THIS AWARD IS INTENDED TO RECOGNIZE BOTH THE PEDAGOGICAL AND COMPETITIVE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF POLICY DEBATE BY GRADUATE STUDENT COACHES, WHO ARE BALANCING THEIR OBLIGATIONS TO THEIR SCHOOL WORK AND THAT OF THEIR PROGRAMS. THE RECIPIENT NEEDS TO DEMONSTRATE EXCELLENCE IN GRADUATE AND PROFESSIONAL OBLIGATIONS AS WELL AS THEIR WORK AS COACHES.
| 2025 | Azja Butler, University of Kansas |
| 2024 | Hannah Phelps, Kansas State University |
| 2023 | Taylor Brough, Wake Forest University |
| 2022 | Ian Lowery, James Madison University |
| 2021 | Jylessa Hampton, University of Kansas |
| 2020 | Primavera Martinez, Fresno State University |
| 2019 | Kristiana Baez, University of Iowa |
| 2018 | George Lee, University of Oklahoma |
| 2017 | CV Vitolo-Haddad & Jordan Foley, University of Wisconsin |
| 2016 | Tommye Weddington, West Virginia University |
| 2015 | Max Bugrov, Fresno State |
| 2014 | Kurt Fifelski, University of Central Oklahoma |
| 2013 | Chris Thomas, Wake Forest University |
| 2012 | Scott Odekirk, Idaho State University |
| 2011 | Vince Binder, Florida State University |
| 2010 | Samantha Godbey, West Virginia University |
| 2009 | Theresa Perry, Sacramento State University |
| 2008 | Marissa Silber, University of Florida |
| 2007 | Matt Grindy, Florida State University |
