US Pilot Categories for the 2015 Contest Year

[ Last updated on Saturday, 21 February 2015 at 05:53 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 Saturday, 21 February 2015 at 05:53 GMT

Category I
[ 48 pilots ]
Ashcraft, Luke              Berry, Wallace D., Jr.      Butler, Richard W.          
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                 Huss, Marvin C.             Indrebo, Rick               
Ittner, Gary N.             Jacobs, Douglas L.          Keene, Mark                 
Martin, David V.            McAllister, Timothy S.      Mockler, David R.           
Murphy, Sean P.             Nelson, Erik Nels           Nixon, Henry M., Jr.        
Northcraft, Stephen A.      Owen, Richard P.            Pin, François G.            
Ridenour, Ronald N.         Robison, Michael R.         Rogers, Walter A.           
Sazhin, Daniel              Seaborn, Walter John, III   Seymour, John C.            
Sorenson, Danny Kenneth     Sorenson, Kenneth G.        Striedieck, Karl H.         
Szemplinski, Jerzy          Tabery, Ronald S.           Taylor, Timothy A.          
Wade, Noel                  Walker, Jack A., Jr.        Walters, Richard F.         
Weissenbuehler, Heinz, Jr.  Westbrook, Michael S.       Willat, Boyd Jason          
Willat, Garret I.           Zieba, Jerry                Zimmerman, Sam R., III      

Category II
[ 107 pilots ]
Acee, Moses J.              Acree, Randy                Adams, Aland B.             
Alexander, Peter T.         Arndt, Steve                Arnold, Sarah Kelly         
Athuil, Phillip             Barnes, Allan               Blackburn, Andy             
Bonniere, D.                Boone, Jerry                Brayer, Andrew              
Caldwell, Robert            Cannon, Walter B.           Clark, Robin                
Coggins, David L.           Colacevich, Sergio          Cole, William W.            
Condon, Tony                Cramer, Warren              Culbertson, Rick            
Culpepper, Mark             Cumiford, James H., Jr.     Dennis, Martin              
Dunning, Robert             Faris, Bob                  Franke, Manfred W.          
Funston, Craig              Funston, Nelson E.          Gardner, Tim                
Giltner, Samuel C.          Gough, Andy F.              Gradinski, Nikola           
Grant, Martin               Greenhill, David John       Hanke, George               
Herron, Matt Allison        Hill, William G., III       Hollenberg, Randall W.      
Hughes, Jonathan            Kellerman, Richard          Kelley, Thomas E.           
Kerns, William G.           Koerner, Steve              Kroesch, Donald F.          
Krolikowski, Ryszard        Krueger, Wilfried           Ladd, Daniel M.             
Larimore, Stuart B.         Lee, Jim                    Leonard, David              
Leonard, Steven             Leslie, Gregg T.            Lewis, Curtis L., Jr.       
Linnekin, Dennis            Litt, Baudouin              Lubon, John                 
Ludeman, Evan M.            Lynch, Mallory B.           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.             Paynter, G. Frank           
Reinholt, Craig J.          Retting, Henry P.           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            Silva, Fernando B.          Sinclair, John S.           
Smith, Michael F.           Smolder, Clement A., II     Snead, William B.           
Spitz, Robert W.            Springford, David           Steele, Joe                 
Steiber, Joerg              Stewart, James P.           Szczepaniak, Luke           
Thompson, Mike              Tyler, Allison H., Jr.      Van Grunsven, Richard       
Wasness, Donald S.          Wasserbauer, Mark           Welles, Gillette 'Tim'      
Wyman, Lynn Edward          Young, Christopher C.       



