Region III Awards
All award applications are closed.
Region III offers the following awards:
- Distinguished Service Award
- Pam Whitlock Rising Star Award
- Sandy Barber Volunteer Award
- Travel Awards
Click the links above to learn more about each award. If you have questions about any of the Region III awards, please contact the Honors and Awards Committee Coordinator.
NCURA Region III wishes to recognize our previous award winners. Thank you for your service to Region III!
Distinguished Service Awardees
| Year | Name | Institution |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Steve Koogler | Emory University |
| 2023 | Kay Gilstrap | Georgia State University |
| 2022 | Danielle McElwain | University of South Carolina |
| 2021 | Rashonda Harris | Emory University |
| 2020 | Laneika Musalini | Tri-County Technical College |
| 2019 | Tanta Myles | University of Alabama |
| 2018 | David Smelser | University of Tennessee |
| 2017 | Cynthia Hope | University of Alabama |
| 2016 | Laurianne Torres | Duke University |
| 2013 | Tony Ventimiglia | Auburn University |
| 2009 | Thomas Coggins | University of South Carolina |
| 2008 | Patrick Green | Vanderbilt University |
| 2007 | Dr. Tom Roberts | Florida Gulf Coast University |
| 2007 | Dr. Richard Moore | Coastal Carolina University |
| 2006 | David S. Battey | College of Charleston |
| 2005 | Barbara Gray | College of Charleston |
| 2004 | Phillip Myers | Western Kentucky University |
| 2004 | Pamela B. Whitlock | University of North Carolina – Wilmington |
Pam Whitlock Rising Star Awardees
| Year | Name | Institution |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Kendra Ellis | Duke University |
| 2023 | Rebecca Wessinger | University of South Carolina |
| 2022 | Alison Krauss | Western Carolina University |
| 2021 | Erika Clark | University of Louisiana Lafayette |
| 2020 | Tanya Blackwell | Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta |
| 2017 | Emily Devereux | Arkansas State University |
| 2016 | Steven Koogler | University of Central Florida |
Sandy Barber Volunteer Awardees
| Year | Name | Institution |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Ford Simmons, | Medical University of South Carolina |
| 2023 | Melissa Freudenberger | University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture |
| 2021 | Laney McLean | Florida State University |
| 2020 | James Denney | East Carolina University |
Travel Awards
Regional
| Year | Name | Institution |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Cameron Hurley | Virginia Tech |
| 2019 | Adam Foutz | Auburn University |
| 2018 | Patrick Elzinga | University of Kentucky |
| 2018 | Molly Sagona | University of South Carolina |
| 2017 | Katie Howard | Appalachian State University |
| 2017 | Shannon Spencer | University of Tennessee |
| 2016 | Kelly Millsaps | Kennesaw State University |
| 2016 | Monica Vandenberg | University of West Florida |
| 2015 | Taylor Dearman | University of Central Florida |
| 2015 | Andrea Moshier | Western Carolina University |
| 2014 | Janet Wiens | University of Memphis |
| 2013 | Hagan Walker | Clemson University |
| 2012 | Karen Fletcher | Coastal Carolina University |
| 2012 | Rachel J. Wurth | Bellarmine University |
| 2011 | Kevin Mills | East Carolina University |
| 2010 | Scott Mitchell | Vanderbilt University |
| 2009 | Sandy Barber | Georgia Institute of Technology |
| 2009 | Elizabeth Rarick | University of Florida |
| 2008 | Gaynell Kraus | Vanderbilt University Medical Center |
| 2007 | Teri Holleran | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University |
| 2006 | Angela Horton | Wake Forest University |
| 2005 | Rick Smiley | East Carolina University |
| 2004 | Debra Benoit | Nicholls State University |
| 2003 | Stephanie Antley Herrman | Louisiana Tech University |
| 2002 | Tricia Callahan | Western Kentucky University |
National
| Year | Name | Institution |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Taylor Heath | Clemson University |
| 2019 | Lindsay Keitzer | East Tennessee State University |
| 2018 | Claire Stam | Clemson University |
| 2018 | Tabitha Payton | University of Alabama, Birmingham |
| 2017 | Nathan Jones | University of North Carolina, Wilmington |
| 2017 | Marie Penn | University of Tennessee, Knoxville |
| 2016 | Bryant Nunez | University of Central Florida |
| 2016 | Molly Hardigree | Universidad Metropolitana |
| 2015 | Laura Kingsley | NOVA Southeastern University |
| 2015 | Sarah Tavernit | Pennington Biomedical Research Center |
| 2014 | Natasha Stark | Kennesaw State University |
| 2014 | Victoria Dean | Eastern Virginia Medical School |
| 2013 | April Bennett | Elizabeth City State University |
| 2013 | Mukesha Voltz | The University of Alabama |
| 2011 | Judith Brauer | North Georgia College and State University |
| 2011 | Christy Davis | Mississippi State University |
| 2010 | Hana Boed | New College of Florida |
| 2010 | Amy Lutero | Virginia Commonwealth University |
| 2009 | Becky Wakefield | The University of Alabama at Birmingham |
| 2008 | Michael Sebastino | Virginia Military Institute |
| 2007 | Nicole Van Der Berg | New College of Florida |
| 2006 | Kathlene Sullivan | Coastal Carolina University |
| 2005 | Carolyn Elliott-Farino | Kennesaw State University |
| 2004 | Jeanne V. Ware | New College of Florida |
| 2003 | Deborah De | Radford University |
| 2002 | Aynoka Bender | Furman University |
| 2001 | Amy Roberts | University of North Carolina Charlotte |