US Pilot Categories for the 2024 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 [ 55 pilots ] Adams, Aland B. Alexander, Peter T. Alspaugh, Jake Arnold, Sarah Baugh, Keith Berry, Wallace D., Jr. Blackburn, Andy Bostik, Josef J. Butler, Richard W. Clark, Robin Cochrane, John H. Coggins, David L. Condon, Tony Deane, Peter Fessenden, John Fidler, Sean Fletcher, Robert W. Frantz, James S., Jr. Gaisford, Phillip Anthony Gough, Chris Grandstaff, Sylvia Granzow, Jared Greenhill, David John Greenhill, Thomas V. Hoffmann, Rick Holloran, Thomas W. Howe, Nelson Huss, Marvin C. Indrebo, Rick Ittner, Gary N. Lee, Jim Leonard, David Leonard, Ronald A. Linnekin, Dennis Lubon, John Mann, Erik H. McIntire, Louis Mockler, Daniel Murphy, Sean P. Nelson, Erik Nels Reitter, Noah Ruegger, Werner Sazhin, Daniel Seaborn, Walter John, III Silva, Fernando B. Sorenson, Danny Kenneth Sorenson, Kenneth G. Sorenson, Mike Striedieck, Karl H. Taylor, Timothy A. Tyler, Allison H., Jr. Walker, Jack A., Jr. Weissenbuehler, Heinz, Jr. Welles, Gillette 'Tim' Westbrook, Michael S. Category II [ 85 pilots ] Acree, Randy Anderson, Kevin R. Andrews, Richard John Arnold, Jason A. Ashcraft, Luke Banks, Jeff Barnes, Jacob C. Barnes, Jacob, Jr. Bearden, Chip Betzoldt, Glenn Bloomfield, John Brayer, Andrew Byron, Tyler Case, Brian F. Chappins, Davis Cleveland, David Delaney, Timothy Dennis, Martin Dezzutti, John P. Essex, Keith M. Franke, Sean Robert Funston, Craig Giltner, Samuel C. Good, John F. Hall, Richard L. Haskell, Charles T, Jr Heffel, David Herron, Matt Allison Hilty, Grant C. Hogue, James H. Hollenberg, Randall W. Hudson, Mitchell C. Jacobs, Douglas L. Jaeger, Barry E. Kelley, Glen A. Kennedy, Nicholas Kerns, William G. Klix, Christian H. Koerner, Steve Kroesch, Donald F. Larder, Lee R. Larimore, Stuart B. Leslie, Gregg T. Lewis, Curtis L., Jr. Longley, Charles Ludeman, Evan M. MacMonagle, Daniel Mampe, Charles D., III Marshall, Michael Martin, David V. Martin, Tim McGowin, Tim Mecklenburg, Greg Michalowski, Roman Murray, John McLean Nadler, David R. Nezgoda, Daniel Nixon, Henry M., Jr. Owen, Richard P. Pin, François G. Redweik, Eric P. Reeves, Joe Retting, Henry P. Reusch, David C. Richards, Kerry T. Ridenour, Ronald N. Riegal, Bryan Rogers, Walter A. Scarpelli, Peter Seymour, John C. Shugg, Greg Slocum, James E. Smith, Michael F. Smolder, Clement A., II Stroud, Terry Thompson, Mike Turiano, Anthony Van Der Linden, David Vihlen, Steven C. Wade, Noel Woodruff, Hal Yamauchi, Zachary Zelek, Daniel Zieba, Jerry Zimmerman, Sam R., III Category III [ 154 pilots ] Abell, Michael Ainslie, Andrew Arndt, Steve Bamberg, Michael Barber, Piet E. Barragan, Adriana Bennet, Nico Bluedorn, C. Britton Boerner, Raul D. Bohlmann, Stephen Bourgeois, Roy A. Branham, Ron Brooks, Michael Butler, Randy Caffey, David Carter, Gary E. Ceipek, Clemens Ceruto, Patrick Charbonneau, Armand Chew, Lindsey Cluxton, Robert J., III Coleman, Sandy Daye, Jeff DeRosa, John H. Deutsch, Mitchell Di Stefano, Fabrizio D. Easton, Douglas J. Eckel, Rob Esselstyn, Chris Eyler, Keith Fairbain, Jacob Falbaum, Hartley L. Farry, Kristin Fitch, Jonathan Flagg, Charles N. Fletcher, Scott C. Fosha, Kathryn M. Friesen, Bruce C. Gaines, David D. Galliano, Mario Gillespie, Charles Gillis, John Glover, Ryan Godfrey, John D. Grace, Lance Grant, Martin Green, George D. Grellet-Aumont, Pierre-Alban Gross, Scott Hahn, Todd Hamilton, James L., III Hanke, George Hart, David Hayes, Brad Hindman, Cliff Hirashima, Benjamin J. Hurni, Robert L. Hurtig, Anders Ingram, Daretanyan Irvine, Henry A. Jaeger, Dieter Johnson, John Johnson, Thomas J. Kaewert, Bill Kaleta, Richard