US Pilot Categories for the 2006 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
[ 58 pilots ]
Athuil, Philippe            Blackburn, L. Andy          Bourland, John B., Jr.      Bush, Dale L.               
Butler, Richard W.          Cochrane, John H.           Cole, Daniel G.             Cundiff, Roy S.             
Franke, Manfred W.          Funston, Nelson E.          Garner, James K. 'Chip'     Gawthrop, Bill              
Gere, Jonathan              Giltner, Samuel C.          Gimmey, Ray                 Indrebo, Rick               
Ittner, Gary N.             Jacobs, Douglas L.          Jurado, Alfonso             Keene, Mark Earl            
Kelley, Thomas E.           Kemp, Gary F.               Kiiha, Timo                 Koenenkamp, Rolf            
Kuhlke, Lee                 Martin, David V.            McAllister, Timothy S.      McLaughlin, Steve           
Mockler, David R.           Newfield, Theo              Northcraft, Stephen A.      O'Callaghan, Chris          
Pin, François G.            Reid, Jayne E.              Ridenour, Ronald N.         Rinke, Gene                 
Rogers, Walter A.           Rumpf, Udo                  Saunders, Christopher D.    Schwenkler, Elizabeth J.    
Seaborn, Walter John, III   Smith, Michael F.           Snead, William B.           Sorenson, Kenneth G.        
Springford, David           Stevenson, Malcom David, Jr.Striedieck, Karl H.         Sullivan, Monty Claus       
Szemplinski, Jerzy          Tabery, Ronald S.           Tuckey, Patrick Luke        Van Grunsven, Richard       
Walters, Richard F.         Wayt, Kevin D.              Weissenbuehler, Heinz, Jr.  Welles, Gillette 'Tim'      
Willat, Garret I.           Zimmerman, Sam R., III      


Category II
[ 120 pilots ]
Baldwin, Harry L.           Barry, Colin                Bearden, Chip               Blomquist, Delbert N.       
Bojack, John G., Jr.        Bramesfeld, Gotz            Brooker, Kevin              Browne, Richard Alan        
Byrd, John M.               Cannon, Walter B.           Centka, Janusz              Charchian, Loris J.         
Chumley, Wesley R.          Clerx, B. C.                Cluxton, Robert J., III     Colacevich, Sergio          
Crawley, Edward             Crosina, Mario              Culbertson, Rick            Deane, Peter                
Dixon, Thomas F.            Durbin, Andrew              Eiler, Martin J.            Eisenbeiss, Duane           
Ekdahl, Carl A., Jr.        Eli, Robert W.              Elliott, William P.         Epp, Robert William         
Falk, Theodore J.           Fidler, Robert G.           Fletcher, Robert W.         Ford, Kevin                 
Gager, Jim                  Gaisford, Phillip Anthony   Gertsen, Kai                Good, John F.               
Gough, Andy F.              Greenhill, David John       Hamilton, James L., III     Hearn, John Berkeley        
Hollenberg, Randall W.      Howell, Harvey L.           Howell, Richard A.          Huenl, Fred                 
Hurni, Robert L.            Huss, Marvin C.             Indrebo, E. James           Kaewert, Bill               
Kain, Alexander             Kerns, William G.           Kilian, Herbert             Knauff, Thomas L.           
Koerner, Steve              Kramer, Dale                Krolikowski, Ryszard        Krueger, Wilfried           
Ladd, Daniel M.             Larimore, Stuart B.         Lauck, Anthony G.           Lenox, Casey                
Leonard, David              Leonard, Steven             Litt, Baudouin              Lubon, John                 
Martin, Tim                 McMaster, Leonard R.        Mecklenburg, Greg           Michalik, Stephen A.        
Milner, Brian J.            Mirza, Adnan                Mockler, Daniel Joseph      Mockler, Richard T.         
Moffat, George B., Jr.      Mueller, Frederick K.       Murray, John McLean         Negro, Alberto              
Newgard, Peter Mike         Newman, Michael J.          Nixon, Henry M., Jr.        Norris, James M.            
