2023 - Robby Christopher
2022 - Heather Sides
2021 - Bill O'Hara
2020 - Trisha Lund
2019 - John Barnard
2018 - Doug Turner*
2017 - Jerry Lehew
2016 - Paul Carey
2015 - James Gillis
2014 - Robert Shane Neally
2013 - H. Curtis Strong
2012 - William Davey Edwards
2011 - John F. Watson
2010 - Alan M. McLain
2009 - Michael G. Parker
2008 - Coleen M. Johnson
2007 - L. A. "Bud" Thompson
2006 - Mickey D. Nowell
2005 - Henry A. Kuehlem
2004 - Michael F. Haberer
2003 - Maxey Sheppard
2002 - Jerry W. Fults
2001 - Dennis H. Walker
2000 - Patrick A. Smith
1999 - Gary A. Jeffress
1998 - Ben D. Rychlik
1997 - D. G. "Greg" Smyth*
1996 - Hardy L. Seay, Jr.
1995 - J. Gilbert Johnston
1994 - Jerry M. Goodson*
1993 - Perry Thompson, Jr.
1992 - Steven E. Hanan
1991 - Amil M. Baker, Jr.*
1990 - Harry H. Hovis, III
1989 - Tom Stovall*
1988 - Tommie Anderson*
1987 - George Sanders
1986 - Gerald A. Curtis

1985 - Ralph Harris*
1984 - Arthur W. Osborn*
1983 - James E. Ellett*
1982 - R. L. Reagan*
1981 - Clifford E. Recer*
1980 - John T. Jakubik, Sr.
1979 - R. E. "Bob" Lee*
1978 - E. J. Bowers*
1977 - Kenneth G. Gold*
1976 - Don Williams*
1975 - H. P. "Skeet" Mitchell*
1974 - Darrel E. Williams*
1973 - Darrell D. Shine*
1972 - T. J. Chapman, Jr.*
1971 - Neil Koos*
1970 - Vernon F. Wetzel*
1969 - Bennis W. Meeks*
1968 - Irving H. Webb*
1967 - H. E. Rennels*
1966 - Matt L. Claunch*
1965 - Joe A. Hicks*
1964 - O. R. "Chick" McElya*
1963 - Gilbert B. Carter*
1962 - Kenneth Nelson*
1961 - Tom O. Dillon*
1960 - Frank Dixie Smith*
1959 - B. D. King, Sr.*
1958 - Kirby Hillin*
1957 - Chester W. Terry*
1956 - W. A. Rounds*
1955 - Fred Williamson*
1954 - E. D. Morse*
1951-53 - Hugh L. George*