Award Winners
| Year | Stage Coacher of the Year (SCOTY) | Special Awards | Lucille Aikens Lifetime Achievement (LALA) | Business of the Year | E. Nelson James Memorial Award for Promotional Excellence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Angela Schiola-Niemeyer, Cortney Jo Newby |
Mover & Shaker Measure Twice, Cut Once, Make Magic Let’s Hear It For the Lights |
Richard Christensen, Norm Read | Bill White’s C.A.R. Hospital | Roberta Maxfield |
| 2022 | Maria Boynton, Denny Boynton | A Season of Sound Jeanna Hunter, Allison Verbic |
Jan and Dan Kuntz | The Egyptian Theatre | Sara Pajor |
| 2021 | Jeff Hall, Sara Pajor |
Memorial Wall Rookie of the Year |
Greg Anderson, Susan Johnson | Dale Tulk, Luke Butler | Cortney Jo Newby |
| 2020 | Ryan & Nika Morton |
COVID-19 Task Force Virtual Concert Series Committee |
Tim Ball | City of DeKalb | Terri Crain Goodman |
| 2019 | Sue McCue, Nancy Schuneman | Korey Miller, Brick Schiola-Williams | Mark & Laurie Hunyard, Dave Pearson | First Lutheran Church of DeKalb | Maria & Denny Boynton |
| 2018 | Brian Maxfield | Janet Rosenberg, Angela Schiola | Gloria Dennison | Upstaging, Inc., Sycamore United Methodist Church | Tim Ball |
| 2017 | Mike Groark, Wendy Tritt | Kathy Hewitt, Michele McClane, Nika Morton, Cortney Jo Newby, Donna O’Hagan, Sara Pajor | Roberta Maxfield | DeKalb County Community Foundation | Jan Kuntz |
| 2016 | Scott Montavon, Mandy Paschen | Jeff Heider, Wendy Tritt | D’Ann Hamilton, Andee Larson | Redeemed Furniture Outlet | Barb Andree |
| 2015 | Dan Hyde, Rick Bivens | Roberta Maxfield, Brian Maxfield, Bill Gardner, Joanne Gardner, Rebecca Gardner | Todd Toles | American Title Guaranty, Inc. | Susan Johnson |
| 2014 | Aaron Schryver, Terri Crain Goodman | Dave Pearson, Sue McCue, Nancy Schuneman | David & Jan Booth | KishHealth System | Bob Cain |
| 2013 | Bob White, Tom Grady | Vince Virtue, John Feken | Judy O’Connor | Signs by Loose | Annette Johns |
| 2012 | Jennifer Snow, Jeanna Rosene-Hunter | Joanne Landshaft | Gary Mattin | Ducky’s Formal Wear | |
| 2011 | Cheryl Johnson, Laurie Hunyard | Keely Smith, Sue McCue, Brett Truckenbrod, Janet Rosenberg | Orv Kersten | Cracker Jax, Upstaging, Inc. | |
| 2010 | Susan Johnson, Darlene Hillman | Tom Grady, Cecelia Kafer, Dave Pearson, G. Scott Morris | Larry & Linda Ball, G. Scott Morris | Glidden Florist | |
| 2009 | Paula Tsiagalis, Barb McCaskey | Tim Ball | Bernie & Nancy Schuneman | Le Print Express | |
| 2008 | Lawrence Nepodahl, Stephen Wright | Barb Kolb, Roberta Maxfield, Bob Cain, Kim Lamansky, Dave Pearson, Bernie Schuneman, Denny Vaupel, Tom Grady, Eric Peterson, Mark Hunyard, Tim Ball | Ralph Schroeder Dry Wall |
| 2007 | Barb Andree, Judy O’Connor | Jerry Johns, Annette Johns, Jeanna Hunter | John & Sue McCue | Resource Bank | |
