US Pilot Categories for the 2012 Contest Year

[ Last updated on Sunday, 25 November 2012 at 07:15 GMT ]

From the SSA WWW Server: Updated December 28, 1999

"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."

These listings are based on the SSA membership number of the pilot, and their attribution is not always unambiguous. The score sheets frequently just say "Smith", or "Leonard", and there may well be errors in identifying the correct member of the clan. The McX and MacX names may be mutilated as well.

Please help straighten things out, and send along any corrections.

Last updated Sunday, 25 November 2012 at 07:15 GMT

Category I
[ 66 pilots ]
Alexander, Scott            Arnold, Sarah Kelly         Bargainnier, Devin T.       
Blackburn, Andy             Butler, Richard W.          Clark, Robin                
Cochrane, John H.           Culbertson, Rick            Deane, Peter                
Elliott, William P.         Franke, Sean Robert         Gaisford, Phillip Anthony   
Garner, James K. 'Chip'     Gawthrop, Bill              Gimmey, Ray                 
Greenhill, David John       Indrebo, Rick               Ittner, Gary N.             
Jacobs, Douglas L.          Jaeger, Barry E.            Keene, Mark                 
Kelley, Thomas E.           Kerns, William G.           Knauff, Thomas L.           
Kozlik, Wiktor              Kramer, Dale                Krolikowski, Ryszard        
Kuhlke, Lee                 Leonard, David              Litt, Baudouin              
Mann, Erik H.               McKnight, Thomas N.         McMaster, Leonard R.        
Mertins, Enrique            Mockler, David R.           Murphy, Sean P.             
Nadler, David R.            Nelson, Erik Nels           Northcraft, Stephen A.      
Owen, Richard P.            Paynter, G. Frank           Retting, Henry P.           
Ridenour, Ronald N.         Ruehle, William R.          Saunders, Christopher D.    
Seaborn, Walter John, III   Seymour, John C.            Smith, Michael F.           
Snead, William B.           Sorenson, Kenneth G.        Springford, David           
Striedieck, Karl H.         Szemplinski, Jerzy          Tabery, Ronald S.           
Taylor, Timothy A.          Tuckey, Patrick Luke        Tyler, Allison H., Jr.      
Van Grunsven, Richard       Walker, Jack A., Jr.        Walters, Richard F.         
Wasness, Donald S.          Welles, Gillette 'Tim'      Wichman, Todd               
Willat, Garret I.           Woods, Chris                Zimmerman, Sam R., III      

Category II
[ 93 pilots ]
Adams, Aland B.             Barry, Colin                Bell, Kenneth F.            
Beltz, Tom G.               Bergh, Ralph                Berry, Wallace D., Jr.      
Bonniere, D.                Bourgeois, Roy A.           Brayer, Andrew              
Briggs, Paul                Caldwell, Robert            Cameron, Stephen F.         
Cannon, Walter B.           Case, Brian F.              Coggins, Steven             
Coucke, David               Cumiford, James H., Jr.     Deutsch, Mitchell           
Dismukes, Robert K.         Dunning, Robert             Echeverry, Gonzalo, Jr.     
Faris, Bob                  Fletcher, Robert W.         Fosha, Kathryn M.           
Franke, Manfred W.          Frantz, James S.            Funston, Nelson E.          
Giltner, Samuel C.          Good, John F.               Grant, Martin               
Green, George D.            Green, Michael I.           Hill, William G., III       
Hilty, Grant C.             Hollenberg, Randall W.      Hollestelle, Ed             
Hudson, Mitchell C.         Huffstutler, Mark           Huss, Marvin C.             
Kellerman, Richard          Kennedy, Nicholas           Kilian, Herbert             
Kite, Adam                  Koerner, Steve              Kroesch, Donald F.          
Krueger, Wilfried           Larsen, Tim                 Leonard, Steven             
Leslie, Gregg T.            Linnekin, Dennis            Lombard, Jacobus G.         
Lubon, John                 Mackie, Derek               Martin, David V.            
Martin, Tim                 McAllister, Timothy S.      McDonald, Louis             
McGowin, Tim                Mecklenburg, Greg           Michalik, Stephen A.        
Mockler, Richard T.         Murray, John McLean         Newgard, Peter Mike         
Nixon, Henry M., Jr.        Ossorio, Alfonso H.         Pate, E. G.                 
Price, James L.             Purves, Keith               Reinholt, Craig J.          
Richards, Kerry T.          Rogers, Walter A.           Ruf, Chris                  
Schwartz, Ronald Roy        Shakman, Michael L.         Shugg, Greg                 
Silva, Fernando B.          Sinclair, John S.           Smith, Stephen C.           
Sorenson, Danny Kenneth     Spitz, Robert W.            Steiber, Joerg              
Stojkovic, Branko           Sullivan, Monty Claus       Taylor, Stephen             
Thompson, Mike              Vihlen, Steven C.           Volkmann, David R.          
Von Hellens, C. Robert      Wade, Noel                  Weissenbuehler, Heinz, Jr.  
Wills, Gavin                Young, Christopher C.       Zapolski, Arkady            


