Michigan Canoe Racing Association Awards


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2	MCRA President's Award
3
4	Year	Recipient
5	1973	Verlen Kruger
6	1974	Verlen Kruger
7	1975	Don Burklund
8	1976	Bob Welsch
9	1977	Mr. & Mrs. Gary Mundy
10	1978	Butch Stockton
11	1979	Vaughn Henderson
12	1980	Mr. & Mrs. Ken Witte
13	1981	Dan & Kathy Jordan
14	1982	Dale Newton
15	1983	Ken & Lynne Witte
16	1984	John Nemeth
17	1985	Lynne Witte
18	1986	Ernie Theisen
19	1987	Dale & Cookie Newton
20	1988	Steve Swander Family
21	1989	MCRA Members & Sponsors
22	1990	Al Widing, Sr.
23	1991	Bernie Tuszynski
24	1992	Ralph Scofield
25	1993	Bill & Philinda Fick
26	1994	Al Widing, Sr.
27	1995	Kevin Curley, Dan Gary, & Debbie Graham
28	1996	n/a
29	1997	n/a
30	1998	n/a
31	1999	n/a
32	2000	n/a
33	2001	n/a
34	2002	n/a
35	2003	n/a
36	2004	Tom Cannon
37	2005	Chris & Tom Rudolph
38	2006	Doug Heady
39	2007	Tom Cannon
40	2008	Angela Rimer
41	2009	Bob Bradford
42	2010	Penrod's Canoe Livery
43	2011	Angela Rimer
44	2012	Rebecca Barton
45	2013	Dawn Reker
46	2014	Rod, Marie, & Ryan Matthews
47	2015	Cheryl Lucey
48	2016	Carol Bennett
49	2017
50	.	.


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2	MCRA Peterson Bow Award
3
4	Year	Recipient
5	1987	R.C.R.A.
6	1988	Dick & Linda Whaley
7	1989	Art Sytek
8	1990	Bernie Tuszynski
9	1991	n/a
10	1992	Eric Swander
11	1993	Carol Schmitz
12	1994	Philinda Fick
13	1995	Al & LeRoy Widing
14	1996	Bruce Stockton
15	1997	Bob Bradford & Al Widing
16	1998	Chuck Hewitt
17	1999	Mike Hartman
18	2000	Steve Watson
19	2001	Steve Corlew
20	2002	Dwayne Barnes & Amy Solak
21	2003	Bob Bradford
22	2004	Oscoda Canoe Race Volunteers
23	2005	The Smutek Family
24	2006	Rimer's Canoe Shop
25	2007	Dave Diget
26	2008	Janet Bradford
27	2009	Matthew Rimer
28	2010	Bill Schmitz
29	2011	Justin Griffith
30	2012	Ryan Matthews
31	2013	Ryan Matthews
32	2014	Bruce & Roxanne Barton
33	2015	Jeff Kolka
34	2016	Bill Torongo
35	2017
36	.	.


1
2	MCRA Stern Award
3	An award for accomplishing the unexpected in canoe racing, usually something funny, silly, or backwards.
4	Year	Recipient
5	1969	Don Burklund
6	1970	Ed Adams
7	1971	Cecil Lame
8	1972	John Baker
9	1973	Bill Kellogg
10	1974	Dave Wyss
11	1975	Ken & Burrell Kolonich
12	1976	Butch Stockton
13	1977	Bill Schmitz
14	1978	Glen & Dale Kuecken
15	1979	Wayne & Brett Stockton
16	1980	Jack Kolka
17	1981	n/a
18	1982	Al Robinson
19	1983	Brad Gordon
20	1984	Doug Spaulding
21	1985	n/a
22	1986	Ray Quick & Scot Jacot
23	1987	Bruce Barton
24	1988	Brent McCumber
25	1989	Ray Quick & Steve Joy
26	1990	Jim Carl & Ivan Paladi
27	1991	Bill Martella & Jayson Welser
28	1992	Gwen DeGraff & George Stockman
29	1993	Tad Hill
30	1994	Zak Hill
31	1995	n/a
32	1996	n/a
33	1997	n/a
34	1998	n/a
35	1999	Bill Fick
36	2000	Fred & Tom Mills
37	2001	Bill DuBois
38	2002	Frank Smutek
39	2003	Forest Haines & Chris Scully
40	2004	Connie Cannon
41	2005	Rod Halstead & Tim Triebold
42	2006	Tom Cannon & Tad Hill
43	2007	Brad Gross & Tony Short
44	2008	Lee Barnett
45	2009	Tim McClure & Steve Bis
46	2010	Greg Nelson
47	2011	Eric Dittenber
48	2012	Connor Landick
49	2013	Jeff, Ted, Michael, and Chase Matthews
50	2014	Ryan Halstead
51	2015	Ty Jenson, Levi Korneli, & Bert Triebold
52	2016	Justin Griffith & Susan Williams
53	2017
54	.	.


