| 1981 | Winfred Black | Seneca, SC |
| 1982 | Horace Batts | Wilmington, NC |
| 1983 | Robert Schools | Richmond, VA |
| 1984 | Ted Dworkowski | Baltimore, MD |
| 1985 | Charlie Seamester | Greenville, NC |
| 1986 | Sam Knable | Philadelphia, PA |
| 1987 | Herbert Miller | Boston, MA |
| 1988 | Doug Johnson | Norfolk, VA |
| 1989 | Thomas McDyer | San Diego, CA |
| 1990 | Lee McKeown | Charleston, SC |
| 1991 | Bruce Starkey | San Antonio, TX |
| 1992 | Bredemeier Family | Nashville, TN |
| 1993 | James Tabor | Long Beach, CA |
| 1994 | Robert Schools | Baton Rouge, LA |
| 1995 | Jack Fleming | Bremerton, WA |
| 1996 | Lee McKeown | Myrtle Beach, SC |
| 1997 | George Wallace | Peabody/Boston, MA |
| 1998 | Bert Seago | St. Louis, MO |
| 1999 | Walt Carter | Reno, NV |
| 2000 | Henry Tabor | Beckley, WV |
| 2001 | Richard Werts | Branson, MO |
| 2002 | William Gatlin | Corpus Christi, TX |
| 2003 | John Feathers | Cody, WY |
| 2004 | Randy Smith | Charlottesville, VA |
| 2005 | Clarence Cagle | Mobile, AL |
| 2006 | James Tabor | San Diego, CA |
| 2007 | Michael Martin | Oklahoma City, OK |
| 2008 | William Bolen | Baltimore, MD |
| 2009 | Michael Backlund | Bloomington, MN |
| 2010 | James Frazier | Portland, OR |
| 2011 | Randy Smith | Charlottesville, VA |
| 2012 | Roy Compton | Nashville, TN |
| 2013 | Allen Brueckner | San Francisco, CA |
| 2014 | Tom Harper | Fall River/Westport, MA |
| 2015 | Gary Thompson | Tampa, FL |
| 2016 | Cookie, Eddie and Frances Tabor |
Riverside, CA |
| 2017 | Tony Tabor | New Orleans, LA |
| 2018 | Sherrie Gatlin | Memphis, TN |
| 2019 | Gary Thompson |
Des Moines, IA |
| 2020 | Michael and Jan Backlund | Rapid City, SD |
| 2021 | Michael and Jan Backlund | Branson, MO |
| 2022 | Cookie and Frances Tabor | Riverside, CA |
| 2023 | Randy and Faye Smith | Charleston, SC |
| 2024 | Dawn Serdiuk | Tampa, FL |
| 2025 | Jim and Shirley Frazier | Kansas City, MO |
We would like to acknowledge and thank Richard A. Bowman
for permission to use selections and photographs from his book