Excellence in Craft Award winners
The Excellence in Craft Award was initiated in 1971 to honor an OWAA member “for outstanding effort in upholding the OWAA Creed and continued excellence in craft.” Recipients are selected by past Excellence in Craft Award recipients. Before making a final selection, the selection committee consults with both the Awards Committee chair and the immediate past president.
PAST WINNERS
1972 – C.B. “Bill” Colby
1973 – L.A. Wilke
1974 – Frank Woolner
1975 – Homer Circle
1976 – C. Herb Williams
1977 – Charles F. Waterman
1978 – John B. Madson
1979 – Roger Latham
1980 – Joel M. Vance
1981 – Erwin A. Bauer
1982 – Charley Dickey
1983 – George Laycock
1984 – Maynard Reece
1985 – Bill McRae
1986 – Patrick McManus
1987 – Leonard Lee Rue III
1988 – Charles N. Elliott
1989 – Norman M. Strung
1990 – George Reiger
1991 – Mark J. Sosin
1992 – Edward G. Zern
1993 – Gene Hill
1994 – Nick Lyons
1995 – Bob Brister
1996 – John A. Barsness
1997 – Curt Gowdy
1998 – Grits Gresham
1999 – M.R. James
2000 – Joan Salvato Wulff
2001 – Jack Samson
2002 – Nash Buckingham
2003 – David J. Richey
2004 – C. Boyd Pfeiffer
2005 – Tom Huggler
2006 – Chris Madson
2007 – D.E. “Babe” Winkelman
2008 – Jerry Gibbs
2009 – Jay Cassell
2010 – Glen Lau
2011 – Ron Schara
2012 – Thayne Smith
2013 – Glenn Sapir
2014 – Brent Frazee
2015 – Tim Christie
2016 – W. Glenn Titus
2017 – Bruce Cochran
2018 – Ben Moyer
2019 – Dan Small
2020 – Guy Coheleach