Category III
[ 245 pilots ]
Acee, Moses J.              Acree, Randy                Alexander, Peter T.         
Allen, Frank P.             Alley, Lynn                 Alspaugh, Jake              
Anderson, Kevin R.          Andrews, Richard John       Arndt, Steve                
Baird, Jeff G.              Baldwin, J. Rand            Banarhall, John             
Banks, Howard A.            Barkow, Thomas A.           Bauder, F. S.               
Baughman, Gary              Bearden, Chip               Benetti-Longhini, Leo       
Betzoldt, Glenn             Blanchi, Christophe         Boerner, Raul D.            
Bogdanovich, Pedja          Bojack, John G., Jr.        Borycki, Marek              
Bowshot, Robert Scott       Brain, John Valentin        Brooks, Michael             
Buchanan, Roger N.          Burgess, David              Burton, A. W.               
Bush, Lane                  Byrne, Ronald               Campbell, Jay D.            
Carl, Robert                Carter, Gary E.             Cawby, Walter N.            
Charchian, Loris (Lorry) J. Chouinard, Hal              Ciesielski, Tomasz          
Clarke, Ronald William      Cluxton, Robert J., III     Cole, David M.              
Condon, Tony                Conrad, Bruce A.            Cotter, John J., III        
Crawford, Elliot            Cripps, Nigel               Crosina, Mario              
Darke, Jim                  Daye, Jeff                  de Baghy, Andre             
DeLeon, Robert              Dennis, Martin              Dezzutti, John P.           
Dixon, Thomas F.            Drury, Bill John            Dunteman, David             
Durbin, Andrew              Dvorchak, Stephen           Earlywine, John K.          
Edling, Leon K.             Edrei, Michael              Eisenbeiss, Duane           
Ekman, Kenneth P.           Epp, Robert William         Falbaum, Hartley L.         
Falk, Theodore J.           Farnsworth, Virginia        Fidler, Robert G.           
Fidler, Sean                Finger, Jim                 Finke, Kevin                
Fleming, Robin G.           Fletcher, Scott C.          Flores, Joe David           
Fowler, Roger               Fuller, Richard G.          Gadowski, Boguslaw R.       
Gagen, William T.           Garrison, James C.          Gasper, Rob                 
Gatkiewicz, Ryszard         Geiger, William             Gianforte, Jay              
Gleason, Ronald             Goddard, Larry D.           Godfrey, John D.            
Gore, Charles               Gorowsky, Craig             Goshorn, Kenneth            
Gossfeld, Tim               Gough, Andy F.              Gradinski, Nikola           
Graves, Michael T.          Gray, Douglas G.            Grove, Robert L.            
Gunther, Christian K.       Gurnett, Donald A.          Haller, Theodore R.         
Hansman, John               Harris, Roger D.            Harte, John G.              
Harvey, Bob (Robert)        Herrmann, James J.          Herron, Matt                
Higgins, Michael            Holden, Glenn               Hollenberg, Richard A.      
Holliday, Robert            Huenl, Fred                 Ichikawa, Makoto            
Iturregui, Miguel           Jackson, Robert D.          Jones, Scott                
Jurado, Alfonso             Kaleta, Richard R.          Kelly, Peter J., Jr.        
Kilbourne, Kenneth Paul     Kirby, Kerry                Klenda, Daryl S.            
Kobus, Andrzej              Kochanski, Kenneth J.       Kohler, Richard L.          
