US Pilot Categories for the 2014 Contest Year

[ Last updated on Tuesday, 20 January 2015 at 05:19 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 Tuesday, 20 January 2015 at 05:19 GMT

Category I
[ 68 pilots ]
Arnold, Sarah Kelly         Ashcraft, Luke              Berry, Wallace D., Jr.      
Butler, Richard W.          Clark, Robin                Cochrane, John H.           
Deane, Peter                Echeverry, Gonzalo, Jr.     Fidler, Sean                
Fletcher, Robert W.         Franke, Sean Robert         Gaisford, Phillip Anthony   
Garner, James K. 'Chip'     Gawthrop, Bill              Gimmey, Ray                 
Greenhill, David John       Huss, Marvin C.             Indrebo, Rick               
Ittner, Gary N.             Jacobs, Douglas L.          Jaeger, Barry E.            
Keene, Mark                 Kelley, Thomas E.           Kerns, William G.           
Kozlik, Wiktor              Krolikowski, Ryszard        Leonard, David              
Litt, Baudouin              Mann, Erik H.               Martin, David V.            
McAllister, Timothy S.      Mertins, Enrique            Mockler, David R.           
Murphy, Sean P.             Nelson, Erik Nels           Nixon, Henry M., Jr.        
Northcraft, Stephen A.      Owen, Richard P.            Paynter, G. Frank           
Pin, François G.            Retting, Henry P.           Ridenour, Ronald N.         
Robison, Michael R.         Rogers, Walter A.           Ruehle, William R.          
Sazhin, Daniel              Seaborn, Walter John, III   Seymour, John C.            
Smith, Michael F.           Sorenson, Danny Kenneth     Sorenson, Kenneth G.        
Springford, David           Striedieck, Karl H.         Szemplinski, Jerzy          
Tabery, Ronald S.           Taylor, Timothy A.          Tyler, Allison H., Jr.      
Wade, Noel                  Walker, Jack A., Jr.        Walters, Richard F.         
Weissenbuehler, Heinz, Jr.  Welles, Gillette 'Tim'      Westbrook, Michael S.       
Wichman, Todd               Willat, Boyd Jason          Willat, Garret I.           
Zieba, Jerry                Zimmerman, Sam R., III      


Category II
[ 110 pilots ]
Acee, Moses J.              Acree, Randy                Adams, Aland B.             
Alexander, Peter T.         Arndt, Steve                Athuil, Phillip             
Barnes, Allan               Blackburn, Andy             Bonniere, D.                
Boone, Jerry                Brayer, Andrew              Briggs, Paul                
Caldwell, Robert            Cannon, Walter B.           Coggins, David L.           
Coggins, Steven             Colacevich, Sergio          Cole, William W.            
Condon, Tony                Cramer, Warren              Culbertson, Rick            
Culpepper, Mark             Cumiford, James H., Jr.     Dennis, Martin              
Deutsch, Mitchell           Dunning, Robert             Elliott, William P.         
Faris, Bob                  Fosha, Kathryn M.           Franke, Manfred W.          
Funston, Craig              Funston, Nelson E.          Gardner, Tim                
Giltner, Samuel C.          Gough, Andy F.              Gradinski, Nikola           
Grant, Martin               Green, George D.            Hanke, George               
Herron, Matt Allison        Hill, William G., III       Hilty, Grant C.             
Hollenberg, Randall W.      Hudson, Mitchell C.         Huffstutler, Mark           
Hughes, Jonathan            Kellerman, Richard          Koerner, Steve              
Kroesch, Donald F.          Krueger, Wilfried           Ladd, Daniel M.             
Larimore, Stuart B.         Lee, Jim                    Leonard, Steven             
Leslie, Gregg T.            Lewis, Curtis L., Jr.       Linnekin, Dennis            
Lubon, John                 Ludeman, Evan M.            Lynch, Mallory B.           
Mackie, Derek               Martin, James D.            Martin, Tim                 
McGowin, Tim                McIntire, Louis             McMaster, Justin            
McMaster, Leonard R.        Mecklenburg, Greg           Mercier, Robert J., Jr.     
Monroe, Clay                Moran, Ryan                 Morozov, Sergei             
Murray, John McLean         Nadler, David R.            Newgard, Peter Mike         
Payne, James M.             Purves, Keith               Reinholt, Craig J.          
Richards, Kerry T.          Roberts, Sheridan           Russell, Jeffrey R.         
Ryan, Charles               Salvo, Robert A.            Sandercock, Morgan          
Scarpelli, Peter            Schmidt, Mark               Schwartz, Ronald Roy        
Seifried, Paul              Seymour, Matthew            Shugg, Greg                 
Silva, Fernando B.          Sinclair, John S.           Smolder, Clement A., II     
Snead, William B.           Spitz, Robert W.            Steele, Joe                 
Steiber, Joerg              Stewart, James P.           Sullivan, Monty Claus       
Szczepaniak, Luke           Taylor, Stephen             Thompson, Mike              
Van Grunsven, Richard       Vihlen, Steven C.           Volkmann, David R.          
Wasness, Donald S.          Wasserbauer, Mark           Wyman, Lynn Edward          
Young, Christopher C.       Zapolski, Arkady            



