Alumni Award Winners
At each Homecoming, the Alumni Association recognizes members who have made significant contributions to their community, their organization and LWC. All alumni association members may nominate an alumnus or alumna for the following awards: Distinguished Alumnus, Distinguished Service, Young Alumus/Alumna or Special Achievement.
2023 Alumni Award Recipients
Outstanding Young Alumna - Hannah Hayduk '15 MoralesDistinguished Alumnus Award - Bill Straus '69
Distinguished Service Award - Charity Ferguson '01
Honorary Alumnus - Dr. Jerry Westerfield
2022 Alumni Award Recipients
Outstanding Young Alumna - Casey Hardy McGowan '14Distinguished Alumnus Award - Stanley Curry '84
Distinguished Service Award - Brady Conrad Button '98 (posthumously)
Honorary Alumna - Betty Jean Moseley
Honorary Alumnus - Duane Bonifer
2021 Alumni Award Recipients
Distinguished Alumna Award - Karen Sue Pendleton '60 WilsonOutstanding Young Alumna - Kasey Compton '10
Distinguished Service Award - Linda McKinley '66 Grider
Honorary Alumna - Garmoline Carpenter (posthumously)
2019 Alumni Award Recipients
Distinguished Alumna Award - Valerie Murrell Adams '90Honorary Alumna Award - Susan K. Minton
Outstanding Young Alumnus Award - Josh Conner '04
Distinguished Service Award - Chris Wells '01
2018 Alumni Award Recipients
Distinguished Alumna Award - Ann Martin '75Honorary Alumnus Award - John Howery
Outstanding Young Alumnus Award - Andy Mann '08
Distinguished Service Award - Dan Antle '71
2017 Alumni Award Recipients
Outstanding Young Alumna Award - Lori Riddle '02 EberenzDistinguished Service Award - Carrie Luker '67 Farris
Distinguished Alumnus Award - Robert W. Flowers '70
2016 Alumni Award Recipients
Outstanding Young Alumna - Dr. April Richardson-Hatcher '02Distinguished Service Award - Amy Thompson-Wells '99
Distinguished Alumnus - J. Paul Long '75
Outstanding Young Alumnus - Dr. S Ross Martin '05
2015 Alumni Award Recipients
Distinguished Service Award - LWC Assistant Food Service Director and Catering Director JoAnn PankoHonorary Alumnus - LWC Professor of Music Robert Reynolds
Distinguished Alumnus - Michael Kearns '63
Outstanding Young Alumnus - Chris Innes '05
Honorary Alumna - Retired Educator Judith Ford
2014 Alumni Award Recipients
Distinguished Alumnus - Kerry Michael Givens '73Outstanding Young Alumnus - Chris Estes '01
Athletic Hall of Fame Inductee for Softball - Jessica Seamon '01
Athletic Hall of Fame Inductee for Volleyball - Michelle Burns '01 Perry
Honorary Alumni - Dee and the Rev. Howard Reynolds
2013 Alumni Award Recipients
Honorary Alumni Award - LWC Associate Professor of Music Gerald Chafin and his wife, Sonja.Distinguished Alumnus Award - Greg Hall '82
Distinguished Service Award - Jean McLean '49, posthumously, accepted by husband, Lynn.
Outstanding Young Alumnus - Brian Shirley '98
Honorary Alumnus Award - B.J. Burnett