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The Rock Award
The Rock Award was first presented to Martin Rich by Glen Willsey in 1975. Since then, tradition has dictated that the award be passed from Rock to Rock (or to a Rock and a Pebble if the Rock will be graduating) in an appropriate season ending ceremony. The Rock is often awarded to the hardest working gymnast who has overcome significant obstacles to his success or to the gymnast that can always be counted on when the going gets tough.
- 1975 Glen Willsey to Martin Rich
- 1976 Glen to Butch Thomas
- 1977 Butch to Ron Coleman and Mark DeLonga
- 1978 Ron to Ed Rule and Peter Post
- 1979 Ron to Terry Babb (Pebble to John Jiganti)
- 1980 John to Tim Carter
- 1981 John to Tom Miles
- 1982 Tom to Gary Bruening (Pebble to Jeff Sickeler)
- 1983 Gary to Eric Jaffee (Pebble to Noah Pierson)
- 1984 Tom to Jeff Sickeler (Pebble to Bob Ross)
- 1985 Jeff to Scott McCrae and Bill Klunk
- 1986 Scott and Bill to Tim Morton
- 1987 Tim to Scotty Bew
- 1988 Scotty to Charlie Knight
- 1989 Charlie to Dan Krovich (Pebble to Ray Quintavell)
- 1990 Dan to Randy Jewart
- 1991 Randy to David Williams
- 1992 David to Curtis Gordinier (Pebble to Marc Lim)
- 1993 Marc to Rick Mansfield
- 1994 Rick to Nate Carr
- 1995 Nate to Scott McCall
- 1996 Scott to Paul Davee (Pebble to Jordan Eison)
- 1997 Jordan to Joe Downs
- 1998 Joe to Mike Niederhauser
- 1999 Mike to Joe Downs (Pebble to Adrian Eissler)
- 2000 Adrian to Craig Wetmore
- 2001 Craig to Mike Spies
- 2002 Mike to Pat Fitzgerald
- 2003 Pat to Jamie Northrup
- 2004 Jamie to Alan Palesko (Pebble to Owen Nicholls)
- 2005 Owen to Dave Ridings
- 2006 Dave R to Ramon Jackson (Pebble to Dave Locke)
- 2007 Dave L to Derek Gygax
- 2008 Derek to James Prim
- 2009 Derek to Andy Hunter (Pebble to Steve Deutsch)
- 2010 Andy to Dave Ellis
- 2011 Dave to Landon Funiciello
- 2012 Landon to Daniel Potemski
- 2013 Daniel to Neal Courter
- 2014 Neal to Sam Patterson (Pebble to Michael Deitz)
