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 2023, 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.
1st Place: JB Robison Jr
2nd Place: Matt Becker
3rd Place: Alex Miller
4th Place: Neil Bouray
5th Place: Wayne Morris
Pictured with our Judges:
Roy Montgomery, Jeremy Miller & Quest Flesner
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 | 2023 | JB Robison Jr. |
| 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
Learn more about the scholarships available from the KAAA.
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 | ||