Alumni Award Winners

Lifetime Achievement

Alumni of the Year  

Friend of the University

Young Alumni Award

Promising Alumni

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LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

This award is given each year to an alumni or friend who has given a lifetime of service to the University. 

2024
Pat D. Burney '88

2023

 2022
Carol Lyles Reeves '70 Dr. Charles Anderson '56

2021

 2020
Ann Berry '78 Dr. Robert L. Potts
2019 2018

John Thomas McGee '58

 Joel Anderson '15
2017

2016
Weldon Cole '60
Jean Johnson
Harry '64 & Beth '67 Smith
2015 2014
Mitch Burford '51 Bill Cale
2013 2012
Gary Green
Edsel Holden '57		 Danny Killen '71 (In Memory)
2011 2010
Raymond Isbell '53
Harvey and Joyce Ann Robbins		 Kenneth Johnson
Jack Sellers
2009 2008
William Foster Grady Liles
2007 2006

Anne and Bud Smith

Hettie Butler Terry '48

Lawrence Conwill '79, '87

Dr. Paul Yokley 
2005 2004
Coach Bill Jones
Dr. Frank Malonee		 Roy Stevens
Joe Thomas
2003 2002
Jack Brown
Coach Hal Self		 Gladys Shepard
2001 2000
Dr. William Luckey Crocker Dr. Robert M. Guillot
1999 1998
W. T. McElheny
Pauline Gravlee		 E. B. Norton
1997 1996
Betty Mullins
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ALUMNI OF THE YEAR

This award will be  given each year to an alumni of the University who have utilized their degrees earned at the University and made great inroads and successes in their subsequent professions.

2024
Dawn J. Victor-Herring '92
2023 2022
Stacy Suggs '90 Dr. Kimberly Greenway '91 & '93
2021 2020
Dr. Stephanie Teichmiller '84 Tyrone Jerrell Dennis '02
2019 2018
 John Paul White '99 Dr. David Sunseri '98
2017 2016
Judy Hood '78

Joan Mollohan '76

Graham Sisson '87
2015 2014

Cagri Bagcioglu '99 & '00

Stan Patterson '89

Christy Jordan '02 

Anne Whitaker '89
2013 2012

Bill Erwin '94

Tammy Irons '86 

 

Debbie Shaw '82
2011 2010

George Carpenter '73
Dolores Cook '69
Robert McKenzie '62

James "Jay" Hurt '87
Kembrel Jones '82
James D. Ingram '78
2009 2008
Jefferson Fletcher '74
Betty Newman '62
Phillip Williams '61

Weldon Cole '60
Jean Schulman '75
Phillip Langsdon '75
2007 2006
Marty Abroms '81
Kevin Lamb '78
Rita Wray '78		 Jim Blasingame '72
Kelley Caudle '83
Dalen E. Keys '80
2005 2004

Clay Bennett '80
Lowell Guthrie '64
Laura McAnnally Harrison '55

 Deborah Rogers Ford '74
Mitzi Danker Groom '72, '75
Robbie Briggs Roepstorff '73
2003 2002
Beverly Matthews Absher '81, '87
Carl Bailey '70
Dr. Wayne Ray '65, '70		 Harlon Hill '53, '68
Tommy Pirkle '56
Lyndel Rae Hardy '74
2001 2000
Jeff Hodges '82
Jan Irons Harris '82
Lee Taylor '63		 Elizabeth Anderson '63, '67, '81
Henry King '60
Bernice Posey Land '43
1999 1998
Carolyn Eckl Eck '65, '74, '78
Johnny Finch '66
Paul Wylie '55		 Hettie Butler Terry '48
Nelson R. Starkey '52
Herbert L. Raburn '54
1997 1996
Milton Sewell '66
Will Stutts '70
James Bennett '79		 Danny Lewis '69
Joel Raney '78
Jan Grisson '81
1995 1994
Michael "Nick" Keith Nichols '78
Charles Terry Spalding '63
Robert Samuel Ryan '51		 Walt Aldridge '78
Jerry Hall '68
Dewayne Key '69, '73, '76
1993 1992
Lisa Patterson '82
Carroll "Butch" Crouch '74
Jerry F. Bartlett '63		 Wayne D. Rutledge '52
David C. Brown '53
Grant Newton '64
1991 1990

