Awards and Recognition
Gayle Myers Founders Award
This award commemorates the life of Gayle Myers who, along with her husband and partner Ken, made a sustained, selfless contribution to the Northeast Ohio Balloon Pilots Association (NOBPA).
This award is the highest honor NOBPA can bestow on a member. Those who are to be recognized for this award must have been a member of NOBPA for at least 15 years and over that time have demonstrated the same sort of sustained, selfless contribution to NOBPA that we all think of when remembering Gayle Myers.
NOBPA would like to congratulate Paul Suttle for being the most recent NOBPA member to receive this great honor!
Previous recipients of this award include:
2003 Bob Zanella 2004 Carol Weiner
2005 Fred Muffet 2006 Ken Myers
2007 Maury Sullivan 2008 Beverly Zanella
2009 Bill Cloninger 2010 Mike Emich
Spirit of Annie Award
This award recognizes an Observer, Official or Event Worker who personifies the "Spirit of Annie"
"Being the Best You Can Be"
With the ability to interact positively with people from all aspects of ballooning.
Previous recipients of this award include:
1993 Gil Prine 1994 Tom Tyler
1995 Sally Shields 1996 Donna McTavish
1997 Mike Tuten 1998 Patty Cramer
1999 Josh Swallow 2000 Kim Wilson
2001 Jim Dieball 2002 Bill McLaughlin
2003 Morgan Schrader 2004 J.W. Byrd
2005 Beverly Zanella 2006 Barb Davis
2007 Jim McKenney 2008 Maury Sullivan
No Recipient for 2009 2010 Bob Humbert
201o Dottie Humbert No Recipient for 2011
This award commemorates the life of Gayle Myers who, along with her husband and partner Ken, made a sustained, selfless contribution to the Northeast Ohio Balloon Pilots Association (NOBPA).
This award is the highest honor NOBPA can bestow on a member. Those who are to be recognized for this award must have been a member of NOBPA for at least 15 years and over that time have demonstrated the same sort of sustained, selfless contribution to NOBPA that we all think of when remembering Gayle Myers.
NOBPA would like to congratulate Paul Suttle for being the most recent NOBPA member to receive this great honor!
Previous recipients of this award include:
2003 Bob Zanella 2004 Carol Weiner
2005 Fred Muffet 2006 Ken Myers
2007 Maury Sullivan 2008 Beverly Zanella
2009 Bill Cloninger 2010 Mike Emich
Spirit of Annie Award
This award recognizes an Observer, Official or Event Worker who personifies the "Spirit of Annie"
"Being the Best You Can Be"
With the ability to interact positively with people from all aspects of ballooning.
Previous recipients of this award include:
1993 Gil Prine 1994 Tom Tyler
1995 Sally Shields 1996 Donna McTavish
1997 Mike Tuten 1998 Patty Cramer
1999 Josh Swallow 2000 Kim Wilson
2001 Jim Dieball 2002 Bill McLaughlin
2003 Morgan Schrader 2004 J.W. Byrd
2005 Beverly Zanella 2006 Barb Davis
2007 Jim McKenney 2008 Maury Sullivan
No Recipient for 2009 2010 Bob Humbert
201o Dottie Humbert No Recipient for 2011
Robert Zanella Club Champion Award
The Robert Zanella Club Champion recipient for 2011 is member and pilot Rick Kohut.
Congratulations!
Previous Robert Zanella Club Champions
1995 Bill Cloninger
1996 Maury Sullivan
1997 Bob Zanella
1998 Mike Emich
2000 Kevin Zanella
2001 Maury Sullivan
2002 Maury Sullivan
2003 Ken Kus
2004 Mike Emich
2005 Maury Sullivan
2006 Jeff Bader
2007 Jeff Bader
2008 Ken Kus
2009 Joe Zvada
2010 Mike Emich
The Robert Zanella Club Champion recipient for 2011 is member and pilot Rick Kohut.
Congratulations!
Previous Robert Zanella Club Champions
1995 Bill Cloninger
1996 Maury Sullivan
1997 Bob Zanella
1998 Mike Emich
2000 Kevin Zanella
2001 Maury Sullivan
2002 Maury Sullivan
2003 Ken Kus
2004 Mike Emich
2005 Maury Sullivan
2006 Jeff Bader
2007 Jeff Bader
2008 Ken Kus
2009 Joe Zvada
2010 Mike Emich
Steve Lachendro Award
Previous Award Winners
2009 Edd Higbee
2010 John Gibbons
2011 Andy Baird
Previous Award Winners
2009 Edd Higbee
2010 John Gibbons
2011 Andy Baird
NOBPA Award Winners of 2011
Milestone Awards
Achievement of 100 Pilot in Command hours
Chris DiMichele, Jim Makowski
Achievement of 500 Pilot in Command hours
Jeff Barlett, Craig Lucas
Achievement of the Commercial Pilots Certificate
Jim Makowski
Achievement of FAA Designated Flight Examiner Certificate
Bill Cloninger
Crew Person of the Year Award
Emma Saul
Safety and Education Award
Maury Sullivan
President's Award
Ben Miller
Outgoing President's Award
Beth Davidson
Milestone Awards
Achievement of 100 Pilot in Command hours
Chris DiMichele, Jim Makowski
Achievement of 500 Pilot in Command hours
Jeff Barlett, Craig Lucas
Achievement of the Commercial Pilots Certificate
Jim Makowski
Achievement of FAA Designated Flight Examiner Certificate
Bill Cloninger
Crew Person of the Year Award
Emma Saul
Safety and Education Award
Maury Sullivan
President's Award
Ben Miller
Outgoing President's Award
Beth Davidson
