US Pilot Categories for the 2017 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 names in the score sheets, which can say just "Smith", or "Leonard", or "JL", and there may well be errors in identifying the correct member of the clan or even the clan. The McX and MacX names may be mutilated as well. Please help straighten things out, and send along any corrections.

Category I [ 59 pilots ] Alexander, Peter T. Arnold, Sarah Kelly Ashcraft, Luke Bennet, Nico Berry, Wallace D., Jr. Butler, Richard W. Clark, Robin Coggins, David L. Condon, Tony Cundiff, Roy S. Deane, Peter Essex, Keith M. Fidler, Sean Fletcher, Robert W. Franke, Sean Robert Gaisford, Phillip Anthony Gawthrop, Bill Gimmey, Ray Hollenberg, Randall W. Holliday, Robert Huffstutler, Mark Huss, Marvin C. Indrebo, Rick Ittner, Gary N. Jacobs, Douglas L. Kelley, Thomas E. Koerner, Steve Lee, Jim Leonard, David McAllister, Timothy S. Murphy, Sean P. Nadler, David R. Nelson, Erik Nels Nichols, Steve Nixon, Henry M., Jr. Opitz, Michael Pin, François G. Reitter, Noah Retting, Henry P. Ridenour, Ronald N. Roberts, Sheridan Robison, Michael R. Rogers, Walter A. Sazhin, Daniel Silva, Fernando B. Smith, Michael F. Smolder, Clement A., II Sorenson, Danny Kenneth Sorenson, Kenneth G. Striedieck, Karl H. Tabery, Ronald S. Taylor, Timothy A. Tyler, Allison H., Jr. Wade, Noel Weissenbuehler, Heinz, Jr. Westbrook, Michael S. Willat, Boyd Jason Willat, Garret I. Zimmerman, Sam R., III Category II [ 94 pilots ] Acree, Randy Adams, Aland B. Alspaugh, Jake Andrews, Richard John Blackburn, Andy Bluedorn, C. Britton Boone, Jerry Brooks, Michael Buchanan, Roger N. Bush, Lane Caldwell, Robert Case, Brian F. Cochrane, John H. Cramer, Warren Culpepper, Mark Cumiford, James H., Jr. Dennis, Martin Dixon, Thomas F. Drury, Bill John Dunning, Robert Eyler, Keith Faris, Bob Frantz, James S. Funston, Nelson E. Glover, Ryan Good, John F. Gradinski, Nikola Grant, Martin Greenhill, David John Hanke, George Hansman, John Holloran, Thomas W. Hughes, Jonathan Keene, Mark Kellerman, Richard Kerns, William G. Kilian, Herbert Kroesch, Donald F. Krolikowski, Ryszard Krueger, Wilfried Larimore, Stuart B. Leonard, Ronald A. Leonard, Steven Leslie, Gregg T. Linnekin, Dennis Litt, Baudouin Lubon, John Mandelbaum, Juan Mann, Erik H. Martin, David V. Martin, James D. McGowin, Tim McIntire, Louis Mecklenburg, Greg Mercier, Robert J., Jr. Michael, Matt Miller, Keith R. Mittell, John E. Murray, John McLean Neitzey, Shane C. Newgard, Peter Mike Northcraft, Stephen A. Owen, Richard P. Rebbeck, Henry Redweik, Eric P. Reeves, Joe Reinholt, Craig J. Richards, Kerry T. Ruf, Chris Sandercock, Morgan Schmidt, Mark Schroth, Stefan Schwartz, Ronald Roy Schwarzenbach, Pieter Seifried, Paul Seymour, John C. Shore, James D. Shugg, Greg Sinclair, John S. Slocum, James E. Snead, William B. Spitz, Robert W. Steele, Joe Steiber, Joerg Stojkovic, Branko Takallu, M.A Thompson, Mike Udd, Thomas E. Van Der Linden, David Van Grunsven, Richard Ware, Rob Weber, John H. Welles, Gillette 'Tim' Zieba, Jerry Category III [ 177 pilots ] Alton, Jim Anderson, Kevin R. Anisman, David Arndt, Steve Arnold, Jason A. Ashcroft, John P. Baird, Jeff G. Banarhall, John Banks, Jeff Barber, Piet E. Bargainnier, David R. Bearden, Chip Betzoldt, Glenn Bird, Brian A. Blair, Charles L. Boerner, Raul D. Bourgeois, Roy A. Braner, Moshe Brayer, Andrew Campbell, Joseph P. Cannon, Walter B. Carlyle, John M. Carter, Gary E. Chouinard, Lou Chtangeev, Maxim Ciesielski, Tomasz Cleveland, David Colacevich, Sergio Cole, William W. Cook, Daniel Cook, Robert E. Cooper, Jack Cotter, John J., III Coucke, David Cserfoi, Gyula Darke, Jim David, Jim Daye, Jeff de Baghy, Andre Delp, Gregory E. Deutsch, Mitchell Dezzutti, John P. Dziedzic, Jan Eatman, Douglas P. Echeverry, Gonzalo, Jr. Eisenbeiss, Duane Falbaum, Hartley L. Fidler, Robert G. Finke, Kevin Fitch, Jonathan Flavall, Kelvyn Fletcher, Scott C. Fosha, Kathryn M. Fotheringham, Alexander Frankenberger, Arnold