Year	Recipient	School/Institution
2001-2002	Dr. F. Ross Byrd	Central Washington University
2002-2003
2003-2004
2004-2005
2005-2006	Dr. Pam Weigand Dr. Kent Burnham Rita Figlenski Dr. Wayne Kleme MaryO Fury Gil Kohler Marsha Quigley Doris Gerber ​	Eastern Washington University Eastern Washington University Okanogan High School Central Washington University Spokane Community College Seattle School District Castle Rock High School Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, Retired
2006-2007	Helen Humbert Geri Modrell ​ Sondra Mangan Nita Green Lesika Weitteraur	Kent-Meridian High School ​Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, Retired Puyallup School District Puyallup School District ​Puyallup School District
2007-2008
2008-2009
2009-2010
2010-2011
2011-2012	Eileen Wascisin	Lynden High School
2012-2013
2013-2014
2014-2015
2015-2016
2016-2017
2017-2018	Roger Beck	St. John Endicott High School
2018-2019
2019-2020
2020-2021