US Pilot Categories for the 2025 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 [ 57 pilots ] Adams, Aland B. Alexander, Peter T. Alspaugh, Jake Arnold, Sarah Baugh, Keith Berry, Wallace D., Jr. Blackburn, Andy Brayer, Andrew Butler, Richard W. Byron, Tyler Clark, Robin Cochrane, John H. Coggins, David L. Condon, Tony Deane, Peter Essex, Keith M. 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. Mann, Erik H. McIntire, Louis Mockler, Daniel Murphy, Sean P. Nadler, David R. Nelson, Erik Nels Reitter, Noah Retting, Henry P. Rogers, Walter A. Ruegger, Werner Sazhin, Daniel 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 [ 88 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 Case, Brian F. Ceruto, Patrick Chappins, Davis Cleveland, David Cluxton, Robert J., III Dennis, Martin Dixon, Thomas F. Fairbairn, Jacob Franke, Sean Robert Funston, Craig Furdal, Lukas Gantenbrink, Bruno Giltner, Samuel C. Gomez, James Good, John F. Grant, Martin Haskell, Charles T, Jr Hayter, Michael Heffel, David Herron, Matt Allison 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. Linnekin, Dennis Longley, Charles Lubon, John Ludeman, Evan M. MacMonagle, Daniel Mampe, Charles D., III Marshall, Michael Martin, Tim Maurer, Manfred F. R. McGowin, Tim McMahon, Patrick Mecklenburg, Greg Michalowski, Roman Murray, John McLean Nixon, Henry M., Jr. Owen, Richard P. Payne, James M. Pin, François G. Raaijmakers, Marco Redweik, Eric P. Reeves, Joe Reusch, David C. Richards, Kerry T. Ridenour, Ronald N. Riegal, Bryan Ruf, Chris Satitpunwaycha, Peter Scarpelli, Peter Seymour, John C. Shugg, Greg Slocum, James E. Smith, Michael F. Smith, Michael S. Smolder, Clement A., II Stroud, Terry Thompson, Mike Turiano, Anthony Van Der Linden, David Vihlen, Steven C. Woodruff, Hal Zelek, Daniel Zimmerman, Sam R., III Category III [ 145 pilots ] Abell, Michael Arndt, Steve Banarhall, John A. Barber, Piet E. Barragan, Adriana Bennet, Nico Bluedorn, C. Britton Boerner, Raul D. Bostik, Josef J. Bourgault, Frederic Bourgeois, Roy A. Branham, Ron Brooks, Michael Burgess, David Caffey, David Carter, Gary E. Ceipek, Clemens Charbonneau, Armand Chew, Lindsey Colton, Dan Daye, Jeff Delaney, Timothy DeRosa, John H. Deutsch, Mitchell Di Stefano, Fabrizio D. Eckel, Rob Eggers, Jeff Esselstyn, Chris Eyler, Keith Falbaum, Hartley L. Farry, Kristin Fitch, Jonathan Flagg, Charles N. Fletcher, Scott C. Fosha, Kathryn M. Foster, John Friesen, Bruce C. Gaines, David D. Galbraith, Judith Galliano, Mario Gillis, John Godfrey, John D. Grace, Lance Green, George D. Grellet-Aumont, Pierre-Alban Gross, Scott Hamilton, James L., III Hanke, George Hart, David Hilty, Grant C. Hindman, Cliff Howard, Rus Hurtig, Anders Ingram, Daretanyan Irvine, Henry A. Jackson, Jim Jaeger, Dieter Johnson, John Johnson, Thomas J. Kaleta, Richard R. Karasinski, Julia Knickerbocker, Shawn Krolikowski, Ryszard Kubrak, Boris Kuhlke, Lee Lambert, Eric J. Larsen, Tim Laukkanen, Tuulianna Leal, Jonathan Leonard, Steven Lessnick, David Long, Taylor Mandelbaum, Juan Martin, David V. McKrell, Matthew McLaughlin, Patrick McMaster, David