{"id":6622,"date":"2022-02-16T21:15:34","date_gmt":"2022-02-16T21:15:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/msaa.org\/?page_id=6622"},"modified":"2022-02-16T21:16:00","modified_gmt":"2022-02-16T21:16:00","slug":"6622-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/msaa.org\/index.php\/6622-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Jordan Miedema, Michigan Auctioneer Champion 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<body><p><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>ALL IN THE FAMILY- JORDAN MIEDEMA BECOMES THE THIRD MIEDEMA TO WIN MICHIGAN AUCTIONEER CHAMPIONSHIP.<br>\nELECTED AS PRESIDENT OF RENOWNED ASSOCIATION HOURS LATER<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6372 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/msaa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Jordan-2021-pic-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/msaa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Jordan-2021-pic-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/msaa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Jordan-2021-pic-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/msaa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Jordan-2021-pic-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/msaa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Jordan-2021-pic-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/msaa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Jordan-2021-pic-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/msaa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Jordan-2021-pic-730x1095.jpg 730w, https:\/\/msaa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Jordan-2021-pic-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>Mount Pleasant, Michigan<\/strong> \u2013 Jordan Miedema of Byron Center, Michigan, won the title of Michigan Auctioneer Champion at the Michigan Auctioneer Championship. The Championship took place on January 28 at the Michigan Auctioneers Association Annual Conference held at the Comfort Inn &amp; Suites in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. For winning the title, Miedema received a championship ring, trophy, and he will compete in the International Auctioneer Championship in July in San Diego, California.<\/p>\n<p>Miedema was born into one of the most prominent auction families in the United States, Miedema Companies, owned by his father, Sid Miedema, and his uncle, Scott Miedema. Over the past two decades, he has worked in every conceivable role in the auction business. Jordan started with delivering sales sheets to working the warehouse operating forklifts. He did the gradual climb to working in advertising and marketing, and in 2018, he received his broker\u2019s license and is now President of LASTBIDrealestate, an online real estate auction company.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-6619\" src=\"https:\/\/msaa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/JordanMAC2022-188x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"188\" height=\"300\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/msaa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/JordanMAC2022-188x300.jpg 188w, https:\/\/msaa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/JordanMAC2022-640x1024.jpg 640w, https:\/\/msaa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/JordanMAC2022-768x1228.jpg 768w, https:\/\/msaa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/JordanMAC2022-961x1536.jpg 961w, https:\/\/msaa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/JordanMAC2022-730x1167.jpg 730w, https:\/\/msaa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/JordanMAC2022.jpg 1122w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 188px) 100vw, 188px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Miedema is a graduate of the Reppert School of Auctioneering and obtaining his Bachelor\u2019s Degree in Business Administration from Davenport University.\u00a0\u00a0 He also attended Indiana University and completed the Certified Auctioneers Institute (CAI) program, the highest designation in the auction industry.<\/p>\n<p>In 2018, his peers elected him onto the Michigan Auctioneers Association Board of Directors. He proved to be such an asset to the association that he was then elected as Vice President of the organization.\u00a0\u00a0 On January 27, 2022, he was sworn in as the President of the Michigan Auctioneers Association \u2013 a position that his father and uncle once held several years prior.<\/p>\n<p>Jordan\u2019s father, Sid Miedema, Jr. was elected as President of the MAA in 1992 and won the Michigan Auctioneer Championship in 1995. Jordan\u2019s uncle, Scott Miedema, served as President of the MAA in 2000 and won the Michigan Auctioneer Championship in 2005.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6620 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/msaa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Jordanselling2022-1024x657.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"657\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/msaa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Jordanselling2022-1024x657.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/msaa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Jordanselling2022-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/msaa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Jordanselling2022-768x492.jpg 768w, https:\/\/msaa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Jordanselling2022-1536x985.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/msaa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Jordanselling2022-2048x1313.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/msaa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Jordanselling2022-730x468.jpg 730w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p>Established in 1951, the Michigan Auctioneers Association is dedicated to the enhancement of Michigan\u2019s Auction Industry through education, promotion, advocacy and networking. The MAA is the professional association for auctioneers in Michigan, continuing to be one of the leaders in the industry, and is proving to continue in that direction in the future.\u202f The Michigan Auctioneers Association is the largest representation of auctioneers in Michigan, providing a forum for networking, sharing ideas and experiences.\u202f For more information about the Michigan Auctioneers Association and the auction industry in Michigan, log onto www.FindMichiganAuctions.com.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ALL IN THE FAMILY- JORDAN MIEDEMA BECOMES THE THIRD MIEDEMA TO WIN MICHIGAN AUCTIONEER CHAMPIONSHIP. 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