Award recipients

From time to time, the ACI president may confer a special award to an individual who has demonstrated extraordinary commitment and efforts on behalf of ACI. These individuals represent the spirit of ACI.

At the 2022 ACI Conference, the Board of Directors passed a resolution renaming the Spirit of ACI Award in honor of ACI icon Kay Ellerhoff.

Resolution - Kay Elllerhoff Spirit Award (32.3 KiB)

YEAR	RECIPIENT	STATE/ORG
2024	Tim Akimoff	OR
2023	Aaron Meier	NV
2022	Jason Harmon	TN
2021	Sara DiRienzo	WY
2020	Aaron Meier	NV
2019	Blake Podhajsky	OK
2018	Jenifer Wisniewski	GA
2017	Lance Cherry	NM
2016	Julie Hammonds	AZ
2015	Michael Gray	KY
2014	Kim Nix	AL
2013	Robin Cahoon	UT
2012	Don King	TN
2011	Stephanie Hussey	RBFF
2010	Judith Hosafros	WY
2009	Micah Holmes	OK
2008	Judy Stokes	NH
2007	Lydia Saldaña	TX
2006	Robert L. Wines	WV
2005	Chris Chaffin	Outdoor Channel
2004	Nels Rodefeld	OK
2003	Scott Ball	FL
2003	Nancy Herron	TX
2002	Geoff Schneider	NV
2001	Marianne M. Burke	LA
2000	Nancy Herron	TX
1998	Mark Southern	TX
1997	Tammy Litzer	OK
1996	Steve "Wildman" Wilson	AR
1995	David Rice	NV
1992	Brady Mayo	TX
1991	Patricia L. Stewart	MI
1990	Gary Thomas	IL
1989	Michael L. Smith	USFWS
1988	David L. Watts	MS
1987	Kay Ellerhoff	MT
1986	Hugh M. Burts	LA

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