ASSOCIATION AWARD HONOREES
Recognition is awarded at the Conference event each year. The Board of Directors ratifies nominations received from the membership and others. See more about awards and criteria here.
Paul K. Petzoldt Leadership Award
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| 1988 |
Tap Tapley |
| 1989 |
Bjorn Kjellstrom |
| 1990 |
Josh Miner |
| 1991 |
Not awarded |
| 1992 |
Raye Ringholz |
| 1993 |
Glen Exum |
| 1994 |
Yvon Chouinard |
| 1995 |
Jim Fowler |
| 1996 |
Vance Martin |
| 1997 |
Dave Foreman |
| 1998 |
Betty van der Smissen |
| 1999 |
Frank Lupton |
| 2000 |
John Netherton |
| 2001 |
David Brower & Kenneth Brower |
| 2002 |
Buck Tilton |
| 2003 |
Bill McKibben |
| 2004 |
Bob Christie |
| 2005 |
William “Doc” Forgey, M.D. |
| 2006 |
Christine Cashel |
| 2007 |
Phil Powers |
| 2008 |
Richard Louv |
| 2009 |
Joel Meier, Ph.D. |
| 2010 |
John Gookin |
| 2011 |
Leo McAvoy |
| 2012 |
Greg Lais |
| 2013 |
John Bicknell |
| 2014 |
Deb Ajango |
| 2015 |
Guy Savoie |
| 2016 |
James Mills |
| 2017 |
Kelli McMahan |
| 2018 |
Laura McGladrey |
| 2019 |
Not awarded |
| 2020 |
Michael McGowan |
| Frank Lupton Service Award [top] |
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| 1989 |
Sandy Braun |
| 1990 |
Chris Cashel |
| 1991 |
Not awarded |
| 1992 |
Kent Clement & Duane Gould |
| 1993 |
Mark Wagstaff |
| 1994 |
Dare Bible |
| 1995 |
Bruce Bonney |
| 1996 |
Cheryl Teeters |
| 1997 |
Rená Koessler |
| 1998 |
Paul Harbison |
| 1999 |
Paul Petzoldt & Mike Carlton |
| 2000 |
Scoob Dooben |
| 2001 |
Not awarded
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| 2002 |
Steve Gustafson |
| 2003 |
Jack Drury |
| 2004 |
Dave Calvin |
| 2005 |
Dene Berman |
| 2006 |
Maurice Phipps |
| 2007 |
Steve Spencer |
| 2008 |
Jim Lustig |
| 2009 |
Ivan Bartha |
| 2010 |
Tom Stuessy |
| 2011 |
Bob Christie |
| 2012 |
Les Teuber |
| 2013 |
Chris Pelchat |
| 2015 |
Scott Jordan |
| 2016 |
Ricky Haro |
| 2017 |
Brad Daniel |
| 2018 |
Will Hobbs |
| 2019 |
Not awarded |
| 2020 |
Sarah Schneider |
Outstanding Organizational Member Award [top]
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| 2006 |
Oklahoma State University |
| 2007 |
Indiana University |
| 2008 |
Coal. for Christian Outreach |
| 2009 |
Western Illinois University |
| 2010 |
Western Kentucky University |
| 2011 |
CSU-Pueblo |
| 2012 |
Radford University |
| 2013 |
Montreat College |
| 2014 |
University of Central Oklahoma |
| 2015 |
Rare Earth Adventures |
| 2016 |
Stanford University |
| 2017 |
Not awarded
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| 2018 |
Not awarded
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| 2019 |
Not awarded |
| 2020 |
Not awarded
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Outstanding Certified Outdoor Educator Award [top]
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| 2006 |
Mark Wagstaff |
| 2007 |
Jack Drury |
| 2008 |
Francisco Detrell |
| 2009 |
Paul Harbison |
| 2010 |
Mathew Erpelding |
| 2011 |
Jeff Tindall |
| 2012 |
Scott Jordan |
| 2013 |
Not awarded
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| 2014 |
Not awarded
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| 2015 |
Taito Okamura |
| 2016 |
Not awarded
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| 2017 |
Guan-Jang Wu |
| 2018 |
Andrew Bobilya |
| 2019 |
Not awarded
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| 2020 |
Not awarded
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WEA Student Leader Award [top]
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| 2006 |
Aya Hayashi |
| 2007 |
Whitney Ward |
| 2008 |
Aiko Yoshino |
| 2009 |
Lauren Barnes |
| 2010 |
Nathaniel Millard |
| 2011 |
Pat Lewis |
| 2012 |
Not awarded
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| 2013 |
Not awarded
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| 2014 |
Not awarded
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| 2015 |
Rebecca Roehm |
| 2016 |
Kevin Sutton |
| 2017 |
Not awarded
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| 2018 |
Quinn Linford |
| 2019 |
Not awarded
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| 2020 |
Jess Port |
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