WVMEA Awards

WVMEA annually recognizes the dedication and service of music educators around the state during the WVMEA In-Service Conference.

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WVMEA AWARD NOMINATIONS

Nominate your favorite people in music education. Winners will be recognized at the Annual WVMEA In-Service Conference.

WVMEA Future Music Educator Scholarship

WVMEA believes in the importance of developing future music educators in West Virginia. This scholarship award of $500 recognizes upcoming music educators who set high standards for themselves and offer inspiration and direction for others.  DEADLINE: February 9, 2025 at 11:45pm. Email philwyatt@gmail.com with questions or concerns.  See a sample PDF >>

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Superintendent of the Year

WVMEA recognizes outstanding school superintendents who make a significant impact on music in their counties. Submit your nominee for the 2025 Superintendent of the Year Award.  DEADLINE: February 18, 2025 at 11:45pm.  See a sample PDF >>

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Hall of Fame

WVMEA recognizes members who have developed outstanding school music programs, made significant contributions to music education in the state, and have a minimum of 15 years of music service in West Virginia. Submit your nominee for the 2025 Hall of Fame Award.  DEADLINE: February 18, 2025 at 11:45pm.  See a sample PDF >>

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WVMEA 25 Years of Membership

Help us honor you for your years of commitment to music education. Honorees will be recognized at the General Meeting during the 2025 In-Service Conference Charleston, WV.  DEADLINE: February 18, 2025 at 11:45pm.   See a sample PDF >>

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Past-Presidents

  • 2023-24: Eric Staats
  • 2021-23: Bobby Jenks
  • 2019-21: Keith Jackson
  • 2017-19: Andi Hasley
  • 2015-17: Kathleen Fox
  • 2013-15: Rachel Reynolds
  • 2012-13: Elizabeth Marshall-MacVean
  • 2011-12: Jack Deskins
  • 2009-11: Elizabeth Marshall-MacVean
  • 2007-09: Larry Stickler
  • 2005-07: Richard Brown
  • 2003-05: Philip Wyatt
  • 2001-03: Kathleen G. Corbett
  • 1999-2001: Richard Lemke
  • 1997-99: Gary Marvel
  • 1995-97: James C. Guerriero
  • 1993-95: David Bess
  • 1991-93: Michael Roberts
  • 1989-91: James Pantle
  • 1987-89: Charles Martyn
  • 1985-87: Harry Faulk
  • 1983-85: Donald Hamilton
  • 1981-83: Phyllis Osenton
  • 1979-81: Arlie Turner
  • 1977-79: Patrick Fitzgerald
  • 1975-77: Robert Wolff
  • 1973-75: Glenn Goodwin
  • 1971-73: Al Frey
  • 1969-71: Nels Leonard
  • 1967-69: Ronald Wood
  • 1965-67: Edward Wolf
  • 1963-65: Elinor Copenhaver
  • 1961-63: Saul Fisher
  • 1959-61: Harold Ewing
  • 1957-59: Richard Wellock
  • 1955-57: Harold Orendorff
  • 1951-55: Clifford Brown

Presidential Awards

  • 2025: Dr. Keith Jackson
  • 2024: Brandon Willard
  • 2023: Dr. Sandra Schwartz
  • 2022: WV Governor Jim Justice
  • 2020: Renee Wyatt
  • 2019: Randall Reid-Smith
  • 2018: J.P. Lynch
  • 2017: Neil Randolph
  • 2016: Kathleen Corbett, Philip Wyatt
  • 2009: David Bess, Al Frey, Richard Lemke, John L. Puffenbarger, Kathryne Williams, Betty S. Wilson
  • 1997: David Bess
  • 1995: Michael Roberts
  • 1993: Harry Faulk, Al Frey
  • 1990: James B. Andrews, Charles R. Hoffer, Jeanne Moore
  • 1989: James Guerriero, Elizabeth Henderson, John Schooley, Richard Wellock
  • 1988: Patrick Fitzgerald, Charles Gorby, Fred Ross
  • 1987: Robert Wolff
  • 1986: Al Frey, Edward Wolf

