Alumni Awards
Purpose
Eligibility for Award Only graduates of York College will be eligible. To be considered a candidate:
Presentation of Awards Awards shall be presented during Homecoming. It is preferred that recipients are present for the award presentation. Recipients will be announced before the date. |
Past Recipients
1970-1989
- 1974 John Townsdin (1958)
- 1975 Victor Rodriguez (1959)
- 1976 Dr. Dan McCaghren (1962)
- 1977 Bob Lewis (1958)
- 1978 Gary Michael (1961)
- 1979 Ron Magnusson (1970)
- 1980 Dr. Carl Baker (1969)
- 1981 Paul Touchton (1961)
- 1982 Elton Albright (1967)
- 1983 Lynn Yocum (1962)
- 1984 Jerry Swanson (1964)
- 1985 Fran Hudgens (1965) / Harold Mitchell (1960)
- 1986 William T. “Spike” O’Dell (1973) / Drs. Tom & Dottie (Lott) Schulz (1959 & 1972) /
Jerry & Donna (Hinton) Swanson (1964) - 1987 Byrl “Bo” Brockman (1969) / Dr. James Anderson (1964) / Dale Hukle (1973)
- 1989 Gerry Nixon (1972)
1990-2009
- 1990 Dr. Larry & Leslie (McClelland) Deal (1977)
- 1991 Dr. Richard & Cindy (Martin) Edwards (1976)/ Sherry (Frederick) Adams (1977)
- 1992 Brenda (Collins) Onstead (1974)
- 1993 Tom Gaer (1968)
- 1994 Dr. Stephen Lemons (1974)
- 1995 Bill Lambert (1970)
- 1996 Rick Hendricks (1972)
- 1997 Rick & Sherilyn (Hogins) Eldred (1971)
- 1998 Deena (Smith) Tandy (1965)
- 1999 Kimball & Debbie (Lewis) Matkins (1976 & 1975)
- 2000 Steve Belden (1976)
- 2001 Sherri Herndon (1981)
- 2002 Stephen and Tammy (Ferguson) Batten (1977 & 1978)
- 2003 Sharla (Sikes) Marcum (1973)
- 2004 Mike & Janet (Reno) Rush (1984 & 1983)
- 2005 Dr. Greg Woods (1985)
- 2006 Dr. Dennis & Debby (Stockburger) Lynn (1976)
- 2007 Drs. Frank & Kathleen (Baker) Wheeler (1972)
- 2008 John Hamm (1969)
- 2009 Dr. Tim McNeese (1973) / Young Alumni – Richard James (1997) /
Servant Leader – Dr. Dottie (Lott) Schulz (1972) - 2010 Charlie Watts (1965) / Young Alumni – Jason Rice (2000)
2010-Present
- 2011 Linda Egle (1970) / Young Alumni – Dr. Kimberly (Hooten) Williams (2002)
- 2012 David Lynn (1974) / Young Alumni – Dr. Aaron Fletcher (2002)
- 2013 Dr. Pat (Stockburger) Simpson (1972)/ Young Alumni – Nick Harlan (2003) /
Servant Leader – Dennis Cady (1966) - 2014 Dr. Jackie (Hance) Humphrey (1959) / Young Alumni – Dr. Scott Abraham (1999)
- 2015 Heritage Alumni of the Year– Don & Ramona (Burgett) Ellison (1954), Gordon Fillman (1949)
- 2015 Dr. Dickie & Onita (Touchton) Hill (1964 & 1965) / Young Alumni – Brad Reischl (1999)
- 2016 Dr. R. Wayne White (1963)/ Young Alumni – Lanny Gridley (1998)
- 2017 Hon. David Arterburn (1977)/ Young Alumni – Kimberly (Dreher) Hoyt (2002)/
Servant Leader – Sendai Mission Team - 2018 Scott & Lisa (Hinrichs) Eckman (1979 & 1981) / Young Alumni – Mark Smesrud '10/
Servant Leader – Joe & Linda Thomas - 2019 John and Ellen (Whitman) Lucas (1966)/ Young Alumni – Aimee (Burney) Piller (2004), Ben Smail (2012)/
Servant Leader – Norman Morrow (1963) posthumous - 2020 Dr. Gayle (Savage) Davidson(1975) / Servant Leader - Carladean Thompson (1975)