Presented to people or groups whose achievements or contributions have received widespread positive recognition through the media.
2025 – Trista Hamsmith, Maestro David Cho, Jack Todd, Amy Wood, and Eliseo Jiminez
2024 – Goin’ Band From Raiderland, Josh Jung, Guidance, Entrepreneurship & Outreach Center and Wes Kittley
2023 – Blackwater Draw, Betty M. Condra School for Education Innovation, CASFER, Salvation Army 100th Anniversary, and TTU Centennial Committee
2022 – Lubbock Tornado Memorial Committee, Buddy Holly Hall of Performing Arts & Sciences, Monte Monroe, and Eric Rasmussen
2021 – Lieutenant Brady Robinette, Texas Tech Biological Threat Research Laboratory, and Lubbock Daily COVID Update Committee
2020 – Keith Bryant, Officer Thomas Thompson, TTU Athletics Department, and TTU School of Veterinary Medicine
2019 – Joshua Shaw, TTU Fiber & Biopolymer Research Institute, Ultimate Cheer Lubbock, and Patrick Mahomes II, TTUHSC SOM Barber Shop Blood Pressure Group, Covenant Health Centennial Campaign
2018 – TTU Spirit Program, Lubbock Police Department Homeless Outreach Team, Live. Love. Lubbock. Visit Lubbock, TTUHSC Office of External Relations, The Campaign for Your Life, Our Purpose, and Team Luke Hope for the Minds
2017 – Gene Chaney & Melissa Harris, Alberto “Berto” Garcia, LCU Women’s Basketball, Talkington School Team for Young Women Leaders, and United Supermarkets
2016 – Chandler Bownds, Dr. Nikhil Dhurandhar, Dina Jeffries & Jax, Tom Stone, and Rob Weiner
2015 – Texas Tech University Baseball Team, Texas Tech University Fiber & Biopolymer, Research Institute, Katharine Hayhoe, and Eddie Dixon
2014 – Emmy Award-Winning Honor Flight Tribute by KCBD, Raider Red, 2012 CapitalOne National Mascot of the Year, Texas Tech University Vision & Tradition Campaign, and Eddie Smith
2013 – South Plains Honor Flight, Lubbock Lemonade Day, Kliff Kingsbury, and Dr. Steven Berk
2012 – All-Lubbock Marching Band, Dr. Robert Salem, YWCA, and Buffalo Springs Lake Triathalon, West Texas Home Builders Association
2011 – Johnny Mac, Jeanne & Katrina Brown, Estacado High School: 2010 State Championship Basketball Team, Idalou High School: 2010 State Championship, Football Team & 2011 State Championship Basketball Team, Seshadri “Ram” Ramkumar, Ph.D., and TTU Libraries
2010 – Jana & Robert Barnhill, B.U.S.T. – Buckle Up Stop Texting Campaign, Sarah Jo Lambert, Lubbock Moonlight Musicals: Buddy! The Buddy Holly Story, and Texas Tech University Meat Judging Program
2009 – Sally Kipyego, Lubbock Centennial Committee, and Texas Tech 2008 Football Team
2008 – Beth Ashmore, Michael Crabtree, FiberMax, and Lubbock Western All-Stars 2009 Cactus Cuties
2007 – Kent Hance, House Bronze, Bob Knight, Lubbock Christian University Baseball Team, and Annette Sykora
2006 – Community Hurricane Relief Effort, Eddie Dixon, Mike Leach, West Texas Coalition for the George W. Bush Presidential Library, Steve Verett
2005 – Hutch Haley, Jonathan Johnson, Lubbock – The Giant Side of Texas, Delbert McDougal , and Dr. Patti Patterson
2004 – American State Bank September 11 Tribute, Nat Cooper, Lubbock Area Veterans War Memorial, and Dr. M. Roy Wilson
2003 – Larry Combest, Dr. Neil Kurtzman, Jason Levin, and Silent Wings Museum
