US Pilot Categories for the 2019 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 [ 62 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 Faris, Bob Fidler, Sean Fletcher, Robert W. Franke, Sean Robert Gaisford, Phillip Anthony Gawthrop, Bill Hollenberg, Randall W. Holliday, Robert Holloran, Thomas W. Huffstutler, Mark Huss, Marvin C. Indrebo, Rick Ittner, Gary N. Jacobs, Douglas L. Kelley, Glen A. Kelley, Thomas E. Koerner, Steve Krolikowski, Ryszard Lee, Jim Leonard, David Marshall, Michael Martin, David V. Mockler, David R. Murphy, Sean P. Murray, John McLean Nadler, David R. Nelson, Erik Nels Nichols, Steve Nixon, Henry M., Jr. Opitz, Michael Owen, Richard P. Reitter, Noah Retting, Henry P. Robison, Michael R. Rogers, Walter A. Sazhin, Daniel Seymour, John C. Smolder, Clement A., II Sorenson, Danny Kenneth Sorenson, Kenneth G. Striedieck, Karl H. Tabery, Ronald S. Taylor, Timothy A. Tyler, Allison H., Jr. Vassel, Bruno, IV Wade, Noel Walker, Jack A., Jr. Weissenbuehler, Heinz, Jr. Westbrook, Michael S. Category II [ 89 pilots ] Adams, Aland B. Alspaugh, Jake Ashcraft, Luke Ashcroft, John P. Bearden, Chip Berry, Wallace D., Jr. Blackburn, Andy Bluedorn, C. Britton Bourgeois, Roy A. Brooks, Michael Buchanan, Roger N. Case, Brian F. Chidekel, Phil Cleveland, David Dixon, Thomas F. Drury, Bill John Finke, Kevin Flagg, Charles N. Fosha, Kathryn M. Frantz, James S. Funston, Craig Giltner, Samuel C. Gimmey, Ray Glover, Ryan Gradinski, Nikola Grandstaff, Sylvia Grant, Martin Greenhill, David John Hamilton, James L., III Hansman, John Hart, David Hayes, Brad Hilty, Grant C. Hollestelle, Ed Kellerman, Richard Kennedy, Nicholas Kerns, William G. Kroesch, Donald F. Kubrak, Boris Larimore, Stuart B. Leonard, Ronald A. Leslie, Gregg T. Linnekin, Dennis Litt, Baudouin Ludeman, Evan M. Mandelbaum, Juan Mann, Erik H. McGowin, Tim Mecklenburg, Greg Michael, Matt Miller, Keith R. Mittell, John E. Newgard, Peter Mike Northcraft, Stephen A. Pate, E. G. Pin, François G. Reinholt, Craig J. Remde, Paul Richards, Kerry T. Ridenour, Ronald N. Ruf, Chris Rutledge, Todd K. Scarpelli, Peter Schwartz, Ronald Roy Schwarzenbach, Pieter Seaborn, Walter John, III Shakman, Michael L. Shugg, Greg Silva, Fernando B. Skrabal, Pavel Slocum, James E. Smith, Michael F. Snead, William B. Solley, Michael Sorenson, Michael Spitz, Robert W. Stojkovic, Branko Sullivan, Monty Claus Takallu, M.A Thompson, Mike Udd, Thomas E. Van Grunsven, Richard Weber, John H. Welles, Gillette 'Tim' Williams, Deane Woodruff, Hal Zelek, Daniel Zieba, Jerry Zimmerman, Sam R., III Category III [ 164 pilots ] Ainslie, Andrew Alaggio, James Anderson, Kevin R. Andrews, Richard John Arndt, Steve Arnold, Jason A. Bamberg, Michael Banks, Jeff Barber, Piet E. Bargainnier, David R. Barkow, Thomas A. Betzoldt, Glenn Birecki, Henryk Blair, Charles L. Boerner, Raul D. Bohlmann, Stephen Boone, Jerry Bostik, Josef J. Braner, Moshe Burton, A. W. Cannon, Walter B. Carder, Gregory Carlson, Richard A. Carr, Gregory Carter, Gary E. Chtangeev, Maxim Ciesielski, Tomasz Clarke, Ronald William Cole, Dave Coleman, Sandy Conklin, Rachel Cooper, Jack Coucke, David David, Jim Daye, Jeff Dennis, Martin Deutsch, Mitchell Drake, Taylor Dunning, Robert Dziedzic, Jan Edwards, Brad Eisenbeiss, Duane Fairbain, Jacob Falbaum, Hartley L. Fitch, Jonathan Flavall, Kelvyn Fletcher, Scott C. Frere, Eric Friesen, Bruce C. Funston, Nelson E. Gadowski, Boguslaw R. Garrison, James C. Geiger, William Godfrey, John D. Good, John F. Goshorn, Kenneth Gough, Chris Gray, Douglas G. & Green, George D. Greenhill, Thomas V. Grillo, Don Hanke, Tim P. Hanson, William D. Higgins, Michael Higginson, Bob Hoffmann, Rick Hogue, James