The World Axe Throwing League is proud to showcase our Certified Judges! WATL Certified Judges are held to the highest standard in understanding and implementing our rules when overseeing sanctioned events such as leagues, tournaments, qualifiers, and more. Certified Judges allow venues to organize and run these sanctioned events to the highest standards and best practices.

WATL Judges are:

• Certified by WATL 
• Up-to-date with the latest rules & changes
• Able to officially run WATL sanctioned leagues
• Have the ability to help in WATL sanctioned tournaments, including the World Axe Throwing Championship
• Have a deep understanding of the rules for:
  • Standard (Hatchet)
  • Big Axe
  • Duals
• Can conduct Qualifying Throws (Open & Closed) for Major and Televised Tournaments
• Able to renew or up-date the Certified Judge standing in future years when rule changes occur
• Serve as a substitute that may assist other venues in hosting leagues or tournaments

The full list of WATL Judges:

List updated once quarterly. Current as of May 19, 2023.

• Aaron Corbin
• Aaron Mezick
• Aaron Monath
• Aaron Parks
• Aaron Rasor
• Aaron Souza
• Abbey Finkill
• Abby Demers Evans
• Abel Slinker
• Adam Lockwood
• Adam Miller
• Adam Santoro
• Adrian Acebo
• Adrienne Dunbar
• AJ Wilson
• Al Braun
• Alden Wong
• Alex Burkhead
• Alex Everson
• Alex Gottler
• Alex Hocker
• Alexander Joseph Montanti
• Alexander W. Shipley
• Alexanfra Smith
• Alexi Dawson
• Alexis Brown
• Alicia Kulikowski
• Alicja Krzyzanowska
• Alisha Shepperd
• Alison Fawthrop
• Allison Blank
• Allison Brooke Cauley
• Allison Cook
• Alon Shahak
• Amanda Trowbridge
• Amaya Allen
• Amber Devine
• Amy Doane
• Amy Holzgrafe
• Amy R. Gould
• Andre Jokiel
• Andrea Beth Hildebrandt
• Andrea Ramos
• Andreau Boyadjieff
• Andrew Levi Westbrook
• Andrew Lord Wolf
• Andrew Losse
• Andrew McCarthy
• Andrew McCrummen
• Andrew Moss
• Andreya S. Chapman
• Angel Darling
• Angela AJ Jenson
• Angela Morse
• Angharad Gladding
• Anna Munson Perry Mier
• Anne Gougeon
• Anthony Ferrari
• Anthony Jay Peper
• Anthony Luce
• Anthony Ortiz
• Anthony Szymkowiak
• Anthony Tolen
• Ardith A. Peper
• Aria Gianfriddo
• Ariana Hayes
• Arthur J Jones
• Ashlen McGinnis
• Ashley Boles
• Ashley Campbell
• Ashley Clack
• Ashley Hood
• Ashley Kloth
• Ashley N Bower
• Ashley Stevenson
• Ashley Wilkins
• Ashly Thompson
• Ashlyn Lampela
• Austin Bock
• Austin Campbell
• Austin Folk
• Austin Husome
• Austin Luecke
• Austin Martin
• Austin O’Brien
• Austin Shepperd
• Bailey John Mills
• Baltazar Enriquez
• Barry Burris
• Barry Coombes
• Beau Warren
• Beck Voltmer
• Ben Sawyer
• Ben Wood
• Benjamin Bingert
• Benjamin Fowler
• Benjamin Gaddy
• Benjamin Parker
• Benjamin Paultre
• Betsy Chilcoat
• Billee Adams
• Billy Shaffer
• Bird “The Butcher” Durrant
• Bob Conrad
• Bob R Smith
• Bobbi Collins
• Bowen Dratwa
• Bradley Cole
• Bradley Heath
• Bradley S. Combs
• Brandi Melanson
• Brandon Bohn
• Brandon L Johnson
• Brandon Pahel
• Brandon Prince
• Brandon Roque
• Brandon Schell
• Brayden Floyd
• Brayden Platt
• Breanna Humphrey
• Brendan Butcher
• Brennan Wozniak
• Brent Henderson
• Brent Killins
• Brett Jariabek
• Brett Williamson
• Brian Griffith
• Brian Lacertosa
• Brian Nimmo
• Brian Welch
• Briana Thuis
• Briton Hollister
• Brittany Austin
• Brittany Vincent
• Bruce Netto
• Bruce Palansky
• Bryan Brezina
• Bryan Hetrick
• Bryan Wilson Jr.
