Asterisks (*) are used to denote those who received their Venturing Leadership Award for their service to the Sea Scouting program. Starting in 2017, the new Sea Scout Leadership Award will instead be used to recognize outstanding individuals in that program.
Youth Recipients
2023
Kaitlyn Bishop (NST 12)
Gahn Mungarndee (NST 14)
Jamey Schnasse (NST 3)
Olivia Townsend (NST 16)
Micah Vacco (NST 4)
2022
Tara Izadi (NST 3)
Carina Landgraf (NST 16)
Steven Soto (NST 3)
Nicole Steele (NST 3)
Freedom Tansley (NST 11)
Miciah Thacker (NST 9)
2021
Juliana Murillo (Western)
Samantha Troiano (Northeast)
Ian Arnold (Northeast)
Andrew Steckner (Central)
Amy Hermann (Southern)
2020
Clare Toman (Northeast)
Ella Hirsch (Southern)
Natalie Nichols (Central)
Ryan Davis (Southern)
Tyler Grey (Western)
Lyndsey Nedrow (Northeast)
2019
Pamela Petterchak (Central)
Reece Kilbey (Western)
Jake Brillhart (Southern)
Katelyn St. Louis (Northeast)
Hannah Wheaton (Southern)
2018
Lydia Borah (Southern)
Ripley Price (Northeast)
Dominic Wolters (Central)
Savannah McMillan (Southern)
2017
Christopher Mausshardt (Central)
Michelle Merritt (Northeast)
Erik Saderholm (Northeast)
Katie Schneider (Western)
Cathie Seebauer (Central)
Nate Steele (Central)
2016
Shannon Mulligan (Western)
Pratik Vaidya (Western)
Christina Vogt (Central)
2015
Edward Abraham (Western)
Rachel Eddowes (Southern)
Emily Mausshardt (Central)
* Peter Schmidt (Central)
Elizabeth Wisman (Central)
2014
Maddie Culwell (Southern)
Jillian Infusino (Western)
* William McElligott (Southern)
Ryan Mitchell (Southern)
Gerry Souser (Northeast)
2013
* Matthew Miller (Southern)
Sarah Mittrucker (Central)
Annaliese Parker (Western)
Cara Sepcoski (Northeast)
2012
* Eva Hogan (Southern)
Christine Luczka (Northeast)
Josh Nolan (Southern)
Dustin Readenour (Central)
Brent Uberty (Western)
2011
Dan Carriveau (Central)
Gina Curtis (Northeast)
David Frolander (Southern)
* Vanya Keys (Western)
Mackenzie Lardie (Western)
Jennifer Lowe Woolley (Western)
2010
Amy Clark (Northeast)
Kalla French (Southern)
Ben Hayes (Central)
Jennifer Lowe (Western)
* Connor Rieve (Northeast)
2009
Katelyn Childs (Central)
Kyla Mahoney (Northeast)
Matthew McGroarty (Western)
* Monica Traylor (Southern)
John Washburn (Southern)
2008
* Doug Bowman (Central)
Dana Friede (Western)
Thomas Joyce (Southern)
Andria Neff (Northeast)
Amanda Vogt (Central)
2007
Michael Bebeau (Southern)
* David George (Western)
Robyn Knoll (Western)
Aaron Stockwell (Northeast)
Christopher Szybisty (Central)
2006
Marguerite Belli (Southern)
Brian Casper (Western)
Paul Lee (Central)
* Jesse Milton (Central)
Jess Rumburg (Northeast)
2005
Lee Barrera (Southern)
Bridget Degel (Central)
Amara DiFrancesco (Western)
Amy Frantz (Northeast)
* James Houghton (Northeast)
2004
Danielle Bird (Northeast)
Joshua Green (Western)
Iris Kalkofen (Central)
* Christopher Kerzich (Central)
Randall Porch (Southern)
2003
Melisa Bures (Western)
Thomas Franklin (Southern)
* Cyrus Lawyer IV (Northeast)
Nathan Petrusak (Central)
Thomas Southard (Northeast)
Sam Stocker (Central)
2002
Timothy Burchett (Western)
Christine Lynne Capen (Northeast)
* Katie Hagen (Southern)
