USATF Pacific Awards

CLICK HERE for Award Descriptions, Banquet Timeline, and Procedures.

Awards Committee Chair: Ryan Cowley: [email protected]

6th Annual USATF Pacific Recognition Awards Banquet

ONLINE BANQUET PROGRAM

Saturday, January 24 2026. Registration is closed. For more information visit the event’s webpage.

5th Annual USATF Pacific Recognition Awards Ceremony, Saturday, February 8, 2025. Visit the webpage to relive the ceremony and learn about the Recognition 2024 Awardees.

4th Annual USATF Pacific Recognition Awards Banquet, Saturday, January 27, 2024, 4:45pm to 8pm

The well-attended 4th Annual Recognition Awards Ceremony, held at its new venue, the Brentwood Memorial Veterans’ Hall was another success. CLICK HERE to relive the event and learn about the 2023 awardees by reviewing the online program and the extensive slide show!

3rd Annual USATF Pacific Recognition Awards Banquet, February 4, 2023

Over 80 association members attended our third annual Awards Ceremony in South San Francisco. Relive the event and learn about our amazing 2022 awardees – be they athletes or service committee members – by checking out the event’s Awards Program: Pages 1-17 | Pages 18-34

2nd Annual USATF Pacific Recognition Awards Ceremony (Zoom), February 12, 2022

On the Banquet’s Webpage, you will find the Zoom recording of the entire ceremony and its extensive program. It includes the sports disciplines’ awards for 2021, two Tom Moore Awardees, the Hall of Fame Inductees, and the PA Service Award recipients.

1st Annual USATF Pacific Recognition Awards Banquet, February 1, 2020

On the Banquet’s Webpage, you will find photos and the event’s program that contains all the 2019 awardees for the different sports disciplines as well as the Tom Moore Award recipient, the Hall of Fame Inductees, and the PA Service Award recipients.

Tom Moore, Hall of Fame and Service Awardees Through the Years (2002 to the present)

TOM MOORE AWARDEES (biography of Tom Moore)

2002 – Tom Moore
2003 – Dr. Harmon Brown; Herb Rodabaugh
2005 – Robert Bowman
2009 – Robert ‘Bob’ Rush: accomplishments
2010 – George Kleeman
2011 – Sean Laughlin: accomplishments
2014 – Sonny Maynard: Description of Accomplishments
2015 – Al Baeta, Bob Shor, Charlie Sheppard, Jerry Colman and Dave Rhody, Bert Bonanno; photos and accomplishments
2016 – Jean Snuggs, Deanne Vochatzer, Jon Vochatzer (Coach V, posthumously); photos and accomplishments
2017 – Rob Dewar, Leroy Milam; photos and Accomplishments
2018 – Drs. Leon Glover, Jr. and Sr. and Peter Nantell photos and accomplishments
2019 – Phil Leake photos & accomplishments as presented in the 1st Annual Recognition Awards Banquet Program.
2021 – Scott Abbott, Shelli Fine photos and accomplishments as presented in the 2nd Annual Recognition Awards Banquet Program.
2022 – Dave Shrock photos and accomplishments as presented in the 3rd Annual Recognition Awards Banquet Program.
2023 – Paul Reese photos and accomplishments as presented in the 4th Annual Recognition Awards Banquet Program.
2024 – Mo Livermore accomplishments & photos as presented in the 5th Annual Recognition Awards Banquet Program.
2025 – Lee Webb photo & accomplishments as presented in the 6th Annual Recognition Awards Banquet Program.

