A Ronin was a “masterless” samurai, owing no allegiance to a fuedal lord, or Daimyo. As such, they were free to travel from place to place and sell their services to whomever they chose. They also had to scrounge for food, and many ended up as bandits.
As Roughrider Judo grows, it has touched the lives of many people. To give everyone a sense of thier place in the organization, I have created this list of past students, when they started, and what rank they achieved. Recording when they left is problematic, as many people “phase out” of judo, so that is left to memory, sluething, and nostalgic discussions over beverage to work out.
To appear below, the Student had to attend at least two months of class.
Name Date started Rank
Jason Olander 12/2003 White
Bryan Steckler 02/2004 White
Phil Weiser 03/2004 Yellow
Bill Megia 03/2004 Orange
Jessie Raasch 03/2004 Yellow (Jr.)
Jeff Womack 10/2004 White
Dokia Haich 10/2004 Orange
Dierdre Haich 10/2004 Orange
Theresa Little 10/2004 Yellow
Veronica Little 10/2004 Yellow
Jason Green 11/2004 White
Jay Johnson 04/2005 White
Randy Raasch 11/2003 Orange
Bobby Metz 05/2005 White
Bryan Meduna 05/2005 White
Channing Schmidt 04/2006 White
Paul Steinbeisser 10/2005 Yellow
Travis Conroy 10/2006 White
James Frojen 07/2004 Orange
Sage Cummisk ??/2006 Yellow
Tom Tormaschy 07/2006 Yellow
Allie DeWitt 10/2005 Yellow
Lynelle Berger 06/2006 White
Joel Walters 06/2005 Yellow
Jay Jahner 09/2005 Yellow
Tom Jahner 03/2006 Jr Yellow
Kyle Koehler 9/2007 White
“pineapple” David Garig 9/2004 Orange
Borislav Benelov 02/2008 White
Leah Walters 06/2005 Orange
Dan Walters 06/2005 Orange
David Hegsted 07/2004 Green
Seth Walters 06/2005 Green
Andrew Berry 09/2007 Yellow
Troy Nies 11/2004 Orange
Jeremiah Frenzel 06/2008 White
Trey Weyer 09/2008 White
Mina Sumedi 09/2008 White
Mitch Hutzenbeler 09/2007 Yellow
Dakota Trumbull 09/2007 Yellow
Ophir Topf 09/2008 Orange
Josh Hecker 08/2008 Orange
Josh Ficek 11/2003 Green
Kate Emond* 06/2009 Jr Yellow
Courtney Haugen* 06/2009 Jr Orange
Indi Alonso* 06/2009 Jr Yellow
Brandon Jorgenson 09/2009 Yellow
Cody Weflen 09/2009 Yellow
Anton Dementiev 07/2009 Orange
Mike Anderson 08/2009 Yellow
Jory Shypkowski 06/2004 Nikyu
Jesse Shypkowski 09/2009 Gokyu
Dillon Leblanc 02/2010 Jr Rokyu
Larissa Groslyuk 01/2011 Jr Rokyu
Nigel Sims 12/2010 Rokyu
Ulsbold “BOLD” Enkhbold 1/2011 Rokyu
Zach Obrigewitsch 7/2009 Jr Orange
Sarah Ramsey 7/2009 Jr Orange
Steven Hoerner 12/2010 Gokyu
Jose Serano 02/2010 White
James Angerer 1/2011 Yellow
Dakota Ihli 6/2012 Gokyu
Mike Mauer 10/2011 Yellow
Paul Knopik 1/2012 Gokyu
Daniel Kuehler 1/2012 White
Bryan Otremba 9/2011 Rokyu
Bryan Murray 10/2011 Rokyu
Lonny McKeowen 5/2012 Rokyu
Chris Spicer 3/2012 White
Oscar Franco 3/2012 White
David Franco 4/2012 White
Jeraco Wilcoxen 8/2012 Rokyu
“Sensei Billy” Gilbert 6/2012 Shodan
AJ Bowman 8/2013 Rokkyu
Nick Guerrero 11/2004 Sankyu
Tim Little 06/2004 Nikyu
Emily Pierce 11/2013 Rokkyu
Amanda Aldrich 11/2013 Rokkyu
Emery Niyorugira 10/2014 Shodan
Andrew Boley 4/2014 White
Nestor Ruelas 2/2014 White
Lonny McKeowen 1/2012 Yellow
Aaron Robertson 11/2013 orange
Jayden Hertz 6/2013 Jf Green
Lan Hertz 6/2013 Orange
Daniel Aguayo 11/2013 Yellow
Presley Weiler * 06/2007 Jr Green
Shad Knopik 10/2011 orange
Lane Whistler* 6/2014 Jr Yellow
Joe Harris 11/2015 White
Matthew Myers 1/2013 orange
Brandon Blum 1/2014 orange
Merrill Morrison 3/2012 Green
Eric Bartz 07/2004 Shodan
Pineapple Dave Garig 08/2004 Nikyu
Tanner Johnson 02/2014 Green
Josh Jahner 02/2001 orange
Jesse Schoneck 02/2015 orange
Ivan Naval 04/2015 Green
Danna Whippo 08/2016 White
Jason Kostelecky 02/2017 white
Leslie olheiser 08/2016 White
Josh Joyner 07-2017 White
Chon Tackett 9/15——————yellow
Colin McGuire 6/17——————Sankyu
Josh Dvirnak 8/18——————white
David Dvirnak 8/18——————jr white
Jennifer olson 9/18——————–White
Aaron Olson* 9/18——————jr white
Steven Pollestad 1/14 —————–1st Brown
Alex Meier* 06/2012——– Black Stripe Orange
Brenna jo Wabaum* 06/2016——— black stripe orange
Chris Tillman orange 06/2018 ————- orange
Corey Cooper* 10/2018 —————white
Tyler Condiff 4/19——————–Yellow
Abbey Marchney 4/19 —————–Yellow
Peyton Moore* 7-19 ———-Advanced jr yellow
Rick Hinkle 9/19——————yellow