Pardue, Larry               Pate, E. G.                 Payne, James M.             Pfortner, Peter             
Pixton, David H.            Pollard, Donald H.          Ramsey, Marc S.             Reeter, Alan K.             
Retting, Henry P.           Ridenour, Neal H.           Robison, Michael R.         Salkeld, Edwin M., Jr.      
Salvo, Robert A.            Sare, Samuel                Scarpelli, Peter            Schwartz, Ronald Roy        
Seymour, John C.            Shepherd, Joseph M.         Sheppe, Rick                Silva, Fernando B.          
Sinclair, John G.           Sinclair, John S.           Smolder, Clement A., II     Soren, Leonid               
Sorenson, Danny Kenneth     Spitz, Robert W.            Stern, Robert J.            Taylor, Timothy A.          
Thompson, Mike              Tyler, Allison H., Jr.      Vakkur, George J.           Vickland, Clayton W.        
Von Hellens, C. Robert      Wagner, Ted C.              Wasness, Donald S.          Weir, Walter F.             
Woods, Chris                Wrona, John                 Zieba, Jerry                Zimmerman, Arnold           


Category III
[ 251 pilots ]
Akerley, Mark               Alexander, Peter T.         Allemann, Rudolph T.        Anderson, Kevin R.          
Anderson, Michael           Apps, John A.               Baird, Jeff G.              Baldwin, J. Rand            
Banks, Howard A.            Bargainnier, Devin T.       Barkow, Thomas A.           Barry, Russell L.           
Bauder, F. S. 'Bud'         Baughman, Gary              Beesten, Benno M.           Bell, Don J.                
Beltz, Tom G.               Benson, Oliver Anthony      Berry, Wallace D., Jr.      Blanchi, Christophe         
Bluhm, Eric                 Bogdanovich, Pedja          Boggs, Gary D.              Borycki, Marek              
Brine, William H., III      Brown, Dennis H.            Buchanan, Roger N.          Byrne, Ronald               
Campbell, Jay D.            Carl, Robert                Carlson, Richard A.         Carter, Gary E.             
Case, Brian F.              Cawby, Walter N.            Clark, Robin                Clark, Roy D., Jr.          
Clarke, Ronald William      Coggins, David L.           Cole, David M.              Conrad, Bruce A.            
Crook, Gregory M.           Cserfoi, Gyula              Cumiford, James H., Jr.     Dale, Gerard                
Danieli, Barry R.           Darke, Jim                  Daye, Jeff                  Dennis, Martin              
Desilets, Ronald Scott      Deutsch, Mitchell           Dezzutti, John P.           Dismukes, Robert K.         
Dobberfuhl, James P.        Domeier, Joachim            Donovan, Tim                Downing, John C.            
Drew, Errol                 Drury, Bill John            Duncan, Robert M.           Dunigan, Thomas J.          
Easton, Douglas J.          Ecklund, Philip C.          Elber, Dirk                 Ennulat, Harold W.          
Estrada, Ernesto            Falbaum, Hartley L.         Fanning, David J.           Faris, Bob                  
Fessenden, John             Fineman, Darrell            Fly, Samuel E.              Fosha, Kathryn M.           
Frantz, Cole                Frantz, James S.            Gadowski, Boguslaw R.       Galloway, Ray M.            
Gaynier, Ron                Gebenus, Helmut             Gill, John E. 'Corky'       Goddard, Larry D.           
Godfrey, John D.            Gossfeld, Timothy F.        Gray, Douglas G.            Green, George D.            
Green, Michael I.           Green, Robert W.            Greenblatt, Robert          Greenwell, Eric             
Griffin, Todd Randal        Grove, Doris F.             Gunther, Christian K.       Hall, Richard L.            
Hall, William D.            Haller, Theodore R.         Hansman, John               Heath, Albert C.            
Herron, Matt                Higginson, Bob              Hill, William G., III       Hoeth, Hendrik              
Hoke, Charlie               Hoke, Michael J.            Holden, Glenn               Hollenberg, Richard A.      
Hollestelle, Ed, Jr.        Holliday, Robert            Holtz, Russell              Horigan, Richard D., Jr.    
