Kansas Press Association

2010
Linda Mowery-Denning
Ellsworth County
Independent-Reporter

2009
Tom Throne
Junction City Daily Union                

2008
David Powls
Holton Recorder

2007
Gary Mehl
McPherson Sentinel

2006
Caroline Trowbridge
The World Company

2005
Jeanny Sharp
Ottawa Herald

2004
Rhonda Humble
Gardner News

2003
John D. Montgomery
Hays Daily News

2002
Darrel Miller
Smith County Pioneer

2001
Doug Anstaett
Newton Kansan

2000
Larry Byers
Herington Times

1999
Jeff Burkhead
Emporia Gazette

1998
Steve Haynes
Oberlin Herald

1997
Ann Charles
Parsons Sun

1996
Les Anderson*
Ark Valley News

1995
Vivien Sadowski *
Abilene Reflector-Chronicle

1994
Bruce Buchanan
Harris Enterprises

1993
Kurt Kessinger *
Osage Co. Chronicle

1992
James Logback
Hill City Times

1991
Frederick D. Seaton
Winfield Courier

1990
Howard Kessinger
Marysville Advocate

1989
Ned Valentine
Clay Center Dispatch

1988
Richard Clasen *
Eureka Herald

1987
Tom Eblen
University Daily Kansan

1986
Murrel Bland
Wyandotte West

1985
John H. Stauffer
Topeka Capital-Journal

1984
W.W. Jiggs Morford *
Western Times

1983
Mike Harris
Chanute Tribune

1982
Bill Meyer *
Marion County Record

1981
Paul Jones
Lyons Daily News

1980
Tom Buchanan *
Washington Co. News

1979
Robert McCants *
Goodland Daily News

1978
John E. Chandler *
Holton Record

1977
Emerson Lynn Jr.
Iola Register

1976
Karl Gaston *
Ellsworth Reporter

1975
Kenneth C. Bronson *
Pittsburg Morning Sun

1974
William V. Krause *
Peabody Gazette

1973
Chuck Barnes *
Pratt Tribune

1972
Richard Ramsey *
Hoisington Dispatch

1971
Don McNeal *
Council Grove Republican

1970
Webster Hawkins
Osawatomie Graphic

1969
Bill Brown
Garden City Telegram

1968
Merle M. Miller *
Belleville Telescope

1967
Dolph Simons Jr.
Lawrence Journal-World

1966
Kenneth Bruce *
Hillsboro Star-Journal

1965
Kenneth Powell *
Southwest Daily Times

1964
E.R. Woodward *
Oberlin Herald

1963
Stanley Stauffer *
Topeka Capital-Journal

1962
John Boyer *
Scott City News-Chronicle

1961
Stewart Newlin *
Wellington Daily News

1960
George Clasen *
Florence Bulletin

1959
Clyde M. Reed Jr. *
Parsons Sun

1958
Howard Wilson *
Jetmore Republican

1957
Elton Carter *
Norton Daily Telegram

1956
McDill “Huck” Boyd *
Phillipsburg Review

1955
Henry Jameson *
Abilene Reflector-Chronicle

1954
Wharton Hoch *
Marion County Record

1953
Harry Valentine *
Clay Center Dispatch

1952
Leonard McCalla Jr. *
Anderson Countian

1951
H.A. Meyer Jr. *
Independence Reporter

1950
Max S. Miller *
Russell Record

1949
Richard M. Seaton *
Coffeyville Journal

1948
Albert L. Higgins *
Linn Record

1947
George W. Marble *
Fort Scott Tribune

1946
Frank Hall *
Hill City Times

1945
H.A. Meyer Sr. *
Independence Reporter

1944
Pete McKechnie *
Kiowa County Signal

1943
C.W. Wheeler *
Abilene Reflector-Chronicle

1942
Lester P. Greenbank *
Valley Center Index

1941
W.G. Anderson *
Winfield Courier

1940
Walter A. Carlile *
Jamestown Ks Optimist

1939
Dolph Simons Sr. *
Lawrence Journal-World

1938
Leland Robinson Jr.*
LaCrosse Republican

1937
Harold A. Hammond *
Caldwell Messenger

1936
R.G. Hemenway *
Minneapolis Messenger

1935
F.W. Brinkerhoff *
Pittsburg Headlight Sun

1934
Earl Fickertt *
Peabody Gazette

1933
W.A. Bailey *
Kansas City Kansan

1932
E.A. Briles *
Stafford Courier

1931
John Redmond *
Burlington Republican

1930
Charles Browne Sr. *
Horton Headlight

1929
John C. Mack *
Newton Kansan

1928
Lou F. Valentine *
Clay Center Times

1927
Charles P. Beebe *
Neodesha Sun

1926
George Harman *
Valley Falls Vindicator

1925
Jess C. Denious Sr. *
Dodge City Globe

1924
W.F. Hill*
Westmoreland Recorder

* Deceased