Konesky, Frank              Krolikowski, Tomasz         Ladd, Daniel M.             
Lamb, Jim L.                Lambert, Eric J.            Langelaan, Willem           
Larimore, Stuart B.         Leonard, Ronald A.          Lewis, Curtis L., Jr.       
Lindeman, Robert J.         Lineberry, Wesley L.        Lodge-Maragh, Donald C.     
Lovinggood, Ray D.          Ludeman, Evan M.            Maag, Andrew                
MacKenzie, David A.         Macys, Robert               Maleady, Richard M.         
Malosse, Jean J.            Mampe, Charles D., III      Mandelbaum, Juan            
Mason, Steve                Mayes, Brett Rexford        McArthur, Heinz M.          
McCarron, Michael E.        McKrell, Matthew            McMaster, Justin            
McMillan, Craig             McQuigg, Andrew R.          Miller, William G.          
Milner, Brian J.            Molidor, Gerry, Jr.         Moore, Thomas V.            
Morehardt, Robert, Jr.      Morozov, Sergei             Morss, Dave                 
Murry, Stefan J.            Nasadowski, Martin W.       Negro, Alberto              
Neilson, Randy              Neumann, Ulrich             Newgard, Peter M.           
Nichols, Steve              O'Leary, George             Oldershaw, Paul             
Olson, Ronald A.            Orr, Kenneth J.             Paavola, Stephen H.         
Pala, Angel E.              Parker, Michael Noel        Parker, Richard             
Peters, Andrew A.           Petersen, Charles           Pfiffner, Richard H.        
Pfortner, Peter             Pixton, David H.            Poe, Michael T.             
Pollard, Donald H.          Profota, Don L.             Pugh, Carol                 
Ramm, Darryl                Redweik, Eric P.            Reid, Jayne E.              
Reid, Michael R.            Richard, Robert H.          Richardson, Bill            
Robison, Michael R.         Rohde, Howard               Ruegger, Werner             
Rumpf, Udo                  Russell, Jeffrey R.         Ryan, Charles               
Salkeld, Edwin M., Jr.      Salvo, Robert A.            Savage, John E.G.           
Scarpelli, Peter            Schroth, Stefan             Seifried, Paul              
Shepherd, Joseph M.         Shugg, Mark D.              Smith, Alan                 
Smith, Leigh                Smith, Mike                 Smith, Pendleton W.         
Smith, William T.           Smolder, Clement A., II     Snyder, Doug                
Sparks, Victor P.           Stant, Kirk E.              Sullivan, Corey             
Sullivan, John              Sutton, Ronald T.           Szczepaniak, Luke           
Takallu, M.A                Taylor, Clyde E.            Teel, Randall               
Templin, Robert             Thar, William E.            Thomas, Clayton J.          
Travers, Lawrence W.        Turiano, Anthony            Udd, Thomas E.              
Vakkur, George J.           Van Gastel, Paul            Vassel, Bruno, IV           
Vickland, Clayton W.        Vredenburg, Peter           Vreeken, Dennis             
Wach, Lance                 Wagner, Ted C.              Wajda, Marian               
Wallach, Robert             Ware, Rob                   Weaver, David               
Westbrook, Michael S.       Wiercioch, Krzysztof        Willat, Boyd Jason          
Willis, David D.            Willits, Steven Mich        Wrobel, Dan                 
Wyman, Lynn Edward          Zieba, Jerry                



