US Pilot Categories for the 2004 Contest Year

"Each year the SSA compiles a Pilot Ranking List from results achieved in SSA-sanctioned competitions during the previous three years. Using this list, pilots are placed into one of four Categories, according to the following scheme:

• Pilots whose Pilot Ranking score is greater than 92.0 and pilots who within the previous three years won an SSA Medallion in a sanctioned National Competition (Open, 18-Meter, 15-Meter, Standard, World and Sport classes) are designated as Category I.
• Other pilots whose Pilot Ranking score is not less than 86.0 are designated as Category II.
• Other pilots whose Pilot Ranking score is not less than 60.0 are designated as Category III.
• Other pilots whose Pilot Ranking score is greater than zero are designated as Category IV."

Category I
[ 47 pilots ]
                            Barber, Robert E.           Bartell, William            Beltz, Tom G.               
Bourland, John B., Jr.      Butler, Richard W.          Chaffee, Gregory            Cole, Daniel G.             
Cundiff, Roy S.             Epp, Robert William         Franke, Manfred W.          Garner, James K. 'Chip'     
Giltner, Samuel C.          Gimmey, Ray                 Hall, Richard L.            Indrebo, Rick               
Ittner, Gary N.             Jacobs, Douglas L.          Jurado, Alfonso             Kelley, Thomas E.           
Kiiha, Timo                 Knauff, Thomas L.           Ladd, Daniel M.             Martin, David V.            
McAllister, Timothy S.      McLaughlin, Steve           Mockler, David R.           Northcraft, Stephen A.      
Payne, James M.             Pin, François G.            Saunders, Christopher D.    Schroth, Stefan             
Schwenkler, Elizabeth J.    Seaborn, Walter John, III   Silva, Fernando B.          Smiley, James G.            
Snead, William B.           Sorenson, Kenneth G.        Stevenson, Malcom David, Jr.Striedieck, Karl H.         
Sullivan, Monty Claus       Tabery, Ronald S.           Tuckey, Patrick Luke        Walters, Richard F.         
Weissenbuehler, Heinz, Jr.  Welles, Gillette 'Tim'      Yeates, Charles M.          


Category II
[ 126 pilots ]
Adams, Aland B.             Anderson, Kevin R.          Bojack, John G., Jr.        Brain, John Valentin        
Brooker, Kevin              Bush, Dale L.               Calhoun, Garrett P.         Cawby, Walter N.            
Clarke, Ronald William      Clerx, B. C.                Cluxton, Robert J., III     Cochrane, John H.           
Colacevich, Sergio          Crook, Gregory M.           Crosina, Mario              Cumiford, James H., Jr.     
Deane, Peter                Dixon, Thomas F.            Durbin, Andrew              Echeverry, Gonzalo, Jr.     
Eisenbeiss, Duane           Ekdahl, Carl A., Jr.        Elliott, William P.         Falk, Theodore J.           
Franke, Sean Robert         Funston, Nelson E.          Gager, Jim                  Gaisford, Phillip Anthony   
Gaynier, Ron                Gere, Jonathan              Good, John F.               Gough, Andy F.              
Green, Michael I.           Green, Robert W.            Haller, Theodore R.         Hill, William G., III       
Hollestelle, Ed, Jr.        Howell, Harvey L.           Howell, Richard A.          Huenl, Fred                 
Huss, Marvin C.             Indrebo, E. James           Jackson, Joe M.             Johnson, Richard H.         
Keene, Mark Earl            Kellerman, Richard          Kemp, Gary F.               Kilian, Herbert             
Klemmedson, Robert L.       Kramer, Dale                Kreyche, Thomas             Krolikowski, Ryszard        
Krueger, Wilfried           Larimore, Stuart B.         Lauck, Anthony G.           Lenox, Casey                
Litt, Baudouin              Lubon, John                 Lynch, Mallory B.           MacLean, Barbara            
Martin, Tim                 McMaster, Leonard R.        McNamara, Robin             McNamara, Timothy           
Mecklenburg, Greg           Michalik, Stephen A.        Milner, Brian J.            Mirza, Adnan                
Mockler, Daniel Joseph      Mockler, Richard T.         Moffat, George B., Jr.      Moore, Chad A.              
