BUTLER TWP — The 2016 inductees into the Butler Area School District Athletic Hall of Fame have been announced.

The date of the induction ceremony itself remains unknown.

“We're looking to have a winter induction this time,” HOF chairman Brian Slameca said. “But those details are still up in the air.

“We may do it at one home basketball game, possibly two.”

This marks the seventh induction class for the Hall of Fame, which featured an inaugural class of 12 in 2010. The previous six induction ceremonies took place before an early-season home football game.

The 2016 inductees are former boys basketball coach Mark Jula, track and field standouts Katie Butler Hinrichsen and Melanie Buczko Lincoln, and baseball pitcher Des Schnur. This year will mark the smallest induction class in the Hall's history.

Jula remains active as a high school basketball coach and is now at Ambridge. The Bridgers are scheduled to come to Butler early in the 2016-17 season.

“It'd be nice to honor and induct Coach Jula prior to that game,” Slamecka said. “That's one of the possibilities we're looking at.”

Here is a look at the 2016 school district Athletic Hall of Fame inductees:

[naviga:h3]Mark Jula[/naviga:h3]

A longtime coach in the WPIAL, Jula was head boys basketball coach of the Golden Tornado from 1988 through 1993. He won 130 games dring that six-year period.

Jula won four section titles in a row, a WPIAL championship, had two appearances in the WPIAL Finals and one PIAA semifinal apperarance.

[naviga:h3]Katie Butler Hinrichsen[/naviga:h3]

One of the most versatile athletes in Butler track and field history, she was captain of the 1999 track and cross country teams and was a three-time track and field MVP with the Golden Tornado.

During Butler's four years in the program, the Tornado put together a 46-1 record, three WPIAL championships and four section titles. She set school records in the 300-meter hurdles and 800 meters, along with running a leg of school-record 4x400 and 4x800 meter relay teams.

[naviga:h3]Melanie Buczko Lincoln[/naviga:h3]

An outstanding pole vaulter at Butler while competing in many other indoor and outdoor track events, she won the WPIAL title with a district record vault of 12 feet, six inches in 2009.

She set a school record with a time of 15.20 seconds in the 100-meter hurdles and once ranked third on the Tornado all-time list with a 45.3 in the 300-meter hurdles. Buczko went on to win three Patriot League pole vault titles at Bucknell University.

[naviga:h3]Des Schnur[/naviga:h3]

Along with being a stellar pitcher for the Golden Tornado, Schnur was a standout student. He had a 3.9 grade point average and played at Butler from 1985-87. He was named the outstanding pitcher in the section in 1987 won the Fireman's Award in 1986 with a 3-0 record and 0.78 earned run average.

Schnur went on to become a four-year letter winner and starting pitcher at the University of Pittsburgh, leadfing the team in wins in 1988.

This year's induction class will swell the Butler HOF's membership to 52.