Category IV
[ 151 pilots ]
Aiken, Geoffrey             Akerley, Mark               Angelou, James R.           
Baker, Daniel L.            Baldwin, Harry L.           Bargainnier, David R.       
Barnard, Bruce D.           Barr, John                  Batesole, Bill              
Belka, Jacob                Bewley, William D.          Blomquist, Delbert N.       
Bourgeois, Daniel           Boyles, Corbin              Brack, Joseph J.            
Breau, Edward F.            Cahoon, David               Cant, Ian                   
Carlyle, John M.            Conrad, Craig M.            Cook, Charles T.            
Crawford, Alasdair          Cumm, Lucas                 Dawson, Paul                
Dezzutti, John              Domeier, Joachim            Dowell, Thomas              
Drew, Errol                 Dripps, Aaron               Dukerich, Tom               
Dunkel, Dave                Duron, Sergio               Dutka, Leslie Anthony       
English, Peter              Erzen, William P.           Farra, Ralph                
Fessler, Steven W.          Filiaci, Mattia E.          Fineman, Darrell            
Funk, Edwin                 Gaines, David D.            Garavaglia, Gary            
Gill, John E. 'Corky'       Goranson, Edwin             Grosso, Maurice             
Haney, Ken                  Hann, Daniel                Harms, Samuel R.            
Hayes, Brad                 Hegele, Rolf D.             Helm, Skylor S.             
Hendrix, Jim E., Jr.        Higginson, Bob              Hill, Steve                 
Hocking, Dave               Horigan, Richard D., Jr.    Howard, William Guerry      
Hudson, Robert              Hull, William               Hurni, Robert L.            
Hutchinson, Vernon Ray      Iacobucci, John J., Dr.     Jackson, Joe M.             
Jardini, Mark               Johnson, Gustav             Jones, Philip D.            
Kalinsky, Omri              Kanes, Panos J.             Kreyche, Thomas             
Kunrath, Erich              Leal, Jonathan              Lemon, Bryant               
Leve, Robert M.             Loken, Halvar Y.            Mackenzie, Franklin F.      
Matticola, Mark F.          Mawhinney, R. Steven        Mazzeo, Frank               
McCadams, Glenn             McGinnis, Richard           McIntire, Louis             
McLaughlin, Patrick         Mead, Colin                 Mersino, Jacob              
Miller, Keith R.            Moffitt, Jeffry D.          Moos, Milton H.             
Moran, Ryan                 Morrison, Malcolm           Mozer, Eric H.              
Mozer, Norman               Mulligan, Thomas            Murphy, John                
Myers, Scott                Nau, Thomas W.              Nockles, William A.         
Norton, Frank C., Jr.       Oliver, Michael             Olson, Christopher J.       
Olson, Daniel E.            Packard, Michael            Palatinus, Wendy            
Patterson, Charles R.       Pierson, Brett E.           Pinney Sr, Chuck            
Price, Kenny                Quas, Robert M., Jr.        Ramsey, Lindon J.           
Rathbun, Steven             Remde, Paul                 Resor, Brian                
Riddlebarger, Jeffery W.    Rider, James G.             Roller, Richard             
Rutledge, Todd K.           Sammeter, Bryce             Sare, Samuel                
Saunders, George            Schmidt, Mark               Semones, John               
Simmers, Joe                Simpson, Gerald A.          Sitver, Edward S.           
Smith, Jeffrey              Sohm, Peter A.              Sovis, Stephen              
Stanley, David              Stevenson, Linwood P.       Stoddard, Mike              
Strasbaugh, Steven          Stringfellow, Michael       Sullivan, Brent             
Swinchoski, Thomas          Tax, Cal W.                 Thirkill, Dan               
Thome, Jeffrey              Tuohino, Larry A.           Urbanczyk, Kirk             
Van Timmeren, Andrew        Warren, Mark                Wasserbauer, Mark           
Weber, John H.              Weck, Geoffrey Ebel         Welles, David S.            
Welsh, Christopher          Whitney, Stuart D.          Williams, Catherine A.      
Willis, John M.             Woodbury, Douglas           Zentner, York               
Ziwica, Karl-Heinz

¹ One year extension for having served as a contest official: Northcraft, Stephen A. and Maleady, Richard M.
"3.2 Extension of Entry Priority A non-entrant who acts as a contest official named in Rule 3.1 and who is listed in the SSA Pilot Ranking List is eligible for a one-year extension on that list. Such an extension must be requested of the SSA in writing and may not occur more often than once in three years."

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