Past Art Quinn winners

Recipients of the Art Quinn Memorial Award are nominated and selected by the Executive Board. Nominees are long-term ASPIRE members who have excelled in providing services and support to ASPIRE and on behalf of TRIO programs and recipients at the institutional, state, regional, or national level. Art Quinn Memorial Award recipients are professionals who have shown a long term dedication to assisting TRIO-eligible students in a manner that extends well beyond general expectations and project guidelines.

Art Quinn award winners

Year	First Name	Last Name	Program	Institution
1987	Abelina	Megill	SSS	Utah State University
1988	Phil	Rognlie	SSS/UB/VUB	North Dakota State
1989	Kathryn	Felker	SSS/UB	University of Utah
1990	Paul	Thayer	UB/TS	Colorado State University
1991	Bonnie	Helm	TRIO	University of Wyoming
1992	Kelly	Espinoza	SSS	Metropolitan State College
1993	Juan	Pineda	TRIO Programs	University of Southern
1994	Carol	Gritts	Upward Bound	Black Hills State University
1995	Elaine	Metcalfe	TS	University of North Dakota
1996	Ray	Carlisle	SSS	University of Montana
1997	Neil	Reuter	TRIO	University of North Dakota
1998	Barry	Ballard	TRIO	University of Wyoming
1999	Mary	Lukin	SSS	Montana State University
2000	Billie	James	SSS	University of South Dakota
2001	Chuck	Swick	TRIO Programs	University of South Dakota
2002	Jim	Kopecky	VUB	Weber State University
2003	David	Trujillo	Upward Bound	Weber State University
2004	Andrea	Reeve	COE	Colorado State University
2005	Joan	Jorde	SSS	University of North Dakota
2006	Barb	Burkart	SSS	Salt Lake Community College
2007	Fuji	Adachi	TRIO/GEAR UP	University of Wyoming
2008	Charlie	Luecke	UB	University of South Dakota
2009	Cheryl	Kingsbury	SSS	University of North Dakota
2010	Lynne	Browne	SSS	Southern Utah University
2011	Oscar	Felix	TRIO	Colorado State University
2012	Amy	Verlanic	TRIO	Montana Tech
2013	John	Shafer	SSS	Southern Utah University
2014	Dan	Benge	TRIO	MSU Billings
2015	Michael	Wade	TRIO	University of Wyoming.
2016	Susan	Hupp	SSS	Black Hills State University
2017	Zackie	Salmon,	McNair,	University of Wyoming
2018	Maria	De Lourdes Zavala	TRIO Programs	Colorado State University
2019	Patrice	Giese	McNair Program	University of North Dakota
2020	Darlene	Samson,	SSS	University of Montana
2021	Marion	Blue Arm	Talent Search	University of South Dakota
2022	Leanne	Maxwell	Upward Bound	South Utah University
2023	Dawn	Eckhardt	Talent Search	University of North Dakota