LIST OF WINNERS SINCE 1987

Winners of the Jorge Medina Distinguished Service Award since 1987 and their ranks at the time of the awards are:

1987: Leadele Reese, a Mentor patrolman.

1989: Anne GarrisonGoodwin, head of the Drug Awareness Resistance Education program with the Lake County Narcotics Unit.

1990: Ronald Andolsek, a Kirtland patrolman; and Dennis T. Yarborough, Kirtland police chief.

1991: Judith Pugh, a sergeant with the Lake County Narcotics Agency; and Edward Ebert, a lieutenant with the Lake County Narcotics Agency.

1992: Michael E. Fielder, Perry Township Fire Department.

1993: Keith King, Lake County Sheriff’s Department detective; Jamie Myers, Lake County Sheriff’s Department detective; Lonnie Sparkman, Lake County Sheriff’s Department lieutenant; Marilyn Satterfield, a Mentor police officer; and Fred Fuldauer, a Mentor police officer.

1994: Leonard F. Nosse Jr., a Wickliffe police officer; Thomas D. Schmidt, a Wickliffe police officer; Jamie R. Walsh, a Wickliffe police officer; and Sandra M. Zalar, a Wickliffe police dispatcher.

1995: David Luhta, a Painesville detective and retired police chief; Robert Sayer, a Painesville detective; Darryl Dunlap, a Painesville lieutenant; and David Austen, a Willoughby lieutenant.

1996: Alan Zwegat, a Willoughby Fire Department captain, now chief; Theodore Schueren, a Willoughby firefighter; and Kellee McDonald, a Willoughby firefighter.

1997: Matthew Byers, a Madison Township patrolman; and Mark Proud, a Madison Township patrolman.

1998: Keith A. DeWitt, a Waite Hill sergeant, now chief; Mike C. Valenti, a Waite Hill officer; Roger Loveland, a sergeant with the Lake County Sheriff’s Department; and Regina Shumaker, a Concord Township firefighter.

1999: Craig Voll, a Wickliffe sergeant; and Rob Gandee, a Kirtland firefighter.

2000: Carl Dondorfer, a sergeant with the Lake County Sheriff’s Department; Mark Pannell, a Lake County deputy sheriff; and Carl Marine, a Painesville firefighter.

2001: Alan Zwegat, winner a second time; Anthony Kosley, a Willoughby firefighter/paramedic; and Nathan Pennington, a Willoughby firefighter/paramedic.

2002: Lt. Denise Mercsak, Patrolman William Smith and Community Service Officer Jeff Baldrey of the Painesville Police Department.

2003: Patrolman Jason Clark of the Madison Township Police Department; Patrolman Daniel Shaw of the Mentor Police Department; Lt. Mike Mahon, Firefighter/ Paramedics Brian Lee and John Cumberledge of the Mentor Fire Department.

2004: Lake Metroparks Sgt. James Smallwood and Metroparks Rangers Mark Reid and James Venaleck.

2005: Patrolman Joseph M. Kulnane of the Fairport Harbor Police Department, and Patrolmen Daniel Moreland and Jonathon Bush of the Wickliffe Police Department.

2006: Sgt. Thomas Angelo of the Eastlake Police Department.

2007: Firefighter/Paramedics Jason Duke and Joseph Lamping of the Grand River Fire Department; and Chief R. Mike Warner, Executive Capt. John Kloski, Lt. Michael Fearing and Firefighter/Paramedic Troy Yoder of the Concord Township Fire Department.

2008: Patrolmen Michael Bruening and Paul Fiorilli of the Mentor Police Department.

2009: Firefighters Jeff Kirkner, Greg Mitskavich and Andrew Federer of the Eastlake Fire Department.

2010: Lt. Robert Gonzalez of the Eastlake Police Department

2011: Lt. Arthur Lagerstedt and Firefighters William Whalen and Robert Vencl of the Painesville Township Fire Department.

2012: Lake County Sheriff’s Dept. Capt. Ronald Walters.

2013: Mentor Fire Lt. Brian Bittner and Firefighters/ Paramedics Jeremy Szydlowski and Rollin Pachinger.

2014: Fairport Harbor Police officer Timothy P. Novak

2015: Fairport Harbor Police officer Timothy P. Novak

2016: Painesville police officers Jesse Cudnik and Elvert Jordan and Willowick patrolman Christopher Olup and Sgt. Robert Prochazka

2017: Grand River Village Police Department officers Bryan Keough and James Neal and Willoughby Hills police officers Craig Anderson and Cory Planisek