Gerald Linneman Award Winners Gerald Linneman Lifetime Achievement Award The Gerald Linneman Lifetime Achievement Award has been awarded since 1998 as a way to honor athletic administrators with a minimum of 25 years of service, whose dedication to athletics in this state has been exemplary. The award for the first three recipients was called the MIAAA Lifetime Achievement Award. Since 2000, the award has honored Gerald Linneman. 1998 Don Sparks MSHSAA 1999 Gerald Linneman & Joe Pawlowicz Parkway Schools 2000 Jim Scanlan, CAA Washington 2001 Rodger Estes Mehlville 2002 Vernon "Hap" Whitney Columbia Public Schools 2003 Dr. Jerry Burbes, CAA Francis Howell 2004 Dr. Edsel Matthews Springfield Public Schools 2005 Harold Albin, CMAA Raytown Schools 2006 Becky Oakes MSHSAA 2007 Roger Hodapp, CAA Francis Howell 2008 Del Rinne Union 2009 Jim Gagen, CMAA Marquette 2010 Marlin Hammond, CAA Lincoln 2011 Doug Potts, CMAA Bolivar 2012 Jack Miles MSHSAA 2013 Tim Crone, CMAA Blue Springs 2014 Mike Gohn, CAA Parkway Schools 2015 Darwin Rold, CMAA Lee's Summit School District 2016 Marty O'Hern, CMAA Eureka 2017 Thaddeus Hamilton, CAA Columbia Public Schools 2018 Don Rothermich, CAA Parkway School District 2019 Stan Kee, CAA Carrollton 2020 Dr. Kerwin Urhahn MSHSAA 2021 Dory Smith, CMAA Villa Duchesne 2022 Sharon Cole, CMAA Pembroke Hill 2022 Tim Thompson, CAA Jefferson City 2023 Mark Linneman, CAA Marquette 2023 Alan Spencer, CAA Monett 2024 Kent Gibbs Frederickstown 2024 Jeff Whitney, CAA Camdenton 2025 Keith Chapman, CAA Warrensburg 2025 Jeff Starkweather Joplin