| 2006 | Norm Read | Tim Ball Stage Fright Night Committee David Booth, Kim Lamansky, Darlene Hillman, Fran Brannon, Bob White, Jan Booth | Chris Porterfield | Vidicon | |
| 2005 | Jan Kuntz | Gloria Dennison, Tom Grady, Eric Peterson | WLBK | ||
| 2004 | Tim Rezash | Gary McConeghy, Family of Ed McCaskey | Shirley Chaney | Immanuel Lutheran Church | |
| 2003 | Greg Anderson, Roberta Maxfield | Vicki McCue, Bill Kator, Tom Rezash, Sean Henson | Lana Marten | ||
| 2002 | Todd Toles, Pete Biletzky | Sue McCue, E. Nelson James, Denny Vaupel, Dave Pearson | Annette & Jerry Johns | ||
| 2001 | Gloria Dennison, Anita Biletzky | Bob Cain, Bernie Schuneman | Gary McConeghy | ||
| 2000 | Mary Risseeuw | Diane Luckenbill, Dave Luckenbill, Andy Luckenbill | Clark Neher, Denny Vaupel | ||
| 1999 | David Booth, Julia Woodward | Anita Biletzky, Laura Hunyard, Nancy Schuneman | |||
| 1998 | Jan Booth, Tim Ball | Phil Gray | |||
| 1997 | Nora S. Beck, John McCue | Jim Dombeck | Bob & Kathy Cain | ||
| 1996 | Orv Kersten | Bob Cain, E. Nelson James | |||
| 1995 | Annette Johns, Bernie Schuneman | Kathy Cain | Jane & Charles Bradt, Martha Hollingsworth | ||
| 1994 | Joe Burchfield, Denny Vaupel | Jon Ziegler, Jeremy Falk | Jessie Glidden, Marian Conde, Ed Fitzgerald, Mildred Olson, Stacy E. Dolby, Jr. | ||
| 1993 | Lana Marten, Diane Parness | Jim Dombeck, Annette Johns | Lucille Aikens, Irene & Allen Weaver, Francis & Marjory Stroup, E. Nelson & Marilyn James, Ann Eddy Gray | ||
| 1992 | Richard Christensen, Vicki McCue | Pete Biletzky, Kate Romano | |||
| 1991 | D’Ann Hamilton, Wayne White | Rosemary Strawn | |||
| 1990 | Frank Freed, Marilyn James | ||||
| 1989 | Andee Larson Chris Porterfield | Linda Ball Ginny Ziders | |||
| 1988 | Russ Elder, G. Scott Morris | Mary Risseeuw, Francis Stroup, Marjory Stroup | |||
| 1987 | Kathy Cain, Patricia Finn-Morris | Jack Hamilton | |||
| 1986 | Ann Busse | ||||
| 1985 | George Ziders | Jen McConeghy, Denny Vaupel | |||
| 1984 | Gary McConeghy, Tom Moe | Irene Weaver | |||
| 1983 | Janet Isom | Bob Cain | |||
| 1982 | Paul Kinniry Clark Neher | ||||
| 1981 | Sammie Doty | ||||
| 1980 | Barbara North | Beverly Pigott | |||
| 1979 | Harold Aikens | Janell Woodruff, Larry Woodruff | |||
| 1978 | Kay Dinwiddie, Gary Mattin | Maxine Freed | |||
| 1977 | Martha Hollingsworth, Russ Pigott | Marilyn James | |||
| 1976 | Lucille Aikens, Philip A. Gray | Jane Bradt, Charles Bradt | |||
| 1975 | R. McDonald Brown, Bob Cain | ||||
| 1974 | Stacy E. Dolby, Jr.; Mildred Olson | Lucille Aikens | |||
| 1973 | Bill Bosworth, Irene Weaver | ||||
| 1972 | E. Nelson James, LaVerne W. Kingstadt | ||||
| 1971 | Hugh Jameson, Gerald Conde, Ann Gray Smith |