Honors of the Association
2025: Robyn Wahl
2024: Marty Hulette
2023: Lauren Bland
2022: Lacey Back-Lane
2021: Stephanie Schaaf
2020: Brenda Mueller Scott
2019: Angela Renea Sageser
2018: Jane Kleinert
2016: Tamara Cranfill
2016: Douglas Keefe
2015: Timothy Ball
2013: Kellie C. Ellis
2011: Reanna Saling
2010: Becky Vinson
2009: Donna Dunn; Michelle King
2008: Norma Hogan
2007: Mary Gray
2006: Linda Peavie Gregory
2005: Anne Olson
2004: William Brown
2003: Beverly A. Stanley
2002: Jodelle Deem; Stan Cooke
2001: Donna Southerland Morris
2000: Cindy Reeves
1999: Nancy B. Swigert
1998: Caroline Johnson
1997: Rebecca Dausman
1996: Rebecca S. Goss
1995: Robin M. Strode
1994: Jean M. Miller
1993: Elizabeth G. Blodgett; George O. Purvis
1992: David R. Cunningham; Viola P. Miller
1991: Judith L. Page
1990: Mary S. Gray
1989: Sandra A. Bell
1988: Nancy B. Swigert
1987: Portia Robb Higgins
1986: Ellen Somer Jacobs
1985: Karen F. Steckol
1984: Joseph P. Fox
1981: Richard A. Culatta
1979: Lauren D. Bowen
1978: Syl J. Nitzken
1976: William W. Green
1975: Jean L. Bell
1974: Rosalee Herman
1973: Beverly A. Stanley
1972: Ramelle F. Patterson
1971: Mary Louise McDowell
1970: Mary Ann Fueglein; John Sills
1969: Charles Diehl; Lucille Kaplan; Elizabeth McAlister; Madeline Vaughan
Certificate of Appreciation
2025: Caitlin Conley; Judy Reidt-Parker and Susanne Beilmann from Start Early Consulting; Craven Management
2024: None Awarded
2023: None Awarded
2022: Michael Shires
2021: Mike and Jamie Rice; Shirley MacDonald
2020: Steve Wilhelm; Gwenda Wilhelm
2019: Kate Wood Hall
2018: Regina Huff
2017: Jean Carver
2017: John Slevin
2017: Phyllis Curry
2016: Michael Estime
2016: David Williams
2015: Scottish Rite Foundation Under the Leadership of Dr. Carl Metz; Dr. Christopher Michael King; Elizabeth Ulanowski, PT, DPT, NCS; Rep. Kelly Flood; Rep. Leslie Combs
2014: Dr. Debbie Haydon; Chloe Patrick
2013: Maureen Patrick; Rachelle Henry; UK Dept. of Otolaryngology
2012: Karen Mercer
2010: Sandy J. Nielsen; Judy Muehleman; John Roden
2009: Dr. Sanford Archer; Rep. Leslie Combs; Larry B. Foley; Dan L. Stewart
2007: Michelle Hawkins
2005: Sharon R. Bush
2003: Patricia R. Freeman; Kris Bowerman; Stanton Simandle; Cheryl Dalton
2000: Steve Estes; Ed Yount
1999: Jean Isaacs
KSHA-ASHF Clinical Achievement Award
Clinical Achievement Award winner is also KSHA’s nominee for the ASHF Louis M. DiCarlo Award for Outstanding Clinical Achievement. Individuals with an asterisk (*) also won the DiCarlo Award.
2024: Victoria Schaub Hutchins
2023: Caroline Hudson
2022: Suzanne Edmonds
2021: Robert Marshall
2019: J. Joneen Lowman
2018: Joseph Constantine
2017: Kelly Kleinhans
2013: Jane O. Kleinert*
2012: Jill Preminger
2008: N. Carolyn Kisler
2007: Laura Claiborne; Stacey Greene; Emma Marcum;, Nachelle Nead
2006: Kathy Panther
2005: Lyn Tindall
2004: Robin Strode; Catherine Chamberlain
2003: Kathryn Polmanteer
2002: Carol Hustedde*
2001: Michelle King
2000: Sandra Tattershall*
1999: Nancy B. Swigert
1998: Jane O. Kleinert
1997: Donna Horn
1996: Kathy M. Panther
1995: Sheldia B. Sparks
1994: Joyce M. Wooldridge
1993: Donna Southerland Morris
1992: Linda Fairchild Gregory*
1991: Judith L. Page
1990: Jean Miller
1989: Alice Williams
1988: Jo Lynn B. Drury*
1987: Barbara A. Chaudoin
1986: Portia Robb Higgins
1985: Ellen S. Somer
1984: Sherry Shouse
1983: Karen F. Steckol
PaceSetter Award
2025: Meg Shake
2024: Aimee Burton; Lara Harris
2021: Micha Craig
2019: Robert Marshall
2018: Kathleen Taylor; Lee Dale Gibbons
2017: Alison Brown
Johanna B. Hancock Award
The highest honor of the Association, the Hancock Award is selected by the current KSHA President and presented to an executive council member for outstanding dedication and service to KSHA.
2025: Heather Gaddis
2024: Kellie Ellis
2023: Christina Brock
2022: Mary Grace Starks
2021: Leigh Anne Roden
2020: Tommy Evans
2019: Bethany Berry
2018: Lacey Lane
2017: Donna Goodlett-Collins
2016: Tamara Cranfill
2015: Janice Smith
2014: Linda Gregory
2013: Mary Gray
2012: Douglas Keefe
2011: Norma Hogan
2002: Mary Gray
2000: Rebecca Goss; Mick Miller
1998: Bev Schipper
1996: Cindy Reeves; Sharon Agin; Margaret Cain; Rebecca Dausman
1994: Caroline Johnson
1992: Rebecca Goss; Jean Miller; Bev Stanley
1990: Kim Lawless; Alice Williams; Lynn Shearon
1988: Robin Strode
1986: Nancy B. Swigert; Mary S. Gray; Sandy Bell
1984: Ellen Somer Jacobs