MSPAA Trooper of the Year 2021
The Maryland State Police Alumni Association is proud to announce their selection of the 2021 Trooper of the Year. This award has been a tradition with the organization for over fifty years. We are honored to recognize the hard work that all our nominees did over the past year as they each combat crime on our streets and highways. Our troopers are great. Our nominee pool consisted of heroic events, life-saving measures, high traffic and criminal enforcement, and continued dedication to the community and its citizens.
The MSPAA Trooper of the Year recipient has been assigned to the Criminal Investigative Bureau of the Maryland State Police. His activities include working high profile cases across the country resulting in arrests and convictions of known persons committing drug and gang offenses. The recipient will be announced at the annual luncheon.
Our Trooper of the Year Selection Board, led by Chairman, Bernie Spangler has worked diligently again this year to make this selection. Much thanks and appreciation for this distinguished board for your continued great work.
In 1962, the Alumni Association selected it’s first “Trooper of the Year”. Then and now each new Trooper of the Year is chosen from a field of outstanding Troopers that have been recommended by their commanders. The MSPAA Trooper of the Year is selected by the Alumni’s Trooper of the Year Committee, which is made up of a cross section of retired troopers. The award for the preceding year is always made in May of the following year.
MSPAA Trooper of the Year Annual Luncheon
Saturday, June 25th 2022 at 11:30AM – 2PM
We will be honoring our new 2021 MSPAA Trooper of the Year
Enjoy a delicious meal and good friends.
Liberatore’s Ristorante
562 Baltimore Pike, Belair, MD 21014
Please complete the Attendance Form and mail to:
Ken Harry
18710 Falls Rd.
Hampstead, MD 21074
Please pay by check only.
Questions? Please use the contact information on the form.
Advanced Reservations ONLY!
** Please respond before June 17th, 2022**
Previous MSPAA Troopers of the Year
*Denotes Troopers that were also selected for the Department’s Trooper of the Year.
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 2020 | TFC Evan Ruggles |
| 2019 | S/Tpr Christopher R. Toey |
| 2018 | TFC Charles M. Tittle |
| 2017 | TFC John B. Wildman |
| 2016 | Tpr Charles M. Tittle |
| 2015 | TFC Randolph S. Marshall |
| 2014 | M/Tpr Frank Fornoff |
| 2013 | S/Tpr Merlin Myers |
| 2012 | TFC Christopher R. Toey |
| 2011 | TFC Ryan A. McNeely |
| 2010 | TFC Robert G. Iman |
| 2009 | TFC Jerry S. Warner |
| 2008 | TFC Anthony D. Dudek |
| 2007 | TFC Jason L. Stevens |
| 2006 | TFC Daniel S. Everett |
| 2005 | TFC Colin R. Sweitzer |
| 2004 | TFC Christopher M. Conner |
| 2003 | TFC Richard E. Carroll III |
| 2002 | TFC Kevin M. Moriarity |
| 2001 | * TFC Robert J. Stryjewski Jr. |
| 2000 | TFC Richard T. Bachtel |
| 1999 | TFC J.B. Robinson |
| 1998 | TFC Thomas Lubinski |
| 1997 | TFC Christopher Hannon |
| 1996 | TFC Ronald Coccodrilli |
| 1995 | * TFC Ronald W. Cullison Jr. |
| 1994 | TFC Ronald Yaniga |
| 1993 | TFC Richard J. Schelfe |
| 1992 | TFC Michael D. Kretzer |
| 1991 | TFC Robert V. Calo |
| 1990 | TFC Carl D. Miller |
| 1989 | TFC Steven L. McCarty |
| 1988 | TFC James S. Emerick |
| 1987 | TFC David C. Reichenbaugh |
| 1986 | TFC William E. Smith |
| 1985 | TFC Homer R. Rich |
| 1984 | TFC Wendell R. Cover |
| 1983 | TFC Chester M. Miller |
| 1982 | TFC Terry W. Custer |
| 1981 | TFC William M. Glime |
| 1980 | TFC Albert L. Liebno |
| 1979 | TFC Harry J. Spicer |
| 1978 | TFC Theodore D. Wolf |
| 1977 | TFC Gerald P. Taylor |
| 1976 | TFC William E. Vogel |
| 1975 | TFC Robert A. Ventura |
| 1974 | TFC James F. Mayo |
| 1973 | TFC David W. Michael |
| 1972 | TFC George H. Davis |
| 1971 | TFC John W. Reburn |
| 1970 | TFC Robert E. Middleton |
| 1969 | TFC John O. Himmelman |
| 1969 | TFC Emerson M. Hoopes |
| 1969 | TFC John W. Shelly |
| 1968 | TFC Patrick J. Bucher |
| 1967 | No Award |
| 1966 | TFC Bernard Chabot |
| 1965 | TFC Alan G. Coonradt |
| 1964 | TFC Harold Phillips |
| 1963 | TFC Samuel O. Tharpe |
| 1962 | TFC Top E. Barnes |
| 1961 | TFC Robert J. Weisenmiller |
Last Modified: 20220623-1530