Distinguished Merit Award Winners
2025-2026
| Solid Division: | ||
| Name | Color/Sex | Breeder/Owner |
| CH Aliya's Frozen Assets, DM | Copper-Eyed White M | B/O: Alia Al-Faris |
| CH Aliya's Phi, DM | Copper-Eyed White F | B: Alia Al-Faris/Y-S Staples O: Alia Al-Faris |
| GC, RW Cacao Darque Shadeaux of Marjorose, DM | Black M | B: Janet-Carissa Altschul O: Janet-Carissa Altschul-Darlene Knight |
| GC Double Take Hemingway, DM | Copper-Eyed White M | B: Vitaly Oreshkin O: Elan Ho-Vitaly Oreshkin |
| GC Jovan Miss Thomasina, DM | Copper-Eyed White F | B: Cheryl Lorditch O: Cheryl Lorditch-Kirsten Lorditch |
| Just So's Understudy, DM | Cream F | B: Kate Preston-Nancy Petersen O: Carmen Ruggiero |
| Mikkat's Sean Paul, DM | Black M | B: K-M Depietro-Y-S Staples O: Mitchell Ross |
| GC Royaldiamond Empire Strikes Back, DM | Black F | B/O: Victoria V. Palatnaya |
| GC, DW Steeplechase Jauhar of Ganswed, DM | Black M | B: Jean Green O: Muhammad Ali Suwed |
| GC, NW Woodspirit's Gentry of Carzibel, DM | Copper-Eyed White M | B: Sherri Humphreys O: Muhammad Khalifah Azis |
| GC, RW Woodspirit's Sizzle, DM | Red F | B/O: Sherri Humphreys |
| GC Xanderlaw's En Vogue of Tambourine, DM | Black F | B: Adrian Evans O: Marilyn Jacobs-Barbara J Smith |
| Yvarie Jubel, DM | Black F | B: Marie Sarton O: Marie Sarton-Catherine Bourreau |
| Silver/Golden Division: | ||
| Name | Color/Sex | Breeder/Owner |
| Castlegate's Vintage, DM | Shaded Silver M | B: Barbara Bosco O: Ngoc Nguyen Kieu |
| Smoke/Shaded Division: | ||
| Name | Color/Sex | Breeder/Owner |
| None | ||
| Tabby Division: | ||
| Name | Color/Sex | Breeder/Owner |
| GC, NW Debo's Do You Believe In Magic?, DM | Brown Tabby F | B/O: Patti-Tim Debiasse |
| GC, RW Jovan Miss Angelina, DM | Brown McTabby F | B/O: Cheryl-Kirsten Lorditch |
| GC, RW Royaldiamond Checkmate, DM | Red Tabby M | B/O: Victoria V. Palatnaya |
| GC, RW Tufftons Victorious, DM | Blue Tabby F | B/O: Heidi Murphy |
| Parti-Color Division: | ||
| Name | Color/Sex | Breeder/Owner |
| Boberan Aretha Franklin, DM | Tortoiseshell F | B/O: Randy Primmer-Robert Farber |
| CH Castlegate's Veronica of Rossiwood, DM | Tortoiseshell F | B: Barbara Bosco O: Mitchell Ross |
| D'Eden Lover Dynastie, DM | Tortoiseshell F | B/O: Frederic Gaspard |
| D'Eden Lover Oko By Oko, DM | Tortoiseshell F | B/O: Frederic Gaspard |
| D'Eden Lover Suzette of Compri, DM | Tortoiseshell F | B: Frederic Gaspard O: Jay A Langlois |
| GC, BWR, NW Lox-Nott Madagascar, DM | Tortoiseshell F | B: Y-S Staples-Mary Kolencik O: Yoonai Staples |
| GC Preciousice Bada Bing Bada Boom, DM | Blue-Cream F | B/O: Pauli Huhtaniemi-Marika Lahti |
| Calico/Bi-Color Division: | ||
| Name | Color/Sex | Breeder/Owner |
| GC, RW 2-Che's Bruja, DM | Black & White F | B/O: Leicy Bartlett-Robert Irvine |
| GC, RW 2-Che's Voila, DM | Brown Tabby & White F | B/O: Leicy Bartlett-Robert Irvine |
| GC Arcobaleno Prada of Royaldiamond, DM | Brown Patched McTabby & White F | B: Rosaria Simonelli O: Victoria V. Palatnaya |
| GC, RW Cacao Caribbean Breeze, DM | Brown McTabby & White F | B/O: Janet-Carissa Altschul |
| CH Cacao Coral Bells, DM | Brown McTabby & White F | B/O: Janet-Carissa Altschul |
| CH Cacao Impetuous, DM | Black Smoke & White F | B/O: Janet-Carissa Altschul |
| GC, RW Cacao Scented Valentine, DM | Cameo Tabby & White M | B/O: Janet-Carissa Altschul |
| GC, RW Char-O's Legend, DM | Blue & White M | B: Charmayne Phillips O: Charmayne Phillips-Craig Grein |
| CH Diamond Rain Violetta, DM | Calico F | B: Aljona Litzbarski O: Elan Ho-Aljona Litzbarski |
| GC, DW Pinkpawpal Melaena of Triple-9, DM | Brown Patched Tabby & White F | B: Pattama Weeranon - C Ruengruglikit O: Nassha Chaimano |
| Suavere Yeti of Cacao, DM | Cream McTabby & White M | B: Carolyn-Stephen Vogel O: Janet-Carissa Altschul |
| Toy Tricksy Leelawadee, DM | Cream & White F | B: Galina Gurieva O: Rapeeporn Paisandkitcharoen |
| GC Toy Tricksy Maxim of Chnred, DM | Brown Tabby & White M | B: Galina Gurieva O: Jin Song |
| Himalayan Division: | ||
| Name | Color/Sex | Breeder/Owner |
| GC, RW Desert Winds Matador, DM | Seal Point M | B/O: Janet-Todd Moyer |
| GC, BWR, NW Desert Winds Meet Me Halfway, DM | Tortie Lynx Point F | B/O: Janet-Todd Moyer |
| GC Kinapak Angel Kisses of Burnbrae, DM | Cream Point F | B: Joan L Daily O: Lyn-Keir Knight |
| CHS Larix's Warp Speed, DM | Seal Lynx Point M | B:Svetlana Sklyarova O: Barbara Lee Leffler |
| CH Shahanee Mona Lisa of Desert Winds, DM | Tortie Lynx Point F | B: Sharon Haynie O: Janet-Todd Moyer |