• Burgandy Book
• Cade Brian Estes
• Caitlin Blank
• Caitlin McKee
• Caleb Donalson
• Calebh Shedd
• Cameron Olier
• Cara L Smith
• Carlos Efrain Alosilla Jr.
• Carol Graves
• Carrie Fink
• Carson Helleur
• Cary Brown
• Casey Faulkner
• Cassaundra Taylor Wheaton
• Catalina Wiederholt
• Catherine Dowie
• Catherine Spillman
• Cerid Jones
• Chad Cruse
• Chad Hicks
• Chad Marshall Pinnix
• Chad Mosbey
• Chad R Brown
• Chantal Asselin
• Charlie Karakis
• Charlie Pasquale
• Charlie Truex
• Cherie McCorvey
• Cheryl C Jones
• Chester Domoracki
• Chester Kirkland
• Chris Bodoh
• Chris Dalton
• Chris Ihler
• Chris Rowland
• Christian Jones
• Christian Larson
• Christina Middleton
• Christine Clemetson
• Christopher Chapman
• Christopher Cleveland
• Christopher D Donofrio
• Christopher Giles
• Christopher Huften
• Christopher Mcpherson
• Christopher Novak
• Christopher Sassi
• Christopher Senior
• Christopher Silvestri
• Christopher Tadd Dubois
• CJ Green
• Clayton Fawthrop Male
• Clifford (Dan) Godfrey
• Cody Horton
• Cody J Nelson
• Cody Scott
• Cody Wallace
• Colbe Pudell
• Cole Anderson
• Cole Estrem
• Cole Tuft
• Colin Blyth
• Colin J Straub
• Colleen Stusek
• Colten Deveaux
• Colton Lane Askew
• Colton Newton
• Connor Pedersen
• Connor Willett
• Corben Decker
• Corwin Mount
• Cory Taylor
• Curtis H Sethaler
• Dakoda Dorsaneo
• Dakota Goff
• Dakota J Hilley
• Dakota Shepperd
• Damon Latham
• Dan Axe Levy
• Dan Brynildsen
• Dan Fisher
• Dan Koehler
• Dan Loberg
• Dana Cline
• Dani Jaeger
• Daniel Basic
• Daniel Boudrieau
• Daniel Gonzalez
• Daniel Gonzalez
• Daniel Lee Payment
• Daniel Lowry
• Daniel McNatt
• Danielle Maroney
• Danny Williams
• Daren DeSylvia
• Darrell Elisaia (FLYINSAMOAN)
• David A Zlomke
• David Bloom
• David Carroll
• David Dratwa
• David Eugene Bollman
• David Gann
• David Harvey
• David Ivey II
• David J Braun
• David Judge
• David Kulikowski
• David L Cline
• David Lembo
• David Lowe
• David Morris
• David Richardson
• David Schechner
• David W Elliott
• David W. Gallivan
• Dawn Bueno
• Dawson Seals
• Daxon Daugherty
• Debbie Walton
• Debra M Benge
• Dee Underhill
• Delmy Payne
• Dennis Cocca
• Denton Keltner
• Devin Banning
• Dialyn G B Thelen
• Dillon Strybing
• Dolev Kafri
• Dominic Grant
• Dominique Escarcega
• Don David
• Don M Diamond
• Don Shreve
• Dorian Mirasola
• Dorothy Winter
• Duane John Zaleski II
• Duncan Ranft
• Dustin Bernhard
• Dustin Cuoghi
• Dustin Kopel
• Dustin Leo Lambert
• Dustin O Redenius
• Dylan Teets
• Ed Sisson
• Edward J Harris III
• Eleanor Booth
• Elijah Wallace
• Elizabeth Gasaway
• Elizabeth Rippel
• Elizabeth Ruppert
• Ella Campbell
• Ellen Turner
• Elvis LongRifle
• Elysa Matthea A. Franklin
• Emily Ford Holland
• Emmalee Heesch
• Eric Botterell
• Eric Clements
• Eric Jones
• Eric Lemmons
• Erik Flick
• Erik Muschinske
• Erik Rimblas
• Erika Brynildsen
• Erika DiCocco
• Erika Mae Harmon
• Erin Henderson
• Ernest Redmon
• Ernie Wilkins Jr.