Marissa Morgan (Central)
Robert Rescot (Central)
Francesca Anne Scanio (Southern)
2001
Daniel Bronstein (Western)
Katherine Knuth (Central)
Kelly McGovern (Northeast)
James ‘Wesley’ Miller (Southern)
Kristopher Zahrobsky (Central)
2000
Jonathan Fulkerson (Central)
Chad King (Central)
* Christopher Sokolov (Western)
Gavin Svensen (Northeast)
Sylvester Tan (Southern)
James Wells (Southern)
Adult Recipients
2023
Natalie MacEwan (NST 3)
Douglas Taylor (NST 15)
Nathan Vick (NST 14)
2022
Cynthia Cyrus (NST 14)
Steve Garner (NST 9)
Tanadet Itsarapakdetam (NST 3)
Richard Kagawa (NST 3)
Bernie Lockard (NST 12)
Gail Plucker (NST 14)
2021
Elizabeth Finley (Western)
Brenna Leary (Northeast)
Gordon Leary (Northeast)
Jamie Shearer (Northeast)
2020
April McMillan (Southern)
Bob Sirhal (Northeast)
David Bush (Southern)
Julie Dalton (Central)
James Lynch (Southern)
Owen McCulloch (National)
2019
Scott Sorrels (Southern)
Aaron Parks-Young (Southern)
Sherry McGugin (Southern)
2018
Robbie DiBiagio (Northeast)
Jeff Geralds (Central)
Jennifer Hancock (Southern)
Jack Furst (Southern)
2017
Russ Hunsaker (Western)
Andrew Miller (Northeast)
2016
Wendy Kurten (National Council)
Bob Scott (National Council)
2015
Jessica Ayala-Janscha (National Council)
Ken Bower (Western)
* Keith Christopher (National Council)
Angela Elliott (National Council)
John Kennedy (Northeast)
Ken King (Central)
Peter Self (National Council)
Don Shepard (National Council)
2009
Keith Gehlhausen (Central)
2008
Roger Bast (Northeast)
Greg Taylor (Southern)
Jim Virgin (Western)
Joseph Vollmer (Central)
2007
Tim Beaty (Central)
Charles Dahlquist II (Western)
Dana McRae (Western)
Tom Mildenhall (Western)
Kevin Peterson (Western)
Marion Rice (Western)
Jim Smith (Western)
Charles Thorpe (Southern)
Michael Walker
* Dan Wilson (Southern)
2006
Michael Barrett
Craig Burkhardt (Central)
Ian Cheesman (Central)
Paul Dillon (Central)
* Roberta Dougherty (Southern)
John Smith (Central)
2005
Rhoda Clayton (Western)
* Richard Cuciti (Western)
J. Stephen Fossett (Central)
David Wilson (Western)
2004
Dorothy Brown
William Daggett (Southern)
Ben Jelsema (Southern)
* Wm. Lee Popham (Southern)
William Robinson (Central)
* Carl Shellhorn (Western)
Theodore Smith (Northeast)
* Walter Whitacre (Southern)
2003
Gregory Carstens (Central)
Clayton Cranor (Western)
Raymond Derk (Central)
Susan Derk (Central)
Charles Holmes (National Council)
* Cassie Johnson (Southern)
Signe Rogers (Central)
Matt Szramoski (Northeast)
2002
Kerry Cheesman (Central)
Bradley Harris (Western)
* William James (Northeast)
* Rick Lydecker (Northeast)
Jin Matsumoto (Southern)
Rod Mortensen
2001
* Jeremiah Crabtree (Northeast)
R. William Evans (National Council)
F. Melvin Hammond (Western)
* Bruce Johnson (Northeast)
Robert Legg (Northeast)
* Ronald Sunker (Southern)
2000
Ed Burke Jr. (Northeast)
Donna Cunningham (Southern)
Larry Cunningham (Southern)
* Jim Elroy (Western)
* Robert French (Western)
* Jimmie Homburg (Southern)
Richards Miller (Southern)
Bob Soldivera (Northeast)
* James Umberger (Southern)
Note: In 2010, Venturing Leadership Award was discontinued as an award for adult volunteers and was reinstated in 2015
