Past WBA Awards Winners
A complete list of past WBA Awards recipients, including Builder of the Year, Associate of the Year, Rising Star, and Hall of Fame inductees.
Builder of the Year Recipients
2017, Doug Scott, South Central WI BA
2016 Brandon Bartow, Manitowoc County HBA
2015 Don Esposito, Madison Area BA
2014 Jim Kubasta, Winnebago HBA
2013 Craig Rakowski , Metropolitan BA
2012 Mark Etrheim, La Crosse Area BA
2011 Jason Steen, Chippewa Valley HBA
2010 Frank Madden, Metropolitan BA
2009 Brian McKee, Madison Area BA
2008 Cindy Knutson-Lycholat, Lakeland BA
2007 Mike Lotto, Brown County HBA
2006 Mary Anne Moore-Church , Valley HBA
2005 Jack Sjostrom, Northland Area BA
2004 Ron Derrick, St. Croix Valley HBA
2003 Chuck Elliott, Madison Area BA
2002 John O. Shaline, Brown County HBA
2001 Bill Binn, Lakeland BA
2000 John Lautz, La Crosse Area BA
1999 Bill Carity, Metropolitan BA
1998 Jim Leppla, Valley HBA
1997 Marvin C. Schuette, Wausau Area BA
1996 Mike Check, Manitowoc County HBA
1995 Jerry Wuebben, Madison Area BA
1994 Stephen J. Schoen, Brown County HBA
1993 Larry Schauder, South Central WI BA
1992 Norvin “Charlie” Knutson, Metropolitan BA
1991 Terry Monson , Madison Area BA
1990 Don Johnson, Valley HBA
1989 Wayne Foster, Metropolitan BA
1988 John Pantzer, La Crosse Area BA
1987 Len Linzmeier, Madison Area BA
1986 Henry Knoll, Golden Sands HBA
1985 William Derrick, Sr. St. Croix Valley HBA
1984 Leon Church, Golden Sands HBA
1983 Joseph Chudnow, Metropolitan BA
1982 George Mark, South Central WI BA
1981 James Cauley, Metropolitan BA
1980 Bryce Styza, Metropolitan BA
1979 Neil Haselwander, Chippewa Valley HBA
1978 Richard Zepnick, Brown County HBA
1977 James V. Burkhard, Madison Area BA
1976 Richard Salm, HBA of Fond du Lac & Dodge Counties
1975 William Heffernan, Metropolitan BA
1974 John Kassner, Sr., Brown County HBA
1973 Harley Gibbons, La Crosse Area BA
1972 Hans Solem, Chippewa Valley HBA
1971 Martin Henning, Wausau Area BA
1970 Harry Macco, Brown County HBA
1969 William Jacobsen, Madison Area BA
1968 Gerald F. Dohm, Madison Area BA
1967 Donald K. Kilps, Metropolitan BA
Associate of the Year Recipients
2017 Pam Van Dera, Mid-Shores HBA
2016 Sean Kelly, South Central WI BA/Wausau Area BA
015 Dawn McIntosh, Madison Area BA
2014 Mike Coello, Metropolitan BA
2013 Mark Brehmer, Madison Area BA
2012 Don Miller, Metropolitan BA
2011 Robert Procter, Metropolitan BA
2010 John Anderson, Winnebago & Valley HBA
2009 Julie Meyer, Racine-Kenosha BA
2008 Monica Sommerfeldt Lewis Chippewa Valley
HBA
2007 Ted Peotter , Wausau Area BA
2006 Kevin Pitts, Brown County HBA
2005 James Selting, Chippewa Valley HBA
2004 Steve Anderson, Madison Area BA
2003 Charlie Johansen, Northland Area BA
2002 Greg Schaffer, Madison Area BA
2001 Judy Carpenter, La Crosse Area BA
2000 Stan Martenson, Valley HBA
1999 Sandy Thompson, La Crosse Area BA
1998 Ken Pavlik, Jr., Lakeland BA
1997 Marilyn Kneebone, Madison Area BA
1996 Lana Ramsey, Lakeland BA
1995 Ralph O. Kennedy II, Valley HBA
1994 Dave Osborne, Madison Area BA
1993 Jack Flannick, Metropolitan BA
1992 Ron Kneebone, Madison Area BA
1991 Tom Barnes, Brown County HBA
1990 John Vande Castle, HBA of Fond du Lac & Dodge
Counties
1989 Barbara Slack, Madison Area BA
1988 Esther Stange, Brown County HBA
1987 Dan Sabin, Metropolitan BA
1986 Daniel T. Herfort, Brown County HBA
1985 Jean Carey, Metropolitan BA
1984 Michael Meyer, Brown County HBA
1983 Al Freitag, Madison Area BA
1982 Richard Cimpl, Metropolitan BA
1981 Gloria Kirking, Mid-Wisconsin HBA
1980 Ron Kimball, La Crosse Area BA
1979 Gordon Lenz, Brown County HBA
1978 Bernard Dahlin, Brown County HBA
1977 William Pozarski, Chippewa Valley HBA