James L. Noles '67
Columbus M. Womble '63
James E. Moore '55, '68, '78
Richard F. Allen '63

 Eddie W. Lamon '61
Winfrey "Wimp" Sanderson '59
1989 1988
Bobby Irons '65
Robert Spain '51
Marlon Priest '74		 Eddie Frost '61
Herbert Handley '55
Al Williams '68
1987 1986
Dorothy "Dot" Mitchell '50
Mary Bulls '68, '70
Terry Wylie '75		 David Kennedy, Jr. '72
Robert R. Wilson '73
Bill Wise '63
1985 1984
Frank Fleming '62
Mary Nell Gonce '59
Harry Lee Smith '64		 Windell Wilkie Gunn '65
Paul R. Hubbert '59
Pam Long '74
1983 1982
Billy Joe Camp '60 Betty Mullins '45
Charles Mullins '50
1981 1980
John Finley, Jr. '34
James R. Bobo '50		 Bill Jones '58
James R. Hancock '58
1979 1978
Charles C. Anderson '56
James M. Spain '49		 Robert H. Jackson '63
George Maness '39
1977 1976
Billy Don Anderson '62 Ronnie G. Flippo '65
1975 1974
James Edward Tease '61 Thomas Earl York '50
1973 1972
George Smith Lindsey '52 Annette Gibbs '60
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FRIEND OF THE UNIVERSITY AWARD

This award will be given each year to a member of the University family who is not a graduate of this University, has given time, talent, and resources for the benefit of the University.

2024

Brandon Kutz
David Berrens                  
Trevor Wood
Michael Simmons
Kristi Overton 
2023 2022

Macke Mauldin

Kimberly Mauldin '94

Chester McKinney Jr
Joe McKinney
2021 2020
Megan Dye Officer Gregory M. Kirby & K9 Toby
2019 2018

Anne Marie Howard

 Bill Matthews
2017 2016
Jeffrey Bibbee Walter & Sharon Campbell
2015 2014
Ben '78 & Brenda Baker
Josh Willingham		 Barry Morris
Mickey Haddock
2013 2012
Robert & Sylvia Ferguson John Bunyan Cole
Stewart Cink
2011 2010
Listerhill Credit Union Listerhill Credit Union
2009 2008
Vincent J. Brewton
Frances Nunnelly
Wilburn Killian '51		 Ernest Borgnine
Denise Seagraves (Sodexo)
2007 2006
Citizens Bank
Ed Foust
Karen and Stan Goldstein
 Delores '58 & Weldon Cole '60
Harold Fikes '55
Garry Warren
2005 2004
David Brubaker
Robert "Bud" Cramer
Leo Watson		 Robert "Bob" Hill
LUV Group
Billy Smith
2003 2002
Robert Aderhold
Jimmy Johnson
Lindsey Stricklin		 Kevin W. Jangaard
Robert and Nancy Gonce
Steve and Susan Tipler
2001 2000
Colonial Bank
Dr. Edd Jones
Dr. G. Daniel Howard		 Ann Huckaba
Jack and Nancy Opler
Jean Rogers
1999 1998
Bob Bottimore
Bobby Denton
Mr. and Mrs. John Drummond		 Keith Absher
Hester Cope
Ann Craig
1997 1996
Amy Darby
Debby Darby
Macke Mauldin		 Marah Langley
Jackie Ransom
Mike Self
1995 1994
Bob Whitten
Stan Tomblin
Donnie Phillips
Dave Marbury
Roger Lovelace
James Odis Thompson
1993
Grady Liles
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YOUNG ALUMNI AWARD

The Young Alumni award is awarded to graduates of University of North Alabama within 5 to 10 years of their graduation year. The award will recognize an alumni on the basis of outstanding achievement, personal growth in career or outstanding professional, civic, and cultural service in ways that positively reflect on the University of North Alabama.