Category III
[ 219 pilots ]
Akerley, Mark               Anderson, Kevin R.          Andrews, Richard John       
Arnold, Jason A.            Baird, Jeff G.              Baldwin, J. Rand            
Banarhall, John             Banks, Howard A.            Bearden, Chip               
Bell, Kenneth F.            Bennet, Nico                Betzoldt, Glenn             
Bird, Brian A.              Birecki, Henryk             Blanchi, Christophe         
Boerner, Raul D.            Bojack, John G., Jr.        Bourgeois, Roy A.           
Brack, Joseph J.            Brooks, Michael             Buchanan, Roger N.          
Burgess, David              Burns, Andrew               Burton, A. W.               
Bush, Lane                  Byrne, Ronald               Cannon, Woodward            
Carter, Gary E.             Case, Brian F.              Chouinard, Lou              
Ciesielski, Tomasz          Clarke, Ronald William      Cluxton, Robert J., III     
Cook, Daniel                Cook, Robert E.             Cotter, John J., III        
Coucke, David               Crawford, Alasdair          Cserfoi, Gyula              
Darke, Jim                  de Baghy, Andre             DeLeon, Robert              
Dezzutti, John P.           Dismukes, Robert K.         Dixon, Thomas F.            
Drury, Bill John            Dudley, John                Earlywine, John K.          
Eatman, Douglas P.          Eisenbeiss, Duane           Evans, Gary                 
Falbaum, Hartley L.         Fidler, Robert G.           Finke, Kevin                
Fleming, Robin G.           Fletcher, Scott C.          Fotheringham, Alexander     
Fowler, Roger               Frantz, James S.            Friesen, Bruce C.           
Frost, Charles              Fuss, Peter S.              Gadowski, Boguslaw R.       
Gaechter, Tony              Gagen, William T.           Garrison, James C.          
Gonitzke, Matt              Good, John F.               Goshorn, Kenneth            
Graves, Michael T.          Gray, Douglas G.            Gurnett, Donald A.          
Hanke, Tim P.               Harms, Samuel R.            Harte, John G.              
Harvey, Bob (Robert)        Hawkins, Mark               Herron, Matt                
Higgins, Michael            Higginson, Bob              Hill, Steve                 
Hollestelle, Ed             Holliday, Robert            Holtz, Russell              
Huenl, Fred                 Hurni, Robert L.            Iacobucci, John J., Dr.     
Ichikawa, Makoto            Iturregui, Miguel           Iuliano, Robert E.          
Jackson, Joe M.             Jackson, Robert D.          Jones, Philip D.            
Kaleta, Richard R.          Kalinsky, Omri              Kelley, Glen A.             
Kelly, Peter J., Jr.        Kennedy, Nicholas           Kilian, Herbert             
Kirby, Kerry                Knauff, Thomas L.           Knuths, Kristian            
Kobus, Andrzej              Kochanski, Kenneth J.       Kohler, Richard L.          
Kuhlke, Lee                 Lamb, Jim L.                Lambert, Eric J.            
Langelaan, Willem           Larsen, Tim                 Leonard, Ronald A.          
Liddell, Eric G.            Lineberry, Wesley L.        Maag, Andrew                
MacKenzie, David A.         Macys, Robert               Maleady, Richard M.         
Malosse, Jean J.            Mandelbaum, Juan            Marshall, Michael           
Mason, Steve                Matticola, Mark F.          Mayo, Michael J.            
McCarron, Michael E.        McKnight, Thomas N.         McKrell, Matthew            
McQuigg, Andrew R.          Mead, Colin                 Michael, Matt               
Miller, Keith R.            Milner, Brian J.            Mittell, John E.            
Moore, Thomas V.            Mulder, John                Murray, Greg J.             
Murray, James L.            Murry, Stefan J.            Nasadowski, Martin W.       
Negro, Alberto              Neilson, Randy              Neitzey, Shane C.           
Neumann, Ulrich             Nichols, Steve              O'Leary, George             
Oliver, Michael             Olson, Christopher J.       Olson, Daniel E.            
Ossorio, Alfonso H.         Paavola, Stephen H.         Parker, Michael Noel        
Peters, Andrew A.           Petersen, Charles           Pfiffner, Richard H.        
Pfortner, Peter             Pixton, David H.            Pollock, Jordan E.          
Price, James L.             Profota, Don L.             Ramsey, A. Wharton          
Reagan, Daniel              Redweik, Eric P.            Reeves, Joe                 
Reid, Jayne E.              Reid, Michael R.            Resor, Brian                
Richard, Robert H.          Richardson, Bill            Ringertz, Ulf               
Rise, James                 Rohde, Howard               Rose, Philip N.             
Rose, Ronald                Rubus, Gary M.              Ruegger, Werner             
Ruf, Chris                  Schroth, Stefan             Shakman, Michael L.         
Shepherd, Joseph M.         Shore, James D.             Shugg, Mark D.              
Smith, Leigh                Smith, Michael S.           Smith, Pendleton W.         
Stant, Kirk E.              Stimac, Mike                Stojkovic, Branko           
Stringfellow, Michael       Stroud, Terry               Sullivan, John              
Szafarczyk, Sylvia          Takallu, M.A                Taylor, Clyde E.            
Templin, Robert             Teuber, Peter               Thar, William E.            
Thomas, Clayton J.          Tuckey, Patrick Luke        Turiano, Anthony            
Udd, Thomas E.              Ungermann, Chris            Urbanczyk, Kirk             
Vakkur, George J.           Van Der Linden, David       Van Gastel, Paul            
Vassel, Bruno, IV           Vickland, Clayton W.        Von Hellens, C. Robert      
Vreeken, Dennis             Wajda, Marian               Waldo, Charles Jr.          
Ware, Rob                   Weber, John H.              Wiederkehr, Anthony         
Wiercioch, Krzysztof        Wille, Chad C.              Williams, Catherine A.      
Wrobel, Dan                 Zelek, Daniel               Zentner, York               