2002 – Shirley Igo, Bob Knight, Det. Rey Martinez, The Rev. Malcolm Neyland 2002 Diane Pierce, Dr. Michael B. Silva Jr., and United Supermarkets
2001 – Dr. Carl Andersen, Amit Bushan, Texas Tech Graduation Class of 1970, Lubbock Chapter of Habitat for Humanity, Walt McDonald, and John T. Montford
2000 – Bob Cass, Dr. Doug Stocco, and Women’s Protective Services
1999 – Convergys Corporation, George Elle, Texas Tech Medical Center Sick Building, Syndrome Research Team, and Karen Wong
1998 – Byron Martin Advanced Technology Center, Dr. Eileen Johnson, Mark Miller, Alicia Thompson, Texas Tech Medical Center Hantavirus Doctors
1997 – Broadway Festivals, Paul Milosevich, National Youth Orchestra Students, Darrell Price, Windy Sitton, and Andy Wilkinson
1996 – Dr. Robert Baker, James Dickey, Spike Dykes, Larry Hays, Eve Johnson, Lubbock High School, and Marsha Sharp
1995 – Breedlove Dehydration Plant, Dr. Bernard Harris, Dr. Mike Moses, Murfee Odyssey of the Mind Team, Karen Slay, Texas Tech ’94 Football Team, Dr. Mary Jeanne Van Appledorn
1994 – LCU Cross Country Team, Sheryl Swoopes, Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard Committee, Omnimax Theatre, Sandy Henry, and Billie Wolfe
1993 – CNN Kids, Alvin G. Davis, Will Flemons, Mayor David Langston, Lubbock High School Science Team, TTU College of Human Sciences, and Texas Tech ’93 Lady Raiders
1992 – Mark Bounds, Dr. Sankar Chatterjee, Ava Crowder, Dr. Dan Flores, and Sheryl Swoopes
1991 – All Saints Episcopal School, Mike Jones, Lubbock Lake Landmark, Project Y.E.S., James Reckner, and Marsha Sharp
1990 – Spike Dykes, James Gray, Robert & Marcy Lawless, Soroptimist International
1989 – Lauro Cavazos, Elizabeth Haley, Joe McDonald, and Tyrone Thurman
1988 – Gurer Aykal, John Lowey, Alan Mackey, Nelda Jobe Rollins, and Textile Research Center
1987 – Comerciantes Organizados Mexicano Americanos, Kathleen Davis, Kamie Ethridge, and T. Jones
1986 – En Co Re, Louis Kelley, Sherri Moegle, and John T. Montford
1985 – The Maines Brothers Band, Gerald Myers, T.J. Patterson, and Maggie Trejo
Gold Medalist Award
Awarded to people who, over an extended period of time, have worked to improve the quality of life for a broad spectrum of those living in the Lubbock area.
2025 – Lisa Carson, Liz Farrel, Todd & Barbie Chambers, and Justin Hughes
2024 – Renee Davis, Aaron Garrett, Phyllis Gant, and Cassie Johnston
2023 – All Saints, Darryl Holland, Danny Koch, and Rose Wilson
2022 – John & Jim White, Charlie Pitner, James Pitman, and Billie Caviel
2021 – Lubbock Economic Recovery Task Force
2020 – Jim & Jere Lynn Burkhart, Kat’s Alley Cats, Eddy Morelock, and Unpack Ministries
2019 – Cory Powell, Generals Mittemeyer, Huffman, Murphy & Harber, Dr. Annette Sobel, Lubbock Chapter – National Charity League, Inc., and United Future Leaders
2018 – The Free Clinic, TTUHSC SOM, Jon & Michelle Stephens, One Voice Home, and Janie Landin Ramirez
2017 – Sylas & Shea Politte, Karen Worley, Adrienne Cozart, and Alona Beesinger
2016 – Matt Bumstead, Tim Collins, Carpenter’s Church, Junior Vasquez, and Vernita Woods-Holmes
2015 – George McMahan, Lindsey Callaway Family, Don MacNair, Dan Taylor, and Most Rev. Plácido Rodriguez, CMF
