USATF Pacific Awards

- Link to Award Descriptions, Procedures and Timeline (Association wide list of recipients below)
- Awards Committee Chairs: Ryan Cowley: [email protected]; Leroy Milam: email; phone: 510.581-2903

3rd Annual USATF Pacific Awards Ceremony, February 4, 2023

Over 80 association members attended our third annual Awards Ceremony in South San Francisco.
Awards Program: Pages 1-17 | Pages 18-34

2nd Annual USATF Pacific 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 different sports disciplines’ awards, two Tom Moore Awardees, the Hall of Fame Inductees, and the PA Service Award recipients.

1st Annual USATF Pacific 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.

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)

TOM MOORE AWARDEES (biography of Tom Moore)

2002 – Tom Moore
2003 – Dr. Harmon Brown; Herb Rodabaugh
2005 – Robert Bowman
2009 – Robert ‘Bob’ Rush: Description of Accomplishments
2010 – George Kleeman
2011 – Sean Laughlin: Description of 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
2021 – Scott Abbott, Shelli Fine photos and accomplishments
2022 – Dave Shrock photos and accomplishments

HALL OF FAME AWARDEES

Accomplishments of PA Hall of Fame Awardees: 2007 – 2015

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
2021 – Augie Augabright, Brutus Hamilton, Payton Jordan, Brian Maxwell, Ed Parker, Will Stephens, Lloyde ‘Bud’ Winter, Stan Wright Accomplishments and photos
2022 – Nancy Ditz Accomplishments and photos

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
2021 – Rick Berman, Cris Houston, Jim Manha, Joe Nemeth accomplishments and photos
2022 – Dennis Boyle, Beth Price, Jon Price, Amanda Scotti accomplishments and photos

PA OFFICIALS AWARDEES

Click here for Annual PA Officials Awardees page

COACHES LEGACY AWARDEES

Click here for the Annual PA Coaches Legacy Awards page