Overland Park, Kan. July 17, 2009 – Eighty-eight auctioneers from across the United States competed today in the preliminary rounds of the 21st International Auctioneer Championship competition. The competition is sponsored by the National Auctioneers Association and occurs during the 60th annual International Auctioneers Conference and Show. The IAC finals will begin at 7 p.m. today at the Overland Park Convention Center. To view live streaming video of the IAC finals visit www.naameeting.com.
Men’s Division Finalists: (Alphabetical Order)
Paul Adams, CAI – Middleton, ID
Kevin Borger – Hutchinson, KS
Cory Craig – Troylorville, IL
Eli Detweiler, Jr., CAI – Ruffin, NC
Rodney Johnson, AARE, BAS – Cannon Falls, MN
Cody Lowderman – Colchester, IL
Joseph Mast – Millersburg, OH
Paul McCartan – Rochester, MN
Trev Moravec – Lincoln, NE
Mike Nuss – Gering, NE
Troy Orr – Jamestown, ND
Zach Shelley – Haure de Grace, MD
Kevin Teets, CAI, CES – Mt. Clare, WV
Andy White – Ashland, OH
Mark Younger – Maryville, MOWomen’s Division Finalists: (Alphabetical Order)
Regina Andrijeski – Curtis, NE
Camille Booker, CAI – Richland, WA
Kristine Duininck, BAS – Spicer, MN
Anita Younger-Espey – Maryville, MO
Letitia Frye – Scottsdale, AZ
Heidi Hill, BAS, CES – Union, OR
Terri Walker, CAI, BAS, CES – Memphis, TNPerhaps the most attended event of the International Auctioneers Conference and Show, the competition began in 1988 with the first IAC title being awarded to Paul C. Behr, CAI, of Denver, Colo. The IAC Women’s Division began in 1994, which was won by Marcy Goldring-Edenburn, CAI, of Farmington, Ill.
The top male and female winners of the IAC receive a cash prize of $10,000, trophy, and ring. The IAC competitors are judged on their presentation, chant, voice timbre, body language, and other performance elements of effective auctioneering. Participants are also judged on their answers of interview questions.
