US Pilot Categories for the 2005 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
[ 56 pilots ]
Barber, Robert E.           Bartell, William            Beltz, Tom G.               Bourland, John B., Jr.      
Butler, Richard W.          Chaffee, Gregory            Cochrane, John H.           Cole, Daniel G.             
Cundiff, Roy S.             Epp, Robert William         Franke, Manfred W.          Garner, James K. 'Chip'     
Gawthrop, Bill              Giltner, Samuel C.          Gimmey, Ray                 Hall, Richard L.            
Indrebo, Rick               Ittner, Gary N.             Jacobs, Douglas L.          Jurado, Alfonso             
Keene, Mark Earl            Kelley, Thomas E.           Kiiha, Timo                 Ladd, Daniel M.             
Martin, David V.            McAllister, Timothy S.      McLaughlin, Steve           Mockler, David R.           
Northcraft, Stephen A.      O'Callaghan, Chris          Payne, James M.             Pin, François G.            
Reid, Jayne E.              Ridenour, Ronald N.         Rinke, Gene                 Rumpf, Udo                  
Saunders, Christopher D.    Schroth, Stefan             Schwenkler, Elizabeth J.    Seaborn, Walter John, III   
Silva, Fernando B.          Smiley, James G.            Smith, Michael F.           Snead, William B.           
Sorenson, Kenneth G.        Stevenson, Malcom David, Jr.Sullivan, Monty Claus       Szemplinski, Jerzy          
Tabery, Ronald S.           Tuckey, Patrick Luke        Walters, Richard F.         Wayt, Kevin D.              
Weissenbuehler, Heinz, Jr.  Welles, Gillette 'Tim'      Yeates, Charles M.          Zimmerman, Sam R., III      

Category II
[ 136 pilots ]
Adams, Aland B.             Anderson, Kevin R.          Athuil, Philippe            Bearden, Chip               
Bojack, John G., Jr.        Brain, John Valentin        Bramesfeld, Gotz            Brooker, Kevin              
Bush, Dale L.               Byrd, John M.               Calhoun, Garrett P.         Cawby, Walter N.            
Centka, Janusz              Chumley, Wesley R.          Clarke, Ronald William      Clerx, B. C.                
Cluxton, Robert J., III     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.        Eli, Robert W.              
Elliott, William P.         Falk, Theodore J.           Franke, Sean Robert         Funston, Nelson E.          
Gager, Jim                  Gaisford, Phillip Anthony   Gaynier, Ron                Gere, Jonathan              
Gertsen, Kai                Good, John F.               Gough, Andy F.              Green, Michael I.           
Green, Robert W.            Greenhill, David John       Haller, Theodore R.         Hamilton, James L., III     
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.         Kaewert, Bill               Kellerman, Richard          Kemp, Gary F.               
Kilian, Herbert             Klemmedson, Robert L.       Knauff, Thomas L.           Koerner, Steve              
Kramer, Dale                Kreyche, Thomas             Krolikowski, Ryszard        Krueger, Wilfried           
Larimore, Stuart B.         Lauck, Anthony G.           Lenox, Casey                Leonard, David              
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         Negro, Alberto              
Newgard, Peter Mike         Newman, Michael J.          Nixon, Henry M., Jr.        Norris, James M.            
Pardue, Larry               Pate, E. G.                 Pfortner, Peter             Pixton, David H.            
Pollard, Donald H.          Ramsey, Marc S.             Reeter, Alan K.             Reid, R. Franklin           
Ridenour, Neal H.           Rogers, Walter A.           Salvo, Robert A.            Sare, Samuel                
Scarpelli, Peter            Schmelzer, Oliver           Schwartz, Ronald Roy        Seymour, John C.            
Shepherd, Joseph M.         Sheppe, Rick                Sinclair, John G.           Sinclair, John S.           
Smith, Pendleton W.         Smolder, Clement A., II     Soren, Leonid               Sorenson, Danny Kenneth     
Spitz, Robert W.            Stant, Kirk E.              Steen, Jack                 Stern, Robert J.            
Striedieck, Karl H.         Thompson, Mike              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.          Weir, Walter F.             Welles, David S.            
Willat, Garret I.           Woods, Chris                Wrona, John                 Zieba, Jerry                


Category III
[ 268 pilots ]
Acee, Moses J.              Akerley, Mark               Alexander, Peter T.         Allemann, Rudolph T.        
Anderson, Michael           Apps, John A.               Ashburn, Chris              Baird, Jeff G.              
Baldwin, Harry L.           Baldwin, J. Rand            Banks, Howard A.            Barkow, Thomas A.           