• Ethan Goldmeer
• Ethan Michael Harwell
• Eugie Ott
• Faith Harvey
• Frank Christmas
• Frank Sumner
• Fynnlan Isaiah Ridge
• Gabriel Kruchkow
• Garret Hennigan
• Garrett Rice
• Garrett Stidham
• Gary McCartney
• Gary Rizzo
• Gary Whitaker
• Geoff Putney
• George Bessey
• George Harris
• Glenn Eddleman
• Novan Grey Hoyt
• Grant Eaton
• Grant Kramb
• Grant Schaab
• Grant the Studman Stutzman
• Greg Proulx
• Gregg “The Warden” Ward
• Gregory a Mckeithan
• Guy R Vogt Jr
• Hagar Goshen
• Haleigh Oake Williams
• Hamish Bowker
• Heather L Dratwa
• Heather Teichgraeber
• Helen Christensen
• Henry Shade Taylor
• Holly Ballantyne
• Holly Leach
• Ian Edward Bentzinger
• Ian Ireland
• Isaac Bollman
• Isabella G. Castellano
• Isaiah Garcia
• Isaiah Harris
• Ivory Reid
• Jack Bidlake
• Jack Rogas
• Jackson Woolley
• Jacob “Louie” Perkins II
• Jacob Crossan
• Jacob Ligon
• Jacob Pidgeon
• Jacob Sherman
• Jacob Weisser
• Jake Monroe
• Jakob Schafer
• James Alan Meyer
• James Blair
• James David Hoselton
• James E. Tolbert III
• James Hewitt
• James Lentz
• James Patrick Hernandez
• James R Culver
• James ruddy
• James Ryan Seaton
• James Scargill
• James Stephen Bourque II
• James Turner
• Jamey Sheppard
• Jamie Giacinto
• Jamie Treschak
• Jammie Ward
• Jared Holmes
• Jarrett Jokiel
• Jasmine Ramey
• Jason Albert
• Jason Anderson
• Jason Potts
• Jason Yurich
• Jave Yoshimoto
• Jay Allen
• Jay charlebois
• Jeanette Vargas
• Jeb Bisset
• Jeff Coulton
• Jeff Melton
• Jeffery Harrington
• Jeffrey Cope
• Jeffrey Hamilton
• Jenna Joy Saunders
• Jennifer “Djenni” Kucinski
• Jennifer Burdett
• Jennifer Weber
• Jerry Lawson
• Jess Girardi
• Jess Heintz
• Jesse Thrash
• Jessi Harkins Upshaw
• Jessica Bowen
• Jessica DeMeola
• Jessica Garcia
• Jessica Hamm
• Jessica Lefeavers
• Jessica Mullin
• Jessica Nolan
• Jessica Renner
• Jessica Souza
• Jim Karlin
• Jimmy Donald Garrey
• Joe Devine
• Joe Handy
• Joe Higgins
• Joe Johnson
• Joe Ritacco
• Joe Spence
• Joel J Fortin
• Joey Kelly
• John Binks
• John D Doepke
• John D. Manning
• John Hout
• John Kautter
• John Price
• Jon Dufore
• Jon Finzen
• Jon Pelletier
• Jon t. Gapp
• Jonathan Jolley
• Jonathan Qualls
• Jonathon Tiller
• Jordan Doyle
• Jordan Lenz
• Jose Ruiz
• Joseph Flaugher
• Joseph Jones
• Joseph Kucia
• Joseph Miller
• Josh Heake
• Josh Jelinek
• Josh Unser
• Joshua Baumann
• Joshua Landreth
• Joshua Schmidt
• Joshua T Diehl
• Joshua Wade Pantke
• Josiah Oppman
• JT AxeCop
• JT Henninger
• JT Malashevich
• Jürgen Rosenthal
• Justice cooper
• Justin B Hanson
• Justin Gonka
• Justin Persad
• Kacey Jennings
• Kaden Johnson
