2013 Holiday Dinner & Awards Banquet

Old Country Buffet, Burnsville
Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Another memorable evening! We celebrated and had over 100 people in attendance at our annual Holiday Dinner & Awards Banquet.

We would like to congratulate all 2013 Award Recipients, nominees, and a special honor to Mr. Mike Bechtel for winning his eighth consecutive “Instructor of the Year” Award! You all made us proud over this past year.

Mr. Mike and Mrs. Diane’s daughter made us wonderful chocolate Tae Kwon Do figurines for all attendees.

Thank you everyone for making this a special year for us!

Raffle Prize Winners: Mr. Matthew Baer – “Wolverine” DVD, Mr. Aidan Anderson – “Smurfs 2” DVD, Mr. Huy Nguyen – iPod Shuffle Pink, Mr. Jimmy Mai – iPod Shuffle Blue, and Mr. Binh Nguyen – $25 Applebee’s Giftcard.

Award Winners:

• Instructor of the Year – Mr. Mike Bechtel
• Competitors of the Year – Mr. Gabriel Le & Mr. Thomas Le
• Tae Kwon Do Perseverance (14 yrs. & under) – Ms. Maia Erbes
• Tae Kwon Do Perseverance (15 yrs. & over) – Mr. Wayne Sander
• Most Improved (14 yrs. & under) – Mr. Nate Grenke
• Most Improved (15 yrs. & over) – Mrs. Stacey Nguyen
• Tae Kwon Do Spirit (14 yrs. & under) – Mr. Jimmy Mai
• Tae Kwon Do Spirit (15 yrs. & over) – Mr. Josh Oxendale
• Tae Kwon Do Role Model of the Year (14 yrs. & under) – Ms. Sirianna Stortroen
• Tae Kwon Do Role Model of the Year (15 yrs. & over) – Mr. Eric Nguyen
• Best Manner (14 yrs. & under) – Mr. Peyton Hall
• Best Manner (15 yrs. & over) – Mr. Mike Berger
• Tae Kwon Do Family of the Year – The Le Family
• Tae Kwon Do Special Achievement Award – Mr. Eric Miller
• Supplier of the Year – Embroidery Central