Young American Award - List of Young American Recipients

List of Young American Recipients

From 1968 through 2008, there have been 188 recipients of the national award.

1968

• Greg Bamford, Colorado
• Anthony Watson, Illinois
• William Cobb, Nevada
• Ann Marie Kaminski, Nebraska
• Rick Sowash, Ohio

1969

• Michael Shearn, Texas
• Debra George, Wyoming
• Joseph Lundy, California
• Staff Sgt. Dwight H. Johnson, Michigan
• George Begay, Arizona

1970

• Rodney Earl Donaldson, Texas
• Paul Douglas Ring, Arizona
• John Parker Stewart, Ohio
• Rex Kern, Ohio
• Madeline Manning Jackson, Ohio
• Jennifer Sue Inskeep, Kansas

1971

• David Powell, Utah
• Craig R. Rudlin, Virginia
• Clayton Taylor, Oklahoma
• James Heath, New York
• Claudia Turner, South Carolina
• Virginia A. Stroud, Wyoming

1972

• Charles Ealey, Jr. Ohio
• Janet Lynne Nowicki, Illinois
• Suzonne Elizabeth Quave, Louisiana
• Larry Lee Shaw, Utah
• Larry Simpson, Tennessee

1973

• Rufus Washington, Jr., North Carolina
• Stephen Brady, Hawaii
• Robert Meldrum, Utah
• Larry Eisenberg, Illinois
• Judy Bochenski, Oregon
• Robert Charles Howe, Illinois

1974

• Roger Henry Brown, Jr., Georgia
• Kenneth Beale, Jr., Pennsylvania
• Aaron J. Jorgensen, Minnesota
• Darrel Owen Pace, Ohio

1975

• Graciela Trilla, New York
• Garth Cox, Ohio
• Ashby Boyle II, Utah
• Thomas Camp, Nebraska
• Stanley Roach, Oklahoma
• Stan Tenenbaum, New York

1976

• Fredrick McClure, Texas
• Nancy Ann Kraemer, New York
• Terri Sue Hannon, Kansas
• John L. Dardenne, Jr., Louisiana
• Mary Van Lear Wright, Massachusetts
• Bradley Haddock, Kansas
• Angela Lea Garner, Tennessee
• Eileen Devine, California
• John E. Hayashi, Missouri
• Gerald R. Castellianos, Florida
• Dorothy Hamill, Connecticut

1977

• Lee Zachary Maxey, Texas
• Mark Daniel Worrell, Pennsylvania
• David Gene McKenney, United States Air Force Academy
• Allen Matheson Hughes, Utah
• Douglas Leighton Bandow, California
• Richard David Thomas, Idaho
• Beth Susan Dochinger, Ohio
• Ruth Lydia Bonaparte, Oregon
• Robert Hoke Perkins, Jr.

1978

• Kathy Howard, Oklahoma
• William Grau, New Jersey
• Joseph Rabatin, Minnesota
• Kenneth Allen, Nebraska
• Mary Beth Caruso, Massachusetts
• Larry Kwak, Kansas

1979

• Steve Cauthen, Kentucky
• Catherine Lazaro, Texas
• Richard Preister, Nebraska
• Jill Sterkel, California
• Scott Trotter, Utah
• David Tulanian, California

1980

• Peggy Ann Hall, Iowa
• Robert J. Hayashi, Missouri
• Mark W. Leinmiller, Georgia
• Nancy Lieberman, New York
• Steadman Shealy, Alabama
• Kerry L. Sorenson, Utah

1981

• Karen L. Middleton, Wisconsin
• Jeffrie A. Herrmann, New York
• Jennifer L. Shaw, Connecticut
• Roger W. Slead, Missouri
• Davalu D. Smith, Texas
• Sherri L. Dalphonse, New Hampshire

1982

• John Ashley Null, Kansas
• Timothy Michael Delorey, Florida
• Vincent Arnold Lazaro, Texas
• Cynthia Ann Reeves, Oklahoma
• Karl Julius Edelmann, Michigan
• Anthony Deh-Chuen So, Delaware

1988

• Douglas C. Barnhart, Pennsylvania
• Ron Brooks, New Jersey
• Paul Gonzales, California
• Laura Hengehold, Ohio
• Anne V. Ingram, North Carolina