R. Karasinski, Julia Krautter, David L. Krolikowski, Ryszard Kubrak, Boris Kuhlke, Lee Lambert, Eric J. Larsen, Tim Leal, Jonathan Leonard, Steven Lessnick, David Long, Taylor Mandelbaum, Juan May, Thomas G. Mayamsin, Valentin McKrell, Matthew McLaughlin, Patrick McMaster, David McMaster, J.T. Mead, Colin Meeks, Casey Mertins, Enrique Metkowski, Leonard Mikelsen, Carlos Mittell, John E. Morrissey, Mark Neigher, Alexander S. Nichols, Steve Northcraft, Stephen A. O'Donnell, Christopher Orsini, Thomas Patterson, Charles R. Patton, Bruce Pickens, Eddie C. Pinney Sr, Chuck Price, Michael Profota, Don L. Raaijmakers, Marco Rakusan, Marian Rasmussen, David Rathbun, Steven Reinholt, Craig J. Remde, Paul Robison, Michael R. Rose, Ronald Ruf, Chris Rusinowski, Steve Schaefer, Peter Schwartz, Ronald Roy Shakman, Michael L. Sheppe, Rick Simmons, Al Simmons, Susan Skrabal, Pavel Smith, Michael S. Sorenson, Matthew Spitz, Robert W. Stanfield, Mark Sumner, John Suvak, Robert Swank, James Swanson, John Takallu, M.A Tarmichael, Douglas A. Taylor, Clyde E. Taylor, Nathan R. Tellman, Steven Thiemann, Roger Thirkill, Dan Tielking, Randy Tomlinson, Glen Trojanowski, Jan Udd, Thomas E. Usher, John Van Grunsven, Gregory Van Grunsven, Richard Vassel, Bruno, IV Venters, Stuart Vreeken, Dennis Walker, Neiman Walling, Reigh A. Wasserbauer, Mark Weaver, David Webster, Ben Werninger, Charles F. Jr. Williams, Catherine A. Williams, Deane G. Zentner, York Zeug, Leon Zubovic, Dragan Category IV [ 132 pilots ] Abate, Lucas M. Adams, Virginia Agnew, Alfred Alley, Lynn Angelou, James R. Ashcroft, John P. Banarhall, John A. Bargainnier, David R. Barkow, Thomas A. Barnes, Dan T., Jr. Bedwell, Sean Bell, Matthew Benedict, Evan Bird, Brian A. Bowen, Stephen T. Buchanan, Roger N. Butler, Kenneth Cameron, Colleen Carnes, Mark Carroll, Walker Conklin, Michelle Cook, Charles T. Coughlin, Colten G. Dean, Garrett Dixon, Thomas F. Dobbins, John Douglass, Kevin Dowell, Christopher W. du Plessis, Philip Dutch, Charles Firth, Erin Folwarczny, Petr Fox, Matthew C. Frost, Charles Frost, Charles Furdal, Lukas Gaechter, Tony Galbraith, Judith Geiger, William Gleason, Ronald Grazetti, Brett Hagoski Michael Hanke, Tim P. Harrison, Lee Hart, Jonathan Harte, John G. Hawkins, Mark Hayter, Henry Healy, Richard Hegele, Rolf D. Heiserman, Chris Hermann, Mark Hostage, G. M., III Howard, Rus Hughes, Brooke Jacks, William Jackson, Brad M. Johnson, Gustav Jones, Philip D. Jukkola, Bryce Karasinski, Mikolaj Kellerman, Richard Kleczynski, Matthew Koenig, Colleen M. Kownurko, Evan Krisovich, Grady Lohre, Charles R. Maleady, Richard M. Martin, James D. Matheus, Jose R. Matticola, Mark F. Mayes, Benjamin R. McGinnis, Richard McGovern, Glenn C. McMaster, Ryan Mellon, David Miner, Daniel Mockler, David R. Moldovanu, Razvan Monroe, Clay Moore, Chandler Moos, Milton H. Morgan, Mark Morningstar, Randy Muff, Jason Murray, Pat Neal, Michael Neitzey, Shane C. Nesser, Stephen G. Nuckolls, R. Lance Palmer, Gregory B. Palmquist, Neal D. Payne, James M. Pendharkar, Akshay Perkins, Trever Pfiffner, Richard H. Porter, Wyatt Pumphrey, Charles Reagan, Daniel Reed, Lauren Reinecke, Eugene J. Rezac, Lauren J. Richlife, Quest Rolley, David C. Schneider, Paul Seifried, Paul Silvasi, Joseph A., Jr. Simer, Avery Sisk, Kevin Sitarz, Andrzej Smith, Alan Smith, James W. Smith, Stephen C. Soll, Wyll Statkus, Stephen P. Sullivan, Brent Szymak, Marek W Tabery, Ronald S. Tax, Cal W. Temple, Tobias Thomas, Clayton J. Urbanczyk, Kirk Vallejos, Jeremy Vogt, Fred Von Drashek, Bruce Waite, Andrew Ward, Thomas B. Ware, Rob Webb, Nikita Weck, Geoffrey Ebel Yeldezian, Glenn Ziebinski, Jacek