Officials List & Rules Test
The following is a list of all current USAWA Certified Officials. All competitions or events require a certified official in order for records to be set or broken. The USAWA rules require officials to be current USAWA members to be active officials. Lapse of current membership does not result in the loss of certification. The officials marked with an asterisk (*) indicate that they are not current USAWA members, and until their membership is current they can not participate in an USAWA event/meet as an active official.
Level 2
These officials have passed the USAWA Rules Test AND have the experience of officiating in 25 or more competitions.
Denny Habecker – Lifetime Certification
Bill Clark – Lifetime Certification
Joe Garcia – Lifetime Certification
* Kerry Clark – Lifetime Certification
Dennis Mitchell – Lifetime Certification
Dale Friesz – Lifetime Certification
* Frank Ciavattone Jr. – Lifetime Certification
Al Myers – Lifetime Certification
Jim Malloy – Lifetime Certification
* Barry Bryan – Lifetime Certification
* Joe Ciavattone Sr. – Lifetime Certification
Level 1
These officials have passed the USAWA Rule Test OR have the experience of officiating in 25 or more competitions.
Level 1 – Test Qualified
Darren Barnhart – Certification expires June 26, 2013
Kurt Wilkens - Certification expires June 26, 2013
Mark Mitchell - Certification expires June 26, 2013
Scott Tully – Certification expires June 26, 2013
Thom Van Vleck – Certification expires June 26, 2013
Chad Ullom – Certification expires June 26, 2013
* Mary McConnoughey – Certification expires June 26, 2013
Randy Smith – Certification expires June 26, 2013
* James Foster – Certification expires June 26, 2013
Eric Todd – Certification expires June 26, 2013
* Mike McBride – Certification expires June 26, 2013
* Ben Edwards – Certification expires June 26, 2013
Dave Glasgow – Certification expires June 26, 2013
Mike Murdock – Certification expires July 23rd, 2013
Helen Kahn – Certification expires January 10th, 2014
* Myers, LaVerne – Certification expires May 5th, 2014
Habecker, Judy – Certification expires August 2nd, 2014
* Fobes, Jarrod – Certification expires November 2nd, 2014
Foster, Lance – Certification expires December 3rd, 2014
* Fobes, Karena – Certification expires January 4th, 2015
Jobe, Jesse – Certification expires January 4th, 2015
Dellanave, David – Certification expires January 11th, 2015
Level 1 – Experience Qualified
* Steve Schmidt – Certification expires June 26, 2013
Art Montini – Certification expires June 26, 2013
* John McKean – Certification expires June 26, 2013
Scott Schmidt – Certification expires June 26, 2013
* John Monk – Certification expires June 26, 2013
* John Vernacchio – Certification expires June 26, 2013
* Mike O’Brien – Certification expires June 26, 2013
If you are interested in becoming an USAWA Official, the first step is to pass the Rules Test. This is an open book exam over the rules in the Rule Book. There is no time limit in taking the test or limit on the number of times you may take the test. You must have a score over 90% to pass. The following is the Rules Test in different formats. Please answer the questions fully. If a answer is a yes/no answer with exceptions, explain the exception.
PDF: RULES TEST
Word Document (New): RULES TEST
Word Document (97-03): RULES TEST
Text: RULES TEST
Joe Garcia is the USAWA Official’s Chairman. All completed Rules Tests are to be sent to him for grading. The completed rules test may be mailed or emailed to Joe. If you pass, Joe will issue you an Official’s Card and notify me to list you on the Website as a current official.
Joe Garcia
20051 Old Hwy 63 North
Sturgeon, Missouri 65284
email: jgarcia@usawa.com