Mozer, Peter                Murphy, Sean P.             Murray, John McLean         Navarre, Mark               
Negro, Alberto              Newgard, Peter Mike         Newman, Michael J.          Nixon, Henry M., Jr.        
Norris, James M.            O'Callaghan, Chris          Pardue, Larry               Pate, E. G.                 
Pfortner, Peter             Ramsey, Marc S.             Reeter, Alan K.             Reid, Jayne E.              
Reid, R. Franklin           Ridenour, Neal H.           Ridenour, Ronald N.         Rinke, Gene                 
Rogers, Walter A.           Sare, Samuel                Scarpelli, Peter            Schmelzer, Oliver           
Schwartz, Ronald Roy        Seymour, John C.            Shepherd, Joseph M.         Sheppe, Richard             
Sinclair, John G.           Sinclair, John S.           Smith, Michael F.           Smith, Pendleton W.         
Smolder, Clement A., II     Soren, Leonid               Sorenson, Danny Kenneth     Spitz, Robert W.            
Stant, Kirk E.              Steen, Jack                 Striedieck, Karl H.         Tyler, Allison H., Jr.      
Vakkur, George J.           Van Grunsven, Richard       Von Hellens, C. Robert      Walker, Jack A., Jr.        
Walsh, Jim                  Warner, Steven W.           Wasness, Donald S.          Wayt, Kevin D.              
Weir, Walter F.             Welles, David S.            Willat, Garret I.           Woods, Chris                
Zieba, Jerry                Zimmerman, Sam R., III      



Category III
[ 231 pilots ]
Acee, Moses J.              Akerley, Mark               Alexander, Peter T.         Allemann, Rudolph T.        
Ashburn, Chris              Athuil, Philippe            Baird, Jeff G.              Barkow, Thomas A.           
Barry, Colin                Barry, Russell L.           Bauder, F. S. 'Bud'         Baughman, Gary              
Bearden, Chip               Beesten, Benno M.           Bell, Don J.                Benson, Oliver Anthony      
Bergh, Ralph                Bogdanovich, Pedja          Boggs, Gary D.              Borycki, Marek              
Boyce, John R.              Brine, William H., III      Brown, Dennis H.            Burgess, David              
Byars, Edward F.            Byrne, Ronald               Cahoon, David               Campbell, David             
Campbell, Jay D.            Cannon, Walter B.           Carl, Robert                Carlson, Richard A.         
Case, Brian F.              Charchian, Loris J.         Chesser, Richard            Clark, Robin                
Clausing, Theodore          Clifford, Ronald B.         Coggins, David L.           Cole, David M.              
Collins, Brian              Conrad, Bruce A.            Countess, Clem              Crawley, Edward             
Cripps, Nigel               Cserfoi, Gyula              Culbertson, Rick            Darke, Jim                  
Daye, Jeff                  De Naples, Patrick          Desilets, Ronald Scott      Deutsch, Mitchell           
Dismukes, Robert K.         Domeier, Joachim            Donovan, Tim                Drew, Errol                 
Duncan, Robert M.           Dunigan, Thomas J.          Easton, Douglas J.          Ecklund, Philip C.          
Eiler, Martin J.            Eli, Robert W.              Ennulat, Harold W.          Estrada, Ernesto            
Fanning, David J.           Fessenden, John             Fidler, Robert G.           Fish, David                 
Fletcher, Robert W.         Fly, Samuel E.              Ford, Kevin                 Fosha, Kathryn M.           
Frantz, Cole                Galloway, Ray M.            Gawthrop, Bill              Gebenus, Helmut             
Gertsen, Kai                Gilbert, John               Gill, John E. 'Corky'       Goddard, Larry D.           
