Legendary Emmaus field hockey coach Sue Butz-Stavin will be inducted into the National High School Hall of Fame by the National Federation of State High Schools Association during ceremonies on Saturday, July 1, in Seattle, Washington.

She becomes just the second Lehigh Valley inductee into the organization’s 40-year history of selecting athletes, coaches, officials and others who have made extraordinary and significant contributions to their fields. The other is the late Mario Donnangelo, a nationally known basketball and soccer official who lived in Fountain Hill and was principal of Salisbury High School.

Butz-Stavin is one of 12 inductees into the Hall of Fame this year.

Butz-Stavin is just the eighth Pennsylvanian who will be accorded the Hall of Fame honor, including the late world-class golfer Arnold Palmer and football coaching legend, the late Joe Diminick, who piloted the Mount Carmel football team into a perennial coal region powerhouse for many years.

Butz-Stavin’s 47-year record as the Green Hornets’ coach is filled with otherworldly statistics. The team finished the 2022 season with a 25-1 record. It went 19-0 in winning the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference championship - its 39th league championship since she’s been coach. Emmaus also won its 34th consecutive District 11 championship and its 37th overall. The Hornets’ only loss was a 2-1 setback in PIAA state semifinals to Wilson West Lawn. The loss ended the team’s 69-game winning streak.

Butz-Stavin’s teams have made 37 appearances in the PIAA state playoffs, and have won 14 championships.

Her overall record is 1,041-83-35, including 203-4 (98 percent) since 2015.

Butz-Stavin, who is 70-years-old, is preparing for her 48th season this fall.