US Pilot Categories for the 2016 Contest Year

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.

Category I [ 51 pilots ] 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 Gawthrop, Bill Gimmey, Ray Ittner, Gary N. Jacobs, Douglas L. Keene, Mark Leonard, David Martin, David V. McAllister, Timothy S. Mockler, David R. Morozov, Sergei Murphy, Sean P. Nelson, Erik Nels Nichols, Steve Nixon, Henry M., Jr. Opitz, Michael Owen, Richard P. Pin, François G. Ridenour, Ronald N. Roberts, Sheridan Robison, Michael R. Rogers, Walter A. Sazhin, Daniel Seymour, John C. Silva, Fernando B. Smith, Michael F. Smolder, Clement A., II Sorenson, Danny Kenneth Sorenson, Kenneth G. Striedieck, Karl H. Szemplinski, Jerzy Tabery, Ronald S. Taylor, Timothy A. 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 [ 105 pilots ] Acree, Randy Alexander, Peter T. Andrews, Richard John Arndt, Steve Arnold, Sarah Kelly Bonniere, D. Boone, Jerry Buchanan, Roger N. Bush, Lane Caldwell, Robert Case, Brian F. Coggins, David L. Colacevich, Sergio Condon, Tony Cramer, Warren Culbertson, Rick Culpepper, Mark Cumiford, James H., Jr. Dennis, Martin Dunning, Robert Essex, Keith M. Eyler, Keith Faris, Bob Franke, Manfred W. Frantz, James S. Funston, Craig Funston, Nelson E. Garner, James K. 'Chip' Giltner, Samuel C. Good, John F. Gough, Andy F. Gradinski, Nikola Grant, Martin Greenhill, David John Hanke, George Herron, Matt Allison Hill, William G., III Hollenberg, Randall W. Hughes, Jonathan Huss, Marvin C. Indrebo, Rick Kerns, William G. Kilian, Herbert Koerner, Steve Krolikowski, Ryszard Krueger, Wilfried Ladd, Daniel M. Larimore, Stuart B. Lee, Jim Leonard, Ronald A. Leonard, Steven Leslie, Gregg T. Linnekin, Dennis Litt, Baudouin Lubon, John Ludeman, Evan M. Lynch, Mallory B. Mann, Erik H. Martin, James D. Martin, Tim McGowin, Tim McIntire, Louis McMaster, Justin McMaster, Leonard R. Mecklenburg, Greg Mercier, Robert J., Jr. Miller, Keith R. Murray, John McLean Nadler, David R. Neitzey, Shane C. Newgard, Peter Mike Northcraft, Stephen A. Payne, James M. Paynter, G. Frank Rebbeck, Henry Redweik, Eric P. Reeves, Joe Reinholt, Craig J. Retting, Henry P. Richards, Kerry T. Ryan, Charles Sandercock, Morgan Schmidt, Mark Schroth, Stefan Schwartz, Ronald Roy Seifried, Paul Shore, James D. Shugg, Greg Sinclair, John S. Snead, William B. Springford, David Steele, Joe Steiber, Joerg Stewart, James P. Szczepaniak, Luke Thompson, Mike Tyler, Allison H., Jr. Udd, Thomas E. Van Der Linden, David Van Grunsven, Richard Wade, Noel Ware, Rob Welles, Gillette 'Tim' Wyman, Lynn Edward Young, Christopher C. Category III [ 195 pilots ] Akerley, Mark Alton, Jim Anderson, Kevin R. Anisman, David Arnold, Jason A. Ashcroft, John P. Athuil, Phillip Baird, Jeff G. Baldwin, J. Rand Banarhall, John Banks, Howard A. Bargainnier, David R. Bearden, Chip Bennet, Nico Betzoldt, Glenn Bird, Brian A. Birecki, Henryk Blackburn, Andy Blanchi, Christophe Boerner, Raul D. Bourgeois, Roy A. Brack, Joseph J. Brayer, Andrew Briggs, Paul Brooks, Michael Burns, Andrew Burton, A. W. Campbell, Joseph P. Cannon, Walter B. Carlyle, John M. Carter, Gary E. Chouinard, Lou Ciesielski, Tomasz Cole, William W. Cook, Daniel Cook, Robert E. Cotter, John J., III Coucke, David Cserfoi, Gyula Darke, Jim de Baghy, Andre DeLeon, Robert Delp, Gregory E. Deutsch, Mitchell Dezzutti, John P. Dixon, Thomas F. Drury, Bill John Earlywine, John K. Eatman, Douglas P. Eisenbeiss, Duane Evans, Gary Falbaum, Hartley L. Fidler, Robert G. Finke, Kevin Fitch, Jonathan Flavall, Kelvyn Fletcher, Scott C. Fosha, Kathryn M. Fotheringham, Alexander Frankenberger, Arnold Friesen, Bruce C. Frost, Charles Gadowski, Boguslaw R. Gaechter, Tony Gagen, William T. Gardner, Tim Garrison, James C. Geiger, William Gonitzke, Matt Goshorn, Kenneth Graves, Michael T. Gray, Douglas G. Green, George D. Hawkins, Mark Heneghan, Tim Herron, Matt Higgins, Michael Higginson, Bob Hill, Steve Hilty, Grant C. Hogue, James H. Hollestelle, Ed Holliday, Robert Holtz, Russell Hudson, Mitchell C. Hurni, Robert L. Iturregui, Miguel Jackson, Joe M. Jackson, Robert D. Jaeger, Barry E. Jones, Philip D. Kalinsky, Omri Kellerman, Richard Kelley, Glen A. Kelley, Thomas E. Kelly, Peter J., Jr. Kennedy, Nicholas Knauff, Thomas L. Knuths, Kristian Kobus, Andrzej Kroesch, Donald F. Kuhlke, Lee Lamb, Jim L. Lambert, Eric J. Lane, Christopher Langelaan, Willem Larsen, Tim Lewis, Curtis L., Jr. 