McMaster, J.T. Mead, Colin Meeks, Casey Mertins, Enrique Mikelsen, Carlos Miller, Mark Morgan, Mark Morningstar, Randy Morrissey, Mark Murray, Pat Nau, Thomas W. Neigher, Alexander S. Neitzey, Shane C. Nichols, Steve Northcraft, Stephen A. O'Donnell, Christopher Orsini, Thomas Patterson, Charles R. Patton, Bruce Pejic, Sasha Pickens, Eddie C. Pinney Sr, Chuck Price, Michael Profota, Don L. Rakusan, Marian Ramsey, Wharton Rebbeck, Henry Reinholt, Craig J. Remde, Paul Robison, Michael R. Rossi, Marju Rusinowski, Steve Schwartz, Ronald Roy Shakman, Michael L. Sheppe, Rick Simmons, Susan Smith, James W. Sorenson, Matthew Spitz, Robert W. Stanfield, Mark Sumner, John Suvak, Robert Swank, James Swanson, John Takallu, M.A Tanner, Timothy B. Tarmichael, Douglas A. Taylor, Nathan R. Tellman, Steven Tielking, Randy Tomlinson, Glen Trojanowski, Jan Usher, John Van Grunsven, Gregory Van Grunsven, Richard Venters, Stuart Vreeken, Dennis Walker, Neiman Walling, Reigh A. Wasserbauer, Mark Weaver, David Webster, Ben Werninger, Charles F. Jr. Wertheimer, Steve Williams, Catherine A. Zeug, Leon Zieba, Jerry Zubovic, Dragan Category IV [ 124 pilots ] Abate, Lucas M. Adair, Emily Adams, Virginia Agnew, Alfred Andrews First Angelou, James R. Auburg, George R. Barber-Petroff First Barkow, Thomas A. Barnes, Dan T., Jr. Batesole, Bill Beall James Benedict, Evan Bird, John Briscoe, Dale Burns, Kieran Butler, Kenneth Cameron, Colleen Carnes, Mark Cola, Michael Conklin, Michelle Cook, Charles T. Dezzutti, John P. Dobbins, John Douglass, Kevin Dowell, Christopher W. du Plessis, Philip Eiland, Eddie Fairbairn, Jay Fenion, Shona Firth, Erin Folwarczny, Petr Fox, Matthew C. Friend, Jeff Frost, Charles Frost, Charles Grazetti, Brett Grieve, Shane Hagoski Michael Hahn, Todd Hanke, Tim P. Harrison, Lee Hart, Jonathan Harte, John G. Hawkins, Mark Hayter, Henry Healy, Richard Hechinger, Jordan Hegele, Rolf D. Heiserman, Chris Herrli, Tod Higginson, Bob Hipps, Qwest Hirashima, Benjamin J. Hostage, G. M., III Hughes, Brooke Hull, Mahlon Hurni, Robert L. Inge, Allison Johnson, Gustav Jukkola, Bryce Karasinski, Mikolaj Kellerman, Richard Kleczynski, Matthew Koenig, Colleen M. Kownurko, Evan Krisovich, Grady Lohre, Charles R. Martin, James D. Matticola, Mark F. May, Thomas G. McGinnis, Richard McGovern, Glenn McGowin, Shawn McMaster, Ryan Miner, Daniel Mittell, John E. Mockler, David R. Monroe, Clay Moos, Milton H. Moruzzi, David Muff, Jason Murray, Pat Neal, Michael Nesser, Stephen G. Palmquist, Neal D. Perkins, Trever Pfiffner, Richard H. Phillips, Griffin Porter, Wyatt Pumphrey, Charles Reagan, Daniel Reed, Lauren Richlife, Quest Schaefer, Peter Schindowski, Normen Sick, Alexander Simer, Avery Sisk, Kevin Sitarz, Andrzej Smith, Alan Smith, Stephen C. Statkus, Stephen P. Stiles, Paul Sullivan, Brent Tabery, Ronald S. Tax, Cal W. Temple, Tobias Thiemann, Roger Thirkill, Dan Vallejos, Jeremy Van Horn, Katia Vogt, Fred Von Drashek, Bruce Wade, Noel Waite, Andrew Ware, Rob Weck, Geoffrey Ebel Whitehead, Cass Williams, Deane G. Yeldezian, Glenn Ziebinski, Jacek Zimmerman, Duff Zombakis, James