1976 Ray Prell, Metropolitan BA
1975 James Stoller, Brown County HBA
Rising Star Award Recipients
2018
Steve Gryboski, Brown County HBA, Builder
2017
Jane Gobler, Chippewa Valley HBA, Associate
Mike Howe, Manitowoc County HBA, Builder
2016
Andy Voeltner, Madison Area BA, Associate
Jim Doering, Metropolitan BA, Builder
2015
Frank Biermeier , Chippewa Valley HBA, Associate
Tim O'Brien, Metropolitan BA, Builder
2014
David Belman, Metropolitan BA, Builder
2013
Michelle Beyreis , Heart of the North BA, Associate
Tony Szak, La Crosse Area BA, Builder
2012
Brad TenPas, Sheboygan Co. HBA, Builder
2011
Mike Vilstrup, Madison Area BA, Builder & Associate
2010
Pam Jewell, Golden Sands HBA, Builder
Jason Henderson, Winnebago HBA, Associate
2009
Abe Degnan, Madison Area BA, Builder
Ed Schmidt, Valley HBA, Builder
2008
Monica Sommerfeldt Lewis, Wausau Area BA,
Associate
2007
Brandon Bartow, Manitowoc County HBA, Builder
Don Esposito, Madison Area BA, Builder
2006
Craig Rakowski, Metropolitan BA, Builder
2005
Ted Peotter, Wausau Area BA, Associate
2004
Bob Sarow, South Central WI BA, Builder
2003
Lana Ramsey , Racine-Kenosha BA, Associate
2002
Neil Haselwander, Chippewa Valley HBA, Builder
Hall of Fame Inductees
2017
Craig Rakowski, Metropolitan BA, Builder
Greg Schaffer, Madison Area BA, Associate
2016
Steve Anderson, Madison Area BA, Associate
Doug Scott, South Central WI BA, Builder
015
Jim Kubasta, Winnebago HBA, Builder
John Anderson, Winnebago HBA, Associate
2014
Brian McKee, Madison Area, Builder
2013
Mike Vilstrup, Madison Area, Builder
2012
Mark Etrheim, LaCrosse Area, Builder
2011
Pam Jewell, Golden Sands, Builder
George Mark, South Central WI, Builder
2010
Arden Emmerich, Wausau, Builder
Stan Martenson, Valley BA, Associate
2009
Jerry Wuebben, Madison Area, Builder
Don Miller, Metropolitan, Associate
2008
Mike Lotto,Brown County HBA, Builder
Marilyn Kneebone, Madison Area BA, Associate
2007
William Carity, Metropolitan BA, Builder
Mary Anne Moore-Church, Valley HBA, Builder
2006
Cindy Knutson-Lycholat, Lakeland Area BA, Builder
Ken Joosten, Valley BA, Builder
Bill Binn, Lakeland Area BA, Builder
2005
William McKee, Madison Area BA, Builder
Gloria Kirking, Mid-Wisconsin HBA, Associate
Ronald L. Derrick, St. Croix Valley HBA, Builder
2004
Charles L. Elliott, Madison Area BA, Builder
Ronald Kneebone, Madison Area BA, Associate
David Osborne, Madison Area BA, Associate
Jack Sjostrom, Northland Area BA, Builder
2003
Thomas A. Barnes, Brown County HBA, Associate
Michael Check, Manitowoc County HBA, Builder
Ralph O. Kennedy II, Valley HBA, Associate
John L. Lautz , La Crosse Area BA, Builder
John O. Shaline, Brown County HBA, Builder
Barbara Slack, Madison Area BA, Associate
2002
Arthur Davis Jr.,Brown County HBA, Builder
Wayne Foster, Metropolitan BA, Builder
Neil Haselwander, Chippewa Valley HBA, Builder
Norvin “Charlie” Knutson, Metropolitan BA, Builder
Larry Schauder, South Central WI HBA, Builder
2001
Joseph Chudnow, Metropolitan BA, Builder
Leon Church, Valley HBA, Builder
John E. Kassner Sr., Brown County HBA, Builder
Gordon Lenz, Brown County HBA, Associate
Terry Monson, Madison Area BA, Builder
Bill Pozarski, Chippewa Valley HBA, Associate
Richard Salm, HBA Fond du Lac & Dodge, Builder
Esther Stange, Brown County HBA, Associate
2000
Jean Carey, Metropolitan BA, Associate
James Cauley, Metropolitan BA, Builder
William Derrick, Sr., St. Croix Valley HBA, Builder
Len Linzmeier, Madison Area BA, Builder
Harry Macco, Brown County HBA, Builder
Daniel Sabin, Metropolitan BA, Associate
Marvin Schuette, Wausau Area BA, Builder
James Stoller, Brown County HBA, Associate
Bryce Styza, Metropolita BA, Builder