2014 – Calvin Davis, Mary Hatfield, Gail House, Diannah Tatum, and Nick Parker
2013 – Tommy & Kay Davis, Helen McElwee, Dr. Bolanle Olaniran, Noe Brito, and Melissa Grimes
2012 – Ron Betenbough, Dr. Linda Brice, Dr. Juan Fitz, Sharyn Ivory, and Alice White
2011 – Dr. Doug Klepper & Terry Hawkins, Leslie & Mike Moss, Celeste Thompson, Irasema Velasquez
2010 – J. C. Chambers, Debbie & Don Curry, Don McInturff, Eddie Owens, and David Seim
2009 – The Caldwell Family, Bill & Peggy Dean, Food2Kids, Robert Narvaiz, and Catherine (Cathy) S. Porter
2008 – Laurie Foster, Bobbie Gaither, Shirley Garrison, Dr. John Thomas, and Brenda & Joe Wilbanks
2007 – Cathy Allen, Jim Douglass, Ray & Gail Fargason, and Barbara Sommerville
2006 – Conrado & Oralia Cavazos, Donna Chandler, Eric Strong, Nelda Thompson, and Dr. Davor Vugrin
2005 – Bob Bellah, Lovelle Owens, and Louise Underwood
2004 – Lucy Brown, Rufus Carillo, Claudette Culp, Lee Ruth Krieg, and Kurt Melle
2003 – Dela Esqueda, Gertrude Miller, Cray Pickering, Janie Ramirez, Jackie Williams
2002 – Marlene Hernandez, Joe Landin, Carol Mitchell, and Nicky Standlee
2001 – Leonard Jarman, Shirley Madden, Sam Medina, and Wanda Wesson
2000 – Paulina Jacobo, Lillian Jefferson, Marsha Sharp, and Sarah Weaver
1999 – Sharon Bass, Eddie P. Richardson, Ada Rummel, Gwen Titus
1998 – Judi Blakey, Joan Ervin, Linda Greenstreet, Duane Kemp, and Martha & Marciano Morales
1997 – Nettie J. Edwards, Abner Euresti, Karin McCay, Marie Driscoll Meyer, and Phil Price
1996 – Louise Willson Arnold, Ellis Langston, T.J. Patterson, and Blanchie Swisher
1995 – Julia Carello, Gladys Henderson, Mary Louise Kingsberry, Kay Sanford, and Carolyn Simpson
1994 – Dr. Carl Andersen, Don Caldwell, Jewell Foster, Friends of the Library, Junior League of Lubbock, and Winifred Woods Vigness
1993 – Glenna Burns, Dr. Robert Ewalt, Dr. Jerry Marable, Dr. Stan Ullom, Det. Floyd Price, and Annie Sanders
1992 – Mackie Bobo, David Cummins, Ruth Lauer, and Bob & Martha York
1991 – Louise Cummins, Sondra Jones, Carol McWhorter, Kathy Powell, and Maggie Trejo
1990 – Crime Line, Carolyn Neal, Katie Parks, and Mary Nell & Jack Strong, Sr.
1989 – Eadie Armstrong, Georgia Mae Ericson, Clive Kinghorn, Joe Love Nelson, and Dudley Strain
1988 – Harold M. Chapman, Alan & Sandy Henry, Dolores King, and Nolan & Carol Swain
1987 – Cecil Caldwell, Jeff Klotzman, Carolyn Lanier, and George Woods
1986 – Betty P. Anderson, Oralia Cavazos, Lou & Ray Diekemper, and Verda Smith
1985 – Tavita Dow, Marjorie Kastman, Jeannine McHaney, Charley Pope, and Rose Wilson
Louise Allen Award
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2025 – ASCO Foundation
2024 – West Texas Land Guys
2023 – Lubbock Electric Company
2022 – The United Family
2021 – (No honoree; COVID)
2020 – Picoso’s Mexican Kitchen
2019 – Carpet Tech
2018 – Tyler Technologies
2017 – Remember Our Heroes
2016 – First United Bank
2015 – Bayer Crop Science
2014 – Cast Iron Grill
2013 – Hispanic Association for Women
2012 – Lubbock Downtown AMBUCS
2011 – Wentz Orthodontics
2010 – Lubbock Avalanche-Journal for Team Pinktober
2009 – City Bank Texas
2008 – Lubbock Chamber of Commerce
2007 – Parkhill, Smith & Cooper, Inc.