Godfrey, John D.            Gossfeld, Timothy F.        Gray, Douglas G.            Green, George D.            
Greenblatt, Robert          Greenwell, Eric             Griffin, Todd Randal        Gross, Bernie               
Hall, William D.            Hamilton, James L., III     Hammond, E. Gene            Hanke, George               
Hearn, John Berkeley        Heath, Albert C.            Higginson, Bob              Hills, Robert               
Hoke, Charlie               Hoke, Michael J.            Hollenberg, Randall W.      Holliday, Robert            
Horigan, Richard D., Jr.    Howard, Jason               Hubbard, Thomas             Hudson, Mitchell C.         
Hurni, Robert L.            Iacobucci, John J.          Jackson, Robert D.          Jaeger, Dieter              
Jousma, Irwin J.            Kain, Alexander             Kaleta, Richard R.          Kelly, Peter J., Jr.        
Kenyon, William E.          Kerns, William G.           Kibby, Bobby                Koerner, Michael S.         
Koerner, Steve              Kotila, Charles             Kroesch, Donald F.          Kuhlke, Lee                 
Kurreck, Tim                Kuykendall, Robert F.       LaGassa, Curtis M.          Langelaan, Willem           
Leffler, Allen L.           Leonard, David              Leonard, Ronald A.          Leonard, Steven             
Leslie, Barry L.            Leve, Robert M.             Lewis, Curtis L.            Liebertz, Helge             
Lineberry, Wesley L.        Macaulay, Mark A.           MacKenzie, David A.         Macys, Robert               
Maleady, Richard M.         Mandelbaum, Juan            Mann, Erik H.               Mayes, Brett Rexford        
McCarron, Michael E.        McKay, Robert M.            McNulty, Michael            Moloki, Tom                 
Monette, Roland             Moran, Wallace J.           Mozer, Eric H.              Mozer, Norman               
Mozer, Richard W.           Mozer, Rudolf W.            Mueller, Frederick K.       Nadas, Ian                  
Nadler, David R.            Nelson, Erik Nels           Neumann, Robert Scott       Neumann, Ulrich             
Odehnal, Gary A.            Oldershaw, Paul             Ormsbee, Allen I.           Ossorio, Alfonso H.         
Palmquist, Neal D.          Paris, James J.             Parker, Michael Noel        Parks, K.A.                 
Paynter, G. Frank           Peterson, L. Rolf           Pixton, David H.            Pokorski, James A.          
Pollard, Donald H.          Ponte, Claudio A.           Poole, Samuel W.            Prather, David W.           
Prokes, William J.          Quas, Robert M., Jr.        Retting, Henry P.           Reynolds, Jeff              
Richmond, Robin G.          Robison, Michael R.         Roelke, Rick                Root, Robert E.             
Ruf, Chris                  Rumpf, Udo                  Russell, Jeffrey R.         Salkeld, Edwin M., Jr.      
Salvo, Robert A.            Saunders, Mark              Savory, William J.          Schaubs, Lothar             
Schulze, Hans George        Seim, Thomas                Serkowski, Tom              Shakman, Michael L.         
Shelton, John               Sibley, Gerry O.            Siroky, Vitek               Smith, H. Gilly             
Smith, Todd                 Sovis, Stephen              Springford, Larry           Starr, Sterling V.          
Stein, Bruce A.             Stengel, Gilbert P.         Stern, Robert J.            Stickle, Rollin J.          
Stringfellow, Michael       Sullivan, John              Taylor, Donald K.           Thar, William E.            
Thompson, Michael J.        Thompson, Mike              Townsend, Steve             Tramm, Peter                
Trist, Paul W., Jr.         Udd, Thomas E.              Vickland, Clayton W.        Wajda, Marian               
Walker, James R.            Wallach, Robert             Weber, John H.              Weibel, Douglas E.          
Werneberg, Ulrich           Westbrook, Michael S.       Westbrook, Micky            Whelchel, Dan               
Widner, Jack Allen          Wiederkehr, Anthony         Willis, David D.            Willits, Steven Mich        
Winchester, Edward          Wuenstel, Harry             Yorston, John B.            



