On February 12, 2022, we had the honor of naming two more Duane and Connie Kottke Distinguished Drivers of the Year! Congratulations to Robert “Boogs” Fellows for being named the 2020 recipient and to Rick Sare for being named the 2021 recipient! A special thank you to Boogs’ family for being in attendance to accept the award in his memory and honor. Thank you, Boogs and Rick, for #BleedingBlue!
Kottke Trucking’s Driver Board created the idea of the Duane and Connie Kottke Distinguished Driver of the Year and it was carried out by our staff. The Driver of the Year award is named after our second-generation visionaries: Duane and Connie Kottke. Their ability to build the foundation that our company stands on today, does not go without notice and is felt every day.
The nominees for the award come from the the recipients of the Jim Doering Award of Excellence. The other Jim Doering Award of Excellence recipients for 2020 were Mike and Sabrina Lopez, John Johnson and Ben Schmidt. 2021 recipients were Glenn Lopp, Derrick Johnson and Mona Dornbusch. The quarterly award is named after Kottke Trucking’s first long-time driver and nearly 40-year employee Jim Doering.
Previous winners of the Duane and Connie Kottke Distinguished Driver if the Year are Tom Erickson, Ricky Pautzke, Jeff Bass, Carlo Garcia, John Flathau and Sam Harman.
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