{"id":2696,"date":"2025-10-17T17:46:53","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T21:46:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ksha.info\/?page_id=2696"},"modified":"2026-03-07T14:25:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T19:25:11","slug":"past-professional-award-winners","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ksha.info\/index.php\/past-professional-award-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"Past Professional Award Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"

Honors of the Association<\/strong><\/h4>\n

2026: Donna Morris
\n2025: Robyn Wahl
\n2024: Marty Hulette
\n2023: Lauren Bland
\n2022: Lacey Back-Lane
\n2021:\u00a0Stephanie Schaaf
\n2020:\u00a0Brenda Mueller Scott
\n2019: Angela Renea Sageser
\n2018:\u00a0Jane Kleinert
\n2016: Tamara Cranfill
\n2016: Douglas Keefe
\n2015: Timothy Ball
\n2013: Kellie C. Ellis
\n2011: Reanna Saling
\n2010: Becky Vinson
\n2009: Donna Dunn; Michelle King
\n2008: Norma Hogan
\n2007: Mary Gray
\n2006: Linda Peavie Gregory
\n2005: Anne Olson
\n2004: William Brown
\n2003: Beverly A. Stanley
\n2002: Jodelle Deem; Stan Cooke
\n2001: Donna Southerland Morris
\n2000: Cindy Reeves
\n1999: Nancy B. Swigert
\n1998: Caroline Johnson
\n1997: Rebecca Dausman
\n1996: Rebecca S. Goss
\n1995: Robin M. Strode
\n1994: Jean M. Miller
\n1993: Elizabeth G. Blodgett; George O. Purvis
\n1992: David R. Cunningham; Viola P. Miller
\n1991: Judith L. Page
\n1990: Mary S. Gray
\n1989: Sandra A. Bell
\n1988: Nancy B. Swigert
\n1987: Portia Robb Higgins
\n1986: Ellen Somer Jacobs
\n1985: Karen F. Steckol
\n1984: Joseph P. Fox
\n1981: Richard A. Culatta
\n1979: Lauren D. Bowen
\n1978: Syl J. Nitzken
\n1976: William W. Green
\n1975: Jean L. Bell
\n1974: Rosalee Herman
\n1973: Beverly A. Stanley
\n1972: Ramelle F. Patterson
\n1971: Mary Louise McDowell
\n1970: Mary Ann Fueglein; John Sills
\n1969: Charles Diehl; Lucille Kaplan; Elizabeth McAlister; Madeline Vaughan<\/p>\n

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Certificate of Appreciation<\/strong><\/h4>\n

2026: John and Linda Kelly; Doug Shearer
\n2025: Caitlin Conley; Judy Reidt-Parker and Susanne Beilmann from Start Early Consulting; Craven Management
\n2024: None Awarded
\n2023: None Awarded
\n2022: Michael Shires
\n2021:\u00a0Mike and Jamie Rice; Shirley MacDonald
\n2020:\u00a0Steve Wilhelm;\u00a0Gwenda Wilhelm
\n2019: Kate Wood Hall
\n2018:\u00a0Regina Huff
\n2017: Jean Carver
\n2017: John Slevin
\n2017: Phyllis Curry
\n2016: Michael Estime
\n2016: David Williams
\n2015: 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
\n2014: Dr. Debbie Haydon; Chloe Patrick
\n2013: Maureen Patrick; Rachelle Henry; UK Dept. of Otolaryngology
\n2012: Karen Mercer
\n2010: Sandy J. Nielsen; Judy Muehleman; John Roden
\n2009: Dr. Sanford Archer; Rep. Leslie Combs; Larry B. Foley; Dan L. Stewart
\n2007: Michelle Hawkins
\n2005: Sharon R. Bush
\n2003: Patricia R. Freeman; Kris Bowerman; Stanton Simandle; Cheryl Dalton
\n2000: Steve Estes; Ed Yount
\n1999: \u00a0Jean Isaacs<\/p>\n

<\/div>\n

KSHA-ASHF Clinical Achievement Award<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Clinical Achievement Award winner is also KSHA\u2019s nominee for the ASHF Louis M. DiCarlo Award for Outstanding Clinical Achievement. Individuals with an asterisk (*) also won the DiCarlo Award.<\/em><\/p>\n

