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SASFAA Distinguished Service Award Recipients
This is the highest honor bestowed by SASFAA. Individuals honored with a SASFAA Distinguished Service Award shall have made outstanding, significant, and meritorious contributions to the advancement of student financial aid or the profession.
| Year | Recipient | Institution |
| 1981-82 | Dr. Neal Berte |
Birmingham-Southern College |
| 1982-83 | Carl D. Perkins |
U.S. House of Representatives |
| 1983-84 | Dallas Martin |
NASFAA |
| 1984-85 | Eunice Edwards Herb Vescio |
Fisk University Eastern Kentucky University |
| 1985-86 | William M. Geer |
University of NC at Chapel Hill |
| 1986-87 | Palmer Freeman |
Leroy Springs Foundation |
| 1987-88 | Dr. James F. Carr |
Harding College |
| 1988-89 | Guy Snavely |
Pickett and Hatcher Educational Fund, Inc. |
| 1989-90 | Dr. William Wall |
Alabama Commission on Higher Education |
| 1990-91 | Vernetta P. Fairley |
University of Southern Mississippi |
| 1991-92 | Cheryl Wilkes O'Keefe |
Medical College of Georgia |
| 1992-93 | Preston Rosser |
Valencia Community College |
| 1993-94 | Gerald T. Bird Robert Evans |
College Scholarship Service U.S. Department of Education |
| 1994-95 | Marvin G. Carmichael Francine Reeves |
Clemson University U.S. Department of Education |
| 1995-96 | Ron Gambill |
Tennessee Student Assistance Corp. |
| 1996-97 | Jack L. Woodward Cruzita Lucero |
Millsaps College Walters State Community College |
| 1997-98 | David Cecil Karen Fooks |
Transylvania University University of Florida |
| 1998-99 | Curtis Whalen Betty Whalen |
University of NC at Charlotte Wingate College |
| 1999-00 | Joel Harrell |
Clark Atlanta University |
| 2000-01 | Randy Craig Eleanor S. Morris |
Education Credit Management Corp. University of NC at Chapel Hill |
| 2001-02 | Susan Little Carol Mowbray |
University of Georgia Northern Virginia Community College |
| 2002-03 | Mary Givhan Ken Player |
Mississippi College South Carolina Student Loan Corp. |
| 2003-04 | Jane McNaughton |
Union Planters Bank |
| 2004-05 | Bob Godfrey |
University of South Carolina - Columbia |
| 2005-06 | Clark Aldridge David Gelinas |
Collegiate Funding Services University of the South |
| 2006-07 | Janet Sain Nowicki Rosemary Stelma |
SunTrust Education Loans East Carolina University |
| 2007-08 | Guy Gibbs Greg Martin |
Northern Virginia Community College U.S.Department of Education |
| 2008-09 | Bill Cox Karen Koonce |
North Carolina State Education Assistance Authority Wachovia |
| 2009-10 | Debra Talley |
University of Alabama, Birmigham |
| 2010-11 | Ron Day |
Kennesaw State University, Georgia |
| 2011-12 | David Bartnicki |
U.S. Department of Education |
| 2012-13 | Brent Tener |
Vanderbilt University |
| 2013-14 | David Mohning |
Vanderbilt University |
| 2014-15 | Heather Boutell Jeff Dennis |
Bellarmine University Greenville Technical College |
| 2015-16 | Nancy Tate |
Anderson University |
| 2016-17 | Brad Barnett Sandra Neel |
James Madison University University of Louisville |
| 2017-18 | Lisanne Masterson |
Blue Ridge Community College |
| 2018-19 | Keith Reeves |
Clemson University |
| 2019-20 | Sharon Oliver Zita Barree |
North Carolina Central University Hampden-Sydney College |
| 2020-21 | Bryan Erslan Marian Dill Buddy Johnston |
Eastern Kentucky University Lee University Radford University |
| 2021-22 | Amy Berrier-Gerber | Central Carolina Community College |
| 2022-23 | Bill Spiers Nathan Basford |
Tallahassee Community College Florida State University |