1990

• Peter Boyer, Rhode Island
• John M. Garrison, Texas
• Hugh Herr, Pennsylvania
• Vick Huber, Delaware
• Talia Melanie McCray, Colorado

1992

• Frank Bradish, Idaho
• Derek Y. Kunimoto, Hawaii
• Arthur J. Ochoa, Delaware
• Mark Smith, Oregon
• Trina R. Williams, Indiana

1993

• Tracy L. Collett, Georgia
• Marlon Harmon, Wisconsin
• Hung Pham, Colorado
• Michael E. Plochocki, New York
• Joseph E. Ponzo, Massachusetts

1994

• Harold Richard Davis, Jr., South Carolina
• Javier David Margo, Jr., Texas
• Lethuy Thi Nguyen, Oklahoma
• Jamel Oeser-Sweat, New York
• Roderick D. Tranum, Georgia

1995

• Kevin Michael Crozier, Colorado
• Renee Kylene Hamel, Oklahoma
• Preston Hopson, III, Michigan
• Robert Lester Murry, Massachusetts
• Phillip Charles Rodriguez III, California

1996

• David Quinn Gacioch, New York
• Joel Morales, Jr., Texas
• Nan-Phong Duy Phan, California
• Randolph Walker, Jr., Mississippi
• Julie Anne Waller, North Carolina

1997

• Robert Edward Hugh Ferguson, Jr., Utah
• Christopher Todd Fullerton, Georgia
• Yukitoshi Murasaki, Florida
• Matthew John Spence, California
• Sabrina Martinique Thompson, North Carolina

1998

• Amanda Gayle Cox, Georgia
• Kirk Cristman Fistick, Maryland
• G. Christopher Jones, Oklahoma
• Denise Yvette Margo, Texas
• Hayata Kristy Poonyagariyagorn, Oregon

1999

• Justin Daniel Guerra, Missouri
• Erica Camille Quick, North Carolina
• Sylvester George Tan, Georgia
• Michelle Irene Towle, Minnesota
• John J. van Velthuyzen, Washington

2000

• Julius Demarcus Jackson, Texas
• Carl Frederick Regelmann, New York
• Svati Singla, North Carolina
• Alison L. Smith, Minnesota
• Christopher Kirill Sokolov, California

2001

• James W. Johnson, Pennsylvania
• Jason Wayne Kemp, North Carolina
• Hong-Ly Thi La, Maryland
• Cyrus Jerrerson Lawayer IV, Maryland
• Evan Michael Todd, Colorado

2002

• Michael John Beckel, Minnesota
• Lindsey D. Cameron, Texas
• Christina Hsiung Chen, Texas
• Mark Alan Mallak, Florida
• Edward J. Walneck, Arizona

2003

• Kyle James Cline, Illinois
• Brett Michael Patrick Klukan, Pennsylvania
• Katherine Ann Knuth, Minnesota
• Akeem Rasheed Samuels, New Jersey
• Jonathan P. Wilkerson, Texas

2004

• Aaron Azur Allen, California
• Elizabeth Anne Beckel, Minnesota
• Evan Eugene Hunsberger, California
• James Steven Kleckner, Wisconsin
• Kevin Koo, New Hampshire

2005

• Robert Kyle Alderson, Oklahoma
• Aubyn Cathleen Burnside, South Carolina
• Christopher Alan Kerzich, Illinois
• Melanie Alise Perry, Missouri
• Michael David Sekora, Pennsylvania

2006

• Benjamin Jacob Ulrich Banwart, Minnesota
• Mark Christopher Bicket, Oklahoma
• Richard B. Birrer, New York
• Shreyans C. Parekh, California
• Phillip D. Stewart, Nevada

2007

• Fernando S. Arán Jr., Florida
• Daniel Cayce, Arkansas
• Michael Alexander Hayoun, New Jersey
• Michael Quang Nguyen, California
• Logan Mark Skelley, Missouri

2008

• Paul Jacob Parker Banwart, Minnesota
• Gary Conard Bosshardt, Utah
• Welland Dane Burnside, South Carolina
• Sameer Gupta, Georgia
• Evan Jameson Spencer, Arizona

Per the national office national awards will no longer be given.