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. McKnight, Thomas N. McKrell, Matthew McLaughlin, Patrick Mead, Colin Michael, Matt Michalowski, Roman Milner, Brian J. Mittell, John E. Monroe, Clay Moore, Thomas V. Mulder, John Murray, James L. Murry, Stefan J. Nasadowski, Martin W. Nowak, Marian O'Leary, George Oliver, Michael Olson, Daniel E. Pate, E. G. Petersen, Charles Pfiffner, Richard H. Pixton, David H. Price, James L. Profota, Don L. Ramsey, A. Wharton Reagan, Daniel Reid, Michael R. Richard, Robert H. Rise, James Rohde, Howard Rose, Philip N. Rose, Ronald Rubus, Gary M. Ruegger, Werner Ruf, Chris Salvo, Robert A. Seaborn, Walter John, III Shakman, Michael L. Shepherd, Joseph M. Shugg, Mark D. Slocum, James E. Smith, Leigh Smith, Michael S. Smith, Pendleton W. Spitz, Robert W. Stant, Kirk E. Stringfellow, Michael Stroud, Terry Swanson, John Szafarczyk, Sylvia Takallu, M.A Taylor, Clyde E. Taylor, Stephen Teuber, Peter Thar, William E. Ungermann, Chris Urbanczyk, Kirk Van Gastel, Paul Vassel, Bruno, IV Vickland, Clayton W. Villinski, Paul Von Hellens, C. Robert Wajda, Marian Waldo, Charles Jr. Wasness, Donald S. Wasserbauer, Mark Weber, John H. Wiederkehr, Anthony Wiercioch, Krzysztof Wille, Chad C. Williams, Catherine A. Wrobel, Dan Zelek, Daniel Zentner, York Zeug, Leon Category IV [ 146 pilots ] Abbott, David Acee, Moses J. Adams, Gary Ainslie, Andrew Armour, Michael Armour, Michael & Baker, Daniel L. Baldwin, Harry L. Bamberg, Michael Barkow, Thomas A. Barry, Colin Bell, Don J. Bell, Kenneth F. Bluedorn, C. Britton Bodin, Taylor Bogdanovich, Pedja Bojack, John G., Jr. Bowman, Hal Bowshot, Robert Scott Brian, Ross Bruegmann, Malte Bush, Dale L. Clarke, Ronald William Cleveland, David Cole, David M. Cramer, James Crawford, Alasdair Deas, Jason Dismukes, Robert K. Dobberfuhl, James P. Donie, Rol Dripps, Aaron Dyck, Daniel B. Ebaugh, Bret Eichendorf, Roy Erdie, Joseph Farra, Ralph Farry, Kristin Fowler, Roger Fox, Harry Fueston, Vernon A. Fuller, Richard G. Funk, Edwin Fuss, Peter S. Gillespie, Charles Gillis, Matt Godfrey, John D. Good, Patrick P. Grillo, Don Gutgsell, Matthew Hanke, Tim P. Hanson, William D. Harms, Nathan Harvey, Bob (Robert) Heaphy, David Hegele, Rolf D. Herrmann, James J. Hess, Ron Hodgins, Greg Hunter, Michael Iglesias, Hector E. Jackson, Jonathan Jacobson, Scott Jaeger, Dieter Janney, Robert Johnson, Gustav Johnson, Steven P. Jousma, Irwin J. Kaleta, Richard R. Klassen, Thomas Kline, Vernon Knoll, William C. Kochanski, Kenneth J. Konesky, Frank Krautter, David L. Kubrak, Boris Lackey, Curtis LaGrone, Travis Leal, Jonathan Levy, Niv Liang, Andrew Lohre, Charles R. Loken, Halvar Y. Lynch, Christopher Maj, Stanislaw McCarron, Michael E. McGinnis, Richard Michalik, Stephen A. Miller, Robert Mockler, Daniel Moos, Milton H. Murphy, Jay P. Murray, Greg J. Neely, Timothy Negro, Alberto Nockles, William A. Norton, Robert E. Paavola, Stephen H. Pagano, Benjamin Palmquist, Neal D. Patterson, Charles R. Peters, Andrew A. Phillips, Taylor Prigge, Uwe Reilly, David Rezac, Lauren J. Rossignol, Greg Salzwedel, Todd J. Sauder, Gregory Saunders, George Scarpelli, Peter Shaw, Kevin L. Sholi, Samer Sill, Sarah Simmons, Al Simpson, Gerald A. Smith, Anthony Smith, Katherine Smith, Keith I. Smith, Stephen C. Snow, William Soldan, Rafael Spielman, Robert Stank, Joseph Q. Stimac, Mike Sullivan, Brent Tax, Cal W. Thomas, Clayton J. 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 Weck, Logan G. Wilcox, Kevin Wilkinson, Ephriam B. Willis, David D. Yates, Daniel Yeldezian, Glenn Zanze, David