 

2024
Hannah Hopkins '17
2023 2022
Abigail Gaddy '12 '17 Ashley Remkus '15
2021 2020
Rachel Wammack Purcell '16 Indigo Jade Shanice Fort '15

PROMISING ALUMNI

This award will be given each year to graduating seniors who have demonstrated great promise in their chosen fields (through academic performance) and who show great potential for future community and University service ( through co-curricular involvement). They are nominated and voted on by a selection committee composed of faculty, staff and alumni of the University.

 

2024

Addison Littrell

Beth Ann Tucker

Candice Buford

Chelsey Phifer

Clay McGuire

Hayden Nixon 

Kennedy Coan

Kerigan Mardis

Lauren Vance

Mandelyn McGinnis

Olivia Oliphant

Skyler Saunders

TaKairee Kenebrew

 
2023 2022

Amber Sandvig

Audrey Beaver

Brody Sutherland

Caroline Vance

Harold "Mack" McCluskey

Joshua "Garret" Statom

Mackenzie Martin

Mario Sanchez Salcedo

Morgan Crouch

Nydia Thomas

Shana R. Melton

Talon R. Pritchard

 

Clara J. Atchley

Edric "EJ" Powell

Emma Warren

Grace Lensing

Joshua Corbin

Madeline Pugh

Maurice Elmore Jr

Micah M. Douglas

Nicole Jones

Omonoegho Ugheoke

Paige Yelverton

Payton Youngblood

Sidney Heinrich

Tevin Pauley
2021 2020

Shanise Allen

Brooklyn Beauregard

Bobbi Bukovac

Audrey Johnson

Rachel Pierce

Jenae Roberts

Benjamin South

Kayla Walton

 

Sallye "Tay" Cavett

Hunter Tate Gooch

Charles "Charlie" Gordon

Sarah Hand

Sarah Mauldin

Kara Nix

Jacob "Jake" Williams

Hannah Zimmer

 
2019 2018
Abby Forrester
Chase Holcombe
Cameron Hunt
Samantha "Claire" Kiel
Randy "Austin" Knight
Lauren Nuwayhid
Tenton "Trent" Trammel
Josh Williams
Kristen Anderson
Rebecca Bush
Nikki Matthews
Courtney Phifer
Dustin Phillips
Dylan Rose
Abigail Sides
Nicholas Smith
2017 2016
Chloe Allen
Jocelyn Barnes
Jonathan Barnett
Jordan Cooper
Hugo Dante Jr.
Jose Figueroa-Cifuentes
Bella Martinez
Victoria Roose
Brandon Brown
Noelle Hall
Gabriela Gomez
Sarah Green
Carson Hagood
Hannah Hopkins
Lee Mayhall
Patrick Twesme
2015 2014
Patrick "Cullen" Akin
Vincent Chiriaco
Brooke Hornfeck
Nicholas Lang
Miracle Osborne
Sarah Schiavone
Luke Wingo

Rachel Wammack
Christian Bayens
Samantha Fotovich
Jordan Graham
Dillon Green
Kekoria Greer
Bianca Mitchell
Randall Phifer
Undrea Randolph II
2013 2012

Abril Agnew
D'Aria Booker
Kaitlin Chappell
Laura Giles
Anne-Marie Hall
Noelle Ingle
Wes Long
Anna Milwee

