US Pilot Categories for the 2023 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 [ 46 pilots ] Adams, Aland B. Alexander, Peter T. Baugh, Keith Blackburn, Andy Bostik, Josef J. Butler, Richard W. Clark, Robin Cochrane, John H. Coggins, David L. Condon, Tony Deane, Peter Essex, Keith M. Fessenden, John Fidler, Sean Fletcher, Robert W. Gough, Chris Greenhill, David John Greenhill, Thomas V. Holloran, Thomas W. Indrebo, Rick Ittner, Gary N. Lee, Jim Leonard, David Linnekin, Dennis Lubon, John Mann, Erik H. Mockler, Daniel Mockler, David R. Murphy, Sean P. Nelson, Erik Nels Reitter, Noah Retting, Henry P. Ridenour, Ronald N. Scarpelli, Peter Seaborn, Walter John, III Silva, Fernando B. Smith, Michael F. Sorenson, Danny Kenneth Sorenson, Kenneth G. Striedieck, Karl H. Tabery, Ronald S. Taylor, Timothy A. Walker, Jack A., Jr. Weissenbuehler, Heinz, Jr. Welles, Gillette 'Tim' Westbrook, Michael S. Category II [ 89 pilots ] Acree, Randy Alspaugh, Jake Anderson, Kevin R. Arnold, Jason A. Arnold, Sarah Kelly Ashcraft, Luke Banks, Jeff Barnes, Jacob, Jr. Bearden, Chip Betzoldt, Glenn Bloomfield, John Brayer, Andrew Case, Brian F. Cleveland, David Delaney, Timothy Dezzutti, John P. Frantz, James S., Jr. Gaisford, Phillip Anthony Giltner, Samuel C. Good, John F. Grandstaff, Sylvia Granzow, Jared Hall, Richard L. Hilty, Grant C. Hoffmann, Rick Hogue, James H. Hollenberg, Randall W. Hollestelle, Ed Howe, Nelson Huss, Marvin C. Jacobs, Douglas L. Kelley, Glen A. Kennedy, Nicholas Kerns, William G. Klix, Christian H. Koerner, Steve Krolikowski, Ryszard Kubrak, Boris Larder, Lee R. Larimore, Stuart B. Lewis, Curtis L., Jr. Longley, Charles Ludeman, Evan M. MacMonagle, Daniel Marshall, Michael Martin, David V. Martin, Tim McEwen, Garrett McGowin, Tim Murray, John McLean Nadler, David R. Neitzey, Shane C. Newgard, Peter Mike Nezgoda, Daniel Nichols, Steve Nixon, Henry M., Jr. Owen, Richard P. Pin, François G. Reagan, Daniel Reeves, Joe Reinholt, Craig J. Reusch, David C. Richards, Kerry T. Riegal, Bryan Rogers, Walter A. Ruf, Chris Sazhin, Daniel Seymour, John C. Shakman, Michael L. Shugg, Greg Simmons, Al Slocum, James E. Smolder, Clement A., II Sorenson, Matthew Sorenson, Michael Stojkovic, Branko Stroud, Terry Thompson, Mike Turiano, Anthony Tyler, Allison H., Jr. Van Der Linden, David Van Grunsven, Richard Wade, Noel Woodruff, Hal Yamauchi, Zachary Zelek, Daniel Zieba, Jerry Zimmerman, Sam R., III Zubovic, Dragan Category III [ 174 pilots ] Acee, Moses J. Ainslie, Andrew Akerley, Mark Andrews, Richard John Arndt, Steve Ashcroft, John P. Bamberg, Michael Barber, Piet E. Barkow, Thomas A. Barnes, Jacob Bennet, Nico Berry, Wallace D., Jr. Bird, John Bluedorn, C. Britton Boerner, Raul D. Bohlmann, Stephen Bojack, John G., Jr. Bourgeois, Roy A. Brooks, Michael Buchanan, Roger N. Butler, Randy Caffey, David Cannon, Walter B. Carter, Gary E. Ceipek, Clemens Ceruto, Patrick Chidekel, Phil Chouinard, Lou Chtangeev, Maxim Cluxton, Robert J., III Coleman, Sandy Daye, Jeff Dennis, Martin DeRosa, John H. Deutsch, Mitchell Di Stefano, Fabrizio D. Dittes, Paul Dixon, Thomas F. Easton, Douglas J. Eckel, Rob Esselstyn, Chris Eyler, Keith Fairbain, Jacob Falbaum, Hartley L. Farry, Kristin Finger, Jim Fitch, Jonathan Flagg, Charles N. Fletcher, Scott C. Fosha, Kathryn M. Franke, Sean Robert Friesen, Bruce C. Funston, Craig Gadowski, Boguslaw R. Galliano, Mario Garrison, James C. Gillespie, Charles Gimmey, Ray Glover, Ryan Godfrey, John D. Grant, Martin Green, George D. Grellet-Aumont, Pierre-Alban Gross, Scott Hahn, Todd Hamilton, James L., III Hanke, George Hanson, William D. Harrison, Lee Hart, David Haskell, Charles T, Jr Hayes, Brad Heffel, David Hegele, Rolf D. Herron, Matt Herron, Matt Allison Hindman, Cliff Hirashima, Benjamin J. Hogrefe, Thomas Hudson, Mitchell C. Hurni, Robert L. Irvine, Henry A. Jackson, Joe M. Jaeger, Barry E. Jaeger, Dieter