Awards
Hall of Fame
Past Recipients
| 1991 | R.M. "Dick" Brewer * | 2000 | "Dub" Barnes * | 2010 | Garry Hostetler * |
| Bob Thummel | Curt Cole * | 2011 | Wayne Pagel | ||
| 1992 | L.E. "Gene" Watson * | 2001 | George Worrell * | 2012 | Mike Gatlin |
| Earl M. Brown * | Gary Potter * | 2013 | Don Hamit | ||
| 1993 | Milton Anderson * | 2002 | Charles Beatty * | 2014 | Jerry Pitney * |
| Bing Carter * | Vern Gannon * | 2015 | Jack Newcom | ||
| 1994 | Floyd Gehring * | 2003 | Tom Lindsay, Sr. | Lester Edgecomb | |
| Fred Sherlock * | Ralph Smith * | 2016 | Buddy Griffin | ||
| 1995 | Dale Clayton * | 2004 | Vern Koch | 2017 | Wayne Wischropp |
| Larry Theurer | Jerry Stricker | 2018 | Rick Brock | ||
| 1996 | Lawrence Welter * | 2005 | Ron Shivers * | 2019 | Richard Garvin |
| Robert Wilson * | Ron Gingerich | 2020 | Jim Hollinger | ||
| 1997 | Ronald Scott * | 2006 | John Omli | 2021 | NONE |
| Roy Wood * | Richard Schoen * | 2022 | Bob McBride | ||
| 1998 | Dick DeWeese * | 2007 | Lonn McCurdy | 2023 | Andy Conser |
| Leland Boesker | 2008 | Bill Oswalt | |||
| 1999 | Loren T. Thiele | 2009 | Marvin Knopp | ||
| Rex Newcom | John Shoemaker * |
* Deceased
Award of Distinction
Previous Recipients
| 2007 | Harland Unruh | 2011 | Rick Brock | 2020 | Bobby Hightree |
| 2008 | Allyn Thompson | 2012 | Aaron Traffas | 2021 | none |
| 2009 | Richard Garvin | 2013 | None | 2022 | Braden McCurdy |
| 2010 | none | 2014 | Jean Oswalt | 2023 | Don & Terry Hamit |
| Dorothy Koch * | |||||
| Carol Stricker | |||||
| 2015 | Wayne Wischropp | ||||
| 2016 | Andy Conser | ||||
| 2017 | Lance Fullerton | ||||
| 2018 | LaDonna Schoen | ||||
| 2019 | Daniel Gutierrez |
* Deceased
Award of Support
This award is presented to a non-member or affiliate member group or individual for continuous support of the auction industry and to the Kansas Auctioneers Association.
| 2010 | Peggy Giles | Ag Press |
| 2017 | Kyle Bauer | KRFM |
| 2018 | Wanda Dusin | 31 Gifts |
| 2019 | Dwayne Leslie | Auction Guy |
| 2020 | Renee Whitley | Ag Press |
| 2021 | None | |
| 2022 | Dave Johnson | GreenAcres |
| 2023 | Mike Alfers * posthumously | Rural Messenger |
* Deceased
Kansas Auctioneer Championship Contest
The KAA holds this contest annually. In 2022, it was held as an all-in-one event at the Kansas State Fair in Hutchinson, which started with interviews in the morning and bid calling in the afternoon. Bid calling has a preliminary round of selling items with the top five scoring auctioneers selling in a final round to determine the order of finish.
Previous Champions
| 1991 | Dan McVey | 2006 | Robert Haley | 2021 | John Kisner |
| 1992 | Kenny Mangus | 2007 | Robert Mayo | 2022 | Josh Phelps |
| 1993 | Rusty Taylor | 2008 | Byron Bina | ||
| 1994 | Mike Weimer | 2009 | Charlie Cummings | ||
| 1995 | Royce Ramat | 2010 | Megan McCurdy | ||
| 1996 | Roger Kisner | 2011 | Shawn Terrel | ||
| 1997 | Lance Cochran | 2012 | Jeff Crissup | ||
| 1998 | T.J. Kinderkneckt | 2013 | Justin Schultis | ||
| 1999 | LaVerle Pounds | 2014 | Lance Fullerton | ||
| 2000 | Kevin Borger | 2015 | Lenny Mullin | ||
| 2001 | Larry Gilmore | 2016 | Yve Rojas | ||
| 2002 | Mike Bailey | 2017 | Julia Sparks | ||
| 2003 | Bob McBride | 2018 | Tony Wisely | ||
| 2004 | Andy Conser | 2019 | Ty Patton | ||
| 2005 | Rusty Rhynalds | 2020 | Quest Flesner |
Kansas Livestock Auctioneer Championship Contest
Previous Champions
2009 - Charly Cummings
2010 - Lynn Langvardt
2011 - Brian Little
2012 - Blaine Lotz
2013 - Mike Bailey
2014 - Justin Banzhaf
2015 - Russele Sleep
2016 - Kyle Layman
2017 - Neil Bouray
2018 - Ethan Schuette
2019 - Brandon Hamel
2020 - Brandon Frey
2021 - Andrew Sylvester
2022 - none
Scholarships
New Auctioneer Scholarship
As a scholarship recipient, you will receive a check in the amount of $175. If you have already attended auction school, you will receive the check at the Winter Convention. If you have not yet attended, you will receive the check upon completion of auction school. You will also receive your first year of membership to the KAA at no cost.
