Big Rock Sports, a distributor of hunting, fishing and camping supplies headquartered in Newport, NC, hasy announced their 2007 Vendor and Rep Agency of the Year Awards.


The Vendor Awards are presented to vendors that have achieved excellence in the following categories:



  • Operational Excellence,
  • Marketing Support,
  • Product Innovation,
  • Top Line Sales and
  • Operational Achievements. This category includes one National Overall Award, one National Fishing Award, one National Fall Award and three Regional Awards.

This year’s recepients of the Vendor of the Year Awards were announced at the recent 2008 Henry’s Dealer Show in Greenville, S.C. and they are:



  • Shakespeare – 2007 National Vendor of the Year
  • Shimano – 2007 National Fishing Vendor of the Year
  • Winchester Ammunition – 2007 National Shooting Sports Vendor of the Year
  • Eagle Claw – 2007 Eastern Region Vendor of the Year
  • Springfield Armory – 2007 Western Region Vendor of the Year
  • Normark – 2007 Central Region Vendor of the Year

Big Rock Sports awards three regional Represenative of the Year Awards. Nominees for the Rep Agency of the Year Award must have achieved excellence in the following categories:



  • Two-Step Distribution,
  • Field Sales Force Excellence,
  • Excellence in Vendor Partnering and
  • Professional Excellence.

This year’s Rep of the Year Award went to the following nominees:



  • Wild West Marketing 2007 Western Region Rep Award
  • Sokol Associates 2007 Central Region Rep Award
  • RDO Marketing 2007 Eastern Region Rep Award

Big Rock Sports is the parent company of All Sports, AWR Sports, CSI Sports, Henry’s and MT Sports wholesale sporting goods distribution centers located across the nation. The companies service more than 15,000 hunting and fishing retailers from coast to coast and internationally. Big Rock stocks 190,000 SKU’s in nearly 500,000 square feet of warehouse space. With over 160 external and internal sales representatives, we’re servicing more than 15,000 fishing, ice fishing, hunting, shooting, camping and marine retailers in 50 states, the Caribbean and 9 foreign countries.