Past Award Recipients

Scholar-Mentor Award

1994 - Ida J Stockman, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
2009 - A. Bernadette Mayfield-Clarke, Ph.D.
2010 - Iris A. Johnson-Arnold, Ph.D.
2011 - Silvia Martinez, Ph.D.
2014 - Joan C. Payne, Ph.D.
2015 - Byron Ross, Ph.D.
2016 - Martine Elie, Ph.D.
2017 - Karen L. Beverly-Ducker, MA, CCC-A, CAE
2018 - Glenda DeJarnette, Ph.D. 
2019 - Melanie K. Johnson and Vicki R. Deal-Williams, M.A., CCC-SLP, FASAE, CAE
2021 - Jairus-Joaquin Matthews, CCC-SLP
2022 - Carolyn Sotto, Ph.D.
2023 - Candice Adams-Mitchell, SLPD
2024 - Michele L. Norman, Ph.D., CCC-SLP

William T. Simpkins, Jr. Service Award

2001 - Ida J Stockman, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
2009 - Kay Payne, Ph.D.
2011 - Arnell Brady
2013 - Ronald Jones, Ph.D.
2015 - Robert Mayo, Ph.D.
2016 - Michele Norman, Ph.D.
2017 - Iris Johnson-Arnold, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
2018 - American Speech-Language and Hearing Association (ASHA)
2021 - Byron Ross, Ph.D.
2022 - Lauren Hastings, M.S., CCC-SLP & Katrina Miller, Ph.D.
2023 - Helena Hawkshawe, M.A.,CCC-SLP
2024 - Darius Thomas, M.S.,CCC-SLP

Communication Excellence Award

2012 - Joseph Hill, Ph.D.
2013 - Evan Christopher Douglas
2014 - Sean Brown
2015 - Tylani Hunter
2016 - Carl Cofffey
2017 - Jewel Wicker
2018 - Ashley Glears
2019 - Michael Kidd-Gilchrist
2021 - Melanie Bivens
2022 - Barbara Honour Afia Class-Peter, MS., CSD - SLP
2023 - Tonja Trappiel
2024 - Jada Douthit

M. Eugene Wiggins Leadership Award

2013 - Tommie L. Robinson, Jr., Ph.D
2014 - Harriet Gregg, EdD and Gwendolyn Wilson, EdD
2015 - Arnell A. Brady, MA
2016 - Vicki Deal-Williams, MA, CCC-SLP, FASAE, CAE
2017 - Elise David-McFarland, PhD, CCC-SLP
2018 - Rachel Williams, PhD, CCC-SLP 
2021 - Cathy Runnels, M.S., CCC-SLP
2022 - Ron Jones, CCC-A (retired)
2023 - Soloris J. Greene, MA
2024 - Sharon Moss, Ph.D., CAE, FASHA

Clinician of The Year Award: Speech-Language Pathologist

2022 - Dionna Latimer-Hearn, Ph.D.
2024 - Farwa Husain, M.S., CCC-SLP