The purpose of the Distinguished Service Award Program is to encourage and recognize excellence in the field of professional Extension for members with more than ten years of service. Read more about the winners on the NACAA website: https://www.nacaa.com/award-winners.
| Year | Award Winner | Award Winner | Award Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Rick Willey | David DeWitt | |
| 2022 | Millie Davenport | Terasa Lott | |
| 2021 | Jeff Fellers | Alana W. West | |
| 2020 | Amy Dabbs | Anthony J. Savereno | |
| 2019 | Jonathan Croft | Lee Van Vlake | |
| 2018 | Cory Tanner | ||
| 2017 | Brian Beer | Andy Rollins | |
| 2016 | Joe Varn | ||
| 2015 | Paul Thompson | ||
| 2014 | Amanda McNulty | ||
| 2013 | Morris Warner | ||
| 2012 | Mike Loveless | ||
| 2011 | W. Bryan Smith | ||
| 2010 | Powell Smith | ||
| 2009 | Randy Cubbage | Fran Wolak | |
| 2008 | Danny Howard | Mark Talbert | |
| 2007 | Tony Melton | Carlin Munnerlyn | |
| 2006 | C.P. Chihasz | Jack Whetstone | |
| 2005 | Russell Duncan | John Oxner | |
| 2004 | Carroll Culbertson | David Parker | |
| 2003 | John Irwin | Don Manley | |
| 2002 | Jesse Eargle | Ed Murdock | Rusty Thomson |
| 2001 | John Albrecht | Phil Perry | |
| 2000 | Howard Hiller | Gilbert Miller | |
| 1999 | Russell Sutton | Wallace Wood | |
| 1998 | Rowland Alston | ||
| 1997 | Charles Davis | Greg Harvey | |
| 1996 | Bruce Johnson | James Sweeney | |
| 1995 | Raymond Sligh | ||
| 1994 | Jesse Adams | Terry Sudduth | |
| 1993 | Frank FitzSimons | Daniel Smith | |
| 1992 | W. J. Hendrix | Henry Webster | Don White |
| 1991 | Stan Clements | Dewitt Gooden | W. A. Jones, Jr. |
| 1990 | Emory Jones | Charles Privette | |
| 1989 | Coble Adams | Wilton Cook | Jimmie Pridmore |
| 1988 | Ben Kittrell | Steve Odom | Tommy Walker |
| 1987 | Allen Bayles | Clyde Strange | James E. Yonce |
| 1986 | Lawrence Harvey | Jack Pruitt | Amos Wells, Jr. |
| 1985 | John Mott | Howard Oates | |
| 1984 | J. E. Barker | J. M. Parnell | |
| 1983 | Alan D. Boggs | R. M. Johnson | William C. Jones |
| 1982 | W. J. Ruff | W. P. Yates | |
| 1981 | George Bowen | Johnny Brewer | W. D. Witherspoon |
| 1980 | C. K. Palmer | John W. Riser | Ray C. Smith |
| 1979 | Thomas J. Bryson | Henry Eason | B. T. McIntosh |
| 1978 | Raymond L. Boozer | Wayne Sherer | |
| 1977 | Ray C. DuBose | Owen F. Huff | J. R. Meredith |
| 1976 | Marion Carter | F. O. McAlhany | J. D. Williams |
| 1975 | R. N. Chastain | C. H. Fant | R. D. McNair |
| 1974 | D. E. Epps | J. B. Griffith | M. L. Ouzt |
| 1973 | L. B. Harrington | J. S. Jones, Jr. | E. G. Tate |
| 1972 | D. W. Howe | W. A. Ridgeway | |
| 1971 | N. C. Anderson | T. B. Tillman | |
| 1970 | J. W. Gilliam | B. S. Lawrimore | |
| 1969 | G. H. Liebenrood | H. D. Marrett | E. C. Wallace |
| 1968 | J. L. Cochrane | W. H. Funchess | J. R. White |
| 1967 | W. L. Johnson | M. C. Mason | D. C. Wylie |
| 1966 | W. J. Gray | ||
| 1965 | P. M. Garvin | J. D. Miller | |
| 1964 | H. C. Livingston, Jr. | W. C. McCarley | |
| 1963 | E. C. Abrams | M. A. Bouknight | |
| 1962 | J. C. King | ||
| 1961 | J. R. Wood | ||
| 1960 | A. D. Grainger | C. W. Thompson | |
| 1959 | R. W. Bailey | O. W. Lloyd | |
| 1958 | R. C. Hubbard, Jr. | W. J. Martin | J. W. Willis |
| 1957 | L. O. Bowen | J. C. Morgan | |
| 1956 | O. W. McCain | R. R. Mellett | |
| 1955 | C. W. Carroway | R. A. Jackson | |
| 1954 | S. E. Evans | M. M. McCord | |
| 1953 | W. R. Gray | V. M. Johnson | |
| 1952 | D. Austin Shelly | ||
| 1951 | J. C. McComb | ||
| 1950 | C. B. Cannon | G. Herbert Griffin | |
| 1949 | None | ||
| 1948 | L. Warner Alford | ||
| 1947 | None | ||
| 1946 | Paul B. Ezel | ||
| 1945 | Edgar F. Josey | ||
| 1944 | J. M. Eleaser | ||
| 1943 | R. H. Lemmon | J. W. McLendon | |
| 1942 | I. A. Bowen | S. W. Epps | |
| 1941 | J. M. Napier | R. M. Rast | |
| 1940 | None | ||
| 1939 | None | ||
| 1938 | W. J. Tiller |
