Alumni Awards

2025 Winners

Outstanding Service

Janet Ryan Stegal & Bob Stegall
Janet Ryan Stegall & Bob Stegall

Lifetime Achievement

Merritt Dyke
Merritt Dyke

Walton College Alumni Awards Past Winners

Outstanding Service

2025
Janet Ryan Stegall,
Bob Stegall
2024
Julie Barber
2023
Greg Colvin
2022
Shelley Simpson
2020
Laura Phillips
2019
Joanne Tam Fuller
2018
Michael A. Brown
2017
Philip Tappan
2016
Sarah Langham
2015
Bill Kennedy
2014
Emi Beltran,
Ebony Wyatt
2013
Ann Bordelon
2012
Nathan Sanko
2011
Wes Kemp,
Heather Nelson*
2010
Mario Ramirez,
Jay McEntire*
2009
Steven Hinds,
Matt Schupp*
2008
John Reap
2007
Rosemary Fairhead
2006
Harold Korell
2005
Bob Connolly
2004
David R. Malone
2003
Larry T. Wilson
2002
Mary Ann Greenwood
2001
G. William Glezen
2000
Reynie Rutledge
1999
Lee Bodenhamer
1998
H. L. Hembree, III

Entrepreneur of the Year

2024
Luke Briggs
2023
John & Stormey Collins
2022
Lisa Barrentine
2020
Jane Henry
2019
Heather Nelson
2018
Michael Paladino
2017
April Seggebruch
2015
Steve Clark
2013
Craig Hughes
2012
Coleman Sisson
2011
Philip Tappan
2010
Ken Shollmier
2009
Tobi Fairley
2008
J. Stephen Lauck
2007
Padgett Mangan
2006
Gerald Alley
2005
Larry Crain
2004
Jim E. Williams, Jr
2003
Bill Underwood
2002
Joe T. Hays
2001
George Stasick
2000
Frank Fletcher, Jr
1999
Tommy Boyer
1998
Clete Brewer

Lifetime Achievement

2025
Merritt Dyke
2024
Randy Lawson
2023
Ed Wilson
2022
Cathy Gates
2020
Gerald Alley
2019
Bob East
2018
Mary L. Harmon
2017
John L. Conner, Jr
2016
Chris Polychron
2015
Mary Ann Greenwood
2014
Barbara Yates
2013
Charlie McMurtry
2012
Mark Sutton
2011
Reynie Rutledge
2010
Greg Lee
2009
Lee Bodenhamer
2008
Ed Penick, Sr
2007
J. Thomas May
2006
Carl S. Rosenbaum
2005
Jerry Jones
2004
George Edwards, Jr
2003
Joe T. Ford
2002
Norma Lea Beasley
2001
Sheridan Garrison
2000
Walter V. Smiley
1999
Bill Toller
1998
William T. Dillard, Sr
*In 2009, a “Pay It Forward” award was introduced by the Walton College Alumni Society. Names with * were the winners. The award was eliminated in 2012 due to its similarity to the service award.