Howard, Jason               Hubbard, Thomas             Hudson, Mitchell C.         Hutchinson, Vernon Ray      
Iacobucci, John J.          Jackson, Robert D.          Jaeger, Dieter              Johnson, Richard H.         
Jousma, Irwin J.            Kaleta, Richard R.          Kellerman, Richard          Kelly, Peter J., Jr.        
Kennedy, Nicholas           Kenyon, William E.          Kibby, Bobby                Kingman, Orion              
Koepper, Mark               Korvick, Mark               Kotila, Charles             Kozlik, Wiktor              
Kreyche, Thomas             Kuchenbecker, Dave          Kuhfeld, Thomas             Kurreck, Tim                
Kuykendall, Robert F.       LaGassa, Curtis M.          Larsen, Tim                 Leal, Jonathan              
Ledford, David              Leonard, Ronald A.          Leslie, Barry L.            Leslie, Gregg T.            
Leve, Robert M.             Lewis, Curtis L.            Liddell, Eric G.            Liebertz, Helge             
Lineberry, Wesley L.        Lynch, Mallory B.           Macaulay, Mark A.           MacKenzie, David A.         
Maleady, Richard M.         Mandelbaum, Juan            Mann, Erik H.               Maronde, Robert G.          
Mason, Steve                Mayes, Brett Rexford        McCarron, Michael E.        McClary, John M.            
McDonald, Louis             McGowin, Tim                McKay, Robert M.            McMaster, Justin            
McNamara, Timothy           McQuigg, Andrew R.          Mencin, David J.            Mertins, Enrique            
Monette, Roland             Moore, Chad A.              Morrison, Malcolm           Mozer, Eric H.              
Mozer, Norman               Mozer, Richard W.           Mozer, Rudolf W.            Murphy, Sean P.             
Nadas, Ian                  Nadler, David R.            Neumann, Robert Scott       Neumann, Ulrich             
Nockles, William A.         O'Leary, George             Odehnal, Gary A.            Oldershaw, Paul             
Ossorio, Alfonso H.         Paavola, Stephen H.         Paris, James J.             Paynter, G. Frank           
Peterson, L. Rolf           Pfiffner, Richard H.        Phillips, H. C.             Piggott, Derek, CFI         
Pikelny, Motti              Pokorski, James A.          Prather, David W.           Price, James L.             
Prokes, William J.          Quas, Robert M., Jr.        Reid, R. Franklin           Reinholt, Craig J.          
Richards, Kerry T.          Roelke, Rick                Rohde, Howard               Romer, David A.             
Ruf, Chris                  Russell, Jeffrey R.         Saunders, Mark              Schaubs, Lothar             
Schemmer, Glenn K.          Schmidt, Mark               Schroth, Stefan             Scott, Stan                 
Seim, Thomas                Serkowski, Tom              Seymour, David E.           Shakman, Michael L.         
Shelton, John               Sibley, Gerry O.            Siebert, Rolf               Simmers, Joe                
Siroky, Vitek               Smiley, James G.            Smith, H. Gilly             Smith, Pendleton W.         
Smith, Stephen C.           Smith, Todd                 Sovis, Stephen              Stant, Kirk E.              
Stickle, Rollin J.          Stringfellow, Michael       Suechting, Conrad           Sullivan, John              
Szafarczyk, Sylvia          Taylor, Clyde E.            Terry, Mark                 Thar, William E.            
Townsend, Daniel Steve      Trist, Paul W., Jr.         Udd, Thomas E.              Ungermann, Chris            
Vihlen, Ryan S.             Vredenburg, Peter           Wajda, Marian               Walas, Zbigniew             
Wallach, Robert             Walsh, Jim                  Warner, Steven W.           Weaver, David               
Weber, John H.              Weibel, Douglas E.          Westbrook, Michael S.       White, R. Tyler             
Willis, David D.            Willits, Steven Mich        Yorston, John B.            



Category IV
[ 161 pilots ]
Acee, Moses J.              Alley, Lynn                 Alton, Jim                  Andrews, Richard John       
Ball, Robert H.             Barr, John DJ               Batesole, Bill              Bauer, Mitchel              
Benson, George              Bentley, William            Blackstock, Robert          Boerner, Raul D.            
