2024 - Zachary Roupe*
2023 - Julia (Page) McCurry*
2022 - Gretchen Adame*
2021 - Hunter Jones*
2020 - Lauren Wargo*
2019 - Michael Estler and Michael Martin*
2018 - Captain Dena Ali
2017- Charles Bell
2016 - Thomas Suddarth
2015 - Edward "Teddy" Warner, III
2014 - LaTise Higgins
2012 - William Munn
2011 - Caroline Goins
2010 - Peter Skeris
2009 - Ashton Slate
2008 - Mildred Weber
2007 - Yuko Suenaga
2006 - Amanda Crabtree
2005 - Lawrence T. Locklear
2004 - Katherine Bryant
2003 - Junfeng (Suzie) Wang
2002 - Kelley Iverson
2001 - Alan Duncan
2000 - Sylvia Pate
*=North Carolina City & County Management Association (NCCCMA) Scholarship Recipients