Special Contribution Award
The Special Contribution Award provides the means through which INSHAPE recognizes an individual who is outside of health, physical education, recreation, dance, and sport but who, through his/her work, has contributed significantly to the general purposes of the Association.
Eligibility
Any individual who meets the eligibility requirements and exemplifies the criteria below may be nominated for this award. Examples include, but are not limited to: Community Leaders, Media Leaders, Medical Personnel, Military Personnel, School Administrators, and Special Agency Personnel.
- Not be a member of INSHAPE, and
- Be at least 40 years of age (as of October 15 of the year of nomination submission).
Award Criteria
The nominee must be an individual who has made important contributions to health education, physical education, recreation, dance, and/or sport from the vantage point of his/her profession (i.e., general education, government, medicine, public health, etc.).
Complete online application according to deadline on main Awards page.
Nominee completes award application to provide basic information, marking N/A as needed. Nominator provides a biographical sketch outlining the contributions of the nominee and how those contributions are deserving of recognition, working with nominee to ensure accuracy.
Selection and Recognition Process
- The Awards Committee will select one award recipient from the pool of qualified applicants.
- Applicants will be notified by early Fall.
- The award will be presented at the State Conference in November.
Previous Award Recipients
2022 Julie Burns
2021 Jacob Kuckartz
2020 Jessica Yoder
2019 Tom Strenger
2018 Sunni Rossi
2017 Mike Prior
2016 Molly Powell
2011 Bonnie Hopper
2010 C’Motion and Jason Meier
2008 Michael Furnish
2007 Wilma Willard
2006 Jason Meier
2005 Charlie Brown
2004 Lynn Gosser
2003 Suellen Reed
2003 Bob Rider
2002 Cheryl Carlson
2001 Russ Mendelville
2000 Mary Pat Leonard
1993 Kelly Nebel
1990 Sandra Fenstermaker
1989 Cathy Cooper
1988 Phyllis Lewis
1987 Arden Cristen
1983 Merrill Ritter
1982 Governor Otis R. Bowen
1981 George and Mildred Dikan
1980 Senator Richard Lugar
1980 W. David Kenney
1978 Isaac Beckes
1977 Patricia Roy
1976 Jeff Marvin
1975 Philip Eskew
1974 Donald Odle
1973 Malcolm McClelland
1972 Hilliard Gates
1971 Josie Briscoe
1970 Richard Tim Phillips
1969 Jean Lee Marvin
1968 Newell C. Kephart
1967 Robert Barnet
1966 Elizabeth Noland Jackson