The Summit County Sports Hall of Fame will induct nine people Oct. 7 in Akron during a banquet at the redeveloped Goodyear Bank space now known as the Bank at East End.

The inductees include track stars, legendary local high school coaches and three men who have a combined four Super Bowl rings, Mike Fox, Andy McCollum and Ed Donatell.

Former Akron Beacon Journal sports editor Larry Pantages will also be honored as the winner of the Andy Palich Memorial Service Award.

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Super Bowl winners and former longtime NFL linemen Mike Fox and Andy McCollum are among nine individuals with local ties who will be inducted into the Summit County Sports Hall of Fame during the SCSHOF’s banquet Oct. 7 in Akron.

“I’m excited and honored to be part of the Summit County Sports Hall of Fame,” Fox said by phone. “I’m just thankful and grateful.”

The NFL careers of Fox and McCollum overlapped from 1995-98. When Fox played defensive line for the Carolina Panthers and McCollum offensive line for the New Orleans Saints, they faced each other in six games.

“Wherever you’re at, you’re always pulling for your Northeast Ohio boys,” Fox said. “It’s good to see Ohio on the map in real big places.”

Legendary St. Vincent-St. Mary and Copley high school football coach Dan Boarman is another inductee who has been known to toil in the trenches. Boarman started on Indiana University’s offensive line long before he won four OHSAA state championships as a head coach — two in Class AA baseball (1986 and 1989) with STVM and two in Division III football (2012 and 2013) with STVM.

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Former longtime defensive coordinator Ed Donatell adds decades of NFL experience to Summit County Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2025

Virgil Brown , the late South High School graduate and University of Akron track and field star whose prowess in the 220 and 440 yards helped the Zips win their first Ohio Conference championship in 1961 and repeat in 1962.

, the late South High School graduate and University of Akron track and field star whose prowess in the 220 and 440 yards helped the Zips win their first Ohio Conference championship in 1961 and repeat in 1962. Keri Dennison (nee Canning) , a Barberton High School graduate who ranks second in University of Mount Union women’s basketball history with 1,605 career points and holds the program record with 21.8 points per game in the 1999-2000 season.

, a Barberton High School graduate who ranks second in University of Mount Union women’s basketball history with 1,605 career points and holds the program record with 21.8 points per game in the 1999-2000 season. Ed Donatell, a Stow native who spent 32 seasons as an NFL defensive coordinator or defensive backs coach and had a hand in 14 playoff appearances and three Super Bowl berths, including titles with the Denver Broncos to end the 1997 and 1998 seasons.

Bill Huntington, a former longtime Cuyahoga Falls resident who established a legacy as track and field and cross country coach at Field High School, compiling a combined dual- and tri-meet record of 775-271-2 and guiding teams to 26 league, 14 district, eight regional and four state titles.

a former longtime Cuyahoga Falls resident who established a legacy as track and field and cross country coach at Field High School, compiling a combined dual- and tri-meet record of 775-271-2 and guiding teams to 26 league, 14 district, eight regional and four state titles. Treniere Moser (nee Clement) , a Stow High School graduate and eight-time All-American at Georgetown University who won four USA Track & Field national outdoor championships in the 1,500 meters (2005-07, 2013) and ran the leadoff leg for Team USA’s distance medley relay (3:18.38 in the 1,200 meters) to help set a world record at the 2015 IAAF World Relays.

, a Stow High School graduate and eight-time All-American at Georgetown University who won four USA Track & Field national outdoor championships in the 1,500 meters (2005-07, 2013) and ran the leadoff leg for Team USA’s distance medley relay (3:18.38 in the 1,200 meters) to help set a world record at the 2015 IAAF World Relays. Josh Ritchie , a Walsh Jesuit High School graduate who parlayed a standout cross country career at Ohio University, placing 25th in the 1996 NCAA meet and becoming an All-American, into a career as a professional triathlete.

, a Walsh Jesuit High School graduate who parlayed a standout cross country career at Ohio University, placing 25th in the 1996 NCAA meet and becoming an All-American, into a career as a professional triathlete. Mike Fox, a North High School graduate who played defensive line in the NFL for nine seasons (1990-98), five with the New York Giants and four with the Panthers, winning a Super Bowl as a rookie second-round draft pick with the Giants out of West Virginia University.

Andy McCollum , a Revere High School graduate who played offensive line in the NFL for 14 seasons, winning a Super Bowl with the 1999 St. Louis Rams and advancing to another one during the 2001 season as their starting center who had entered the league as an undrafted free agent from the University of Toledo.

, a Revere High School graduate who played offensive line in the NFL for 14 seasons, winning a Super Bowl with the 1999 St. Louis Rams and advancing to another one during the 2001 season as their starting center who had entered the league as an undrafted free agent from the University of Toledo. Dan Boarman, a St. Vincent High School graduate who coached football teams to a record of 206-96 in 26 seasons, 17 at Copley and nine at St. Vincent-St. Mary, and guided STVM baseball to a record of 225-84 in 13 seasons.

Former Akron Beacon Journal sports editor Larry Pantages will be honored by Summit County Sports Hall of Fame

Larry Pantages will receive the Andy Palich Memorial Service Award, which the SCSHOF presents annually to an individual who has made a major contribution for the betterment of athletics in Summit County, Ohio or nationally other than as a player, coach or manager.

Pantages is a former longtime Akron Beacon Journal sports writer and sports editor. He began covering high school sports for the Beacon Journal in 1978 and worked as the newspaper’s Cleveland Cavaliers beat writer from 1981-85, when the franchise called the old Richfield Coliseum home. An Ellet High School and Syracuse University graduate, Pantages eventually ascended to sports editor and held the role from 1998-2006.

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When is the 2025 Summit County Sports Hall of Fame induction ceremony and banquet in Akron? Where is the event? How to buy tickets

The SCSHOF’s 67th induction ceremony and banquet will be held on Tuesday, Oct. 7, at the redeveloped Goodyear Bank space now known as the Bank at East End, 1177 E. Market St., Akron.

“We are pleased to be one of the first significant events to be held in the newly renovated space, and with Goodyear’s significant ties to athletics in Akron, it makes it even more special,” Jeff Kurtz, president of the SCSHOF’s board of directors, said in a news release.

Doors are set to open at 5:15 p.m. Oct. 7. A social/cocktail hour is scheduled to run from 5:30-6:30 p.m. The program and dinner is set to start at 6:30 p.m.

Tickets may be purchased online at akronroundtable.org. Tickets for adults are $60. Tickets for children (12 and under) are $25. Patron tickets are $80.