Grunschel Trophy

In 1958, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Grunschel presented a hand-wrought silver dish as a trophy for Class X, to be awarded to the first-year skipper with the most seasons points. (Highest placing first year skipper.)

• 1958 John Kroeger
• 1959 Brian B. Vogel
• 1960 Gerry Young
• 1961 Bradley Vogel
• 1962 Cathe Hollister
• 1963 Sandra Jacobsen
• 1964 Ned Jacobs
• 1965 Kris Terry
• 1966 John Porter
• 1967 Jim Happ
• 1968 Jim McGinley
• 1969 Tom Abelmann
• 1970 Marilyn Williams
• 1971 David Muskat 
• 1972 Jeff Perrigo
• 1973 George Kiefer III
• 1974 Vicki Lamphere
• 1975 Tom Freytag
• 1976 Billy Schultz
• 1977 Julie Couffer
• 1978 Katie McGreevy
• 1979 Sue Couffer
• 1980 Laurel Andersen
• 1981 Bob Seitz
• 1982 Dan Martino
• 1983 Carry Seitz
• 1984 Amy Francis
• 1985 Jim Carlson
• 1986 Justin Nauert
• 1987 Ben Williams
• 1988 Jeff Moloznik
• 1989 Brendon Welsh
• 1990 Frost Williams
• 1991 Kevin Neal
• 1992 Steve Zils
• 1993 Andy Larson
• 1994 Iggy Labanauskas
• 1995 Not awarded
• 1996 John Littig
• 1997 Not awarded
• 1998 Nathan Quist
• 1999 Bri Porter
• 2000 Corbett Porter
• 2001 Patrick Doran
• 2002 Gordon Lamphere
• 2003 Coye Harrett
• 2004 Tim McLaughlin
• 2005 Harris Buddig
• 2006 Dylan Freytag
• 2007
• 2008 Matt Ripkey
• 2009 Griffin Rolander
• 2010 Nate Freytag
• 2011 Will Huerth
• 2012 Finn Rowe
• 2013 Ryan Ripkey
  
• 2014 Kyle Navin
• 2015 Chapman Petersen
• 2016 Cameron Desnoes
• 2017 Jared Plummer
• 2018 John Lynch
• 2019 Connor Pecht
• 2020 Sophie Niemann
• 2021 Lukas Valasek
• 2022 Colton Hibbard
• 2023 No 1st year Skipper in Series A