By Rob Meronek

Here's how the SPoTlight Am of the Year award is calculated. All Damn Am events follow the same format – timed runs for qualifiers with the top 30 making the cut to the Semi-Finals on Sunday. Once a skater makes the cut to Sunday, they are in the running for the SPoTlight Am of the Year Award. For each skater that makes it to Sunday on at least two separate Damn Am events, their highest scores from the day are averaged together to get their final score. The highest average is SPoTlight Am of the Year.

Below is the calculation of what last year's SPoTlight Am Overall Results For the Year would have been. It would have been Anthony Schultz. Schultz destroyed in the Semi-Finals at Minneapolis Damn Am with a 99 average on Sunday. He also killed it at AmsterDamn Am with an 80.67 average on Sunday. Those two scores resulted in his 90.67 average for the year. Brendan is in last because in Tampa, he made the Semi-Finals but blew it bad – 47.67 average. Then he made the Semi-Finals in Minneapolis and got 76. That wasn’t enough to make it to the Finals so that was his score that counted. Average of the two was 61.83 – his final score for 30th place. So, out of all four Am events for the year, 30 people skated at least two events out of the 90 total that made it to Sunday at least once. David Loy is the only one that made it to Sunday at all four Damn Am events of 2007.

You should see the spreadsheet behind this crazy number crunching output. It's one of the most complicated ones I've done since my Captain Corporate days pushing pencils as a CPA.

1. Anthony Schultz made it to Sunday at 2 Damn Am events. Average of two highest scores: 90.67
2. Chazz Ortiz made it to Sunday at 3 Damn Am events. Average of two highest scores: 89.67
3. Felipe Gustavo made it to Sunday at 2 Damn Am events. Average of two highest scores: 87.17
4. Evan Smith made it to Sunday at 3 Damn Am events. Average of two highest scores: 84.33
5. Sierra Fellers made it to Sunday at 2 Damn Am events. Average of two highest scores: 83.17
6. Donovan Piscopo made it to Sunday at 3 Damn Am events. Average of two highest scores: 83.17
7. Justin Figueroa made it to Sunday at 2 Damn Am events. Average of two highest scores: 83
8. Chris Troy made it to Sunday at 3 Damn Am events. Average of two highest scores: 82.5
9. David Loy made it to Sunday at 4 Damn Am events. Average of two highest scores: 82.17
10. Cody Davis made it to Sunday at 2 Damn Am events. Average of two highest scores: 82
11. Kechaud Johnson made it to Sunday at 2 Damn Am events. Average of two highest scores: 81.33
12. Dylan Perry made it to Sunday at 2 Damn Am events. Average of two highest scores: 81.17
13. Dustin Blauvelt made it to Sunday at 3 Damn Am events. Average of two highest scores: 81
14. Alex Mizurov made it to Sunday at 2 Damn Am events. Average of two highest scores: 81
15. Louie Lopez made it to Sunday at 2 Damn Am events. Average of two highest scores: 79.67
16. Riley Hawk made it to Sunday at 2 Damn Am events. Average of two highest scores: 78.67
17. Collin Provost made it to Sunday at 2 Damn Am events. Average of two highest scores: 78.5
18. Chris Mendes made it to Sunday at 3 Damn Am events. Average of two highest scores: 78.33
19. Chris Gregson made it to Sunday at 2 Damn Am events. Average of two highest scores: 77.5
20. Curren Caples made it to Sunday at 3 Damn Am events. Average of two highest scores: 77.5
21. Taylor Smith made it to Sunday at 2 Damn Am events. Average of two highest scores: 77.33
22. Shawn Hale made it to Sunday at 2 Damn Am events. Average of two highest scores: 77
23. Andrew Pott made it to Sunday at 2 Damn Am events. Average of two highest scores: 74.67
24. Shuriken Shannon made it to Sunday at 2 Damn Am events. Average of two highest scores: 74.17
25. Shane Browning made it to Sunday at 2 Damn Am events. Average of two highest scores: 73
26. Dominique Johnson made it to Sunday at 2 Damn Am events. Average of two highest scores: 72.33
27. Kevin Romar made it to Sunday at 2 Damn Am events. Average of two highest scores: 71.83
28. Manny Santiago made it to Sunday at 2 Damn Am events. Average of two highest scores: 67
29. Ben Gore made it to Sunday at 2 Damn Am events. Average of two highest scores: 66.67
30. Brendan Keaveny made it to Sunday at 2 Damn Am events. Average of two highest scores: 61.83

These skaters only made it to Sunday at one Damn Am event. You have to make it twice to be included in the results above.

