US Pilot Categories for the 2018 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 [ 61 pilots ] Alexander, Peter T. Arnold, Sarah Kelly Bennet, Nico Brayer, Andrew Butler, Richard W. Clark, Robin Cochrane, John H. Coggins, David L. Condon, Tony Cundiff, Roy S. Deane, Peter Essex, Keith M. Eyler, Keith 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, Glen A. Kelley, Thomas E. Koerner, Steve Lee, Jim Leonard, David Marshall, Michael Mockler, David R. Murphy, Sean P. Nadler, David R. Nelson, Erik Nels Nichols, Steve Nixon, Henry M., Jr. Opitz, Michael Owen, Richard P. Reitter, Noah Retting, Henry P. 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. Tabery, Ronald S. Taylor, Timothy A. Tyler, Allison H., Jr. Wade, Noel Weissenbuehler, Heinz, Jr. Westbrook, Michael S. Willat, Garret I. Zimmerman, Sam R., III Category II [ 86 pilots ] Adams, Aland B. Alspaugh, Jake Andrews, Richard John Ashcraft, Luke Ashcroft, John P. Bearden, Chip Berry, Wallace D., Jr. Blackburn, Andy Bluedorn, C. Britton Brooks, Michael Buchanan, Roger N. Bush, Lane Case, Brian F. Culpepper, Mark Dennis, Martin Dixon, Thomas F. Drury, Bill John Faris, Bob Flagg, Charles N. Fosha, Kathryn M. Frantz, James S. Funston, Nelson E. Glover, Ryan Good, John F. Gradinski, Nikola Greenhill, David John Hansman, John Hart, David Holloran, Thomas W. Keene, Mark Kellerman, Richard Kennedy, Nicholas Kerns, William G. Kilian, Herbert Kroesch, Donald F. Krolikowski, Ryszard Kubrak, Boris Larimore, Stuart B. Leonard, Ronald A. Leonard, Steven Leslie, Gregg T. Linnekin, Dennis Litt, Baudouin Mandelbaum, Juan Mann, Erik H. Martin, David V. McGowin, Tim McIntire, Louis Mecklenburg, Greg Michael, Matt Miller, Keith R. Mittell, John E. Murray, John McLean Neitzey, Shane C. Newgard, Peter Mike Northcraft, Stephen A. Pin, François G. Rebbeck, Henry Redweik, Eric P. Reeves, Joe Reinholt, Craig J. Ridenour, Ronald N. Ruf, Chris Schroth, Stefan Schwartz, Ronald Roy Schwarzenbach, Pieter Seaborn, Walter John, III Shore, James D. Shugg, Greg Slocum, James E. Snead, William B. Spitz, Robert W. Steele, Joe Stojkovic, Branko Sullivan, Monty Claus Takallu, M.A Thompson, Mike Udd, Thomas E. Van Der Linden, David Van Grunsven, Richard Walker, Jack A., Jr. Ware, Rob Weber, John H. Welles, Gillette 'Tim' Zelek, Daniel Zieba, Jerry Category III [ 176 pilots ] Ainslie, Andrew Alton, Jim Anderson, Kevin R. Anisman, David Arndt, Steve Arnold, Jason A. Baird, Jeff G. Banarhall, John Banks, Jeff Barber, Piet E. Bargainnier, David R. Barkow, Thomas A. Betzoldt, Glenn Birecki, Henryk Blair, Charles L. Boerner, Raul D. Bohlmann, Stephen Bourgeois, Roy A. Braner, Moshe Burton, A. W. Campbell, Joseph P. Cannon, Walter B. Carder, Gregory Carlyle, John M. Carr, Gregory Carter, Gary E. Chidekel, Phil Chtangeev, Maxim Ciesielski, Tomasz Cleveland, David Cole, Dave Cooper, Jack Coucke, David Cserfoi, Gyula David, Jim Daye, Jeff Delp, Gregory E. Deutsch, Mitchell Dezzutti, John P. Dunning, Robert Dziedzic, Jan Edwards, Brad Eisenbeiss, Duane Falbaum, Hartley L. Finke, Kevin Fitch, Jonathan Flavall, Kelvyn Fletcher, Scott C. Frankenberger, Arnold Frere, Eric Friesen, Bruce C. Funston, Craig Gadowski, Boguslaw R. Gaechter, Tony Gardner, Tim Garrison, James C. Geiger, William Giltner, Samuel C. Godfrey, John D. Goshorn, Kenneth Gough, Chris Grant, Martin Graves, Michael T. Gray, Douglas G. & Green, George D. Grillo, Don Hamilton, James L., III Hanson, William D. Heneghan, Tim Herron, Matt Herron, Matt Allison