Category III
[ 207 pilots ]
Akerley, Mark               Anderson, Kevin R.          Andrews, Richard John       
Arnold, Jason A.            Baldwin, J. Rand            Banarhall, John             
Banks, Howard A.            Bearden, Chip               Bennet, Nico                
Betzoldt, Glenn             Bird, Brian A.              Birecki, Henryk             
Blanchi, Christophe         Boerner, Raul D.            Bojack, John G., Jr.        
Bourgeois, Roy A.           Brack, Joseph J.            Briggs, Paul                
Brooks, Michael             Buchanan, Roger N.          Burns, Andrew               
Burton, A. W.               Bush, Lane                  Byrne, Ronald               
Cannon, Woodward            Carter, Gary E.             Case, Brian F.              
Chouinard, Lou              Ciesielski, Tomasz          Cook, Daniel                
Cook, Robert E.             Cotter, John J., III        Coucke, David               
Crawford, Alasdair          Cserfoi, Gyula              Darke, Jim                  
de Baghy, Andre             DeLeon, Robert              Deutsch, Mitchell           
Dezzutti, John P.           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                Fletcher, Scott C.          
Fosha, Kathryn M.           Fotheringham, Alexander     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.            
Green, George D.            Hanke, Tim P.               Harms, Samuel R.            
Harvey, Bob (Robert)        Hawkins, Mark               Herron, Matt                
Higgins, Michael            Higginson, Bob              Hill, Steve                 
Hilty, Grant C.             Hollestelle, Ed             Holliday, Robert            
Holtz, Russell              Hudson, Mitchell C.         Hurni, Robert L.            
Iacobucci, John J., Dr.     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             
Knauff, Thomas L.           Knuths, Kristian            Kobus, Andrzej              
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.         Mackie, Derek               Macys, Robert               
Maj, Stanislaw              Maleady, Richard M.         Malosse, Jean J.            
Mandelbaum, Juan            Mann, Erik H.               Marshall, Michael           
Mason, Steve                Matticola, Mark F.          Mayo, Michael J.            
McCarron, Michael E.        McKnight, Thomas N.         McKrell, Matthew            
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.       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        
Petersen, Charles           Pfiffner, Richard H.        Pfortner, Peter             
Pixton, David H.            Pollock, Jordan E.          Price, James L.             
Profota, Don L.             Purves, Keith               Ramsey, A. Wharton          
Reagan, Daniel              Redweik, Eric P.            Reeves, Joe                 
Reid, Michael R.            Resor, Brian                Richard, Robert H.          
Ringertz, Ulf               Rise, James                 Rohde, Howard               
Rose, Philip N.             Rose, Ronald                Rubus, Gary M.              
Ruegger, Werner             Ruf, Chris                  Shakman, Michael L.         
Shepherd, Joseph M.         Shore, James D.             Shugg, Greg                 
Shugg, Mark D.              Smith, Leigh                Smith, Michael S.           
Smith, Pendleton W.         Stant, Kirk E.              Stimac, Mike                
Stringfellow, Michael       Stroud, Terry               Sullivan, John              
Szafarczyk, Sylvia          Takallu, M.A                Taylor, Clyde E.            
Taylor, Stephen             Templin, Robert             Teuber, Peter               
Thar, William E.            Thomas, Clayton J.          Tuckey, Patrick Luke        
Udd, Thomas E.              Ungermann, Chris            Urbanczyk, Kirk             
Van Der Linden, David       Van Gastel, Paul            Vassel, Bruno, IV           
Vickland, Clayton W.        Von Hellens, C. Robert      Wajda, Marian               
Waldo, Charles Jr.          Ware, Rob                   Weber, John H.              
Wichman, Todd               Wiederkehr, Anthony         Wiercioch, Krzysztof        
Wille, Chad C.              Williams, Catherine A.      Wrobel, Dan                 
Zapolski, Arkady            Zelek, Daniel               Zentner, York               


Category IV
[ 137 pilots ]
Abbott, David               Abreu, Claudio              Adams, Gary                 
Aiken, Geoffrey             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                Bell, Don J.                
Bell, Kenneth F.            Bilheux, Jean               Bluedorn, C. Britton        
Bogdanovich, Pedja          Bowman, Hal                 Bowshot, Robert Scott       
Brain, John Valentin        Brockman, Steve             Bruegmann, Malte            
Carlyle, John M.            Clarke, Ronald William      Cleveland, David            
Cole, David M.              Cramer, James               Deas, Jason                 
Delp, Gregory E.            Dismukes, Robert K.         Donahoo, Melvin             
Donie, Rol                  Dripps, Aaron               Dunkel, Dave                
Edrei, Michael              Eichendorf, Roy             Fairbain, Jacob             
Farnsworth, Virginia        Farra, Ralph                Farry, Kristin              
Fisher, Glenn               Fowler, Roger               Fox, Harry                  
Fuller, Richard G.          Funk, Edwin                 Gasper, Rob                 
Geiger, William             Gillespie, Charles          Gillis, Matt                
Godfrey, John D.            Good, Patrick P.            Guerin, Marianne            
Gunther, Christian K.       Gurnett, Donald A.          Gutgsell, Matthew           
Hanson, William D.          Heaphy, David               Herrmann, James J.          
Hill, Brad                  Hodgins, Greg               Huenl, Fred                 
Hunter, Michael             Iglesias, Hector E.         Jaeger, Barry E.            
Janney, Robert              Johnson, Steven P.          Jousma, Irwin J.            
Knoll, William C.           Kochanski, Kenneth J.       Krautter, David L.          
Lackey, Curtis              LaGrone, Travis             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              Negro, Alberto              
Nockles, William A.         Norton, Robert E.           Pagano, Benjamin            
Pate, E. G.                 Patterson, Charles R.       Peters, Andrew A.           
Prigge, Uwe                 Rathbun, Steven             Reilly, David               
Rezac, Lauren J.            Riddlebarger, Jeffery W.    Roberts, Larry L.           
Root, Leonard               Rossignol, Greg             Salzwedel, Todd J.          
Saunders, George            Shaw, Kevin L.              Sill, Sarah                 
Simpson, Gerald A.          Slocum, James E.            Smith, Keith I.             
Soldan, Rafael              Stanley, David              Sullivan, Brent             
Sutton, Ronald T.           Swanson, John               Swinchoski, Thomas          
Tate, Barton                Thome, Jeffrey              Townsend, Daniel Steve      
Turiano, Anthony            Vakkur, George J.           von Tresckow, Peter         
Vredenburg, Peter           Vreeken, Dennis             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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