On January 4, 2020, Kottke Trucking named Sam Harman as the Sixth Annual Duane and Connie Kottke Distinguished Driver of the Year. The banquet was held at Jackpot Junction Casino and Hotel in Morton, Minnesota.
Harman has been with Kottke Trucking since March 2011 and has been in the trucking industry for over 35 years. Harman was named the 2019 Second Quarter Jim Doering Award of Excellence recipient which qualified him for the Duane and Connie Kottke Distinguished Driver of the Year Award.
Kottke Trucking’s statement on Harman:
A good quote to set the stage for Sam Harman is this: “Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness.
Sam is the most selfless person one can imagine. He is always someone that is looking out for others more than himself. That not only makes a great truck driver, but that makes an amazing human being and that makes you #BleedingBlue.
Sam often does his job so darn well, that you forget about his daily doings. His tremendous record is one of always doing his best, day by day and trip by trip. His excellence is what makes him truly special and an excellent recipient to be added to our Hall of Fame and being honored as our Duane and Connie Kottke Distinguished Driver of the Year.
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.
Harman’s fellow nominees for the award come from the three other Jim Doering Award of Excellence winners: First Quarter recipient Paul Wright, Third Quarter recipient Brad Reid and Fourth Quarter recipient Ettienne Alberts. 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 and John Flathau.
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