Barry, Colin                Barry, Russell L.           Bauder, F. S. 'Bud'         Baughman, Gary              
Beesten, Benno M.           Bell, Don J.                Benson, Oliver Anthony      Bergh, Ralph                
Blackburn, L. Andy          Blomquist, Delbert N.       Bogdanovich, Pedja          Boggs, Gary D.              
Borycki, Marek              Boyce, John R.              Brine, William H., III      Brown, Dennis H.            
Buchanan, Roger N.          Burgess, David              Byars, Edward F.            Byrne, Ronald               
Cahoon, David               Campbell, David             Campbell, Jay D.            Cannon, Walter B.           
Carl, Robert                Carlson, Richard A.         Carter, Gary E.             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            Dale, Gerard                Danieli, Barry R.           
Darke, Jim                  Daye, Jeff                  De Naples, Patrick          Dennis, Martin              
Desilets, Ronald Scott      Deutsch, Mitchell           Dismukes, Robert K.         Domeier, Joachim            
Donovan, Tim                Drew, Errol                 Drury, William John         Duncan, Robert M.           
Dunigan, Thomas J.          Easton, Douglas J.          Ecklund, Philip C.          Eiler, Martin J.            
Elber, Dirk                 Ennulat, Harold W.          Estrada, Ernesto            Fanning, David J.           
Faris, Bob                  Fessenden, John             Fidler, Robert G.           Fineman, Darrell            
Fish, David                 Fletcher, Robert W.         Fly, Samuel E.              Ford, Kevin                 
Fosha, Kathryn M.           Frantz, Cole                Frantz, James S.            Gadowski, Boguslaw R.       
Galloway, Ray M.            Gebenus, Helmut             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               Grove, Doris F.             Hall, William D.            Hammond, E. Gene            
Hanke, George               Hansman, John               Hearn, John Berkeley        Heath, Albert C.            
Higginson, Bob              Hills, Robert               Hoke, Charlie               Hoke, Michael J.            
Holden, Glenn               Hollenberg, Randall W.      Hollenberg, Richard A.      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                Koenenkamp, Rolf            
Koerner, Michael S.         Korvick, Mark               Kotila, Charles             Kozlik, Wiktor              
Kroesch, Donald F.          Kuhlke, Lee                 Kurreck, Tim                Kuykendall, Robert F.       
LaGassa, Curtis M.          Langelaan, Willem           Leal, Jonathan              Leffler, Allen L.           
Leonard, Ronald A.          Leonard, Steven             Leslie, Barry L.            Leve, Robert M.             
Lewis, Curtis L.            Liddell, Eric G.            Liebertz, Helge             Lineberry, Wesley L.        
Macaulay, Mark A.           MacKenzie, David A.         Macys, Robert               Maleady, Richard M.         
Mandelbaum, Juan            Mann, Erik H.               Maronde, Robert G.          Mayes, Brett Rexford        
McCarron, Michael E.        McDonald, Louis             McKay, Robert M.            McNulty, Michael            
Mencin, David J.            Moloki, Tom                 Monette, Roland             Moran, Wallace J.           
Morrison, Malcolm           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.         Paavola, Stephen H.         
Palmquist, Neal D.          Paris, James J.             Parker, Michael Noel        Parks, K.A.                 
Paynter, G. Frank           Peterson, L. Rolf           Pfiffner, Richard H.        Phillips, H. C.             
Piggott, Derek, CFI         Pokorski, James A.          Ponte, Claudio A.           Poole, Samuel W.            
Prather, David W.           Prokes, William J.          Quas, Robert M., Jr.        Reinholt, Craig J.          
Retting, Henry P.           Reynolds, Jeff              Robison, Michael R.         Roelke, Rick                
Rohde, Howard               Romer, David A.             Root, Robert E.             Ruf, Chris                  
Russell, Jeffrey R.         Salkeld, Edwin M., Jr.      Saunders, Mark              Savory, William J.          
Schaubs, Lothar             Schemmer, Glenn K.          Schmidt, Mark               Schulze, Hans George        
Scott, Stan                 Seim, Thomas                Serkowski, Tom              Seymour, David E.           
Shakman, Michael L.         Shelton, John               Sibley, Gerry O.            Siebert, Rolf               
Simmers, Joe                Siroky, Vitek               Smith, H. Gilly             Smith, Stephen C.           
Smith, Todd                 Sovis, Stephen              Springford, Larry           Starr, Sterling V.          
Stein, Bruce A.             Stengel, Gilbert P.         Stickle, Rollin J.          Stringfellow, Michael       
Suechting, Conrad           Sullivan, John              Szafarczyk, Sylvia          Taylor, Donald K.           
Taylor, Timothy A.          Terry, Mark                 Thar, William E.            Thompson, Michael J.        
