Distinguished service award

2023 - Mitch Gaffer
2022 - Karla Hunter
​2019 - Scott Walker
​2018 - Jennifer Bergan Gabor
​2017 - Teresa Fester
​2016 - Bob Stevens
​2015 - Kevin Brick
2014 - Ron Moyer
2013 - None
2012 - Kim Bartling
2011 - Bette Gerberding
2010 - James "Doc" Miller
2009 - Linda Haar
2008 - Sharon Pendergast
2007 - Carol Hefling
2006 - Raymond Peterson
2005 - Sally Pies
2004 - Michael Schliessmann
2003 - Jim Connor
2002 - Lovila Roberts
2001 - Kris Hayes
2000 - Doreen Nelson
1999 - Jack Holmquest
1998 - Carl Swanson
1997 - Paul Harens
1996 - Ann Tornberg
1995 - Joel Hefling
1994 - Douglas Tschetter
1992 - Judy Kroll
1991 - Nancy Wheeler
1990 - John Westby
1989 - Annette Groenveld
1988 - Jeannette Horn
1987 - Rosella Blunk
1986 - Michael Turchen
1985 - Wayne Knutson
1984 - Ken Pickering
1983 - Harold Widvey
1982 - Ralph Wilkinson
1981 - Wayne Hoogestraat
1980 - Jim Zeman
1979 - Virgil Petrik
1978 - Barney Kremer
1977 - Clara Lee
1976 - Harold Jordan
1975 - Donus Roberts
1974 - Dick Redy
1973 - AP Schenk

Outstanding Young speech teacher

2022 - Jordan Bakken - Watertown
​2019 - Michael Jacobsen - Watertown
​2018 - Jenn Anderson - South Dakota State University
2017 - Luke Cumbee - SF Roosevelt
​2016 - Rebecca Kuehl - South Dakota State University 
​2015 - Amanda Nelson - SF Lincoln
2014 - Andrea Carlile - South Dakota State University 
2013 - Tami Voight - Watertown
2012 - Kerry Konda - Aberdeen
2010 - Tony Martinet - SF Lincoln
2009 - Joshua Westwick - South Dakota State University 
2007 - Bryan Haag - SF Lincoln
2006 - Mike Larson - Lennox
2005 - Trevor Mischke - Watertown
2004 - Kevin Sackreiter - NSU, Aberdeen
2003 - Cory Heidelberger
2002 - Laura Raeder - SF Roosevelt
2001 - Jason Kemnitz - USD, Vermillion
2000 - Stacey Shrank
1999 - Fred Reiner - SF Washington
1998 - Scott Walker - Watertown
1997 - Heather Aldridge
1996 - Steve Bartholomew
1995 - Rich Mittelstedt
1994 - Kris O'Brien - SF Washington
​1993 - Steve O'Brien - SF Washington
1992 - Pat Lawlor; Kim Bartling
1991 - Kim Maas
​1988 - Wade Pogany

1979 - R. Allen Peterson - Aberdeen
1978 - Douglas Tschetter - Highmore
1977 - Frank Driscoll - RC Stevens
1976 - Bill Zubke - Watertown
1975 - Jack Holmquest - Huron
1974 - Michael Brubaker - RC Stevens
1973 - Lenny Griffith - Flandreau

Community Service award

2024 - Stacey and Sarah Burkhalt-Sweeney 
2023 - Lennox Independent 
2022 - Susan Wilson - Sioux Falls
2019 - Ellen Nichols (Dakota Valley) and Great Western Bank (Watertown)
2017 - Erik Sommervold (Dakota Valley)
2016 - Greg LaFollette (O'Gorman)
2006 - Dave Baumeister and The Yankton County Observer​
​2004 - Creighton Thurman
​1985 - The Huron Daily Plainsman
1983 - South Dakota American Legion
​1982 - Karl Mundt Foundation
​1980 - SDSU Students' Association

Who's   Who   in   South   Dakota   Speech   Awards (1949-1972)

​1972 - Vince Heer - Madison
1971 - Mary Keller - Chamberlain
1970 - Jeanette Horn - Brookings
1969 - Kenneth Pickering - Clear Lake
1968 - Betty Sterner - Watertown; Gordon Peters - Huron
1967 - James Kassen - Brookings; Donus Roberts - Watertown
1966 - Katherine Shilling - Wagner; Eugene Erlandson - Watertown
1965 - Ralph W. Wilkinson - Mobridge; Donald Mendel - Doland
1964 - Francis Ruzik - Pierre Riggs HS; Robert Parlet - SF Washington
1963 - Evelyn Park - RC Central; Charles Johnson - Parkston
1962 - Martin Jackley - Sturgis; Annette Groeneveld - Madison
1961 - Dorothy Furrow - SF Washington; Neal Leubke - Pierre Riggs
1960 - Ruth Jungemann - Egan HS; Charlott Cadwell - Chamberlain
1959 - Maurine Peterson - Mobridge; Amos Tschetter - Arlington
1958 - Randall Fisher - Aberdeen; Alan Swanson - Milbank
1957 - Harold Sampson - Watertown; Hazel Heiman - RC Central
1956 - Terine Kron - SF Washington; R.G. Sweeley - Beresford
1955 - Dean Berkley - SF Washington; Palmer Kremer - Canton
1954 - Don Rasmussen - Vermillion; William Turner - Mobridge
1953 - A.P. Schenk - Yankton; Myrtle Misch - Doland
1952 - Leotta Hampton - Brookings; L.R. (Barney) Kremer - SF Washington
1951 - Lula Herther - Garden City; Frances Braum - Lead
1950 - Cecil Monroe - Aberdeen; O.W. Kolberg - Lead
1949 - D.C. (Doc) Reutter - Huron