 Gavin Best
Ethan Cagle
Loic Dimithe
Emily McCann
Taylor Pickens
Will Riley
Randy Thomason
Katherine Vandiver
2011 2010
Ralph Akalonu
Lucy Berry
Caleb Banks
Dillon Hodges
Brandi Lewis
Allison Ray
Heather Unger-Robertson
Cierra Smith
Zack Summy		 Breann Boughton
Thomas Corum
Cory Hamilton
Matthew Van Ormer
Bethany Oliver
Katherine Posey
John Sercel
Joseph Thigpen
Katie Todd
2009 2008
Will Batson
Byron “Tripp” Bower
Luke Chenault
Grace Ann Coburn
Montrell Craft
Antonia “Toni” Crutcher
Leah Beth Downs
Sherri Hester
Scotty Rainwater
Samuel Thigpen		 Justin "Bishop" Alexander
Emily Anderton
Winn Brewer
Kieaire Harris
Will Hodges
A.J. Milwee
Katie Rolf
Jay Sandlin
Rusty Sherrill
2007 2006
Colene Burns
Yuta Fukuda
Clayton Grider
Whitney Hill
Yuka Kimura
Tyler Mills
Agenda Overton
Timmy Ray
Bethany Willingham		 John Brimley
Marcus Brimley
Jonathan Fleming
Jeff Foster
Kristen Gist
Laura Hill
Josh McFall
David Williamson
Mallory Wooten
Michelle Youngblood
2005 2004
Caroline Beumer
Amanda Coates
Kattie Fletcher
Elizabeth Godwin
Malcolm Singleton
Anthony Sparks
Amy Tucker
Zeb Wallace		 Leah White
Nikki Dee Corum
Ellen Drouet
Michael Flanery
Matthew Huggins
Adam Long
Laura Beth Mastroianni
Emily Plunkett
Bridget Putman
Ben Rock
Brett Trapp
2003 2002
Clifford Drouet, Jr.
Eric Ezzell
Chad Greenhaw
Jamie Hutcheson
Meghan Malone
Jason Parks
Miranda Roden
Candice Watson
Jacob “Jake” Wilson		 Leslie Burch
Laura Beth Daws
Julie Flowers
Elishaba Graben
Laura Murray
Ben Phillips
Corlandos Scott
Julie Thompson
2001 2000
Adam Comeens
Douglas Hargett
Logan Key
Laura Dale Lee
Marcus Maples
Jonathan McKinney
Eve Rhea
Chad Walker		 Anne Beam
Brian Blakely
Nick Burrows
Ashley Gregory
Kim Hoyle
Jim Page
Leray Smedley
Becky Taylor
Tamara Turner
1999 1998
Courtney Carpenter
Clint Carter
Gary Chandler
Lisa Holley
Leah McCreary
Ronda Price
Rachel Price
Brad Warren
Todd Wiginton		 Allison Ayers
Atina Blakely English
Toby Eveland
Melanie Hargett
Beth Hellums
Lacey Howard
Sunshine Shumate
Steve Price
Jay Skipworth
1997 1996
Chris Anderson
Rachel Bobo
Brent Collins
Kat Davis
Tracy Doughty
Karla Felker
Tyler Greer
Eric Kirkman
Stephanie Irons McCay
Amelia Owen
Steifon Passmore
Cheron Pitts
Clancy Ratliff
Kellee Redd
Tera Richardson
Jason Roberts
DeAnna Simms
Jamie Sisk
Jennifer Steffen
Jim Trimble
Candace Watters
Wade Watkins		 David Baker
Angela Bishop
Jill Bishop
Bethany Blanton
Melanie Bradbary
Amy Bridges
Todd Foust
Christy Johnson
Tobi Mayes
John Bradley Morrow
Denise Murtha
Gordon Parks
Kristi Steele
Elizabeth Stumpe
Patricia Valdovinos
Melinda Waldrop
Amy Williams
Jennifer Wright
Suzanne Yeager
1995 1994

Jeremy Baham
Robbie Hillis
Chuck Hunt
Sedric Johnson
Jill Lindsey
Laura Parker
Michelle Rupe
Allison Sneed
Wendy Walker
Daryl Woods

 John Benson
Ryan Brake
Gina Carpenter
Jeff Cotney
Steve Flanagin
Brad Hill
Stan Jackson
Gina Johnston
Russ LeMay
Julie MeLemore