US Pilot Categories for the 2021 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 [ 56 pilots ] Alexander, Peter T. Arnold, Sarah Kelly Brayer, Andrew Butler, Richard W. Clark, Robin Cochrane, John H. Coggins, David L. Deane, Peter Essex, Keith M. Eyler, Keith Faris, Bob Fidler, Sean Fletcher, Robert W. Franke, Sean Robert Gaisford, Phillip Anthony Gawthrop, Bill Holloran, Thomas W. Huss, Marvin C. Indrebo, Rick Ittner, Gary N. Jacobs, Douglas L. Kelley, Glen A. Krolikowski, Ryszard Lee, Jim Leonard, David Marshall, Michael Martin, David V. Mockler, David R. Murphy, Sean P. Murray, John McLean Nelson, Erik Nels Nixon, Henry M., Jr. Opitz, Michael Owen, Richard P. Reitter, Noah Retting, Henry P. Ridenour, Ronald N. Robison, Michael R. Rogers, Walter A. Sazhin, Daniel Scarpelli, Peter Seaborn, Walter John, III 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. Vassel, Bruno, IV Walker, Jack A., Jr. Weissenbuehler, Heinz, Jr. Welles, Gillette 'Tim' Westbrook, Michael S. Category II [ 88 pilots ] Adams, Aland B. Alspaugh, Jake Anderson, Kevin R. Arnold, Jason A. Ashcraft, Luke Ashcroft, John P. Bearden, Chip Betzoldt, Glenn Bourgeois, Roy A. Buchanan, Roger N. Case, Brian F. Chidekel, Phil Cleveland, David Condon, Tony Finke, Kevin Flagg, Charles N. Fosha, Kathryn M. Frantz, James S. Funston, Craig Giltner, Samuel C. Gimmey, Ray Good, John F. Grandstaff, Sylvia Grant, Martin Greenhill, David John Greenhill, Thomas V. Hamilton, James L., III Hart, David Hayes, Brad Hilty, Grant C. Hoffmann, Rick Hollenberg, Randall W. Hollestelle, Ed Kennedy, Nicholas Kerns, William G. Koerner, Steve Kroesch, Donald F. Kubrak, Boris Larimore, Stuart B. Leonard, Ronald A. Linnekin, Dennis Litt, Baudouin Ludeman, Evan M. Mann, Erik H. Martin, Tim McEwen, Garrett McGowin, Tim Mecklenburg, Greg Mittell, John E. Nadler, David R. Neitzey, Shane C. Newgard, Peter Mike Nezgoda, Daniel Nichols, Steve Northcraft, Stephen A. Pate, E. G. Pin, François G. Reagan, Daniel Reeves, Joe Reinholt, Craig J. Remde, Paul Richards, Kerry T. Ruf, Chris Rutledge, Todd K. Schwartz, Ronald Roy Shakman, Michael L. Shugg, Greg Simmons, Al Skrabal, Pavel Slocum, James E. Snead, William B. Solley, Michael Sorenson, Matthew Sorenson, Michael Stojkovic, Branko Sullivan, Monty Claus Thompson, Mike Tyler, Allison H., Jr. Udd, Thomas E. Van Grunsven, Richard Wade, Noel Williams, Deane Woodruff, Hal Yamauchi, Zachary Zelek, Daniel Zieba, Jerry Zimmerman, Sam R., III Zubovic, Dragan Category III [ 172 pilots ] Acee, Moses J. Ainslie, Andrew Akerley, Mark Alaggio, James Andrews, Richard John Appleby, Peter Arndt, Steve Bamberg, Michael Banks, Jeff Barber, Piet E. Bargainnier, David R. Barkow, Thomas A. Barnes, Jacob Bennet, Nico Berry, Wallace D., Jr. Bird, John Birecki, Henryk Blackburn, Andy Bluedorn, C. Britton Bohlmann, Stephen Bojack, John G., Jr. Boone, Jerry Bostik, Josef J. Brooks, Michael Burton, A. W. Cannon, Walter B. Carder, Gregory Carlson, Richard A. Carr, Gregory Carter, Gary E. Chouinard, Lou Chtangeev, Maxim Clarke, Ronald William Cole, Dave Coleman, Sandy Conklin, Rachel Daye, Jeff Dennis, Martin DeRosa, John H. Deutsch, Mitchell Di Stefano, Fabrizio D. Dittes, Paul Dixon, Thomas F. Drake, Taylor Dunning, Robert Edwards, Brad Eisenbeiss, Duane Fairbain, Jacob Falbaum, Hartley L. Fessenden, John Finger, Jim Fitch, Jonathan Flavall, Kelvyn Fletcher, Scott C. Friesen, Bruce C. Funston, Nelson E. Gadowski, Boguslaw R. Garrison, James C. Godfrey, John D. Goshorn, Kenneth Gough, Chris Gradinski, Nikola Granzow, Jared Green, George D. Hahn, Todd Hanke, George Hanke, Tim P. Hansman, John Hanson, William D. Harrison, Lee Hegele, Rolf D. Herron, Matt Higgins, Michael Hogrefe, Thomas Hogue, James H. Holliday, Robert