Recognizing Our Best.

Bay and Bay One Million Miler Club

These drivers could get safely to the moon and back TWO times!

When drivers achieve millions of miles of safe driving, you can bet we take note. This is an incredible feat that does not go unnoticed. We began tracking this milestone in 2013. Below is a list of all Bay and Bay drivers that have achieved one million safe miles.

• Benjamin Houle, 2013
• Brad Bergquist, 2013
• Brian Valentin, 2013
• Robert Dicasmirro, 2013
• Brian Walling, 2013
• Jorge Berrios, 2013
• Garry Brown, 2013
• Gary Hogen, 2013
• Jeffrey Strand, 2013
• Michael Lyons, 2013
• Richard McDermaid, 2013
• Wojciech Gawiec, 2013
• Terry Shaffer, 2015
• Marty Kemp, 2015
• David Beise, 2016
• Duane Peterson, 2016
• Kenneth Smet, 2016
• Kimper Copeland, 2016
• Richard Bruce Penney, 2016
• Robert Abrams, 2016
• Brian Hoppenrath, 2016
• William Thompson, 2016
• James Turnbull, 2016
• Peter Yeliseyev, 2016
• Larry Jackson, 2016
• Klare Doggett, 2017
• Kevin Wojtasiak, 2018
• Terry Shaffer, 2019
• Scott Asher, 2022
• Austin Taylor III, 2022
• Robert Fitzcharles, 2023

Bay and Bay Two Million Miler Club

It would take an average driver roughly 150 years to drive this many miles!

Below is a list of all drivers that have achieved two million safe miles.

• Brad Bergquist
• Michael Lyons
• Kevin Wojtasiak
• James Woodbury
• Duane Peterson

Top Dawg

This award is given to both company drivers and owner operators who consistently perform their duties at the highest levels of excellence. They are exceptionally safe in their daily operations, are accurate and punctual with their trip planning and paperwork, and are consistently on-time for pick-ups and deliveries. Through their actions, they demonstrate expertise in their craft, and they embody our company’s “Quality Driven Tradition” commitment to our customers and our communities.

We began tracking this milestone in 2010.

2023 Top Dawg

• Steven Brown, Company (OTR) Driver Winner
• Kevin Wojtasiak, Company (Non-OTR) Driver Winner
• Timothy Garinger, Independent Contractor (OTR) Driver Winner
• Spencer Ciuffo, Independent Contractor (Non-OTR) Driver Winner
• Billy Strickland, Company Driver Rookie of the Year
• Shane Nojiri, Independent Contractor Driver Rookie of the Year
• Mark Dillree, Company Driver MVP
• Robert Fitzcharles, Company Driver MVP
• Russell Johnson, Company Driver MVP
• Mark Kosanko, Company Driver MVP
• Brian Robinson, Independent Contractor Driver MVP
• John Howard, Independent Contractor Driver MVP
• Penny Sowash, Company Driver MVP
• Jenne Brown, Honorable Mention
• Edmund Ellis IV, Honorable Mention
• Ralph Flores, Honorable Mention
• Darrin Hunter, Honorable Mention
• Jimmie Sadberry, Honorable Mention
• Carl Snyder Sr, Honorable Mention

2022 Top Dawg

• Robert Fitzcharles, Company (OTR) Driver Winner
• Kevin Wojtasiak, Company (Non-OTR) Driver Winner
• Jeffrey Caudill, Independent Contractor (OTR) Driver Winner
• Spencer Ciuffo, Independent Contractor (Non-OTR) Driver Winner
• Steven Brown, Company Driver MVP
• Steven Markle, Company Driver MVP
• Donna Brown, Company Driver MVP
• David Hickox, Company Driver MVP
• Nicholas Sweeney, Company Driver MVP
• Anthony Covington, Honorable Mention
• Gustavo Padilla, Honorable Mention
• Jeff Emmons, Honorable Mention
• Michael Jackson, Honorable Mention
• Danielle Harrington, Honorable Mention
• Johntell Holmes, Company Driver Rookie of the Year
• Robert Lewerentz, Independent Contractor Driver Rookie of the Year

