For "outstanding service to KYSPRA and the school public relations profession."
Named for the late superintendent of Grant County Schools, the first superintendent to join KYSPRA. It is given annually to a member for outstanding service to KYSPRA and school public relations.
2009 – Anita Granier
2008 -- Don Sergent
2007 -- Faun Fishback, Kentucky Department of Education
2006 -- Paula Penrod, Kentucky School for the Blind
2005 -- Lauren Roberts, Jefferson County
2004 -- Linda Salyer
2003 -- Carolyn Hawes
2002 -- Jeff Phillips
2001 -- Julie Ellis, Owensboro
2000 -- Bobbi Cecil, Daviess County Schools
1999 -- Dona Rains, Paducah Public Schools
1998 -- Paul Elwin, Boyle County Schools, and Cheryl Hodges, Livingston County Schools (Jointly)
1997 -- Brad Hughes, Kentucky School Boards Association
1996 -- Jackie Jones, McCracken County Schools
1995 -- Kay Sharon, Hardin County Schools
1994 -- Fran Salyers, Kentucky Department of Education
1993 -- Jim Blevins, Kentucky Educational Television
1992 -- Reda Bianchi, Middlesboro Independent Schools
1991 -- Dick Thornton, Fort Knox Community Schools