Susan M. Hall
Good Sportsmanship Award
This award honors exceptional sportsmanship and/or service to the club, including those members, often “behind-the-scenes” workers, whose contributions are so important to the success of any dog club. It is designed to honor those members who work for the good of the club and the “sport of dogs.” Often these are members who put in many hours, weeks, months, and years without special recognition. Nominations are made by any interested member, and the recipient is chosen in a meeting of past recipients. A member can only receive this award once.
It began as the “Gaines Medal for Good Sportsmanship” then became the “Ken-L-Ration Medal for Good Sportsmanship.” After corporate sponsors discontinued this award, Mattaponi Kennel Club felt that it was an important award to continue sponsoring on its own as the “Mattaponi Kennel Club Good Sportsmanship Award”. Susan M. Hall DVM was a particularly inspirational member who uplifted the spirits of many MKC members, even as she waged her own battle with cancer. In 2000, the award was renamed to honor Dr. Hall after she succumbed to her illness.
2023 - Kim Wieland
2020 - 2021 No award given due to COVID-19 pandemic
2019 Tom Murphy
2018 Lynda Mohr
2017 Betsy Thompson
2016 Kathy Kelley
2015 Lisa Decker
2014 Claudia Bailey
2011 Joan Baker
2010 Terry Johnson
2009 Becky Grant
2008 Becky Lueth
2007 Jean Kessler
2006 Shirley Murphy
2005 Eileen Ewins
2004 Patty Abel
2003 Bev Porter
2002 Jackie Shepherd
2001 Marci Vineyard
2000 Linda Layne
1999 Nancy Bean
1998 Susan Brogan
1997 Linda Kauffman
1996 Carolyn Embrey
1995 Yvonne Stickelman
1994 Marie Grems
1993 Maggie Komosinski
1992 Betty Ann Howell
1991 Janet Kolakoski
1990 Holly Hammerle
1989 Edie Coleman
1988 Nancy Pickering
1987 Katie Knepley
1986 Paul Martin
1985 Joan Cooper
1984 Pat and Earl Long
1983 No award given
1982 Barbara Smith
1981 Julie Hogan
1980 Donna Thompson
1979 Jerry Orr
1978 Annette Norton
1977 Debbie Ritter