. Drafted and cut before the 1975 season by the Buffalo Bills, Donchez was signed by the Chicago Bears, appearing in 14 games, mostly on special teams, in his only season.

Dennis McGinley

(Allentown, 1946;

Kutztown University)

He is rightfully considered the “Father of Swimming and Diving” in District 11 and Pennsylvania for his contributions and leadership. McGinley, as a competitor, led his high school team to championships in 1945 and ’46. After serving in the Air Force during the Korean Conflict, he returned to coach his alma mater from 1956-58. In 1959, he was hired to teach physical education and coach the swim team at the newly opened Dieruff High School on Allentown’s east side. His Huskies teams produced five All-American swimmers and four state championships. McGinley also was meet director of the District 11 championships for 38 years and of the PIAA championships for 34 years; served as aquatics director at the Allentown Jewish Community Center for 47 years; wrote the first national rules casebook for high school swimming, and received the Clara Barton Meritorious Leadership Award, the American Red Cross’ highest volunteer honor.