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2010 AEMA Award Winners

 

Glenn Sharp  (Equipment Manager of the Year)


This is the highest award given to a member of the AEMA.  This award is presented to the person who has committed the most service to the AEMA.

The years winner is Matt Lewis from Texas Christian University
Matt is a 16 year certified member of the AEMA, he was the district 6 Director from 2000-2003.  Matt was the program chair in 2009 and is currently the newly appointed Associate Executive Director.

Booker Kilgore (High School Equipment Manager of the Year)


The winner of the Booker Kilgore Award for 2010 was Jess Jimenez from Centennial High School in Bakersfield, Ca. Jess is a 25 year member of the AEMA and has over 30 years in the athletic equipment field. Our congratulations go out to Jess for all the hard work he does with the high school athletes

Service Awards

 

1)    Randy Venters  Randy is a 14 year certified member out of University of California in Berkeley California.  Randy took it upon himself to start a mass email program with the email address of the entire AEMA membership.  Randy put many many hours into developing this mass email for all to use.


2)    Andy Dixon  Andy is a 27 year certified member of the AEMA out of University of Illinois in Champaign Illinois.  Andy will be retiring this year.  We would like to recognize Andy’s service to the AEMA.  Andy has been the District 5 CEU representative since the beginning of certification.  Andy was also the 2002 Glenn Sharp Award Winner.


3)    Bob Knickerbocker.   Bob is a charter 36 year member of the AEMA, out of Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan. He was a District 5 Equipment manager of the year winner in 1992.  Bob was the District 1 Director from 1979-1983 during that time there were numerous problems with district one and the A.E.M.A.  District 1 wanted to pull away from the A.E.M.A.  with numerous calls and numerous hours of work, Bob pulled the district and the A.E.M.A.  back together.  In years since, Bob has helped out whenever he is asked.


4)    Daryl Buente  Daryl is a  31 year member out of University of Evansville in Evansville Indiana.  Daryl has help out in many ways.  He is always there with a smile.  He brings his family each year and makes it a family vacation.  Daryl was the AEMA Journal Chairperson for many years, and wrote many of the articles himself.


Jimmy Callaway Scholarships

 

Donna Wilhoite (Clemson)
Adam Wolfe (Otterbein)

Russell Athletics Scholarships

Tyler Guetschow (Wisconsin)
Alexander Graf (Wisconsin)
Sean Behensky (Evansville)

Award Programs

Past Booker Kilgore Award Winners

Qualifications

  1. The recipient must be a High School Equipment Manager.
  2. The recipient must be a Certified Member in good standing of the AEMA
  3. The recipient must have a minimum of five (5) years experience as a High School Equipment Manager.
  4. The recipient must be a person who places his or her family commitments before other responsibilities or goals.
  5. The recipient must be a person who is known and respected in his/her community

Past Winners

  • 1999 Randy Fogle
  • 2000 Jim Fagan
  • 2001 Chick Napolitano
  • 2002 Vern Walck
  • 2003 Dick Kemper
  • 2004 Dave Rangel
  • 2005 Jim Conant
  • 2006 Jason Eisenhour
  • 2007 Ed Hill
  • 2008 Art Rosales
  • 2009 James Paradise
  • 2010 Jess Jimenez

Send all nominations to:

Randy Fogle
Bakersfield College
1801 Panorama Drive
Bakersfield, CA 93305

Past Glenn Sharp Award Winners

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Past Winners

  • 1978 Glenn Sharp
  • 1979 Bobby Yarborough
  • 1980 John Phillips
  • 1981 Billy Pickard
  • 1982 John Daggett
  • 1983 Booker Kilgore
  • 1984 Norm Perez
  • 1985 Jim Roberts
  • 1986 Michael Arellano
  • 1987 Bill Kelly
  • 1988 Don Lacross
  • 1989 Gary Boevers
  • 1990 Jeff Boss
  • 1991 Mary O’Leary
  • 1992 Dale Strauf
  • 1993 Ken Hart
  • 1994 Terry Schlatter
  • 1995 Mike Hill
  • 1996 Alan Ansell
  • 1997 Mike Searls
  • 1998 Steve Bartel
  • 1999 Dorothy Cutting
  • 2000 Dino Dennis
  • 2001 Jon Falk
  • 2002 Andy Dixon
  • 2003 Daniel Siermine
  • 2004 Mike Royster
  • 2005 Kelly Jones
  • 2006 John Stone
  • 2007 Tex Ritter
  • 2008 Meli Resendiz
  • 2009 Lynn Williams
  • 2010 Matt Lewis

Lifetime Achievement Award

Past Winners

  • 2003 Helen and Glenn Sharp
  • 2004 Jeff Boss
  • 2005 Jon Falk and Dale Strauf
  • 2006 Al Oldenburg
  • 2007 Mary O'Leary
  • 2008 Chick Napolitano and Billy Pickard
  • 2009 Gary Barfield