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2	MCRA Bank Runner Award
3	An award for a person(s) who does an excellent job as a bank runner or who really helps other teams in need.
4	Year	Recipient
5	1985	Carol Schmitz & Becky Theisen
6	1986	Cookie Newton & Mike Johnston
7	1987	Philinda Fick
8	1988	Janet Bradford & Denise Bradford
9	1989	Karla Kolonich
10	1990	Steve Swander
11	1991	Annie Sievert
12	1992	Gail Carl
13	1993	Steve Watson
14	1994	Cookie & Dale Newton
15	1995	Janet Bradford
16	1996	Swander Family
17	1997	Philinda Fick
18	1998	Smutek Racing Team
19	1999	Mark Uhlman
20	2000	Marcia Rimer
21	2001	Widing Family
22	2002	n/a
23	2003	n/a
24	2004	Kris & Larry Karhonen
25	2005	Bernie Tuszynski
26	2006	Lacy Walker, Andrew Lazar, & Allison Walniki
27	2007	Matthew Rimer
28	2008	Julie Garon
29	2009	All the Spouses
30	2010	Chad & Owen Cannon
31	2011	Mandi Streib
32	2012	Team McClure
33	2013	Connie Cannon
34	2014	Rod & Chase Matthews
35	2015	Jason Hatfield
36	2016	Jon Hunter
37	2017
38	.	.


1
2	MCRA Harry Curley Award
3	This award is in memory of Harry Curley, who dedicated his life to promoting professional canoe racing. Qualifications are a race sponsor or race director whom the membership feels has gone above the call call of duty to promote professional canoe racing.
4	Year	Recipient
5	1986	Jim Koyne
6	1987	Steve Southard
7	1988	Manistee River Manton, Michigan
8	1989	Roscommon Committee
9	1990	Mio Race Committee
10	1991	Int. Fr. Festival Detroit River Race
11	1992	Vassar Race
12	1993	Butch & Phyllis Stockton
13	1994	Harry Curley Race Committee (Oscoda)
14	1995	Spikes Race Committee
15	1996	Paddler Tribute Race Committee Sponsored by C.F. Fick & Sons & Bears Country Inn
16	1997	Sunrise Side Race Committees
17	1998	Indian River Race
18	1999	Blissfield River Raisen Classic Canoe Race
19	2000	Charles F. Adams Canoe Regatta
20	2001	All the Way to the Bay
21	2002	Black River Onaway
22	2003	Mio's First Dam Canoe Race
23	2004	Traverse City Race
24	2005	Powers Outdoors Canoe Race (Newaygo)
25	2006	Garth Greenan (Traverse City)
26	2007	Mio Race Committee (Smutek family)
27	2008	Huron River Challenge (Ann Arbor)
28	2009	Mio's "First Dam" Canoe Race
29	2010	John & Cheryl Lucey (Spike's Challenge)
30	2011	Newaygo Nationals Community
31	2012	Doug Killingbeck Memorial Race (Milford)
32	2013	Oscoda Marathon & Curley Memorial Race Committee
33	2014	Clinton River Classic (Mt. Clemens)
34	2015	Huron River Challenge (Ann Arbor)
35	2016	Spike's Challenge (Grayling)
36	2017
37	.	.


