Mike Ragsdale, senior homebuilder at Ryland Homes in the Jacksonville region, was named southeast regional winner of the annual Ryland Homes Pathways of Champions competition that measures home building quality.
Jeff Agar, president of Ryland Homes in Jacksonville, said the annual Pathways of Champions competition is one of the homebuilder’s most important competitions.
The Pathways of Champions competition measures an individual worker’s consistent contribution to building quality homes.
“Mike was voted by his managers and peers as the Jacksonville area winner in the Pathways of Champions competition then moved on to compete against the best builders of the eight other divisions in the Southeastern region,” said Agar. “Mike Ragsdale may well rank as one of the best home builders in the Ryland organization. He has a fantastic eye for detail, he is exceptionally well-organized and his consistency and discipline are among the best I’ve ever seen.
Importantly, the Pathways of Champions competition is judged by superintendents and fellow builders, said Agar.
“This award is recognition of his peers, and they are the toughest judges in the world next to home buyers,” he said.
Ragsdale will be representing Ryland Homes’ Southeastern US region in California May 16 at a special annual awards luncheon hosted by Ryland’s Chairman, President and CEO Chad Dreier.
With headquarters in Southern California, Ryland is one of the nation’s largest homebuilders and a leading mortgage-finance company. The Company currently operates in 27 markets across the country and has built more than 245,000 homes and financed more than 205,000 mortgages since its founding in 1967. Ryland is a Fortune 500 company listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “RYL.”