HALL OF FAME AWARDEES

2007 – George Kleeman; Lori Maynard; Sonny Maynard; Horace Crow; Tom Moore; Dr. Harmon Brown
2008 – Ed Miller (coach); Richard Connors
2009 – Robert ‘Pod’ Podkaminer
2011 – Don Bailes: Description of Accomplishments
2014 – Don Bowden, Irene Obera, Ed Burke, Ruth Anderson: Description of Accomplishments
2015 – Harry Marra, Rick Milam, Barbara Miller, John Powell, Suzy Powell-Roos, Mac (Maurice) Wilkins: Description of Accomplishments
2016 – Roxanne Anderson (Atkins) (posthumously), Delos L. Dotta (posthumously), Daniel D. Dotta (posthumously), Helen Klein, Shirley Matson, George Newlon (posthumously), Linda Somers Smith, Thomas Trimble (posthumously), Sal Vasquez, Harry Young (posthumously); Photos and Accomplishments
2017 – Stacy Dragila, Sister Marion Irvine, Magdalena Lewy-Boulet, Joan (Coleman) Ottoway, Ian Reed, Charlie Sheppard, Bob Shor (posthumously); Photos and Accomplishments
2018 – Stephanie Brown-Trafton, Shirley Connors, Kathy Hammond, Jim Hume photos and accomplishments
2019 – Bill Clark, Irene Herman, Mark Winitz accomplishments & photos as described in the 1st Annual Recognition Awards Banquet Program.
2020 – Augie Augabright, Brutus Hamilton, Payton Jordan, Brian Maxwell, Ed Parker, Will Stephens, Lloyde ‘Bud’ Winter, Stan Wright accomplishments & photos as described in the 2nd Annual Recognition Awards Banquet Program.
2022 – Nancy Ditz accomplishments & photos as described in the 3rd Annual Recognition Awards Banquet.
2023 – Shannon Rowbury accomplishments & photos and John Shirey accomplishments & photos as described in the 4th Annual Recognition Awards Banquet Program.
2024 – Alysia Montana, Sheila Hudson, Francie Larieu-Smith accomplishments & photos as described in the 5th Annual Recognition Awards Banquet Program.
2025 – Ann Trason, Paul Spangler, Dwayne “Peanut” Harms accomplishments & photos as described in the 6th Annual Recognition Awards Banquet Program.

SERVICE AWARDEES

2003 – George Kleeman, Charlie Sheppard
2004 – Ron Daniels, John Mansoor
2005 – JoAnne Camargo, Irene Herman
2006 – Cynci Calvin, Robert ‘Bob’ Shor
2007 – Tyler Abbott, Robert ‘Pod’ Podkaminer
2008 – Mark Winitz, Maura Kent
2009 – No nominees
2010 – No nominees
2011 – Jack Leydig, Joy Upshaw, Lee Webb: Description of Accomplishments
2012 – Maria Costello, Dan Davidson, Ken Grace, Dick Iwamiya, Joe Keever, Art Klein, Becky Klein, Gary Wang, Phil Watkins: Descriptions of Accomplishments
2013 – No nominees
2014 – John Murray and George Paddeck: Descriptions of Accomplishments
2015 – Tom Bernhard, Hollis Lenderking, Joanne Camargo, Fred Baer, George Rehmet, Leroy Milam, Heike Mansoor; Photos and Accomplishments
2016 – Carl Bryant, Phil Leake, Jennifer Oliver, Les Ong, Charlotte Sneed, Jeff Teeters, Thomas Vincent: Photos and Description of Accomplishments
2017 – John Shirey; Photo and Accomplishments
2018 – Bill Bartel, Andy Crawford, J.R. Heberle, Clyde Lehman, John Lilygren, Angie Longworth, Margaret Sheehan photos and description of accomplishments
2019 – Coaches Legacy Awardee Ken Grace and Officials’ 5 top catagory awardees Bob Podkaminer, John Busto, James Starmer, Jay Abbott, Ajay Padgoankar, James Hart, and Phil Leake accomplishments & photos as presented in the 1st Annual Recognition Awards Banquet Program.
2021 – Rick Berman, Cris Houston, Jim Manha, Joe Nemeth accomplishments and photos as presented in the 2nd Annual Recognition Awards Banquet.
2022 – Dennis Boyle, Beth Price, Jon Price, Amanda Scotti accomplishments and photos as presented in the 3rd Annual Recognition Awards Banquet.
2023 – Bob Wright, Michelle LaSala, Ajay Padgaonkar accomplishments and photos as presented in the 4th Annual Recognition Awards Banquet.
2024 – Don Collins, Jean Pommier, Don Porteous accomplishments and photos as presented in the 5th Annual Recognition Awards Banquet.
2025 – Carl Rose, Danielle Domenichelli accomplishments & photos as presented in the 6th Annual Recognition Awards Banquet.

PA OFFICIALS AWARDEES</strong

Click here for Annual PA Officials Awards page

COACHES LEGACY AWARDEES

Click here for the Annual PA Coaches Legacy Awards page

2015 & 2016 USATF Pacific Awardees

2015 Pacific Association Tom Moore Awardees:
L to R: Awards Chair Leroy Milam; Awardees Deanne Vochatzer (who also accepted the posthumous award for Jon Vochatzer) and Jean Snuggs; PA President Dave Shrock (photo by Jim Hume)

2016 Pacific Association Service Awardees:
L to R: Awards Chair Leroy Milam; Awardees Charlotte Sneed, Thomas Vincent, Jennifer Oliver, and Carl Bryant; PA President Dave Shrock; not present Phil Leake, Les Ong, Jeff Teeters (photo by Jim Hume)

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