2006 – Breedlove Dehydrated Foods
2005 – Betenbough Charitable Foundation
2004 –New Day Window Cleaning Service
2003 – Wells Fargo Bank
2002 – American State Bank
2001 – Covenant Health System
2000 – 96.3 FM KLLL
1999 – Cox Communications
1998 – Target Good Neighbor Committee
1997 – The McDougal Companies
1996 – Texas Instruments
1995 – KJTV
1994 – Southwestern Bell Community Relations
1993 – United Supermarkets
1992 – Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
1991 – KCBD-TV
Rising Star Award
This award recognizes a member of the Lubbock community younger than 40 who has made an impact on a significant portion of the community through charitable, economic or educational means to improve the quality of life for a broad spectrum of those living in the Lubbock area.
2025 – Dr. Jessica Gray
2024 – Nicholas Bergfeld
Mary Ann Edwards Communicator of the Year Award
This award recognizes an individual working in the communications industry whose attention to the creation, management, distribution and consumption of ideas and information will have made significant contributions to the disciplines and positively impacted the community.
2025 – Dr. Jerry Hudson
2024 – Pete Christy
2023 – Nancy Sharp
2022 – Morgan Baker
2021 (no honoree; COVID)
2020 – Sally Post
2019 – Burle Pettit
2018 – Jeff Klotzman
2017 – Karin McCay
2016 – Chris Cook
2015 – Robert Wernsman
2014 – Ray Westbrook
2013 – Mary Ann Edwards
Beth Pratt Award
This award recognizes a member who demonstrates excellence in her profession, support of AWC Lubbock, and commitment to the purposes of the organization.
2025 – Donya Butler
2024 – Kelly Fujino
George Mahon Award for Extraordinary Public Service
Named in honor of Lubbock’s long-time U.S. Congressman, this award is presented when AWC believes a person has dedicated his or her adult life to a broad array of service efforts. Service must go beyond the demands of any job or office held by the recipient. This award is presented to an individual who can’t say “No” when asked to engage in public service whose service consistently results in accomplishments.
2025 – Dr. Douglas Klepper and Terry Hawkins
2024 – Rose Wilson
2023 – Chad and Jaime Wheeler
2022 – Rick and Holly Betenbough
2021 (no honoree; COVID)
2020 – Don Caldwell
2019 – George McMahan
2018 – Bill Dean
2017 – Linda Gaither
2016 – Douglas and Kay Sanford
2015 – Delwin Jones
2014 – Byrnie and Sharon Bass
2013 – Dr. Robert and Betty Carr, and Dr. Brian Carr
2012 – Louise Hopkins Underwood
2011 – Linda Greenstreet
2010 – Margaret Talkington
2009 – Betty and the Rev. Ted Dotts
2008 – Alvin Davis
2007 – Robert Ewalt
2006 – Marsha Sharp
2005 – T.J. Patterson
2004 – Joan Irvin
2003 – Shirley Madden
2002 – Doyle Gammill
2001 – Choc and Virginia Hutcheson
2000 – Preston Smith
1999 – Anita Bass
1998 – Carol McWhorter
1997 – Winifred Woods Vigness
1996 – Alan and Sandy Henry
1995 – Louise and David Cummins
1994 – Eadie Armstrong
1993 – Georgia Mae Ericson
1992 – Mary Nell and Jack Strong, Sr.
1991 – Carol Swain
1990 – Lou and Ray Diekemper
1989 – James and Louise Allen
1988 – Ethel McLeod
1987 – Betty Anderson
1986 – W. Curry and Frances Holden
1985 – George Mahon and Robert Nash