H. Hudson, Mitchell C. Hurni, Robert L. Ingram, Daretanyan Iuliano, Robert E. Jackson, James,R. Jaeger, Barry E. Jaeger, Dieter Jousma, Irwin J. Kennedy, Steven Kilian, Herbert Klix, Christian H. Kobus, Andrzej Krautter, David L. Krueger, Wilfried Kuhlke, Lee Lamb, Jim L. Lambert, Eric J. Larsen, Tim Leonard, Steven Lessnick, David Lewis, Curtis L., Jr. Lineberry, Wesley L. Ling, William Lubon, John MacKenzie, David A. MacMonagle, Daniel Macys, Robert Martin, James D. Martin, Tim Mayo, Michael J. McIntire, Louis McLaughlin, Patrick McMaster, David McMaster, J.T. McMaster, Ryan Mead, Colin Michalik, Stephen A. Michalowski, Roman Molidor, Gerry, III Monroe, Clay Moore, Thomas V. Moos, Milton H. Neitzey, Shane C. Paavola, Stephen H. Palmquist, Neal D. Pentecost, Roy Peters, Andrew A. Pfiffner, Richard H. Price, James L. Profota, Don L. Purves, Keith Rathbun, Steven Recchi, Alberto Reeves, Joe Renshaw, Kevin Rettig, Fred Richardson, Bill Rise, James Rose, Ronald Ruegger, Werner Ryan, Charles Salvo, Robert A. Seifried, Paul Shea, Collin Sherrill, David Shugg, Mark D. Silvasi, Joseph A., Jr. Simmons, Al Simpson, Gerald A. Sinclair, John S. Smith, Michael S. Smith, Stephen C. Stevenson, Linwood P. Stewart, James P. Stroud, Terry Tarnoczy, Robert Taylor, Clyde E. Taylor, Stephen Teuber, Peter Vickland, Clayton W. Vihlen, Steven C. Vreeken, Dennis Waitekaitis, Steven Wajda, Marian Ware, Rob Wasness, Donald S. Weaver, David Williams, Catherine A. Wrobel, Dan Wyman, Lynn Edward Yamauchi, Zachary Yokoyama, Caz Young, George Zaboji, Christopher Zentner, York Zeug, Leon Zubovic, Dragan Category IV [ 125 pilots ] Acee, Moses J. Acton, David Alton, Jim Angelou, James R. Anisman, David Ben, Kairys Bird, Brian A. Bird, John Blankley, Raily Bojack, John G., Jr. Brian, Ross Carpenter, Daniel Chouinard, Lou Cook, Charles T. Cook, Robert E. Dean, Mason DeRosa, John H. Dezzutti, John P. Di Stefano, Fabrizio D. Dixon, Jeffrey du Plessis, Philip Duke, John M. Duntz, Mark Eckels, Richard Elliott, Jason Ernst, Dan Fairbairn, Alan Farra, Ralph Farrell, Luke Farry, Kristin Fox, Harry Frost, Charles Fuller, Richard G. Gaechter, Tony Gleason, Ronald Gray, Douglas G. Grellet-Aumont, Pierre-Alban Grove, Robert L. Guerin, Marianne Hanke, George Hardy, John S. Harris, Kip Harrison, Lee Hegele, Rolf D. Heneghan, Tim Herron, Matt Herron, Matt Allison Hess, Ron Hill, Charles H. Hopkins, James P. Jacks, William Jackson, Jim Jacobson, Scott Jakeman, Ben C. Johnson, Daniel L. Johnson, Gustav Johnson, Thomas J. Jones, Philip D. Joyce, David Kaiser, Charles Kaleta, Richard R. Knowles, Elliot Leal, Jonathan Lindberg, David Loken, Halvar Y. Maleady, Richard M. Marsh, Michael Matticola, Mark F. McEwen, Garrett McKnight, Thomas N. McMahon, Harry G., III McMaster, Leonard R. Meacham, Bruce Morehardt, Robert, Jr. Murphy, Jay P. Nasadowski, Martin W. Nesser, Stephen G. Olson, Daniel E. Patterson, Charles R. Petersen, Charles Pierson, Brandon Pixton, David H. Rasmussen, David Reilly, David Rezac, Lauren J. Rusinowski, Steve Sare, Samuel Sauder, Gregory Schneider, Paul Schrader, Christopher M. Seto, Nicholas Smith, Leigh Smith, Richard Smithson, William Snow, William Stoyanov, Nikolay S. Swanson, John Tarnanen, Erik Tax, Cal W. Thams, Kurt Thar, William E. Thiemann, Roger Thirkill, Dan Thome, Jeffrey Urbanczyk, Kirk Vakkur, George J. Van Der Linden, David Vaughn, Michael E. Venters, Stuart Villinski, Paul Vonnahmen, Kyle Vredenburg, Peter Waldo,, Charles Jr. Waldorff, Michael M. Watkins, Dale Werninger, Charles F.,Jr. Wheeler, Curtis Wilkinson, Ephriam B. Wille, Chad C. Williams, Lawrence Wuerth, Sebastian Xander, Brian Yeldezian, Glenn Yorston, John B. Young, Christopher C.