Dr. Arthur Black/Rick Melanson Service Award
This is our oldest award and is given annually to the most outstanding club member over the past year or for continued outstanding leadership and service to the BTC.
1977 – Ray McKinnis
1978 – Ann Randle
1979 – Victor Cohen
1980 – Rick Melanson
1981 – Adam Robertson
1982 – Larry Boots
1983 – Bobbie Wright
1984 – Red Hamilton
1985 – Wallace McRoy
1986 – Rick Melanson
1987 – Charles Amos Thompson
1988 – Gordon E. Seifert
1989 – Bill Crow
1990 – Carl Howard
1991 – Alice Biggs
1992 – Cathy McCain
1993 – Jeff Tesnow
1994 – Jim Taylor
1995 – Jack Karn
1996 – Al DiMicco
1997 – Valerie McLean
1998 – Norman & Jane Thomas
1999 – Jennifer Kyle
2000 – Peggy Heal
2001 – Trish Portuese
2002 – Helen Tankersley
2003 – Susan Hales & Judy Loo
2004 – Danny & Micki Haralson
2005 – Susan McCullum
2006 – Jeanne Welsh
2007 – Maria Cecil
2008 – Mark Baggett
2009 – Meredith Farrell and Jerry Smith
2010 – Michele Parr
2011 – Randy Lyle
2012 – Natalie Ferguson
2013 – Alex Morrow
2014 – Alan Hargrave
2015 – Dean Thornton
2016 – Kim Benner
2017 – Lisa Booher
2018 – Jennifer Andress & Julie Pearce
2019 – Vicky Brakhage
2020 – Not awarded
2021 – Jamie Trimble
2022 – Hunter Bridwell
2023 – Richard Langston
Randy Johnson/Danny Haralson Service Award
This is awarded annually to a “newer” member who has demonstrated outstanding leadership and freely given their time volunteering in ways that help further the mission of the BTC.
2006 – Meredith Farrell & Mark Baggett
2007 – Phil Min
2008 – Tom Scales
2009 – Cathy Colburn
2010 – Chris Caughran Brown
2011 – Xing Wu
2012 – Dirk Guenster
2013 – Dean Thornton
2014 – Monica Henley & Katherine Dease
2015 – Julie Pearce
2016 – Darrell Gibson
2017 – Keith Henley & Jamie Trimble
2018 – Scott Wood
2019 – Hunter Bridwell
2020 – Not awarded
2021 – Kabeer Ahmed
2022 – Bradley Wells
2023 – Ellen Ortis
Lifetime Achievement Award
This award is reserved for members of the BTC that have served the club for many years. It is not an annual award but will be presented when the board feels long-time members deserve special recognition.
2012 – Rick Melanson
2013 – Al DiMicco
2016 – Charles Thompson
2017 – Jim Taylor
2018 – Alan Hargrave
2019 – Judy Loo
2022 – Alex Morrow
All three awards are presented at the BTC annual party. Nominations for these awards may be submitted to the chair of the nominating committee (normally the vice-president) during each annual election cycle.