Higginson, Bob Hogue, James H. Hollestelle, Ed Hudson, Mitchell C. Hurni, Robert L. Ingram, Daretanyan Iuliano, Robert E. Jackson, James,R. Jaeger, Barry E. Jaeger, Dieter Jones, Philip D. Jousma, Irwin J. Kennedy, Steven Klix, Christian H. Knauff, Thomas L. Kobus, Andrzej Krueger, Wilfried Kuhlke, Lee Lamb, Jim L. Lambert, Eric J. Lane, Christopher Larsen, Tim Lewis, Curtis L., Jr. Lineberry, Wesley L. Ling, William Lubon, John Ludeman, Evan M. MacKenzie, David A. MacMonagle, Daniel Macys, Robert Maleady, Richard M. Martin, Tim Mason, Steve Mayo, Michael J. McKnight, Thomas N. McKrell, Matthew McLaughlin, Patrick McMaster, J.T. McMaster, Leonard R. McMaster, Ryan Mead, Colin Michalik, Stephen A. Michalowski, Roman Molidor, Gerry, III Monroe, Clay Moore, Thomas V. Moos, Milton H. Nowak, Marian O'Leary, George Paavola, Stephen H. Palmquist, Neal D. Pate, E. G. Pentecost, Roy Peters, Andrew A. Petersen, Charles Pfiffner, Richard H. Pixton, David H. Price, James L. Profota, Don L. Purves, Keith Ramsey, A. Wharton Remde, Paul Renshaw, Kevin Richards, Kerry T. Rohde, Howard Ruegger, Werner Salvo, Robert A. Seifried, Paul Shakman, Michael L. Shea, Collin Shepherd, Joseph M. Sherrill, David Shugg, Mark D. Silvasi, Joseph A., Jr. Simmons, Al Simpson, Gerald A. Sinclair, John S. Smith, Michael S. Smith, Pendleton W. Solley, Michael Stevenson, Linwood P. Stewart, James P. Stroud, Terry Swanson, John Tarnoczy, Robert 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 Wasness, Donald S. Weaver, David Williams, Catherine A. Woodruff, Hal Wyman, Lynn Edward Young, George Zaboji, Christopher Zentner, York Zeug, Leon Zubovic, Dragan Category IV [ 113 pilots ] Acee, Moses J. Acton, David Bamberg, Michael Bell, Don J. Bird, John Bodin, Taylor Bojack, John G., Jr. Brian, Ross Bush, Dale L. Chouinard, Lou Clarke, Ronald William Conklin, Rachel Cook, Charles T. Cook, Robert E. Cramer, Warren Crawford, Alasdair DeRosa, John H. Dixon, Jeffrey Dobberfuhl, James P. Duntz, Mark Dyck, Daniel B. Earlywine, John K. Eatman, Douglas P. Ebaugh, Bret Elliott, Jason Erdie, Joseph Fairbain, Jacob Fairbairn, Alan Farra, Ralph Farrell, Luke Farry, Kristin Fox, Harry Frost, Charles Fueston, Vernon A. Fuller, Richard G. Gleason, Ronald Grandstaff, Sylvia Gray, Douglas G. Guerin, Marianne Hardy, John S. Harms, Nathan Harris, Kip Hegele, Rolf D. Hess, Ron Hill, Charles H. Hopkins, James P. Iglesias, Hector E. Jacks, William Jackson, Jonathan Jackson, Robert D. Jacobson, Scott Johnson, Gustav Joyce, David Kaleta, Richard R. Klassen, Thomas Kline, Vernon Knowles, Elliot Konesky, Frank Leal, Jonathan Liang, Andrew Lindberg, David Loken, Halvar Y. Lynch, Christopher Maj, Stanislaw Martin, James D. Matticola, Mark F. McGinnis, Richard Murphy, Jay P. Nasadowski, Martin W. Olson, Daniel E. Patterson, Charles R. Phillips, Taylor Pierson, Brandon Reilly, David Rezac, Lauren J. Rose, Ronald Rusinowski, Steve Sare, Samuel Sauder, Gregory Schrader, Christopher M. Seto, Nicholas Sholi, Samer Skrabal, Pavel Smith, Anthony Smith, Katherine Smith, Leigh Smith, Stephen C. Snow, William Spielman, Robert Stank, Joseph Q. Tax, Cal W. Thams, Kurt Thiemann, Roger Thirkill, Dan Thome, Jeffrey Urbanczyk, Kirk Vakkur, George J. Vickland, Clayton W. Vonnahmen, Kyle Vredenburg, Peter Waldo, Charles Jr. Watkins, Dale Weck, Logan G. Wheeler, Curtis Wille, Chad C. Williams, Deane Willis, David D. Wuerth, Sebastian Xander, Brian Yeldezian, Glenn Yokoyama, Caz Yorston, John B. Young, Christopher C.