• Kandice Michelle Beamish
• Karen Payment
• KariAnn Marie Schmidt
• Kat Hamilton
• Katharine MacMartin
• Katherine Sandle
• Kathleen Wiley
• Katie Casida
• Katy McBryde
• Kaylee Huey
• Kaylyn Olson
• Keith E Hummel
• Keith Jeffery
• Keith R. De Silva
• Kellan Peteson
• Kelly Guetersloh
• Kelly Rota
• Kelly Thompson
• Ken Lank
• Kenaniah Saunders
• Kendra Donita Tubman
• Kendra Kolomyja
• Kenneth D. Santoro
• Kenneth Siu
• Kenny Pierce
• Kermit Barker
• Kevin A. McNair
• Kevin Barker
• Kevin Bernal
• Kevin Charles Bonanno
• Kevin Hollister
• Kevin Marshall
• Kevin Stewart
• Khoa Tran
• Kierra Johnson
• Kiley Bryan
• Kimberley Whalen
• Kimberly J Netto
• Kimberly Lundquist
• Kimberly Rae
• Kimberly Rios
• Kimberly Salwach
• Kimberly Wiese
• Kirstyn Valencia
• Kody Boyle
• Kori Ellis
• Korinne R Keesee
• Kraemer J Simmonds
• Kris Wigle
• Krissy Teets
• Krista Edwards
• Krista Hagen
• Krista Mackie
• Kristine VannHorne
• Kristyn Muller
• Kyle Brown
• Kyle Davis
• Kyle Durrant
• Kyle E Thompson
• Kyle Lawson Blackerby
• Kyle Rickenbaugh
• Kyle Skal
• Kyle Skal
• Kyle Speelman
• Landon Gray
• Landon Seth Brackett
• Lanie Suderman
• Lara Gilder
• Laralee Linda Valdez
• Laura Bauer
• Lauren Cummiford
• Lauren Kavanagh
• Lavonne A Williams
• Layne Anthony Punch
• Leslie LeQua
• Leslie Wellman
• Lewis Tedesco
• Lindsey Megan Pugh
• Lisa De La Rosa
• Lisa Gardner
• Liz Benford
• Lloyd Bombell
• Logan Schnider
• Logan Scott
• Logan Smith
• Loretta Lynn Avis
• Lorie “B@d3r” Park
• Lorie Lofquist
• Louie Bowen
• Louka Philippe Maurin
• Mackenzie Scott
• Madelaine Mathe
• Makayla Marie Briggs
• Mandy Hinson
• Maranda Sanford
• Marcee Benoit
• Marcia Lozier
• María Fernanda Bolaños
• María José Treviño Téyer
• Marie Schrier
• Mario Rochac
• Mark Bradley Bloom
• Mark Joseph Thomas
• Mark Mirasol
• Mark Rafael Nolasco
• Mark Tennant
• Marley Graham
• Martin Baird
• Mary Jo Clemens-Harris
• Matt Bird
• Matt Boles
• Matt Densing
• Matt Keller
• Matt Smith
• Matthew Bradshaw
• Matthew Colavecchia
• Matthew David Lalka
• Matthew Dixon
• Matthew Klatt
• Matthew Perry
• Matthew Smith
• Matthew Sylvester
• Matthew Wigginton
• Max Moorman
• Meagan Shadden
• Megan Howard
• Melanie Winters
• Melinda L Ore
• Melissa Gray
• Melissa Parker
• Melissa Reed
• Melody Rohaly
• Merritt Day
• Michael Bauer
• Michael Arita
• Michael B Lewis
• Michael C Cook
• Michael Citro
• Michael Cyr
• Michael Dixon
• Michael Janes
• Michael John Endthoff
• Michael k Fitzgerald
• Michael Liston
• Michael Lundy
• Michael Moss
• Michael R. Westbrook
• Michael T Percic
• Michaela Marguerite Smith
• Michelle Hobbs
• Mike Badger