Submission deadline is December 15th of each year.
Kansas Auctioneers and Auxiliary Scholarship
Qualifications
- KAA/KAAA members, their spouses, their children, step children, grandchildren and step-grandchildren are eligible to apply.
- The KAA or KAAA member shall have belonged to the association for at least two years or be a lifetime member.
- Graduation from an accredited high school or an equivalent accepted level of education.
- Acceptance into a school of higher education.
- Applicants are eligible to receive a High School Scholarship and a Continuing Education Scholarship.
Submission deadline is December 1st of each year.
Download Scholarship Application
Previous Recipients
| 1997 | Scott McCurdy | 2012 | Danika Good |
| 1998 | Brent Goss | Ashley Hall | |
| Jennifer Blubaugh | 2013 | Dylan Moore | |
| 1999 | Jill Oswalt | Toby Omli | |
| Lori Winfrey | Vera Hall | ||
| 2000 | Jessica Nichols | 2014 | Madison Gehrer |
| Belinda Howard | Jessica Boone | ||
| 2001 | Matthew Webb | Kyndell Hightree | |
| John McComb | Terry Presley - New Auctioneer | ||
| 2002 | Megan Baugh | 2015 | Afton Moore |
| Abby Niles | Brooke Eberhardt | ||
| Russell Beatty | Chelsea Fullerton | ||
| 2003 | Clint Theurer | Shaun Elmore - New Auctioneer | |
| Nathan Glessner | Marlon Hoeffner - New Auctioneer | ||
| Cynthia Cole | 2016 | Layke Edelman | |
| Jerry Miller - New Auctioneer | Emily Meinhardt | ||
| 2004 | Andy Niles | Ty Ruckert | |
| Marlyn Becker | Sesely Omli | ||
| Jill Oswalt | Richard Dalton - New Auctioneer | ||
| 2005 | Nicole Gannon | 2017 | Sydney Omli |
| Morgan Knott | Nate Omli | ||
| Candi Campbell | Kytrena Hightree | ||
| Steve Higgs - New Auctioneer | Kyndell Hightree | ||
| 2006 | Kristen Siefert | Nathan Glessner - New Auctioneer | |
| Jessica Boone | 2018 | Bryson Meinhardt | |
| Taylor Glessner | Kaylie Doll | ||
| Lisa Schoen-Moore | Kelsie Doll | ||
| 2007 | Tara Pounds | Katie Krehbiel | |
| Carissa Wendt | 2019 | Payton Doll | |
| Joy Gehrer | Benjamin Hall | ||
| Morgan Knott | Ashley Hall | ||
| Julie Meinhardt | Kaylie Doll | ||
| 2008 | Tyler Nelson | 2020 | Renee Oswalt |
| Carissa Wendt | Katie Krehbiel | ||
| 2009 | Adam Pounds | Ashlind Gumpenberger | |
| Logan Fullerton | 2021 | Ben Hall | |
| 2010 | Amanda Allen | Afton Moore | |
| Whitney McCaffery | Avery Wischropp | ||
| Rachel Krivjansky | 2022 | Grace Conser | |
| 2011 | Chelsea Fullerton | 2023 | Cole Pitts - New Auctioneer |
| Tate Omli |
NAA Scholarship Recipients
| 1994 | Scott McCurdy | 1999 | Jill Oswalt | 2007 | Tara Pounds |
| 1995 | Cristin Cole | 2000 | Christopher Buckles | 2009 | Adam Pounds |
| 1996 | Cristin Cole | 2002 | Cynthia Cole | ||
| 1997 | Brandon Nelson | 2004 | Andrew Niles | ||