Category IV
[ 146 pilots ]
Aarnaes, Jens P.            Allan, William              Almquist, Ron R.            Alton, Jim                  
Anderson, Mike              Andrews, Richard John       Banks, Howard A.            Beckman, James E.           
Benfell, Alan               Bentley, William            Blackstock, Robert          Blomquist, Delbert N.       
Boudreaux, Joshua           Brickner, Cindy             Bruce, Robert H.            Buker, Terry A.             
Butler, Kenneth L.          Cameron, Stephen F.         Cassetta, Tom               Chumley, Wesley R.          
Clark, Roy D., Jr.          Cole, James A.              Collman, Charles D.         Dabolt, Christopher G.      
De La Hunt, Stewart         Dezzutti, John P.           Dobronski, Joseph           Downing, John C.            
Doyle, Mark                 Drury, William John         Dunbar, Archie              Duncan, Terry               
Ebner, Fred                 Edrei, Michael              Eidman, Kirk                Elber, Dirk                 
Elber, Wolf                 Esposito, Vincent           Evans, Mark Page            Evans, Michael J.           
Falbaum, Hartley L.         Finegan, Michael S.         Fleming, Keith A.           Frantz, James S.            
Fredrickson, Sherman E.     Fuller, Richard G.          Gaechter, Tony              Geisinger, Karen            
Greenwald, Michael S.       Griffin, Charles G.         Hanke, Tim P.               Hansman, John               
Harris, Dana                Henry, Bryant               Hermanspann, Fred           Herold, Mitchell            
Herzog, Todd S.             Higgins, Michael            Hines, Karol A.             Holden, Glenn               
Honikman, Terence           Howard, William Guerry      Hoxie, Hal                  Huffstutler, Mark           
Hulstead, Russ              Iglesias, H. E.             Jaszlics, Ivan              Jeffrey, Ben W.             
Jenkins, Duane T.           Kellerman, James            Kilbourne, Kenneth Paul     Larsen, Tim                 
Leal, Jonathan              Lohre, Charles R.           Lopez, Raul M.              Lovinggood, Ray D.          
Matticola, Mark             Maughmer, Mark D.           McAnerny, Russell R.        McCann, Jim                 
McMaster, Justin            McWhorter, P. L.            Miller, Norm                Moos, Milton H.             
Morrison, Malcolm           Mott, Richard C.            Murowatz, Walter            Nasadowski, Martin W.       
Nelson, Stan                Nockles, William A.         Olshan, Neal                Paavola, Stephen H.         
Paget, Valeria              Park, Glenn F.              Patton, Bruce               Peterson, Gary E.           
Poole, William L., Jr.      Post, Don                   Powell, George W.           Price, James L.             
Remde, Paul                 Resor, Brian                Rettig, William L.          Ridding, David              
Rider, James G.             Riley, Ryan                 Roberts, Raymond J.         Rothe, Chris A.             
Ryan, Charles               Sanders, George H.          Sartori, Matthew            Scarborough, J. Kelly, Jr.  
Schmid, Frederic H.         Schurmeier, H. M.           Scott, Sherman A.           Seisser, Nicholas           
Serfaty, Serge              Seymour, David E.           Simmers, Joe                Skalniak, Edward            
Skalniak, Michaela Caelie   Sredniawa, Grzegorz         Steadman, Fred, Jr.         Steenman, Matthew           
Striedieck, Walter          Strouse, Tim                Sullivan, Brent             Sutton, Ronald T.           
Templin, Robert             Terry, Mark                 Travers, Lawrence W.        Turner, Douglas A.          
Utley, Brian G.             Volkmann, David R.          Volkober, John              Voltz, Fredrick             
Vredenburg, Peter           Ward, Tim                   Ware, Rob                   Wastvedt, John H.           
Weaver, David               Webb, Randol                Willis, John M.             Wools, Terry                
Zapata, James               Zeug, Leon