• Mike Benoit
• Mike Day
• Mike Mariolle
• Mike Miracle
• Mike Morton
• Mike Torres
• Mohammad Al-Sheboul
• Molly Flynn
• Molly Grinnan
• Myah Ramos
• Mykal Perdue
• Natalie Baumann
• Natesh Kirpalani
• Nathan Lumley
• Nathanael Antone
• Neil Rust
• Nicholas Bradley
• Nicholas Carnes
• Nicholas Doane
• Nicholas G Wood
• Nicholas Gilman
• Nicholas Kolomyja
• Nicholas Love
• Nicholas Oben
• Nicholaus Kozan II
• Nichole Dale Harding
• Nick Hayes
• Nick Smallwood
• Nicolas Bockholt
• Nicole Lynn Kurth
• Nicolis L Alexander
• Nigel sakos
• Nigel Sakos
• Nikki Lilly
• Nir Kafri
• Noah Doane
• Noah Toussaint
• Noel A Torres
• Olaf N Lee
• Pamela Emerson
• Patty Fitzgerald
• Peter Allen
• Peyten Harden
• Phillip Harryman
• Phillip Kennedy
• Quinn Banda
• Rachel Brown
• Rachel House
• Rachel Meade
• Raja Nittianandan
• Randall Bookamer
• Randall Spillman
• Randy Hempel
• Randy Pritchard
• Ray J Siochowicz
• Raymond Dales
• Rebecca Blackwell
• Rebecca Corley
• Rebecca F Marsh
• Rebecca Richardson
• Renee Perry
• Rhonda Eaton
• Richard Carpenter
• Richard Langseth
• Richard Lin
• Richard Mark Gould
• Richard W Neal
• Ricky L Bullard Jr
• Ricky Williams
• Riley C Altobelli
• Riley Tedeschi
• RJ Sumner
• Robert James Fields
• Robert Keller
• Robert Simonton
• Robyn Elizabeth cornelsen
• Robyn Wallace
• Roland Munoz
• Ron Hanagan
• Ross Burniston
• Ruben Vargas
• Ruth Moore
• Ryan “Gimli” Gibson
• Ryan Cantara
• Ryan Cauley
• Ryan Clark
• Ryan Gustin
• Ryan Ingrao
• Ryan Kreger
• Ryan Lane
• Ryan Singh Odonnell (nd49)
• Ryan Vencer
• Samantha Anoche
• Samantha Holtry
• Samantha Ponkey
• Samuel Arias
• Samuel Gardner
• Samuel Houston Taylor
• Sana Khan
• Sara Gerke
• Sara Guralnick
• Sara Sawyer
• Sarah Basic
• Sarah Christine Cooper
• Sarah Comfort
• Sarah Eitnier
• Sarah Hilyard
• Sarah Lehman
• Sarah Rich
• Sarah Sed
• Sarah Woody
• Sasha Edwards
• Sathia Davidson
• Savanah Sheets
• Savannah Bearden
• Scott Aaron Miller
• Scott Biddle
• Scott Christensen
• Scott Emerson Phillips
• Scott Gardner
• Scott Hirshman
• Scott Melanson
• Scott Miller
• Scott Sawyer
• Scott St Clair
• Sean Dunaway
• Sean Love
• Sean McNamee
• Sean Sears
• Sean T. Smiraldi
• Seb Hopkins
• Sebastian Arnold
• Sebastian James Hopkins
• Sebastian Lytwynec
• Serafin Maldonado Jr
• Seth Catron
• Seth Lishman
• Shane Donner
• Shane Funke
• Shane Grob
• Shane Stephens
• Shannon Zelek
• Shaun Daniels
• Shaun L Bill
• Shaun T Clark
• Shawn Boyle
• Shawn C Randall
• Shawn J. Erickson
• Shawn McDonald
• Shawn Sexton
• Shea Wheeler
• Sheena Butler
• Sheridan B. Perrin
• Sheryl Casarez
• Sloan Boren
• Sloane Johnson
