Five luminaries from White River High’s sporting past will be honored next week with induction into the school’s Athletic Hall of Fame.

The April 19 festivities will highlight the accomplishments and contributions of Charles Lappenbusch, Carley (McCutchen) Schulte, Jim Meyerhoff, Terry Veltkamp and Jan Wolcott.

The Hall of Fame event will begin with a 6 p.m. reception in the school commons before moving to an unveiling of the newest plaques on the school’s “Wall of Honor.” The formal part of the ceremony gets under way at 7 p.m. in the White River High theater.

Tickets are $10 and can be purchased at www.whiteriverathletichof.com. Tickets also will be sold ($10, cash only) at the door the night of the event.

Here’s a brief look at this year’s inductees.

Terry Veltkamp: The longtime White River coach left his fingerprints on multiple Hornet programs. His greatest contribution came during the 11 seasons he spent as the school’s head football coach, a span that included three Coach of the Year honors in the Pierce County League. His football teams earned five league championships.

Veltkamp also spent one season as the head coach of the Hornet track and field program and spent many seasons as an assistant coach with the girls basketball team and the track team. His time as a hoop assistant included 14 league championships during a 17-season span.

Jan Wolcott: A 1959 graduate of White River High, Wolcott earned nine varsity letters during his time in a Hornet uniform. His playing days continued at St. Martin’s University where he was a member of both the basketball and baseball teams.

But Wolcott’s greatest contributions to the world of sports were still to come. He spent 53 years officiating football and basketball games at the high school and collegiate level. For 41 years he was the scheduling coordinator for officials.

His service landed him in the Tacoma-Pierce County Sports Hall of Fame (inducted in 2010). His contributions earned him the Washington Officials Association Meritorious Service Award in 1997 and a Tacoma Athletic Association Achievement Award in 2023. The National Football Foundation honored Wolcott with a Community Service Award in 2006 and a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012.

Charles Lappenbusch: A member of the Buckley High School graduating class of 1927, Lappenbusch went on to a busy, productive and noteworthy career at Western Washington University.

His time in Bellingham resulted in a resume unheard of during modern times. He spent 30 years as athletic director, 20 years as the university’s head football coach, 13 years as head basketball coach, 22 years as head tennis coach, six seasons as head baseball coach and two years leading the golf program.

The long career was recognized in 1961 with induction into the NAIA Hall of Fame. In 1976 Lappenbusch was an inaugural member of Western’s Hall of Fame.

Carley (McCutchen) Schulte: A distinguished Hornet athlete, Schulte earned 11 varsity letters before graduating in 2010 from White River. Her name remains atop the leader board as she still holds three school track and field records.

But even greater things came her way when she headed off to Montana State University to join the Bobcat program. During her Bozeman days Schulte set four MSU track and field records, excelling primarily in the pentathlon and heptathlon. She became the school’s record holder in both events, attained the second-highest pentathlon score in the history of the Big Sky Conference and was the first athlete in Big Sky history to surpass 4,000 points in the pentathlon.

In 2015, she was the Big Sky Conference champion in both the pentathlon and heptathlon, the same year she was named an Academic All-American.

Jim Meyerhoff: A longtime high school athletic director, Meyerhoff spent 10 years in that role at White River.

The upcoming Hornet honor will add to an already stellar list of professional achievements. He was inducted into the Washington State Wrestling Coaches Hall of Fame in 1989, the University of Puget Sound Hall of Fame in 1990, the State Athletic Directors Hall of Fame in 2001 and the Washington State Chapter of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2003.

Meyerhoff became an assistant executive director of the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association and served as tournament director for Mat Classic, the statewide culmination of the winter wrestling season. Along the way he became a key figure in the establishment of girls wrestling throughout Washington state.

OTHERS IN THE WRHS HALL OF FAME

The five incoming members of the Hall of Fame will join the following:

• Inaugural Class of 2020: John Garnero, Helen (Mills) Horton, John Hyppa, Andy Maris and the state champion 1973 boys’ basketball team.

• Class of 2021: Cindy (Browning) Meyer, Joe Kolisch and the state champion 1995 wrestling team.

• Class of 2022: Trena Page and Thron Riggs.

• Class of 2023: Ben Addink, Marcus Dickson, Bob McKean and Paul Strand.

• Class of 2024: Ralph Bowman, Doug Funk, Renae (Ross) Landrum and Andrew Mills.