Frere, Eric Friesen, Bruce C. Funston, Craig Gadowski, Boguslaw R. Gaechter, Tony Gagen, William T. Gardner, Tim Garrison, James C. Geiger, William Giltner, Samuel C. Gonitzke, Matt Goshorn, Kenneth Graves, Michael T. Green, George D. Grillo, Don Hanson, William D. Heneghan, Tim Herron, Matt Herron, Matt Allison Higgins, Michael Higginson, Bob Hogue, James H. Holtz, Russell Hurni, Robert L. Iuliano, Robert E. Jackson, Robert D. Jaeger, Barry E. Jaeger, Dieter Jones, Philip D. Jousma, Irwin J. Kalinsky, Omri Kelley, Glen A. Kennedy, Nicholas Kennedy, Steven Knauff, Thomas L. Kobus, Andrzej Kuhlke, Lee Lamb, Jim L. Lambert, Eric J. Lane, Christopher Langelaan, Willem Larsen, Tim Liddell, Eric G. Lineberry, Wesley L. Ling, William Ludeman, Evan M. Maag, Andrew MacKenzie, David A. Macys, Robert Maleady, Richard M. Marshall, Michael Martin, Tim Mason, Steve Mayo, Michael J. McKnight, Thomas N. McKrell, Matthew McLaughlin, Patrick McMaster, Leonard R. Mead, Colin Michalik, Stephen A. Michalowski, Roman Molidor, Gerry, III Monroe, Clay Mulder, John Murry, Stefan J. Nowak, Marian O'Leary, George Olson, Daniel E. Paavola, Stephen H. Palmquist, Neal D. Pate, E. G. Paynter, G. Frank Peters, Andrew A. Petersen, Charles Pfiffner, Richard H. Pixton, David H. Price, James L. Profota, Don L. Purves, Keith Ramsey, A. Wharton Remde, Paul Rise, James Rohde, Howard Rose, Ronald Ruegger, Werner Ryan, Charles Salvo, Robert A. Shakman, Michael L. Shepherd, Joseph M. Sherrill, David Shugg, Mark D. Silvasi, Joseph A., Jr. Simmons, Al Simpson, Gerald A. Smith, Michael S. Smith, Pendleton W. Solley, Michael Stevenson, Linwood P. Stewart, James P. Stroud, Terry Swanson, John Taylor, Clyde E. Taylor, Stephen Teuber, Peter Thar, William E. Vassel, Bruno, IV Villinski, Paul Von Hellens, C. Robert Vreeken, Dennis Waitekaitis, Steven Wajda, Marian Waldo, Charles Jr. Wasness, Donald S. Wille, Chad C. Williams, Catherine A. Woodruff, Hal Wrobel, Dan Wyman, Lynn Edward Young, George Zelek, Daniel Zentner, York Zeug, Leon Category IV [ 120 pilots ] Abbott, David Acee, Moses J. Ainslie, Andrew Baker, Daniel L. Bamberg, Michael Banks, Howard A. Barkow, Thomas A. Barry, Colin Bell, Don J. Bodin, Taylor Bojack, John G., Jr. Bowshot, Robert Scott Brack, Joseph J. Brian, Ross Bush, Dale L. Clarke, Ronald William Cole, David M. Cramer, James Crawford, Alasdair DeRosa, John H. Dobberfuhl, James P. Dyck, Daniel B. Earlywine, John K. Ebaugh, Bret Erdie, Joseph Farry, Kristin Flagg, Charles N. Fox, Harry Fueston, Vernon A. Fuller, Richard G. Gillespie, Charles Gillis, Matt Godfrey, John D. Good, Patrick P. Harms, Nathan Hegele, Rolf D. Hess, Ron Hill, Steve Hill, William G., III Hilty, Grant C. Hodgins, Greg Hopkins, James P. Hunter, Michael Iglesias, Hector E. Jackson, Jonathan Jacobson, Scott Johnson, Gustav Johnson, Steven P. Joyce, David Kaleta, Richard R. Klassen, Thomas Kline, Vernon Kochanski, Kenneth J. Konesky, Frank Kubrak, Boris Lackey, Curtis LaGrone, Travis Leal, Jonathan Levy, Niv Liang, Andrew Lindberg, David Lohre, Charles R. Loken, Halvar Y. Lynch, Christopher MacMonagle, Daniel Maj, Stanislaw McGinnis, Richard Miller, Robert Moos, Milton H. Murphy, Jay P. Murray, James L. Nasadowski, Martin W. Nockles, William A. Patterson, Charles R. Phillips, Taylor Prigge, Uwe Reagan, Daniel Reilly, David Rezac, Lauren J. Rossignol, Greg Rubus, Gary M. Salzwedel, Todd J. Sare, Samuel Sauder, Gregory Saunders, George Sholi, Samer Sill, Sarah Skrabal, Pavel Smith, Anthony Smith, Katherine Smith, Keith I. Smith, Leigh Smith, Stephen C. Snow, William Soldan, Rafael Spielman, Robert Stank, Joseph Q. Stringfellow, Michael Sullivan, Brent Szafarczyk, Sylvia Tax, Cal W. Thams, Kurt Thirkill, Dan Thome, Jeffrey Turiano, Anthony Urbanczyk, Kirk Vakkur, George J. Vickland, Clayton W. von Tresckow, Peter Vredenburg, Peter Watkins, Dale Watson, Darrel E. Weaver, David Weck, Logan G. Wheeler, Curtis Willis, David D. Xander, Brian Yates, Daniel Yeldezian, Glenn Zanze, David