Boating Law Enforcement Officer of the Year Program

 
State Boating Officers of the Year  
   

NASBLA and Revere Survival Products are pleased to announce the 2010 state-level Boating Officers of the Year. 

   
Northern Region
EnCon Police Officer Paul Hill, Connecticut
Fish & Wildlife Agent Casey Zolper, Delaware
Conservation Police Officer II Ray Wichus, Illinois
Officer Matthew Tholen, Indiana
Conservation Officer Jeff Harrison, Iowa
Natural Resource Officer Dave Adams, Kansas
Marine Patrol Officer Donaldson Boord, Maine
Officer William Bilotta Massachusetts
Corporal Terry Short, Michigan
Conservation Officer Aaron Kahre, Minnesota
Officer Russ Mort, Nebraska
Marine Patrol Officer Patrick I. Newby, New York
District Game Warden Courtney Sprenger, North Dakota
State Watercraft Officer Jason Latchic, Ohio
Waterways Conservation Officer John Sabaitis, Pennsylvania
EPO Daniel White, Rhode Island
Officer Brian Humphrey, South Dakota
Conservation Warden Tyler Strelow, Wisconsin
 

Sponsored by Revere Survival Products, NASBLA's Butch Potts Boating Law Enforcement Officer of the Year Award Program was created in 2000 to celebrate our country’s outstanding marine officers.

The three regional Boating Officers of the Year will be recognized and the national recipient will be announced at the awards banquet held during
NASBLA's annual conference.
 
   

Southern Region
Officer Freddie R. Ingram Jr., Alabama
Corporal Ross Spurlock, Arkansas
Officer Dennis Hamel, District of Columbia
Officer Richard “Rich” Wilcox, Florida
RFC Mark Stephens, Georgia
Officer Eric Thomas, Kentucky
Sergeant Joseph C. Ortis, Louisiana
Officer First Class Timothy M. Kraemer, Maryland
Master Officer Robert Wayne, North Carolina
PFC Cary Robinson, South Carolina
Officer George Birdwell, Tennessee
Game Warden Chip Daigle, Texas
Senior Conservation Police Officer John Koloda, Virginia

 
   
Western Region
Chief Ranger Jacques Kosto, Alaska
Sergeant Doug Schuster, Arizona
Deputy Joe Pinder, California
Ranger Jim Hawkins, Colorado
Michael N. Lapilio, Hawaii
Sergeant Jay Colvin, Idaho
Game Warden Matt Heaton, Montana
Game Warden Kristy Knight, Nevada
Ranger George Faust, Utah
Game Warden Gary Boyd, Wyoming
Sergeant Keith McDonough, Washington
 
   
Regional Boating Officers of the Year are listed in bold print.