Future Music Educator Scholarship

  • 2025: Roslyn Skinner
  • 2024: Christian Garnes
  • 2023: Garrett Materne
  • 2022: Emma Harbour
  • 2021: Isaac Neff
  • 2021: Jakob Baker
  • 2021: Skylar Vance
  • 2018: Isaac Price
  • 2017: Piper McLaughlin
  • 2016: Olivia Insani
  • 2015: Anna Carpenter

Superintendents of the Year

  • 2024: Dr. Shelby Haines — Marshall Co.
  • 2023: Christie Willis – Wood Co.
  • 2022: Debra Schmidlen – Randolph Co. 
  • 2019: Jeffrey Woofter, Barbour Co.
  • 2017: Blaine C. Hess, Jackson Co.
  • 2016: Michael Hince, Marshall Co.
  • 2014: Dr. Joseph Mace, Lewis Co.
  • 2012: Suzanne Dickens, Mason Co.
  • 2011: Susan K. Wall, Jefferson Co.
  • 2009: Lawrence M. Miller, Ohio Co.
  • 2008: Jeff T. Hoover, Tyler Co.
  • 2007: Tilden “Skip” Hackworth, Mineral Co.
  • 2006: Dr. James A. Phares, Marion Co.
  • 2005: Manny P. Arvon, Berkeley Co.
  • 2003: Ronald E. Ray, Jackson Co.
  • 2001: Gary D. Sumpter, Boone Co.
  • 2000: Dr. Ronald Duerring, Kanawha Co.
  • 1998-99: Dr. H. Lawrence Jones, Ohio Co.
  • 1997: Jorea Marple, Kanawha Co.
  • 1996: William Capehart, Cabell Co.
  • 1995: Dr. Wendell Teets, Taylor Co.
  • 1994: John D. Myers, Logan Co.
  • 1993: Lynn Westfall, Upshur Co.
  • 1992: Mary Alice Klein, Tucker Co.
  • 1991: John D. Myers, Marion Co.
  • 1990: Jack C. Dulaney, Monongalia Co.
  • 1989: Gerrita Postlewait, Wetzel Co.
  • 1988: James G. Dawson, Clay Co.
  • 1987: William D. Staats, Wood Co.
  • 1986: Raymond H. Frazier, Jefferson Co.
  • 1985: Henry Marockie, Ohio Co.

WVMEA Hall of Fame

  • 2025: Tracey Filben
  • 2024: Ben Podolski
  • 2023: Kathleen Corbett
  • 2022: Mark Hardman
  • 2019: Lou Casini
  • 2018: Ron Rose, Neil Randolph, John Hendricks, Wayne Smith
  • 2017: Dr. David Bess
  • 2016: Dr. Janet Robbins, Don Hamilton
  • 2015: Randall Brannon
  • 2014: Linda Kaye Ward
  • 2012: Joyce Ann Flint
  • 2011: Betty Sallack Wilson
  • 2010: Patrick Garrett, Richard Lemke
  • 2009: Richard H. Lawson
  • 2008: William Melton Saunders, Thomas R. Chaffin, John H. Schooley
  • 2006: John Puffenbarger
  • 2005: Richard T. Frush
  • 2004: Phil Faini, Phil Rossano
  • 2003: Margaret Pantalone, Rhonda Smalley, Gary Stewart
  • 2002: John Paul Lynch, Barry Vingle
  • 2001: John F. Christian
  • 2000: Olga Hardman
  • 1999: Kathryne A. Williams, Randall Hall
  • 1998: Joseph R. Ervin
  • 1997: Al Frey, Charles Martyn
  • 1996: Glenn Sallack, Phyllis M. Osenton, Michael Roberts
  • 1995: Richard Wellock
  • 1994: Clifford Brown, J. Loren Mercer