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2	MCRA Adams Most Improved Award
3	An award for the most improved MCRA paddler as judged by their peers, either within one season or over a number of seasons.
4	Year	Recipient
5	1966	Verlen Kruger
6	1967	Terry Norris
7	1968	Jeff Kellogg
8	1969	Al Widing, Jr.
9	1970	John S. Plasko & Harry Fisher
10	1971	Ed Adams, Al Robinson, & Bob Welsch
11	1972	Ron Schram & Roger Miller
12	1973	Butch Stockton & Dennis Bowdler
13	1974	Jay Stephan, Jr.
14	1975	Dan Powell
15	1976	Gale Raymond
16	1977	Mark Kolka
17	1978	Darwin Gilbert
18	1979	Brett Stockton
19	1980	Jeff Kolka & Dave Hays
20	1981	Dave Shepherd
21	1982	Mike Schraven & Ray Yehl
22	1983	Minard Harwood & Ed Lamotte
23	1984	Ken & Burrell Kolonich
24	1985	Wayne Stockton
25	1986	Jim Harwood
26	1987	John Hollands
27	1988	Lynne Witte
28	1989	Jim Harwood
29	1990	Ken Kolonich
30	1991	Steve Kolonich
31	1992	Tim Hickey
32	1993	Ted Kolka
33	1994	Bill Fick
34	1995	Mark Rimer
35	1996	Andrew Triebold
36	1997	John Nemeth & Joe Seifert
37	1998	Jon Webb
38	1999	Dan Klinkhamer
39	2000	Ray Quick
40	2001	Steve Corlew
41	2002	Laura Waldo & Glen Walquist
42	2003	Michael Garon
43	2004	Nate Winkler
44	2005	Ray Trudgeon
45	2006	Mitch McMillan
46	2007	Jason Hatfield
47	2008	Jason Hatfield
48	2009	Cameron McClain
49	2010	Paul VanNuck
50	2011	Rebecca Barton
51	2012	Mike Davis
52	2013	Connor Landick
53	2014	Mike Davis & Weston Willoughby
54	2015	Wes Dean & Daniel Medina
55	2016	Sean Brabant
56	2017
57	.	.


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2	MCRA Expert Points Champion
3	Year	Recipient
4	1958	Steve Kolonich & Larry Kindell
5	1959	Ralph Sawyer & Jerry Wagner
6	1960	Ed Wojahn
7	1961	Al & LeRoy Widing
8	1962	Ralph Sawyer & Ron Hohman
9	1963	Gerald Lauwers & Stan Hall
10	1964	Ralph Sawyer & Pat Widing
11	1965	B. Brown & Norm Rogers
12	1966	Stan Hall
13	1967	J. Kellogg & Jack Kolka
14	1968	Ralph Sawyer & Stan Hall
15	1969	Jerry & Jeff Kellogg
16	1970	Jack Kolka & John Baker
17	1971	J. Kellogg & Jack Kolka
18	1972	Jack Kolka & John Baker
19	1973	John Buckley
20	1974	John Schwartz & John Baker
21	1975	John Schwartz & John Baker
22	1976	John Schwartz & John Baker
23	1977	Ken Brown & Terry Jackman
24	1978	Steve Krantz
25	1979	Butch Stockton & Bob Welsch
26	1980	Bob Welsch
27	1981	Rick Joy
28	1982	Rick Joy
29	1983	Rick Joy & Steve Krantz
30	1984	Butch & Brett Stockton
31	1985	Brett Stockton
32	1986	Butch & Brett Stockton
33	1987	Bruce Barton
34	1988	Rick Joy
35	1989	Dave Shepherd
36	1990	Jeff Kolka & Bill Torongo
37	1991	Ken & Steve Kolonich
38	1992	Bruce Barton
39	1993	Jeff Kolka
40	1994	Jeff Kolka
41	1995	Jeff Kolka
42	1996	Ken Kolonich
43	1997	Bruce Barton
44	1998	Bruce Barton
45	1999	Jeff Kolka
46	2000	Jeff Kolka
47	2001	Jeff Kolka
48	2002	Tim Triebold
49	2003	Mo Harwood, Jr. & Matthew Rimer
50	2004	Andrew Triebold
51	2005	Matthew Rimer & Andrew Triebold
52	2006	Andrew Triebold
53	2007	Matthew Rimer & Andrew Triebold
54	2008	Andrew Triebold & Lynne Witte
55	2009	Andrew Triebold & Connie Cannon
56	2010	Andrew Triebold
57	2011	Andrew Triebold
58	2012	Andrew Triebold
59	2013	Mike Davis
60	2014	Andrew Triebold
61	2015	Nick Walton
62	2016	Nick Walton
63	2017
64	.	.