2021 Top Dawg

• Austin Taylor lll, Company (OTR) Driver Winner
• William Flanagan, Company (Non-OTR) Driver Winner
• David Norris, Independent Contractor (OTR) Driver Winner
• Jeffrey Caudill, Independent Contractor (Non-OTR) Driver Winner
• Eli Marsolf, Company Driver MVP
• Eugene Schwartz, Company Driver MVP
• Jibreel Piere, Company Driver MVP
• Robert Fitzcharles, Company Driver MVP
• Richard Dains, Independent Contractor Driver MVP
• Spencer Ciuffo, Independent Contractor Driver MVP
• Tracy Crenshaw, Independent Contractor Driver MVP
• William Bishop, Independent Contractor Driver MVP
• Christopher Sansavere, Company Driver Special Recognition
• David Ashley, Company Driver Special Recognition
• Eric Roche, Company Driver Special Recognition
• James Jones, Company Driver Special Recognition
• Patrick Mckinley, Company Driver Special Recognition
• Michael Chustz, Company Driver Rookie of the Year
• Terry Edgar, Independent Contractor Driver Rookie of the Year

2020 Top Dawg

• Austin Taylor lll, Company (OTR) Driver Winner
• Kevin W. Wojtasiak, Company (Non-OTR) Driver Winner
• Christopher Sansevere, Independent Contractor (OTR) Driver Winner
• Spencer Ciuffo, Independent Contractor (Non-OTR) Driver Winner
• Tom Sherman, Company Specialized Tank Driver Winner
• Bruce Meredith, Company (OTR) Driver Runner-Up
• Jacquelyn Richter, Company (Non-OTR) Driver Runner-Up
• Ron Labelle, Independent Contractor (OTR) Driver Runner-Up
• Pheng Lee, Independent Contractor (Non-OTR) Driver Runner-Up
• Gary Hogan, Company Specialized Tank Driver Runner-Up
• Ronald Bennett, Company Driver MVP
• Charles Disney, Company Driver MVP
• Brian Kuhn, Company Driver MVP
• Tom Osborn, Company Driver MVP
• Jeffrey Winegarden, Company Driver MVP
• James Woodbury, Company Driver MVP
• William Bishop, Independent Contractor Driver MVP
• Konrad Bolton, Independent Contractor Driver MVP
• Donald Fournier, Independent Contractor Driver MVP
• Juslyn Francis, Independent Contractor Driver MVP
• Michael Hofacker, Independent Contractor Driver MVP
• Bunard Spivey Jr, Independent Contractor Driver MVP
• Merlin Anderson, Specialized Tank Driver MVP
• Perry “Chopper” Knetter, Specialized Tank Driver MVP
• Matt Peter, Specialized Tank Driver MVP
• Steve Saima, Specialized Tank Driver MVP
• David Ashley, Driver Special Recognition
• Nathan Dinnel, Driver Special Recognition
• Brande Dorsey, Driver Special Recognition
• Larry Ellis, Driver Special Recognition
• Thomas Frye, Driver Special Recognition
• Vincent Gordon, Driver Special Recognition
• Robert Marks, Specialized Tank Special Recognition
• Eric Winter, Specialized Tank Special Recognition

2019 Top Dawg

• Kevin W. Wojtasiak, Company Driver Winner
• Jessie James Frazier, Owner Operator Winner
• Perry Knetter, Specialized Winner
• Timothy Lynn Allen, Company Driver Runner-Up
• Daniel Joseph O’Neal, Owner Operator Runner-Up
• Phil Rosenlund, Specialized Runner-Up
• Bruce Meredith, Company Driver Contender
• Brian Bennington, Company Driver Contender
• Bruce Malone, Company Driver Contender
• Robert Carl Fitzcharles Jr; Company Driver Contender
• Gordon Grubbs, Company Driver Contender
• Tshiebwa Mushile Muvundamina, Company Driver Contender
• Stephen Mwaura, Company Driver Contender
• James Woodberry, Company Driver Contender
• Austin Taylor III, Company Driver Contender
• Brian Hoppenrath, Owner Operator Contender
• Pheng Lee, Owner Operator Contender
• Spencer Ciuffo, Owner Operator Contender
• Joseph Key, Owner Operator Contender
• John Hammond Jr; Owner Operator Contender
• Pablo Francisco Capuccio, Owner Operator Contender
• Anselmo Corral, Owner Operator Contender
• Wayne Casimir, Owner Operator Contender
• Tony Riles, Owner Operator Contender
• Konrad Bolton, Owner Operator Contender
• Rod Shearer, Specialized Contender
• Bill Reidell, Specialized Contender
• Eric Winter, Specialized Contender
• David Ashley, Honorable Mention
• Chris Sansevere, Honorable Mention
• Nate Dinnel, Honorable Mention
• Brian Kuhn, Honorable Mention
• Isaac Ellis, Honorable Mention

