KCBS Reps MS
16 reps have worked contests in MS. Click any rep for their full slate of events, the teams that cook under them, the champions they have crowned and the ground they cover.
Reps run the room; judges score the boxes. The judges’ section has the class calendar, where the tables are this season, and what one point on a card is worth.
The rep corps at a glance (read off every contest with a rep on file)
Reps tracked
16
10 with 50+ events
Working in 2026
10
ran an event this season
Event assignments
1,010
~63 per rep · median 66 in MS
Events covered
49
36% of the 136 events on file name a rep
Team entries covered
1,014
teams that cooked a contest with a rep on file
Leaderboards (top five in each, career-wide)
Most events worked
| Rep | events | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Carol Bigler | 159 | |
| Randy G Bigler | 159 | |
| Ralph Williams | 111 | |
| Karen Jane Williams | 103 | |
| Debra Gage | 75 |
Busiest in 2026
| Rep | events | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Carol Bigler | 14 | |
| Randy G Bigler | 14 | |
| Debra Gage | 10 | |
| Wayne Lohman | 10 | |
| Lygia (Lex) Vanegas | 8 |
Widest reach
| Rep | states/prov. | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Carol Bigler | 14 | |
| Randy G Bigler | 14 | |
| Ralph Williams | 12 | |
| Karen Jane Williams | 11 | |
| Debra Gage | 11 |
Most state championships
| Rep | title contests | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Ralph Williams | 65 | |
| Karen Jane Williams | 62 | |
| Carol Bigler | 51 | |
| Randy G Bigler | 51 | |
| Debra Gage | 43 |
Reps on the road each season (how many worked, and how many events they covered)
How much a rep works (reps by career events)
Showing 16 of 16 reps who have worked a contest in MS. Counts are career-wide, across every state, and count every assignment — a rep’s own page separates the contests they ran from judging classes and cancellations. Click a row for the full rep profile; click a column to sort.
| Rep | Events | States/Prov. | State champ. | GCs crowned | Team entries | 2026 | First seen | Last seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carol Bigler | 159 | 14 | 51 | 121 | 3,564 | 14 | Apr 26, 2019 | Sep 18, 2026 |
| Randy G Bigler | 159 | 14 | 51 | 121 | 3,564 | 14 | Apr 26, 2019 | Sep 18, 2026 |
| Ralph Williams | 111 | 12 | 65 | 81 | 4,553 | — | Apr 26, 2019 | Nov 11, 2025 |
| Karen Jane Williams | 103 | 11 | 62 | 77 | 4,341 | — | Apr 26, 2019 | Nov 11, 2025 |
| Debra Gage | 75 | 11 | 43 | 52 | 1,631 | 10 | Apr 26, 2019 | Sep 25, 2026 |
| Wayne Lohman | 75 | 10 | 43 | 53 | 1,352 | 10 | Mar 29, 2019 | Sep 25, 2026 |
| William Gage | 68 | 9 | 42 | 50 | 1,548 | 5 | Apr 26, 2019 | Sep 25, 2026 |
| Maria Lohman | 66 | 8 | 43 | 51 | 1,306 | 7 | Mar 29, 2019 | Sep 25, 2026 |
| Sam Appleton | 57 | 5 | 24 | 51 | 1,461 | — | Jun 7, 2019 | Apr 11, 2025 |
| Janet Appleton | 56 | 5 | 23 | 50 | 1,416 | — | Jun 7, 2019 | Apr 11, 2025 |
| Debbie Spray | 19 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 540 | 4 | Oct 24, 2019 | Sep 11, 2026 |
| Scott Spray | 19 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 540 | 4 | Oct 24, 2019 | Sep 11, 2026 |
| Lygia (Lex) Vanegas | 17 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 312 | 8 | Apr 4, 2025 | Jul 24, 2026 |
| Robert Vanderipe | 17 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 312 | 8 | Apr 4, 2025 | Jul 24, 2026 |
| Jennifer Shiflett | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 141 | — | May 24, 2019 | Nov 1, 2019 |
| Bill Shiflett | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 114 | — | May 24, 2019 | Nov 1, 2019 |