• Spencer Allen
• Spencer Showers
• Stephanie Foster
• Stephanie J. Hoyt
• Stephanie King
• Stephanie L Maben aka Goddess Ironside
• Stephanie Muller Mozdzierz
• Stephen Latza
• Stephen Marshburn
• Stephen Stanton Harrison
• Stephen Tyler Arnold
• Steve Bridges
• Steve Kovacs
• Steve Middleton
• Steve Webb II
• Steven Fort
• Steven Greene
• Steven L Petty
• Stjepan Richtaritsch
• Storm Morales
• Storm Morales
• Suzanne Redmond
• Tabitha Fisher
• Tara Qualls
• Tasia Cobbs
• Tatum Deatherage
• Taylor J Sievert
• Taylor Parmeter
• Ted R Cook Jr
• Teresa Coons
• Thomas Antoniello
• Thomas Casper
• Thomas Corey
• Thomas Fenn Jr
• Thomas Knoll
• Thomas Paul Bradley
• Thomas W. Mathews
• Thomas Walker Mathews IV
• Tiffany Oakley
• Tiger Danyliw
• Tim Fry
• Tim Jeffords
• Tim Leinen
• Timothy A Valliere
• Timothy Cloutier
• Timothy Doud
• Timothy E. Zlomke
• Tina Harrington
• Tobias Macera
• Todd Conley
• Todd G White
• Todd Mueller
• Tom Clark
• Tom Clark
• Tom Decker
• Tom Knapp
• Tom Nelson
• Tom Warmington
• Tracie Hahn
• Tracy Musick
• Travis Blank
• Travis Compton
• Travis K Wilson
• Trent Lilly
• Tricia Miller
• Tristan Chavez
• Tucker Leggett
• Tyler Burns
• Tyler Butler
• Tyler Curry
• Tyler Pantle
• Tyler Roby
• Tyler Schultz
• Tyler Trones
• Vail Cook
• Victor Ahluwalia
• Victor E Blessing
• Victoria Rast
• Vin Crescenzo
• Vince Prater
• Vincent Ingallinera
• Vincent L. Bryant, Sr.
• Vinny Correia
• Vish Hirani
• Wade Pettus
• Walter Allen Watford
• Warren Wilson Coker
• Wayno Dub
• Wesley Smith
• William Bates
• William E Wissinger
• William Fleming
• WillIam McDaniel
• William Rivers
• Yasmine Cannady
• Zach LaVone
• Zach Vann
• Zachary Corona
• Zachary S Jones
• Zachary Zaleski
• Zackary Masuhara

Interested in becoming a WATL Certified judge too? The program is open to the public! You do not have to be employed at a venue to participate and receive the certification. In order to apply and participate in the WKTL Judge Certification program, click on the button below; the Judge Certification cost is $85USD. Upon purchase, you will be sent a link to complete the Judge Certification Quiz.

Upon successful completion of the quiz, you’ll be sent a certificate with your name and date of completion, signifying that you are a WATL Certified Judge. With this certification, you will be able to run and manage sanctioned events as an official who clearly understands the rule sets and expectations of WATL to the highest standard. If you’re designated as the official for your leagues, you will have the ability to adjudicate calls for the sanctioned event you are running.