The Rock Award

The Rock Award was first presented to Martin Rich by Glen Willsey in 1975. Since then, tradition has dictated that the award be passed from Rock to Rock (or to a Rock and a Pebble if the Rock will be graduating) in an appropriate season ending ceremony. The Rock is often awarded to the hardest working gymnast who has overcome significant obstacles to his success or to the gymnast that can always be counted on when the going gets tough.

• 1975   Glen Willsey to Martin Rich
• 1976   Glen to Butch Thomas
• 1977   Butch to Ron Coleman and Mark DeLonga
• 1978   Ron to Ed Rule and Peter Post
• 1979   Ron to Terry Babb (Pebble to John Jiganti)
• 1980   John to Tim Carter
• 1981   John to Tom Miles
• 1982   Tom to Gary Bruening (Pebble to Jeff Sickeler)
• 1983   Gary to Eric Jaffee (Pebble to Noah Pierson)
• 1984   Tom to Jeff Sickeler (Pebble to Bob Ross)
• 1985   Jeff to Scott McCrae and Bill Klunk
• 1986   Scott and Bill to Tim Morton
• 1987   Tim to Scotty Bew
• 1988   Scotty to Charlie Knight
• 1989   Charlie to Dan Krovich (Pebble to Ray Quintavell)    
• 1990   Dan to Randy Jewart
• 1991   Randy to David Williams
• 1992   David to Curtis Gordinier (Pebble to Marc Lim)
• 1993   Marc to Rick Mansfield
• 1994   Rick to Nate Carr
• 1995   Nate to Scott McCall
• 1996   Scott to Paul Davee (Pebble to Jordan Eison)
• 1997   Jordan to Joe Downs
• 1998   Joe to Mike Niederhauser
• 1999   Mike to Joe Downs (Pebble to Adrian Eissler)
• 2000   Adrian to Craig Wetmore
• 2001   Craig to Mike Spies
• 2002   Mike to Pat Fitzgerald
• 2003   Pat to Jamie Northrup
• 2004   Jamie to Alan Palesko (Pebble to Owen Nicholls)
• 2005   Owen to Dave Ridings
• 2006   Dave R to Ramon Jackson (Pebble to Dave Locke)
• 2007   Dave L to Derek Gygax
• 2008   Derek to James Prim
• 2009   Derek to Andy Hunter (Pebble to Steve Deutsch)
• 2010   Andy to Dave Ellis
• 2011   Dave to Landon Funiciello
• 2012   Landon to Daniel Potemski
• 2013   Daniel to Neal Courter
• 2014   Neal to Sam Patterson (Pebble to Michael Deitz)