MPDA Annual Meeting Award Winners Driver of the Year 1991 Roland Gagne St. Johnsbury Trucking Co. 1992 Ron Hutchins Roadway Express 1993 Dick Brown Hannaford Trucking Co. 1994 Alan Paradis Cole s Express 1995 Mark Corriveau Hannaford Trucking Co. 1996 Warren Lewis Hannaford Trucking Co. 1997 Roger Sproul Associated Grocers of Maine 1998 Everett Macmaster FedEx Express 1999 Clayton MacDonald Frank MacInnis Trucking 2000 Charlie Nadeau Hannaford Trucking Co. 2001 Ernest York O/O for McCain Foods 2002 Dave Stuart Gulf Oil/Cumberland Farms 2003 Mike Conroy Pottle s Transportation 2004 Michael Frith Associated Grocers of Maine 2005 Paul Beote H. P. Hood 2006 Randy DeVault Roadway Express 2009 Matt Richardson FedEx 2014 Robert Fernald Walmart
Good Samaritan Award Renamed the John Labonte Good Samaritan Award in 2014 1991 Mark Gustin Maine Turnpike Authority 1992 Jeff Murdock Clifford W. Perham, Inc. / Shaw s 1993 John Waisanen Clifford W. Perham, Inc. / Shaw s 1994 Denis Litalien Clifford W. Perham, Inc. / Shaw s 1995 Dick Brown Hannaford Trucking Co. 1996 John Labonte Union Camp Corp. 1997 Donald Timpany Union Camp Corp. 1998 Ed Fernald Portland Air Freight 1999 Harry Stiffler Consolidated Freightways 2000 Rob Fernald Fowler s Express 2001 Greg Davis National Semiconductor 2002 Roland Gauthier Carlen Transport 2003 Mark Billings Maine Drilling & Blasting 2004 Frank & Erica Harvey Hartt Transportation Systems 2005 Ed Fernald Shaw Industries 2006 Lee & Jill Littlefield McCabe Trucking
Sportsmanship Award 1991 Lt. Harland Pierson Maine State Police 1992 Claudette Lewis Wife of Warren Lewis 1993 Wendy Wyman Big Red Q Printing (w/bill Welsh) 1994 Bill Welsh Roadway Express 1995 Debbie Litalien Wife of Denis Litalien 1996 Ernest York O/O with McCain Foods 1997 Ed Fernald Portland Air Freight 1998 Mike Coulombe Northcenter Foodservice 1999 Jim Costa Gulf Oil/Cumberland Farms Mona Lowell Poland Springs 2000 Terry Stuart Wife of Dave Stuart Diane Thompson Wife of Fred Thompson 2001 Mickey Rafeal Roadway Express 2002 Stan McLaughlin H.O. Bouchard, Inc. 2003 Pam Rogers Jones Hoxie Corp. 2004 William Phipps Yarmouth Lumber, Inc. 2005 Guy Currier Webber Energy Fuels 2009 Roger & Wanda Wilcox Maine Professional Drivers Assn. 2014 Ramona Costa Wife of Jim Costa / Retired driver
Special Recognition Award 1991 Denis Litalien Clifford W. Perham, Inc. / Shaw s 1992 Mark Corriveau Hannaford Trucking Co. 1993 Marie Schryba Wood Structures, Inc. 1994 Cindy Hutchins Ron Hutchins Wife 1995 Andy Reed Ryder Transportation Services Irvin Smith H.O. Bouchard, Inc. 1996 Pam Rogers Jones-Hoxie Corp. 1997 Harry Stiffler Consolidated Freightways Nate Lewis Emery-Waterhouse 1998 David Stuart Gulf Oil/Cumberland Farms 1999 David Stuart Gulf Oil/Cumberland Farms 2000 Cliff Gray Maine Motor Transport Assn. 2001 Rhonda Nicholson Maine Mall 2002 Dick Brown Hannaford Trucking Co. 2003 Andy Reed Ryder Transportation Services 2004 Caroline Cornish & Kirk Cratty NewsCenter 6 News 2005 Don & Sandy Mitsmenn Cumberland Farms/Gulf Oil 2006 None None 2009 Dale Hanington Maine Motor Transport Assn. Pete Mortensen Clifford W. Perham, Inc. / Shaw s 2014 George Colby Streets of Gold Transport
Scholarship Recipients ($500.00 each year) (In 2000 it was named the Richard Esponnette Memorial Scholarship) Year Name MPDA Connection 1997 Stephanie Sproul Daughter of Roger Sproul 1999 Judith Thompson Daughter of Fred Thompson 2000 Sarah Littlefield Daughter of Lee Littlefield 2001 Melissa Guiou Daughter of Pam Rogers 2002 Sarah Sproul Daughter of Roger Sproul 2003 Angela Brown Sister of Rob Fernald 2004 Corey Vail Member 2005 Stephanie Marie Neales Niece of Rob Fernald 2006 Chelsea Litalien Daughter of Denis Litalien 2007 Kelly Beck Daughter of Matt Beck 2009 Aimee Mortensen Daughter of Pete Mortensen 2017 Ashley Littlefield Daughter of David Littlefield
Harry Stiffler Memorial Lifetime Achievement Award Year Recipient Employer 2003 Geneva Stiffler Wife of Harry Stiffler 2004 Ernest York Owner Operator leased to McCain Transport 2005 G. Richard Brown Retired Hannaford Trucking Co. 2007 Ron Hutchins Retired Maine Motor Transport Assn. 2009 Warren Lewis Hannaford Trucking Co. 2014 Fern Richard Retired YRC Freight