IUSA SPEARFISHING
ATHLETE OF THE YEAR

1952-Present

Year Name Home State 1952 Dr. Nelson Mathison California 1953 Art Pinder Florida 1954 Pat O’Malley California 1955 Ted Lavchenko, Frank Hops New York, California 1956 Howard Patton California 1957 Jim Christiansen California 1958 Del Wren California 1959 Terry Lentz California 1960 Robert Manicki California 1961 James Baldwin California 1962 No Selection 1963 John Ernst California 1964 Vern Thompson Washington 1965 Dale Sanders, Rich Hosking Calif., Wash. 1966 Jon Bergren Connecticut 1967 Roy Katin California 1968 Duke Pawlowicz California 1969 Bill Howard California 1970 Bob Donnell California 1971 Richard Polidori Connecticut 1972 Larry Kimble California 1973 Jim Zumwalt Florida 1974 Ted Warnock Connecticut 1975 Terry Maas California 1976 George Boss California 1977 John Below California 1978 Gary Thompson California 1979 Don Barthman California 1980 Ralph Teiman California 1981 Gary Zumwalt Florida 1982 Bill Ernst California 1983 Ray Lang Florida 1984 Phil Wisnewski Connecticut 1985 Mike Dodson California 1986 Brian Donnell California 1987 Gary Maugh Missouri 1988 Jon Cooper Florida 1989 Terrence Takahata Hawaii 1990 Mike McGuire California 1991 Mike Malvasio Florida 1992 Carl Krupanski California 1993 Allen Spehar California 1994 John Plikus Connecticut 1995 No Selection 1996 John Ernst California 1997 Gerald Lim California 1998 Rene Rojas California 1999 Wade Hayashi Hawaii 2000 Dennis Haussler California 2001 Andrew Geist Massachusetts 2002 Bob Humphrey III California 2003 John Murphy Road Island 2004 Lance Otsubo Hawaii 2005 Dave Edlund California 2006 Mike Pinder California 2007 TBA 2008 Justin Allen TBA 2009 TBA

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