Johnson, Thomas J. Jousma, Irwin J. Kaewert, Bill Kaleta, Richard R. Kellerman, Richard Kobus, Andrzej Krautter, David L. Kroesch, Donald F. Kuhlke, Lee Lambert, Eric J. Larsen, Tim Leonard, Ronald A. Leonard, Steven Leslie, Gregg T. Lessnick, David Litt, Baudouin Loken, Halvar Y. Mampe, Charles D., III Mandelbaum, Juan Martin, James D. May, Thomas G. Mayamsin, Valentin McIntire, Louis McKnight, Thomas N. McMaster, David McMaster, J.T. McMaster, Leonard R. Mead, Colin Mecklenburg, Greg Mertins, Enrique Metkowski, Leonard Michalowski, Roman Mittell, John E. Neigher, Alexander S. Northcraft, Stephen A. Orsini, Thomas Pate, E. G. Patterson, Charles R. Patton, Bruce Profota, Don L. Rakusan, Marian Rasmussen, David Rathbun, Steven Redweik, Eric P. Remde, Paul Rettig, Fred Rose, Ronald Ruegger, Werner Rusinowski, Steve Schaefer, Peter Schwartz, Ronald Roy Sheppe, Rick Shore, James D. Simmons, Susan Sinclair, John S. Skrabal, Pavel Smith, Michael S. Snead, William B. Stanfield, Mark Stimac, Mike Suvak, Robert Swank, James Swanson, John Takallu, M.A Tarmichael, Douglas A. Tarnoczy, Robert Taylor, Clyde E. Taylor, Nathan R. Thiemann, Roger Thirkill, Dan Tomlinson, Glen Trojanowski, Jan Udd, Thomas E. Urbanczyk, Kirk Van Grunsven, Gregory Vassel, Bruno, IV Vaughn, Michael E. Venters, Stuart Vihlen, Steven C. Vreeken, Dennis Walker, Neiman Ware, Rob Wasness, Donald S. Wasserbauer, Mark Weaver, David Williams, Catherine A. Williams, Deane G. Zentner, York Zeug, Leon Category IV [ 146 pilots ] Abell, Michael Agnew, Alfred Alley, Lynn Angelou, James R. Ballou, Gregg Bargainnier, David R. Bartschi, Dean Bedwell, Sean Beer, Steve Bell, Matthew Benedict, Evan Bird, Brian A. Blankley, Raily Bowen, Stephen T. Branham, Ron Butler, Kenneth Carpenter, Daniel Carroll, Walker Castellanos, Enrique Cavallin, Austin Cavanaugh, Cate Charbonneau, Armand Clarke, Ronald William Conklin, Michelle Cook, Charles T. Coughlin, Colten G. Daumas, Alain Dean, Garrett Douglass, Kevin Dowell, Christopher W. Dowell, Trace du Plessis, Philip Dutch, Charles Finke, Kevin Flavall, Kelvyn Frost, Charles Frost, Charles Gaechter, Tony Gaines, David D. Galbraith, Judith Geiger, William Gillis, John Gleason, Ronald Grace, Lance Graves, Michael T. Grillo, Don Hagoski Michael Harte, John G. Healy, Richard Heiserman, Chris Hermann, Mark Higgins, Michael Hostage, G. M., III Howard, Rus Hughes, Brooke Iuliano, Robert E. Jacks, William Jackson, Brad M. Jackson, Jim Johnson, Gustav Jones, Kyle M. Jones, Philip D. Jones, Thomas C. Jukkola, Bryce Kaiser, Charles Kelley, Thomas E. Kownurko, Evan Leal, Jonathan Lohre, Charles R. Maleady, Richard M. Matheus, Jose R. Mathrani, Nirmal Matticola, Mark F. Mawhinney, R. Steven Mayes, Benjamin R. McGinnis, Richard McGovern, Glenn C. McMaster, Ryan Mellon, David Moldovanu, Razvan Monroe, Clay Moore, Chandler Moos, Milton H. Morningstar, Randy Mozer, Eric H. Muff, Jason Neal, Michael Nesser, Stephen G. Nuckolls, R. Lance O'Brien, Thomas Olson, Daniel E. Palmer, Gregory B. Palmquist, Neal D. Payne, James M. Pendharkar, Akshay Perkins, Trever Pfiffner, Richard H. Pickens, Eddie C. Porter, Wyatt Price, Michael Pumphrey, Charles Ray, Tim Reed, Lauren Rehmel, Carey Reinecke, Eugene J. Rezac, Lauren J. Rolley, David C. Rutledge, Todd K. Ryan, Charles Salvo, Robert A. Schneider, Paul Seifried, Paul Shugg, Mark D. Silvasi, Joseph A., Jr. Simer, Avery Simpson, Mark Sisk, Kevin Sitarz, Andrzej Smith, Alan Smith, James W. Smith, Leigh Soll, Wyll Statkus, Stephen P. Sullivan, Brent Sumner, John Szymak, Marek W Tarnanen, Erik Tax, Cal W. Taylor, Stephen Tellman, Steven Thomas, Clayton J. Vallejos, Jeremy Vredenburg, Peter Waite, Andrew Ward, Thomas B. Webb, Nikita Webster, Ben Weck, Geoffrey Ebel Werninger, Charles F. Jr. Whiston, Grace Wilkinson, Ephriam B. Yeldezian, Glenn Yorston, John B. Zaboji, Christopher Zimmerman, Daniel Zombakis, James