CARMEL, Ind. — J.D. Byrider recognized its Franchise of the Year winners as well as its 14 President's Award recipients during the company's annual convention last month in Orlando, Fla.

Broken down into three categories, the company chose its Franchise of the Year winners among single (one location), mid (two to three locations) and multiple (more than three locations). The winners include:

—Single: Greg Maier for his location in Savannah, Ga. This is his second consecutive Franchise of the Year award.

—Mid: Russ Larson, Doug Stewart, Gary Brotherson, Randy Winegard and Jeff Lee for their locations in Burlington and Davenport, Iowa. This is their fifth consecutive Franchise of the Year award.

—Multiple: Rob Palmer, for his five locations in areas near Youngstown, Ohio, and Pittsburgh. This is Palmer's fourth consecutive Franchise of the Year award and his eighth overall.

J.D. Byrider also distributed 14 President's Awards, which are given to individual locations based on store earnings, portfolio quality and customer service rankings. This year's President's Award winners are located in:

Indiana

—Indianapolis at 1525 North Shadeland Ave., J.D. Byrider owned location.

—Bloomington at 2425 West Third St., Rich Stutts, owner.

Iowa

—Burlington at 125 South Roosevelt Ave., Russ Larson, Doug Stewart, Gary Brotherson, Randy Winegard and Jeff Lee, owners.

—Davenport at 925 W. Kimberly Rd., Russ Larson and Doug Stewart, owners.

Ohio

—Mansfield at 1810 West Fourth St., Chris McPhie, owner.

Pennsylvania

—Pittsburgh at 7200 McKnight Rd., Rob Palmer, owner.

South Carolina

—Columbia at 3815 West Beltline Blvd., J.T. Gandolfo, owner.

Tennessee

—Madison at 1525 Gallatin Pike North, Chris Hadley, owner.

Texas

—Tyler at 3908 South-Southwest Loop 323, Mark Bedgood and Bill Evans, owners.

Virginia

—Lynchburg at 2828 Candlers Mountain Rd., Tony Terry, owner, and Charles Crumpler, managing partner.

West Virginia

—South Charleston at 3129 MacCorkle Ave. Southwest, Bill Rowland, owner.

Wisconsin

—Appleton at 2301 West College Ave., Russ Darrow Jr. and Mike Darrow, owners.

—Madison at 6525 Odana Rd., Russ Darrow, Jr. and Mike Darrow, owners.

—Milwaukee at 4810 South 27th St., Russ Darrow, Jr. and Mike Darrow, owners.