Mike Vukovcan We’d like to congratulate the Hopewell Sports Hall of Fame Induction Class of 2026!
On Wednesday, it was announced that this year’s class will have five inductees- four individuals and one team.
Congratulations to the following: Craig Bokor, Jordan Zuppe, Bob Cromer, the late Bob Churovia and the 1979 Hopewell Baseball Team.
The 8th annual Hopewell Hall of Fame banquet will take place on Friday, August 14th at The Club at Shadow Lakes.
CRAIG BOKOR-
Bokor was a 2004 graduate and was a two-sport standout at Hopewell. While he is remembered for his play on the football field, Bokor was also an all-state basketball player as well.
In football, he was a three-year starter at offensive guard and defensive end. During his 3 years as a starter, the Vikings went 29-8, including the 2002 team that went 14-1 and won the WPIAL and PIAA championship. Bokor was named an all-state player on both offense and defense. After graduating, Bokor earned a scholarship and played for HC Dave Wannstedt at Pitt.
On the basketball court, Bokor was a 3-year starter at power forward and as a senior, he averaged 20 points and 18 rebounds per game. During his junior year, Hopewell made it to the WPIAL Class 3A championship game.
Zuppe was a 2007 graduate and was the starting point guard on the Hopewell Class 3A WPIAL and PIAA State Championship teams in 2006 and 2007.
At Indiana-Purdue Fort Wayne, Jordan holds numerous program single game, single season and career records; including scoring, assists, free-throw shooting, 3-point shooting, games played, games started and minutes played.
Zuppe is in the Top 20 of program history with points (1,198), second in assists, second in career 3-point shots made, 4th in free-throw percentage and games played and 3rd in games started and minutes played.
Zuppe also got it done in the classroom as well as she earned numerous academic awards in college.
Cromer is a 1965 graduate of Monaca High School and has been the equipment manager for the Hopewell football team for 31 years.
Churovia was a 1959 graduate of Hopewell HS and is believed to be the first Hopewell athlete to ever letter in 4 sports (football, basketball, baseball and track).
This 1979 team was the first championship team as they won the school’s first WPIAL championship. This team finished 23-4 and advanced to the quarterfinals of the state Class 3A playoffs.
This team was coached by Joe Colella and finished as the No. 1 ranked team in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s final Top 10 baseball teams in the WPIAL.