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2	MCRA Expert-II Points Champion
3	Year	Recipient
4	1990	Frank Taber
5	1991	Frank & Gene Taber
6	1992	Steve Watson
7	1993	Ted Taber
8	1994	Mo Harwood, Jr. & Matthew Ashton
9	1995	Fred & Tom Mills
10	1996	Mark Hume & Terry Curley
11	1997	Colin Hunter
12	1998	Erich Podjaske
13	1999	Ivan Paladi
14	2000	Doug Gillin & Kimble Wright
15	2001	Tim Feldkamp
16	2002	Rod & Ryan Halstead
17	2003	Brian Borchers
18	2004	Joe Webb & Brad Solak
19	2005	Martin Spees
20	2006	Marcia Rimer & Sarah Webb
21	2007	Marcia Rimer
22	2008	Justin Denno
23	2009	Jay Wichert & Marcia Rimer
24	2010	Ryan Bennett
25	2011	Barry Griffin
26	2012	Randy Allison
27	2013	Terry Adkison
28	2014	Sebashton Carpenter & Rick Gillings
29	2015	Jessica & T.J. Adkison
30	2016
31	2017
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33	*Prior to 2006, the award was titled "Amateur Points Champion"
34	.	.


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2	MCRA C-1 Points Champion
3	Year	Recipient
4	1990	Scott McKenzie
5	1991	Rick Joy
6	1992	Bruce Barton
7	1993	Bruce Barton
8	1994	n/a
9	1995	n/a
10	1996	n/a
11	1997	Bruce Barton
12	1998	Jeff Kolka
13	1999	Jeff Kolka
14	2000	Jeff Kolka
15	2001	John Sullivan
16	2002	Tim Triebold
17	2003	Jeff Kolka
18	2004	Bruce Byrnes
19	2005	Andrew Triebold
20	2006	Rick Joy
21	2007	Bill Schmitz
22	2008	Russ Reker & Connie Cannon
23	2009	Russ Reker & Connie Cannon
24	2010	Russ Reker
25	2011	Nick Walton
26	2012	Nick Walton
27	2013	Mike Davis
28	2014	Andrew Triebold
29	2015	Mike Davis
30	2016	Mike Davis
31	2017
32	.	.


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2	MCRA Junior Points Champion
3	Year	Recipient
4	1990	Tad Hill
5	1991	n/a
6	1992	Jacob & Joshua Kolonich
7	1993	Jacob & Joshua Kolonich
8	1994	Melinda & Matthew Rimer
9	1995	Colin Hunter & Erich Podjaske
10	1996	Erich Podjaske
11	1997	Chris DuBois
12	1998	Kane Madsen
13	1999	Max Rimer & Jacob DuBois
14	2000	Max Rimer
15	2001	Zeb Schuette
16	2002	Ray Quick & Caleb Tuszynski
17	2003	Cathy & Nicole Boody
18	2004	Rebecca Barton & Caterina Gulledge
19	2005	Matt Stonehouse
20	2006	Matt Stonehouse & Kyle Stonehouse
21	2007	Kyle Stonehouse
22	2008	Kyle Stonehouse
23	2009	Ryan Bennett & Justin Reker
24	2010	Dallas Johnson
25	2011	n/a
26	2012	Dallas Johnson & Jack Montgomery
27	2013	Sebashton Carpenter
28	2014	<unknown>
29	2015	n/a
30	2016	Anthony Harrington & Mitchel Harrington
31	2017
32	.	.