Boyce, John R.              Brain, John Valentin        Branham, Korin              Breau, Edward F.            
Broomfield, D.J.            Bryan, Dan J.               Buker, Terry A.             Butler, Kenneth L.          
Byars, Edward F.            Cahoon, David               Calhoun, Garrett P.         Cameron, Stephen F.         
Cepak, Bryan                Chapman, Gregory            Clarke, William P., MD      Clausing, Theodore          
Clifford, Ronald B.         Coggins, Steven             Cooper, Christophe K.       Corbin, William P.          
Cordell, Paul               Davis, Matt                 de Baghy, Andre             De La Hunt, Stewart         
De Naples, John P.          De Naples, Patrick          Deerinck, Chuck             DeRosa, John H.             
Duncan, Marvin              Duncan, Terry               Echeverry, Gonzalo, Jr.     Eddy, Steve                 
Edrei, Michael              Elber, Wolf                 Evans, Gary D.              Evans, Mark Page            
Finegan, Michael S.         Fink, Gary W.               Fitzpatrick, Louis, III     Frost, Robert               
Fuller, Richard G.          Gaechter, Tony              Gagen, William              Gerlach, Jeff               
Goddard, J. L.              Graves, R. Steven           Greenwald, Michael S.       Griffin, Charles G.         
Gross, Bernie               Hallerberg, Lee R.          Harrison, John C.           Harvey, Bob (Robert)        
Henderlong, Keith           Herzog, Todd S.             Higgins, Michael            Hills, Robert               
Hohanshelt, Laura           Holmes, David               Honikman, Terence           Howard, William Guerry      
Hradecky, Vit               Huffstutler, Mark           Hulstead, Russ              Ingraham, Don               
Jenkins, Duane T.           Kasper, Gavin               Kilbourne, Kenneth Paul     Klemmedson, Robert L.       
Knickerbocker, Shawn        Kochanski, Kenneth J.       Kroesch, Donald F.          Krolikowski, Tom            
Lewis, Rick                 Loomiller, Craig            Lovinggood, Ray D.          Ludeman, Evan M.            
Marsh, Ed                   Martin, William F.          McAnerny, Russell R.        McCann, Jim                 
McNulty, Michael            Mellon, David               Michael, Matt               Miller, Norm                
Miralles, Carlos T.         Moos, Milton H.             Moran, Wallace J.           Morse, Wells                
Murphy, John P.             Nasadowski, Martin W.       Nelson, Stan                Olshan, Neal                
Olson, Daniel E.            Ormsbee, Allen I.           Paget, Valeria              Palmquist, Neal D.          
Park, Glenn F.              Patton, Bruce               Perry, Jim                  Peterson, Brent             
Phoenix, James M.           Poole, William L., Jr.      Post, Don                   Purvis, Chris               
Resor, Brian                Rettig, William L.          Rider, James G.             Rogacki, Tomasz             
Root, Robert E.             Ryan, Charles               Sanders, George H.          Savory, William J.          
Scarborough, J. Kelly, Jr.  Schneider, Joseph           Schomaker, Robert           Schurmeier, H. M.           
Serfaty, Serge              Shilen, Ed                  Skalniak, Edward            Skalniak, Michaela Caelie   
Smith, Alan                 Springford, Larry           Sredniawa, Grzegorz         Starr, Sterling V.          
Steadman, Fred, Jr.         Steen, Jack                 Stein, Bruce A.             Sullivan, Brent             
Sutton, Ronald T.           Tauber, Tom                 Taylor, Donald K.           Templin, Robert             
Thomas, Clayton J.          Tramm, Peter                Travers, Lawrence W.        Turner, Douglas A.          
Utley, Brian G.             Volkober, John              Voltz, Fredrick             Walker, James R.            
Ware, Rob                   Webb, Randol                Williams, Catherine A.      Willis, John M.             
Winter, Fred                Yeates, Charles M.          Zeug, Leon                  Zivley, Mark A.             
Ziwica, Karl-Heinz