The Butler Area Sports Hall of Fame will add seven inductees at its 42nd annual banquet April 28 at the Days Inn.

Gaining induction this year are Don Spinetti, Aysha Dellen, Raymond "Wes"Blaine, Ken Minnear, Jamie Smith, Mark Maier and the late Bill Dunn.

Merril Moses is receiving the organization's Lifetime Achievement Award as well. A 1945 Butler graduate, he was a standout performer in the Butler City Basketball League and fast-pitch softball league in the 1940s and 1950s.

Moses was a standout football player for the Butler Cubs teams of that era and remains one of the premier golfers in the area, recently carding a 79 at the age of 80.

Also a longtime WPIALand PIAAfootball and basketball official, Moses was involved in the founding of the Butler Area Sports Hall of Fame. He also has been the official scoreboard operator for Butler High School football games for more than 40 years.

Tickets for the banquet are $20 each, $10 for children 12 or younger. They are available at Moses Jewelers, Snack N Pack or from any board member.

Rich Pribis is this year's ticket chairman.

Here is a brief look at the 2007 inductees:

He was a football and track star for Butler High School in the late 1940s and is considered one of the best Golden Tornado running backs ever.Dunn was a standout sprinter in track and field.

A 1958 Butler graduate, she lettered for four years in basketball and volleyball. She received the Ladies Auxiliary VFWAward for Most Athletic Female in 1958.Dellen played and coached softball in the Women's Franklin Field Softball League from 1961-95 and currently plays third base for the Pittsburgh Diamonds in the Senior League. She won gold medals in softball and football throws at the 2001 Pennsylvania Senior Olympic Games.

He has been a boxing manager, trainer and promoter since 1979, training such fighters as Tim Coulter, Billy Wolf, Gary Warren, Darren Warman, Mike McGrady, Steve Six and Jarret Smith.Spinetti has trained five state champions during his career. He also works with youth from all walks of life through the Specialty Outreach Program at the Butler Cubs Hall.

A 1968 Butler graduate, Blaine lettered for two years in football and swimming with the Golden Tornado. He was captain of the football team in 1967 and was an all-state performer.Blaine went on to play football for three years at West Point, lettering in 1971.

A 1971 Moniteau graduate, Minnear was a team captain in football, basketball and track and field. He was a defensive end at Slippery Rock University and lettered for three years.A member of the Ottawa Rough Riders of the Canadian Football League in 1975-76, Minnear was a youth football coach from 1976-95 and reorganized and started the West Sunbury Little League program in 1985.

A 1984 Butler graduate, Smith was a four-year starting quarterback and also lettered in baseball, basketball and track. He was the starting quarterback in the Big 33 all-star football game his senior year.Smith also started four years at quarterback for Geneva College and is a member of the Beaver County Hall of Fame for his achievements there. He set career records of 7,226 yards passing and 62 touchdown passes at Geneva.

A 1988 Butler graduate, he lettered for three years in basketball and became the first Golden Tornado basketball player to score 1,000 points in a career. He averaged 21.4 points per game his senior season and was team MVPas a junior and senior.Maier went on to play basketball at Indiana (Pa.)University and ranks 16th on that school's all-time list with 1,093 points. He ranks third with 141 3-point field goals, fourth with a 42.1 3-point field goal shooting percentage and sixth with a 78.1 free throw shooting percentage.