Presentation of the award began in 1934. Until 1980 the award was presented to the outstanding male and female graduating senior. Beginning in 1981 it was determined this practice was no longer necessary, and the university began presenting the award to one student.
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1934
Violet Fox Taylor
Leland W. "Tex" Plunkett1935
Margaret McGlasson Cronin
Harmon L. Elder1936
Eleanor Sanders Lane
George E. Alcott
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1937
Mildred Liddell Turer
Joe W. Watson1938
Alice Horn Bryant
Charles N. Nutter1939
Mary C. Murphy
W. Clark Hetherington
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1940
Mary White Ridings
Paul H. Albright1941
Patty Sanders McGuire
James R. Haynes1942
Jewel Hannah Conniff
Louie N. Rodgers
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1943
Martha Richardson O'Malley
Robert S. McGinnis1944
Jacqueline Lilliker Laux
Kermit L. Racely1945
Mary Richmond Cobb
Gaither A. McKelvey
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1946
Joyce Lichtenberger McEwen
Paul Johnston1947
Doris Rector Landers
Carl Graves1948
Janie Gipson Sullivan
Sterlin C. Moore
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1949
Phyllis Ford Crawford
James F. Sloan, III1950
Gloria J. Spotts
James E. Wilkinson1951
Clinnie Wofford Cannon
Leroy Little
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1952
Mary Farmer Coble
David L. Lau1953
Margaret Cooper Blackwood
George W. Bell1954
Joyce Pasmore Miller
William R. Singleton
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1955
Mary White Lamb
Houston H. Garner1956
Ina Wiles Hudson
Charles L. Rasberry1957
Joann Raines Sullivan
Rice L. Van Ausdall
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1958
Marilyn Reng Bell
Charley J. Thornton1959
Charlotte James Akelaitis
Doug E. Moore1960
Rosalie Gorham Barber
Charles H. Long
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1961
Hazel Coleman Dickey
Don R. DeArmon1962
Donna Lynch Mustaine
Charlie T. Crow1963
Frances Farabee Jones
Randy W. Ishmael
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1964
Sharon Craft Littlejohn
Bill C. Foster1965
Becky Bridges Bailey
Bill M. Ennis1966
Catherine Smart Williams
John W. Alderson, III
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1967
Mignonne Wilson Flagg
John M. Erwin1968
Allison Denman Holland
Cecil H. Holifield1969
Pamela Fuhr Dunavant
Laudies Brantley, Jr.
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1970
Sharon Pierce Dent
Gordon D. Simpson1971
Patti Jo Warr Baber
Ron K. Bell1972
Cynthia Truxton Van Winkle
Michael T. Worley
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1973
M.J. Pearle
Herschel L. Jones1974
Sanda Gerdes Greene
Mike B. Mallott1975
Vicky Garman Rudy
J.H. Williams
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1976
Margo Travis AufderHeide
Conrad Cunningham1977
Pam Blackwood
Preston D. Monroe1978
Leann Spigner Wisdom
Gregory M. Hopkins
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1979
Margy Cannon
Chuck R. Maulden1980
Becky Wood Frederick
Freeman M. Montaque, Jr.1981
J. Mark Lewis
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1982
Mark R. Hayes1983
Patricia Cychol Hayes1984
David L. Ivers
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1985
D. Price Marshall, Jr.1986
Rhonda G. Davis1987
Tommy Dillard, III
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1988
Mark A. Belk1989
Elisa Masterson White1990
Mike K. Schreck
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1991
Daya Seymore McAlexander1992
Cheryl Hinck Speights1993
Tommy E. Fowler, Jr.
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1994
M. Shane Broadway1995
Molly Mayer Phillips1996
Kelly Sartain Buckliew
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1997
Joel Garrison1998
Laurie Smalling1999
Stephanie Curton Kenley
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2000
Angela Barber Austin2001
Allison Collier Catlett2002
Andrea Smalec Morrissey
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2003
Sach Oliver2004
Shelley LunBeck2005
Jacob N. Hampton
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2006
James Bishop2007
Jessica Hicks2008
Rachel Smith
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2009
Kyle Fulton2010
Anna Callaway2011
Shannon O'Nale
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2012
Candice Mey-Biggers
2013
Hunter Petrus
2014
LaTasha Moore
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2015
Earl Morris
2016
Erin Wadley
2017
Jared Gowen
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2018
Robert Morris
2019
Thomas Hamaker
2020
ChrisTina Okolo
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2021
Rashad Kirksey
2022
Reed Middleton2023
Hye Sun Choi