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2	MCRA Fledgling Points Champion
3	Year	Recipient
4	1990	Matthew Cutler & Jason Trato
5	1991	Jacob & Joshua Kolonich
6	1992	Eric Steuer
7	1993	Chris DuBois & Jacob DuBois
8	1994	Chris DuBois & Jacob DuBois
9	1995	Chris DuBois
10	1996	Chris DuBois
11	1997	Jacob DuBois & Max Rimer
12	1998	Jacob DuBois & Max Rimer
13	1999	Joe Webb
14	2000	Joe Webb
15	2001	Rebecca & Samantha Barton
16	2002	Rebecca & Samantha Barton
17	2003	Rebecca & Samantha Barton
18	2004	Chad Cannon
19	2005	Chad Cannon & Justin Reker
20	2006	Chad Cannon & Justin Reker
21	2007	Justin Reker
22	2008	Owen Cannon & Chad Cannon
23	2009	n/a
24	2010	Mallory Ornatowski & Sebastion Carpenter
25	2011	Mallory Ornatowski & Sebastion Carpenter
26	2012	n/a
27	2013	<unknown>
28	2014	<unknown>
29	2015	Zac Osga & Hunter Ventline
30	2016	<unknown>
31	2017
32	.	.


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2	MCRA Expert Rookie of the Year
3	Year	Recipient
4	1967	Bill Kellogg
5	1968	Harold Marion & Ron Balash
6	1969	Bob Proulx
7	1970	Dave Bryant
8	1971	Larry & Dan Follett
9	1972	John Buckley
10	1973	Don Grondin
11	1974	John Schwartz
12	1975	Steve & Brian Krantz
13	1976	Ken Brown & Terry Jackman
14	1977	Dick Kruger, Bob West, & Bill Rudolph
15	1978	Paul & Tony Short
16	1979	Tom Burns & Mike Laing
17	1980	Bruce Foss & Larry Ashley
18	1981	Gary Mundy II
19	1982	Jim Carl
20	1983	Doug Killingbeck & Jesse Gordon
21	1984	Brian Stephan & Jim Corlew
22	1985	Tom Cannon
23	1986	Connie Barton & Roxanne Barton
24	1987	Brent McCumber
25	1988	Steve Kolonich
26	1989	Scott McKenzie
27	1990	Stacey Kent
28	1991	John Sullivan
29	1992	Tim Valko
30	1993	Bill Fick
31	1994	Steve Watson
32	1995	Mo Harwood, Jr.
33	1996	Joe Pollock
34	1997	Terry Curley
35	1998	Dwayne Barnes
36	1999	Mark Bialek
37	2000	Jacob DuBois
38	2001	Pete Mead & Mandy Trudgeon
39	2002	Doug Gillin
40	2003	Rod & Ryan Halstead
41	2004	Josh Sheldon & Josh Taylor
42	2005	Bob Mitchell & Nick Walton
43	2006	Dave Lawe
44	2007	Steve Bis & Tony Medina
45	2008	Brittany Smutek
46	2009	Isaac VanNuck
47	2010	Mike Davis & Ryan Foguth
48	2011	Justin Reker
49	2012	Hailey McMahon
50	2013	Weston Willoughby
51	2014	Austin Short
52	2015	Ann Armstrong
53	2016	Nicole Owens
54	2017
55	.	.