Hudson, Mitchell C. Huffstutler, Mark Hurni, Robert L. Ingram, Daretanyan Jackson, James R. Jackson, Joe M. Jaeger, Barry E. Jaeger, Dieter Johnson, Thomas J. Jousma, Irwin J. Kellerman, Richard Kelley, Thomas E. Kilian, Herbert Klix, Christian H. Kobus, Andrzej Krautter, David L. Krueger, Wilfried Kuhlke, Lee Lambert, Eric J. Larder, Lee R. Larsen, Tim Leonard, Steven Leslie, Gregg T. Lessnick, David Lewis, Curtis L., Jr. Loken, Halvar Y. Lubon, John MacKenzie, David A. MacMonagle, Daniel Mandelbaum, Juan Martin, James D. Mayo, Michael J. McIntire, Louis McKnight, Thomas N. McLaughlin, Patrick McMaster, David McMaster, J.T. McMaster, Leonard R. McMaster, Ryan Mead, Colin Mertins, Enrique Michalowski, Roman Mockler, Daniel Monroe, Clay Moore, Thomas V. Moos, Milton H. Palmquist, Neal D. Pentecost, Roy Pfiffner, Richard H. Profota, Don L. Rakusan, Marian Rathbun, Steven Recchi, Alberto Redweik, Eric P. Renshaw, Kevin Rettig, Fred Richardson, Bill Rise, James Rose, Ronald Ruegger, Werner Ryan, Charles Salvo, Robert A. Schwarzenbach, Pieter Shea, Collin Shore, James D. Shugg, Mark D. Simmons, Susan Sinclair, John S. Smith, Michael S. Smith, Stephen C. Stevenson, Linwood P. Stewart, James P. Stimac, Mike Stroud, Terry Takallu, M.A Tarnoczy, Robert Taylor, Clyde E. Taylor, Stephen Teuber, Peter Urbanczyk, Kirk Vaughn, Michael E. Venters, Stuart Vickland, Clayton W. Vihlen, Steven C. Vreeken, Dennis Waitekaitis, Steven Ware, Rob Wasness, Donald S. Weaver, David Williams, Catherine A. Wrobel, Dan Wyman, Lynn Edward Yokoyama, Caz Young, George Zaboji, Christopher Zeug, Leon Category IV [ 130 pilots ] Acton, David Angelou, James R. Ballou, Gregg Bartschi, Dean Beer, Steve Ben, Kairys Bird, Brian A. Blankley, Raily Bowen, Stephen T. Braner, Moshe Carpenter, Daniel Castellanos, Enrique Cavallin, Austin Cavanaugh, Cate Chanthavane, Spence Cook, Charles T. Cook, Robert E. Coucke, David Cundiff, Roy S. Daumas, Alain David, Jim Dean, Mason Dezzutti, John P. Dixon, Jeffrey Dowell, Trace du Plessis, Philip Duke, John M. Duntz, Mark Eckels, Richard Elliott, Jason Ernst, Dan Fairbairn, Alan Farra, Ralph Farrell, Luke Farry, Kristin Frost, Charles Gaechter, Tony Gleason, Ronald Grace, Lance Graves, Michael T. Gray, Douglas G. Grellet-Aumont, Pierre-Alban Grillo, Don Grove, Robert L. Guerin, Marianne Hardy, John S. Harris, Kip Heffel, David Heneghan, Tim Herron, Matt Allison Hill, Charles H. Howard, Rus Iuliano, Robert E. Jackson, Jim Jakeman, Ben C. Johnson, Daniel L. Johnson, Gustav Jones, Kyle M. Jones, Philip D. Jones, Thomas C. Joyce, David Kaiser, Charles Kaleta, Richard R. Knowles, Elliot Kuykendall, Robert Leal, Jonathan Lindberg, David Ling, William Lohre, Charles R. Maleady, Richard M. Marsh, Michael Mathrani, Nirmal Matticola, Mark F. Mawhinney, R. Steven Mayes, Benjamin R. McGinnis, Richard McMahon, Harry G., III Meacham, Bruce Miller, Keith R. Morehardt, Robert, Jr. Mozer, Eric H. Nesser, Stephen G. O'Brien, Thomas Olson, Daniel E. Patterson, Charles R. Patton, Bruce Perkins, Trever Petersen, Charles Pierson, Brandon Purves, Keith Rasmussen, David Ray, Tim Rehmel, Carey Reinecke, Eugene J. Rusinowski, Steve Sauder, Gregory Schneider, Paul Schrader, Christopher M. Seto, Nicholas Sherrill, David Simpson, Mark Smith, Alan Smith, Leigh Smith, Richard Smithson, William Soll, Wyll Spitz, Robert W. Statkus, Steve Stoyanov, Nikolay S. Sumner, John Swanson, John Tarnanen, Erik Tax, Cal W. Thar, William E. Thiemann, Roger Vakkur, George J. Van Der Linden, David Villinski, Paul Vredenburg, Peter Waldorff, Michael M. Werninger, Charles F.,Jr. Whiston, Grace Wilkinson, Ephriam B. Williams, Lawrence Wuerth, Sebastian Yeldezian, Glenn Yorston, John B. Young, Christopher C. Zimmerman, Daniel Zombakis, James