If forum members haven't checked out the Pete's Thread on the Other Forum, do so as nominations and all are flying in. This could be a lot of fun and the fact that so many are helping is of value. Here is a paste of the last post. Again, check out the "official" thread there. Click Here To See The Official Pete's Thread

Now have 8 confirmed Judges, and nominations coming in by numerous people. If you have not pm'd me back and said, "Yes count me in.," or something like that, you are not on the judges list. If anyone can think of other worthy judges let me know. I have heard from 3 potential judges with a "maybe," and another 2 with a, "no I don’t have time." I understand that and am fine. I still need to hear from about 14 more. If anyone would like to judge, ask me, I'll tell you "yea" or "nea," and some may want to nominate others for judges. BTW, the person nominated as a judge has to be a usawks message board member. Here is the current list, remember, judges will narrow these down to 3, and then will pick a winner in each category. If we don't receive more than 3 nominations in any category, we will go with the nominations we have. Also, you can nominate as much as you want for each category.

Also for all kinds of reasons, I am sticking to the 2006 time frame only. Too many issues if you go beyond that, these are awards for 2006, we don't operate on a fiscal year, but a calendar year

Best Forum Group of the Year
High School
Kids Folkstyle

Most Controversial Post of the Year
189 finals opinion poll

The Most Fun Post of the Year
R.A.O.S.

Best Match of the Year Freestyle
Atticus Disney v. Alex Thomas (KS FS/Greco State)

Best Match of the Year Greco
Atticus Disney v. Alex Thomas (KS FS/Greco State)

Best Match of the Year Folkstyle
Jessie Strawn, Christ Sutton Kearns, Regional
Aaron Sweazy Returns to the Mat at Ft. Hays Open
Furches v. Cox (Kid's State finals)
Sutton-Kearn v. Strawn II (State finals)

Best New Member of the Year
Ricky Bobby

Best New Kids Wrestler of the Year
Cale Blazy Carroll Jr. Wrestling

Best High School Wrestler of the Year
Tyler Caldwell
Romero Cotton
Scott Elliott
Trent Cox
John Keller

Best Freestyle Wrestler of the Year
CJ Napier
Romero Cotton
Atticus Disney
Sharky Slyter
Nathan Furches

Best Greco Wrestler of the Year
Nathan Furches - Fargo Champion
Romero Cotton - Fargo Champion

Best All Round HS Wrestler of the Year
Romero Cotton
Nathan Furches

Best Moderator of the Year
USAWKS, Randy Hinderliter

Best Post Topic of the Year
Stay Positive, Kids Forum

Best Collegiate Wrestler of the Year
Cody Garcia
Curtis Chenoweth
Tanner Gardner
Tim Elliott
Joe Johnston

Best Sr level wrestler of the Year
Eric Akin
Zach Roberson
Daniel Cormier

Best Kids Wrestler of the Year
Daniel DeShazer

Best HS Tournament of the Year
Basehor-Linwood
Newton
Derby
KC CK Classic Tournament

Best Kids Tournament of the Year
Park City
Wichita Classic
Salina Tournament of Champions
Derby Open Novice

Best FS/Greco Tournament of the Year
State Tournament

The Most Informative Post of the Year
New Hydration Testing, High School Forum

Freshman HS Wrestler of the Year
Tyler Caldwell
Bo Beard
Nathan Furches
Trent Cox

The USAWKS Lifetime Achievement Award
Greg Grater
Skip Harrington

The USAWKS Kids Coach of the Year
Kramers from Goddard

The USAWKS HS Coaching Staff of the Year
Bishop Carroll
Wichita South
ANDOVER CENTRAL

The USAWKS Official of the Year
Kenny Taylor Jr.
Terry Hilton
Reuben Montoy
Bill Kausler
Kevin Hewitt
Steve Herman
Mark Anderson

The USAWKS Fan of the Year
Aaron Sweazy
Richard Salyer
Mike Furches

The USAWKS Female Wrestler of the Year
Randi Beltz
Beth Johnson
Morgen Ottesson

Media of the Year
No nominations as of yet

The USAWKS Person of the Year
Aaron Sweazy
Mike Marrow
Leanna Grater
Marcie Altman
Mike Furches
Mike Juby

The USAWKS School of the Year
Turner
Bishop Carroll
Norton
Saint Thomas Aquanis

The USAWKS Wrestler of the Year
Romero Cotton
Sharky Slyter
Nathan Furches
Tyler Caldwell


New list as of 11:30 AM 1/17/07