Category IV
[ 143 pilots ]
Abbott, David               Abreu, Claudio              Adams, Gary                 
Aiken, Geoffrey             Alley, Lynn                 Alton, Jim                  
Anisman, David              Armour, Michael             Armour, Michael &           
Ashcroft, John P.           Baker, Daniel L.            Baldwin, Harry L.           
Bargainnier, David R.       Barkow, Thomas A.           Barkow, Thomas A. &         
Barnard, Bruce D.           Barr, John                  Barry, Colin                
Bauder, F. S.               Bell, Don J.                Bilheux, Jean               
Bluedorn, C. Britton        Bogdanovich, Pedja          Bowman, Hal                 
Bowshot, Robert Scott       Brain, John Valentin        Brockman, Steve             
Bruegmann, Malte            Cameron, Stephen F.         Campbell, Jay D.            
Carlyle, John M.            Charchian, Loris (Lorry) J. Cleveland, David            
Cole, David M.              Cramer, James               Cripps, Nigel               
Deas, Jason                 Delp, Gregory E.            Donahoo, Melvin             
Donie, Rol                  Dripps, Aaron               Dunkel, Dave                
Edrei, Michael              Eichendorf, Roy             Fairbain, Jacob             
Farnsworth, Virginia        Farra, Ralph                Farry, Kristin              
Fisher, Glenn               Fox, Harry                  Fuller, Richard G.          
Funk, Edwin                 Gaines, David D.            Gasper, Rob                 
Geiger, William             Gillespie, Charles          Gillis, Matt                
Godfrey, John D.            Good, Patrick P.            Gossfeld, Tim               
Grosso, Maurice             Guerin, Marianne            Gunther, Christian K.       
Gutgsell, Matthew           Hansman, John               Hanson, William D.          
Hayes, Brad                 Heaphy, David               Herrmann, James J.          
Hill, Brad                  Hodgins, Greg               Hudson, Robert              
Hull, William               Hunter, Michael             Iglesias, Hector E.         
Janney, Robert              Jardini, Mark               Johnson, Steven P.          
Jousma, Irwin J.            Knoll, William C.           Krautter, David L.          
Lackey, Curtis              LaGrone, Travis             Lemon, Bryant               
Leve, Robert M.             Levy, Niv                   Lohre, Charles R.           
Loken, Halvar Y.            Lombard, Jacobus G.         McGinnis, Richard           
McLaughlin, Patrick         Michalik, Stephen A.        Michalowski, Roman          
Miller, Robert              Mockler, Daniel             Moos, Milton H.             
Neely, Timothy              Nockles, William A.         Norton, Robert E.           
Pagano, Benjamin            Pate, E. G.                 Patterson, Charles R.       
Prigge, Uwe                 Rathbun, Steven             Reilly, David               
Rezac, Lauren J.            Riddlebarger, Jeffery W.    Roberts, Larry L.           
Root, Leonard               Rossignol, Greg             Rutledge, Todd K.           
Salzwedel, Todd J.          Saunders, George            Shaw, Kevin L.              
Sill, Sarah                 Simpson, Gerald A.          Slocum, James E.            
Smith, Keith I.             Snyder, Doug                Soldan, Rafael              
Stanley, David              Sullivan, Brent             Sutton, Ronald T.           
Swanson, John               Swinchoski, Thomas          Tate, Barton                
Thome, Jeffrey              Townsend, Daniel Steve      von Tresckow, Peter         
Vredenburg, Peter           Wach, Lance                 Walker, Wayne               
Warner, Steven W.           Watson, Darrel E.           Weaver, David               
Wilcox, Kevin               Wilkinson, Ephriam B.       Williams, Henry S.          
Wuerth, Sebastian           Yates, Daniel               Zanze, David                
Zentner, York               Zeug, Leon

¹ One year extension for having served as a contest official: Kelley, Thomas E.
"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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