Townsend, Daniel Steve      Tramm, Peter                Trist, Paul W., Jr.         Udd, Thomas E.              
Vickland, Clayton W.        Vredenburg, Peter           Wajda, Marian               Walas, Zbigniew             
Walker, James R.            Wallach, Robert             Weaver, David               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
[ 174 pilots ]
Aarnaes, Jens P.            Allan, William              Alley, Lynn                 Almquist, Ron R.            
Alton, Jim                  Anderson, Mike              Andrews, Richard John       Ball, Robert H.             
Barr, John DJ               Bauer, Mitchel              Beckman, James E.           Benfell, Alan               
Benson, George              Bentley, William            Blackstock, Robert          Blanchi, Christophe         
Boudreaux, Joshua           Branham, Korin              Breau, Edward F.            Brickner, Cindy             
Broomfield, D.J.            Bruce, Robert H.            Buker, Terry A.             Butler, Kenneth L.          
Cameron, Stephen F.         Cassetta, Tom               Cepak, Bryan                Chapman, Gregory            
Clark, Roy D., Jr.          Coggins, Steven             Cole, James A.              Collman, Charles D.         
Corbin, William P.          Dabolt, Christopher G.      De La Hunt, Stewart         De Naples, John P.          
Deerinck, Chuck             Dezzutti, John P.           Dobronski, Joseph           Downing, John C.            
Doyle, Mark                 Dunbar, Archie              Duncan, Marvin              Duncan, Terry               
Ebner, Fred                 Eddy, Steve                 Edrei, Michael              Eidman, Kirk                
Elber, Wolf                 Esposito, Vincent           Evans, Gary D.              Evans, Mark Page            
Evans, Michael J.           Falbaum, Hartley L.         Finegan, Michael S.         Fink, Gary W.               
Fleming, Keith A.           Fredrickson, Sherman E.     Fuller, Richard G.          Gaechter, Tony              
Geisinger, Karen            Graves, R. Steven           Greenwald, Michael S.       Griffin, Charles G.         
Hallerberg, Lee R.          Hanke, Tim P.               Harris, Dana                Harvey, Bob (Robert)        
Henry, Bryant               Hermanspann, Fred           Herold, Mitchell            Herzog, Todd S.             
Higgins, Michael            Hines, Karol A.             Holmes, David               Honikman, Terence           
Howard, William Guerry      Hoxie, Hal                  Hradecky, Vit               Huffstutler, Mark           
Hulstead, Russ              Iglesias, H. E.             Jaszlics, Ivan              Jeffrey, Ben W.             
Jenkins, Duane T.           Kellerman, James            Kennedy, Nicholas           Kilbourne, Kenneth Paul     
Knickerbocker, Shawn        Larsen, Tim                 Ledford, David              Lohre, Charles R.           
Lopez, Raul M.              Lovinggood, Ray D.          Ludeman, Evan M.            Martin, William F.          
Matticola, Mark             Maughmer, Mark D.           McAnerny, Russell R.        McCann, Jim                 
McMaster, Justin            McQuigg, Andrew R.          McWhorter, P. L.            Mellon, David               
Miller, Norm                Moos, Milton H.             Morse, Wells                Mott, Richard C.            
Murowatz, Walter            Nasadowski, Martin W.       Nelson, Stan                Nockles, William A.         
Olshan, Neal                Paget, Valeria              Park, Glenn F.              Patton, Bruce               
Perry, Jim                  Peterson, Gary E.           Phoenix, James M.           Poole, William L., Jr.      
Post, Don                   Powell, George W.           Price, James L.             Remde, Paul                 
Resor, Brian                Rettig, William L.          Richards, Kerry T.          Ridding, David              
Rider, James G.             Riley, Ryan                 Roberts, Raymond J.         Rogacki, Tomasz             
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              Shilen, Ed                  Skalniak, Edward            
Skalniak, Michaela Caelie   Smith, Alan                 Sredniawa, Grzegorz         Steadman, Fred, Jr.         
Steenman, Matthew           Striedieck, Walter          Strouse, Tim                Sullivan, Brent             
Sutton, Ronald T.           Tauber, Tom                 Templin, Robert             Thomas, Clayton J.          
Travers, Lawrence W.        Turner, Douglas A.          Utley, Brian G.             Volkmann, David R.          
Volkober, John              Voltz, Fredrick             Wagner, Ted C.              Ward, Tim                   
Ware, Rob                   Wastvedt, John H.           Webb, Randol                Williams, Catherine A.      
Willis, John M.             Winter, Fred                Wools, Terry                Zapata, James               
Zeug, Leon                  Zivley, Mark A.