2026: Anne Olson
\n2025: None Awarded
\n2024: Victoria Schaub Hutchins
\n2023: Caroline Hudson
\n2022: Suzanne Edmonds
\n2021:\u00a0Robert Marshall
\n2019: J. Joneen Lowman
\n2018:\u00a0Joseph Constantine
\n2017: Kelly Kleinhans
\n2013: Jane O. Kleinert*
\n2012: Jill Preminger
\n2008: N. Carolyn Kisler
\n2007: Laura Claiborne; Stacey Greene; Emma Marcum;, Nachelle Nead
\n2006: Kathy Panther
\n2005: Lyn Tindall
\n2004: Robin Strode; Catherine Chamberlain
\n2003: Kathryn Polmanteer
\n2002: Carol Hustedde*
\n2001: Michelle King
\n2000: Sandra Tattershall*
\n1999: Nancy B. Swigert
\n1998: Jane O. Kleinert
\n1997: Donna Horn
\n1996: Kathy M. Panther
\n1995: Sheldia B. Sparks
\n1994: Joyce M. Wooldridge
\n1993: Donna Southerland Morris
\n1992: Linda Fairchild Gregory*
\n1991: Judith L. Page
\n1990: Jean Miller
\n1989: Alice Williams
\n1988: Jo Lynn B. Drury*
\n1987: Barbara A. Chaudoin
\n1986: Portia Robb Higgins
\n1985: Ellen S. Somer
\n1984: Sherry Shouse
\n1983: Karen F. Steckol<\/p>\n

<\/div>\n

The Dr. Judith Page PaceSetter Award<\/strong><\/h4>\n

2026: Holly Hamill; Laura Stone
\n2025: Meg Shake
\n2024: Aimee Burton; Lara Harris
\n2021: Micha Craig
\n2019: Robert Marshall
\n2018:\u00a0Kathleen Taylor; Lee Dale Gibbons
\n2017: Alison Brown<\/p>\n

<\/div>\n

Johanna B. Hancock Award
\n<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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.
\n<\/em><\/p>\n

2026: Leigh Anne Roden
\n2025: Heather Gaddis
\n2024: Kellie Ellis
\n2023: Christina Brock
\n2022: Mary Grace Starks
\n2021:\u00a0Leigh Anne Roden
\n2020: Tommy Evans
\n2019: Bethany Berry
\n2018:\u00a0Lacey Lane
\n2017: Donna Goodlett-Collins
\n2016: Tamara Cranfill
\n2015: Janice Smith
\n2014: Linda Gregory
\n2013: Mary Gray
\n2012: Douglas Keefe
\n2011: Norma Hogan
\n2002: Mary Gray
\n2000: Rebecca Goss; Mick Miller
\n1998: Bev Schipper
\n1996: Cindy Reeves; Sharon Agin; Margaret Cain; Rebecca Dausman
\n1994: Caroline Johnson
\n1992: Rebecca Goss; Jean Miller; Bev Stanley
\n1990: Kim Lawless; Alice Williams; Lynn Shearon
\n1988: Robin Strode
\n1986: Nancy B. Swigert; Mary S. Gray; Sandy Bell
\n1984: Ellen Somer Jacobs<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Honors of the Association 2026: Donna Morris 2025: Robyn Wahl 2024: Marty Hulette 2023: Lauren Bland 2022: Lacey Back-Lane 2021:\u00a0Stephanie Schaaf 2020:\u00a0Brenda Mueller Scott 2019: Angela Renea Sageser 2018:\u00a0Jane 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 2026: John and Linda Kelly; Doug Shearer 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:\u00a0Mike and Jamie Rice; Shirley MacDonald 2020:\u00a0Steve Wilhelm;\u00a0Gwenda Wilhelm 2019: Kate Wood Hall 2018:\u00a0Regina 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: \u00a0Jean Isaacs KSHA-ASHF Clinical Achievement Award Clinical Achievement Award winner is also KSHA\u2019s nominee for the ASHF Louis M. DiCarlo Award for Outstanding Clinical Achievement. Individuals with an asterisk (*) also won the DiCarlo Award. 2026: Anne Olson 2025: None Awarded 2024: Victoria Schaub Hutchins 2023: Caroline Hudson 2022: Suzanne Edmonds 2021:\u00a0Robert Marshall 2019: J. Joneen Lowman 2018:\u00a0Joseph 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 The Dr. Judith Page PaceSetter Award 2026: Holly Hamill; Laura Stone 2025: Meg Shake 2024: Aimee Burton; Lara Harris 2021: Micha Craig 2019: Robert Marshall 2018:\u00a0Kathleen 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. 2026: Leigh Anne Roden 2025: Heather Gaddis 2024: Kellie Ellis 2023: Christina Brock 2022: Mary Grace Starks 2021:\u00a0Leigh Anne Roden 2020: Tommy Evans 2019: Bethany Berry 2018:\u00a0Lacey 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. 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