| Year |
Recipient |
Institution |
| 2002 |
Scott Markwith |
University of Georgia |
| 2003 |
W. Jefferson West II |
University of Kentucky |
| 2004 |
Danny Redo |
University of Southern Mississippi |
| 2005 |
Sarah Schwartz |
University of South Carolina |
| 2006 |
Sallie Vaughn |
East Carolina University |
| 2007 |
Terri Moreau |
East Carolina University |
| 2008 |
Katherine Renken |
East Carolina University |
| |
Ginette Wessel |
University of North Carolina – Charlotte |
| 2009 |
Chris Kaase |
Appalachian State University |
| 2010 |
Lixin Wang |
University of Georgia |
| 2012 |
Linwood E. Hall |
East Carolina University |
| 2013 |
Thomas Patterson |
University of North Carolina, Greensboro |
| 2014 |
Maegen Rochner |
University of Tennessee |
| 2015 |
Helen Rosko |
University of Tennessee |
| 2016 |
Keith E. Watkins |
University of North Carolina Greensboro |
| 2017 |
Montana A. Eck |
Appalachian State University |
| 2018 |
Tyler J. Mitchell |
University of North Carolina Greensboro |
| 2019 |
Nabeela Farhat |
University of North Carolina, Greensboro |
| 2020 |
Reagan Yessler |
University of Tennessee, Knoxville |
