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2021 Award Winners & Scholarship Recipients

 

APSA CONGRATULATES OUR 2021 AWARD WINNERS!

ROBERT L. CORMIER AWARD  Watch the Video

Sponsored by Bell

DAVE TAYLOR | Arizona Department of Public Safety Aviation Bureau

 

CAPTAIN “GUS” CRAWFORD MEMORIAL AIR CREW OF THE YEAR AWARD  Watch the Video

Sponsored by Airbus Helicopters

JOHNNY REYES | Deputy, Fresno County (CA) Sheriff's Office Air Support Unit

GREG VILLANEUVA | Deputy, Fresno County (CA) Sheriff's Office Air Support Unit

  

TECHNICAL SPECIALIST AWARD  Watch the Video

Sponsored by Safran Helicopter Engines USA

MARC FOREMAN | Oklahoma City (OK) Police Department Air Support Unit

 

SAFETY AWARD  Watch the Video

Sponsored by MD Helicopters, Inc.

JOHN COOPER | Officer, Columbus (OH) Division of Police Helicopter Unit (Ret.)

 

TACTICAL FLIGHT OFFICER AWARD  Watch the Video

Sponsored by Force Aviation, Inc.

CHRISTIAN SMITH | Officer, San Jose (CA) Police Department Air Support Unit

 

FIXED-WING OPERATOR AWARD  Watch the Video

Sponsored by L3HARRIS

HANS SCHIRMER | Sergeant, Ontario Provincial Police Aviation Services

 

UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEMS AWARD  Watch the Video

Sponsored by Teledyne FLIR

MATT ROGERS | Sergeant, Michigan State Police

 


 

APSA CONGRATULATES OUR 2021 SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS!

APSA CANADIAN REGION 

CASSIE WONG-WYLIE | Daughter of Tom Bechthold, Edmonton (AB) Police Service Flight Operations Unit
KAYA MARACLE | Daughter of Gary Maracle, Ontario Provencial Police Aviation Services

 

APSA CENTRAL REGION

EMMA PAIGE DIKKEN | Daughter of Bruce Dikken, Colorado Department of Public Safety

 

APSA MIDWEST REGION

KATIE CUNNINGHAM | Daughter of Dan Cunningham, St. Louis County (MO) Police Department Metro Air Support Unit (Ret.)
LYDIA RUEGSEGGER | Daughter of David Ruegsegger, Indiana State Police Aviation Section

 

APSA NORTHEAST REGION

ANDREW P. MARTIN | Son of Brian Martin, Maryland State Police Aviation Command
JOSHUA SPENCE | Son of Mark Spence, Delaware State Police Aviation Section

 

APSA SOUTHEAST REGION

PIPER PRUITT | Daughter of Stanley Pruitt, Seminole County (FL) Sheriff’s Office Aviation Section
SARAH BRISTLE | Daughter of Donald Bristle, Charlotte-Mecklenburg (NC) Police Department Aviation Unit

 

APSA WESTERN REGION

JILLIANN HUSTEDDE | Daughter of Larry Hustedde, Fresno (CA) Police Department Air Support Unit
VANCE JOHNYVES RUSSELL | Son of Douglas Russell, Washoe County (NV) Sheriff’s Office Aviation Operations (Ret.)

 

NORM JACOBSON MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIPS

Sponsored by MD Helicopters

GABRIELLA CARTER | Daughter of Donovan Carter, Anne Arundel County (MD) Police Department Aviation Unit
MATTIE PERKINS | Daughter of Steve Ingrassia, Anne Arundel County (MD) Police Department Aviation Unit

 

JAMES BLAND MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP

Sponsored by James Bland Memorial Fund

SEDONA BOOKBINDER | Daughter of Richard Bookbinder, California Highway Patrol Air Operations (Ret.)

 

ALAN PURWIN MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP

Sponsored by Helinet

PATRICK W. SOLOSKY | Son of Kenneth Solosky, New York City (NY) Police Department Aviation Unit (Ret.)

 

A-STAR SCHOLARSHIP

Sponsored by Airbus Helicopters

GRACE BUCHANAN | Daughter of John Buchanan, Maryland Natural Resources Police Aviation Division