Rising Star Award

Rising Stars are nominated by ASPIRE members. They are employees of TRIO or educational opportunity programs who have been in their position for two years or less and who have excel in providing services to programs and participants at the institutional, state, or regional levels.

2022 Rising Star

Dana Walford, Transfer Coordinator/Liberal Arts Advisor for TRIO – Student Support Services at Lake Region State College was recently awarded the Rising Star award at the regional Aspire Conference held in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

Rising Star Award Winners

Year	First Name	Last Name	Institution
1986	Chris	Primus	University of Wyoming
1987	Boni	Fullmer	University of Wyoming
1988	Elaine	Metcalfe	University of North Dakota
1989	Nate	Easley	Colorado State University
1990	Jennifer	Grandi	Weber State University
1991	Jane	Van Dyke	Rocky Mountain College
1992	Rene	Strege	University of North Dakota
1993	Farah	Thompson	Weber State University
1994	Sheree	Deaderick	University of Wyoming
1995	Susan	Schaeffer	University of Wyoming
1996	Judy	Cowger	University of North Dakota
1997	Lynn	Carlson	ASPIRE Training Institute
1998	Tami	Newton	Southern Utah University
2000	Carmen	Rivera	Colorado State University
2001	Ruth	Ann Shope	Montana Tech
2002	Jeffrey	Maras	Southern Utah University
2003	Dawn	Eckhardt	University of North Dakota
2004	Angela	Young	Utah Valley State College
2005	Andrea	Schneider	University of South Dakota
2006	Dennis	Stangl	University of North Dakota
2007	Barbara	Waters	Montana State – University of Billings
2008	Tina	Hartley	Dakota Wesleyan
2009	Lori	Brown-Wirth	University of Wyoming
2010	Cara	Davis	University of North Dakota
2011	Roxana	Luna	Weber State University
2012	Michelle	Carroll	Laramie County Community College
2013	Lucy	Paltoo	Colorado State University
2014	Angel	Ruiz	Colorado State University
2015	Nora	Leinen	Black Hills State University
2016	Ally	Garcia	Metropolitan State, University of Denver
2017	Anthonie	Nichols	Utah State University
2018	Alexandria	Nordlund	University of North Dakota
2019	Stephanie	Moya	Community College of Denver
2020	Susana	Ruvalcaba	Colorado State University
2021	Kelly	Kennedy	University of North Dakota
2022	Dana	Walford	Lake Region State College, Devils Lake, ND
2023	Mardee	Allen	Snow College