1. Scott DeCenzo only made it to Sunday for one Damn Am event. You must make it to at least two.
2. Leander Geelhoed only made it to Sunday for one Damn Am event. You must make it to at least two.
3. Ryan Decenzo only made it to Sunday for one Damn Am event. You must make it to at least two.
4. David Gonzalez only made it to Sunday for one Damn Am event. You must make it to at least two.
5. Cesar Fernandez only made it to Sunday for one Damn Am event. You must make it to at least two.
6. Grant Taylor only made it to Sunday for one Damn Am event. You must make it to at least two.
7. Danny Cerezini only made it to Sunday for one Damn Am event. You must make it to at least two.
8. Timmy Knuth only made it to Sunday for one Damn Am event. You must make it to at least two.
9. Axel Cruysberghs only made it to Sunday for one Damn Am event. You must make it to at least two.
10. Ruben Rodrigues only made it to Sunday for one Damn Am event. You must make it to at least two.
11. Luis Perez only made it to Sunday for one Damn Am event. You must make it to at least two.
12. Kyle Walker only made it to Sunday for one Damn Am event. You must make it to at least two.
13. Tommy Werner only made it to Sunday for one Damn Am event. You must make it to at least two.
14. Marcelo Marreco only made it to Sunday for one Damn Am event. You must make it to at least two.
15. Vince Del Valle only made it to Sunday for one Damn Am event. You must make it to at least two.
16. Jordan Hoffart only made it to Sunday for one Damn Am event. You must make it to at least two.
17. T.J. Sparks only made it to Sunday for one Damn Am event. You must make it to at least two.
18. Filipe Ortiz only made it to Sunday for one Damn Am event. You must make it to at least two.
19. Rob Maatman only made it to Sunday for one Damn Am event. You must make it to at least two.
20. Tim Zom only made it to Sunday for one Damn Am event. You must make it to at least two.
21. Shaun Stulz only made it to Sunday for one Damn Am event. You must make it to at least two.
22. Max Genin only made it to Sunday for one Damn Am event. You must make it to at least two.
23. Kyle Terbush only made it to Sunday for one Damn Am event. You must make it to at least two.
24. Tyler Surrey only made it to Sunday for one Damn Am event. You must make it to at least two.
25. Chris Montgomery only made it to Sunday for one Damn Am event. You must make it to at least two.
26. Sebastiaan Vijverberg only made it to Sunday for one Damn Am event. You must make it to at least two.
27. Kilian Heuberger only made it to Sunday for one Damn Am event. You must make it to at least two.
28. Dave Abair only made it to Sunday for one Damn Am event. You must make it to at least two.
29. Marius Syvanen only made it to Sunday for one Damn Am event. You must make it to at least two.
30. David Gravette only made it to Sunday for one Damn Am event. You must make it to at least two.
31. Tabari Cook only made it to Sunday for one Damn Am event. You must make it to at least two.
32. Ryan Yost only made it to Sunday for one Damn Am event. You must make it to at least two.
33. Shane Sheckler only made it to Sunday for one Damn Am event. You must make it to at least two.
34. Shane Nugget O'Neill only made it to Sunday for one Damn Am event. You must make it to at least two.
35. Ryan Reyes only made it to Sunday for one Damn Am event. You must make it to at least two.
36. Jamiel Nowparvar only made it to Sunday for one Damn Am event. You must make it to at least two.
37. Nick Merlino only made it to Sunday for one Damn Am event. You must make it to at least two.
38. Austin Kanfoush only made it to Sunday for one Damn Am event. You must make it to at least two.
39. Ed Driscoll only made it to Sunday for one Damn Am event. You must make it to at least two.
40. Jason Vanzant only made it to Sunday for one Damn Am event. You must make it to at least two.
41. Lee Yankou only made it to Sunday for one Damn Am event. You must make it to at least two.
42. Matt Berger only made it to Sunday for one Damn Am event. You must make it to at least two.
43. Gilbert Crockett only made it to Sunday for one Damn Am event. You must make it to at least two.
44. Collin Hale only made it to Sunday for one Damn Am event. You must make it to at least two.
45. Dominic Dietrich only made it to Sunday for one Damn Am event. You must make it to at least two.
46. Dan Narloch only made it to Sunday for one Damn Am event. You must make it to at least two.
47. Chris Oliver only made it to Sunday for one Damn Am event. You must make it to at least two.
48. Mario Matabele only made it to Sunday for one Damn Am event. You must make it to at least two.
49. Ben Raemers only made it to Sunday for one Damn Am event. You must make it to at least two.
50. Aaron Herrington only made it to Sunday for one Damn Am event. You must make it to at least two.
51. Stefan Uledorf only made it to Sunday for one Damn Am event. You must make it to at least two.
52. Nate Compher only made it to Sunday for one Damn Am event. You must make it to at least two.
53. Torey Pudwill only made it to Sunday for one Damn Am event. You must make it to at least two.
54. Kris Vile only made it to Sunday for one Damn Am event. You must make it to at least two.
55. Wes Kremer only made it to Sunday for one Damn Am event. You must make it to at least two.
56. Steve Webb only made it to Sunday for one Damn Am event. You must make it to at least two.
57. Travis Glover only made it to Sunday for one Damn Am event. You must make it to at least two.
58. Jesse Andres only made it to Sunday for one Damn Am event. You must make it to at least two.
59. Micky Papa only made it to Sunday for one Damn Am event. You must make it to at least two.
60. Jeff Bauman only made it to Sunday for one Damn Am event. You must make it to at least two.