ASA’s Outstanding Instructors are selected each year solely as a result of student surveys. Based on the volume of student feedback received throughout the year, instructors are placed into one of three groups.
The award then goes to the top ten highest average scores in each group. Considering that there are over two thousand active ASA instructors, this places the Outstanding Instructors in the top 1½% of their peers for quality education as judged by their own customers.
All 2015 Outstanding Instructors received Weems & Plath Porthole Desk Clock including a personalized “Outstanding Sailing Instructor” brass plaque, as shown above.
| 2015 ASA Outstanding Instructor List | |
|---|---|
 | Don Boccuti Rock Hall MD |
 | Carla Brown Coppell TX |
 | Ralph Bush Gulf Breeze FL |
 | David Carlson Newport Beach CA |
 | Gale Carlson Eldon MO |
 | Joe Cetner Abacos Bahamas |
 | Bob Diamond San Jose CA |
 | Jack Dusendschon St. Petersburg FL |
 | Heather Funkhouser Mill Valley CA |
 | Mark Gonsalves Abacos Bahamas |
 | Alan Hauch Abacos Bahamas |
 | Ronald Henderson Chesterfield MI |
 | Kevin Hennessey Southport NC |
 | Matthew Holt Cruz Bay VI |
 | James R. Johnson Shorewood MN |
 | James R. King, Jr. Wiggins MS |
 | Mike Kohl Huntington Beach CA |
 | Brenton S. Lochridge Marblehead MA |
 | Robert McCreary San Francisco CA |
 | Michael Rice Tacoma WA |
 | James Riddle Grand Rivers KY |
 | Barney Riley, Jr. St. Simons Island GA |
 | Andrew Skelton Perkiomenville PA |
 | Amy Skillman Harrisburg PA |
 | Kathy Struchen Gulf Breeze FL |
 | Tim Vandenheuvel Burlington WA |
 | Kimberly Walther Palatka FL |
 | David Whidden Key West FL |
 | Andrea Wilson Deale MD |
 | Cliff Wilson Colfax CA |
Congrats to all!
What does the red color mean?
The red color is a link to an article about that instructor. We will be writing about each instructor in the near future. Instructors who already have articles were Outstanding Instructors in 2014 and we’ve already written something about them!