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2	MCRA Expert-II Rookie of the Year
3	Year	Recipient
4	1982	Pat Kellogg & Bob Yankus
5	1983	Don Dike
6	1984	Ray Quick & Scot Jacot
7	1985	Jim Rutledge
8	1986	Bill Fick
9	1987	Eric Swander & Todd VanDeVen
10	1988	Denny Springer & Tim Pernie
11	1989	Tony Folino & Jim Sheldon
12	1990	John Sullivan
13	1991	Tim Valko
14	1992	Steve Watson
15	1993	Joe Pollock
16	1994	Fred Mills
17	1995	Mark Hume & Terry Curley
18	1996	Martin & Mark Garnsey
19	1997	Chris DuBois & Matthew Rimer
20	1998	Dave Sabin
21	1999	Alfred Borchers
22	2000	Doug Gillin & Kimble Wright
23	2001	Doug Heady & Tim Feldkamp
24	2002	Rod & Ryan Halstead
25	2003	n/a
26	2004	Joe Webb & Brad Solak
27	2005	Martin Spees
28	2006	Marcia Rimer & Sarah Webb
29	2007	Tony Medina
30	2008	Anthony Allison
31	2009	Darin Lile
32	2010	Dave & Joe Somero
33	2011	Mark & Eric Ferguson
34	2012	Matt Townsend
35	2013	Tony Tibbetts & Scott Doederlein
36	2014	<unknown>
37	2015	n/a
38	2016	<unknown>
39	2017
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41	*Prior to 2006, the award was titled "Amateur Rookie of the Year"
42	.	.


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2	MCRA C-1 State Champion
3	Year	Recipient
4	1988	Bruce Barton
5	1989	Brett Stockton
6	1990	Bruce Barton
7	1991	Bruce Barton
8	1992	Calvin Hassel
9	1993	Tim Triebold
10	1994	Bruce Barton
11	1995	Bruce Barton
12	1996	Bruce Barton
13	1997	Bruce Barton
14	1998	Jeff Kolka
15	1999	Jeff Kolka
16	2000	Jeff Kolka
17	2001	John Sullivan
18	2002	Tim Triebold
19	2003	Bruce Barton
20	2004	Rick Joy
21	2005	Andrew Triebold
22	2006	Rick Joy
23	2007	Andrew Triebold (Curley Memorial Canoe Race - Oscoda)
24	2008	Andrew Triebold (First Dam Canoe Race - Mio)
25	2009	Andrew Triebold
26	2010	Andrew Triebold (Huron River Canoe Challenge - Ann Arbor)
27	2011	Andrew Triebold (First Dam Canoe Race - Mio)
28	2012	Nick Walton (Curley Memorial Canoe Race - Oscoda)
29	2013	Nick Walton (Power Paddle - Newaygo)
30	2014	Andrew Triebold (First Dam Canoe Race - Mio)
31	2015	Andrew Triebold (Clinton River Canoe Race - Mt. Clemens)
32	2016	Mike Davis (Huron River Canoe Challenge - Ann Arbor)
33	2017	TBD - (First Dam Canoe Race - Mio)
34	2018
35	.	.


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2	MCRA Expert-II State Champion
3	Year	Recipient
4	2008	Ryan Matthews & Chris Curley (Curley Memorial Canoe Race - Oscoda)
5	2009	Jorden Wakeley & Ryan Harris (Curley Memorial Canoe Race - Oscoda)
6	2010	William Fowler & Daniel Medina (Curley Memorial Canoe Race - Oscoda)
7	2011	Robert Thorpe & Anthony Allison (Spicy Bob's Canoe Challenge - Traverse City)
8	2012	Dallas Johnson & Carrie Montgomery (First Dam Canoe Race - Mio)
9	2013	Justin Galvani & Terry Adkison (Chase Race - Alcona/Manistee)
10	2014	Sebashton Carpenter & Rick Gillings (Spike's Challenge - Grayling)
11	2015	Chris Scully & Jeff Matthews (Curley Memorial Canoe Race - Oscoda)
12	2016	Jordan Jamison & Jon Webb (First Dam Canoe Race - Mio)
13	2017	Jordan Jamison & Jeff Matthews (Spike's Challenge - Grayling)
14	2018
15	.	.


1
2	MCRA Expert-II Most Improved
3	An award for the most improved MCRA Expert-II paddler as judged by their peers, either within one season or over a number of seasons.
4	Year	Recipient
5	2011	Keith Wojahn & Barry Griffin
6	2012	Daniel Medina & Dan Stevens
7	2013	<unknown>
8	2014	Sebashton Carpenter
9	2015	Jessica Adkison
10	2016	<unknown>
11	2017
12	.	.


1
2	MCRA C-1 Most Improved
3	Year	Recipient
4	2005	Garth Greenan
5	2006	Tom Cannon
6	.	.