2018 Top Dawg

• Charles Disney, Company Driver Winner
• Pheng Lee, Owner Operator Winner
• Darrin Amundson, Specialized Winner
• Thomas Osborn, Company Driver Runner-Up
• Joseph Key, Owner Operator Runner-Up
• Greg Schmidt, Specialized Runner-Up
• Keith Daniel, Company Driver Contender
• Austin Taylor, Company Driver Contender
• Michael McDonough, Company Driver Contender
• Bruce Meredith, Company Driver Contender
• Gordon Grubbs, Company Driver Contender
• Nathan Dinnel, Company Driver Contender
• Gustavo Padilla, Company Driver Contender
• Larry ‘Isaac’ Ellis, Company Driver Contender
• Timothy Allen, Company Driver Contender
• John Holmes, Company Driver Contender
• Bruce Malone, Company Driver Contender
• James Woodberry, Company Driver Contender
• Juslyn Francis, Owner Operator Contender
• Maurice McKenny, Owner Operator Contender
• Loyset Viart, Owner Operator Contender
• Spencer Ciuffo, Owner Operator Contender
• Thomas Blue, Owner Operator Contender
• Edward Gray, Owner Operator Contender
• Timothy Benway, Owner Operator Contender
• Ronald Labelle, Owner Operator Contender
• Keith Waning, Owner Operator Contender
• Gerald Chenoweth, Owner Operator Contender
• Jerry Wilcox, Owner Operator Contender
• Konrad Bolton, Owner Operator Contender
• Scott Asher, Owner Operator Contender
• Leslie ‘Bubba’ Foust, Owner Operator Contender
• Brian Hoppenrath, Owner Operator Contender
• Randy Wrolson, Specialized Contender
• Tom Sherman, Specialized Contender
• Eric Winters, Specialized Contender
• Barry Bignell, Specialized Contender
• Brad Bergquist, Specialized Contender
• Bill Reidell, Specialized Contender

2017 Top Dawg

• Thomas Osborn, Company Driver Winner
• Charles C. Smith, Owner Operator Winner
• Craig Hvidstein, Company Driver Contender
• Gerald Holmstrom, Company Driver Contender
• Richard Lee Fancil, Sr; Company Driver Contender
• Bruce Meredith, Company Driver Contender
• Tom Phillips, Company Driver Contender
• Robert Woodbeck, Company Driver Contender
• Pat McKinley, Company Driver Contender
• Austin Taylor, Company Driver Contender
• Brian Kuhn, Company Driver Contender
• Terry Shaffer, Company Driver Contender
• Cindy Putnam, Company Driver Contender
• Del Bryant, Company Driver Contender
• Gus Padilla, Company Driver Contender
• Charles Disney, Company Driver Contender
• James Woodbury, Company Driver Contender
• Robert Fitzcharles, Company Driver Contender
• Joseph Key, Owner Operator Contender
• Kevin Pruitt, Owner Operator Contender
• Bernie Frye, Owner Operator Contender
• Clyde Halsey, Owner Operator Contender
• Isaac Ellis, Owner Operator Contender
• Gary Anderson, Owner Operator Contender
• Haron Woodruff, Owner Operator Contender
• Maurice McKenny, Owner Operator Contender
• Leslie Foust, Owner Operator Contender
• Keith Waning, Owner Operator Contender
• Jeff Lloyd, Owner Operator Contender
• Brian Hoppenrath, Owner Operator Contender
• Chris Delgado, Owner Operator Contender
• John Ellis, Owner Operator Contender
• Juslyn Francis, Owner Operator Contender

Driver of the Year

Monthly evaluation of company and owner operator drivers based on the following: Safety, Service, Maintenance and Professionalism

In 2014 the decision was made to combine our Driver of the Year and Top Dawg Award.

• Brent (Bud) Fritz, 2006
• Kimper Copeland, 2007
• Al Gelhaye, 2007
• Thomas Dipiazza, 2008
• Paul Christle, 2008
• Brian Valentin, 2008
• Gary Anderson, 2009
• Richard Wheeler, 2009
• Charlie Griffin, 2010
• Gerald Holmstrom, 2010
• Michael Lyons, 2011
• Tony Wetherell, 2011
• James (JP) Paul, 2011
• Gary Anderson, 2012
• Jim Perkins, 2012
• Pat McKinley, 2013
• Brad Bergquist, 2013
• Craig Hvidsten, 2014
• Marty Kemp, 2014
• Kevin McVicker, 2014

Driver Recognition
Million Mile Club
Top Dawg
Driver of the Year