25 Years of Distinguished Service

  • 2025: Kathleen Fox, Chris Hayslette, Victor Iapalucci, Nathan Kerr
  • 2024: David Alfred, James Allder, Wes Bullington, Martina Norman-Kiser, Leslie Riedel, Hope Staats, Eric Staats
  • 2023: Tracey Filben, Meleah Fisher, Bobby Jenks, Lee Ann Lykens, Roger Walker
  • 2022: Jeff Caplinger, Missy Edwards, Neil King, J.P. Lynch, Mark Palmer, Sharon Walton
  • 2020: Radonna Hess, H.G. Young, David Gonzol
  • 2019: Jeanette M. Bowlby
  • 2018: Eva DelGallo, John Ryder, Glen Allen Kade. Mark Hopkins, Sheri Tadlock, Arlene Bennett
  • 2017: Patience L. Brock, T. Edwin Harkless, Fred Meyer, Awyn McQueen-Milam, Terri Taylor
  • 2016: Pamela McClain, Donna Clark
  • 2015: Teresa Adams, Kimberly Cook, Patrick Garrett, Benjamin Podolski
  • 2012: Cynthia Coulson
  • 2010: David L. Chenoweth, Denny Sayre, Doug Wayne, Tracy Wayne, Janet E. Zirkle
  • 2008: Bruce L. Ensinger2006: Janet E. Bailey, Fran Fluharty, Jay W. Frye, Mary Willene H. Moore, Anna M. Smith, Babs Smith, John L. Sullivan, Timothy H. Waugh
  • 2004: Sue Ann Armstrong, Randall L. Brannon, Thomas R. Chaffin, Kathleen G. Corbett, Randall Hall, John Paul Lynch, Sr., Clara Jane Negie, Joyce Good Pitchford, Sharon Poole, Neil Randolph, Mel Saunders, Bob Scott, Cathy L. Walker
  • 2002: Felicia J. Burger-Westfall, Richard Lemke, Fonda Lockhart, Phill Wyatt, Renee Wyatt
  • 2000: Grace Arrowood, Shanilyn Bovey, Sally Conklin, Richard T. Frush, Brenda M. Joe, Charles E. Mohnacky, Terry Jean Nichols, Rhonda E. Smalley, Robert T. Thompson, Kenneth Weaver, H. Paul Yoho
  • 1998: Norman W. Adlington, Joseph R. Ervin, Betty Jo Clingman Harris, Michael R. Leatherman, Suzanne M. Lowry, Stephen G. Swank, Robert M. Tibbs Sr., John C. Van Camp, James J. Work, Rose H. Zelinski
  • 1996: John F. Christian, Marcia Ann Davis, Dennis C. Fisher, Ken Godwin Jr., James C. Guerriero, Harry Sacco, Gary Stewart, Bernard F. Tonalli Jr., Barry W. Vingle, Linda Kaye Ward, Mason D. Worrell
  • 1994: David Burton, Tommy Castle, Lowell Gray, Charles Martyn, Ronald Rose, James Spencer, Robert Tweel, Betty Wilson
  • 1992: Joseph Ervin, Alfred R. de Jaager, Greg Kennedy, Carrie Garton Lambert, Michael Perri
  • 1990: D. Wayne Hager, Edward P. McKown, Edward M. Vineyard
  • 1988: Gerald A. Foster, Linda Hawkins, Patricia Linkenhoker, John Puffenbarger, Winoma Spurgeon, Robert Wolff
  • 1986: Blaine Corder, Olga Hardman, Dale Riley, Patrick Wisman, Sandra Wisman, Edward Wolf
  • 1984: Arlene Dillon, Donald Hamilton, Elizabeth Henderson, Nels Leonard, Robert Leurant, Phyllis Osenton
  • 1981: Janice Chandler, Dolores McGucken, Thomas Reed, Lia Vaglio
  • 1979: Patricia Green, James Porter, Harriet Tucker, Robert Wright
  • 1977: Sara Francis Bailey, Erma Brooks, Harold Ewing, Al Frey, Cary McClure, Margaret Pantalone, James Rathburn, Alan Staton, Richard Wellock, Kathryne Williams, Robert Williams, Ronald Wood