Excellence in Fisheries Education Award

The Excellence in Fisheries Education Award is given to an individual who has achieved excellence in teaching and student advising in the field of fisheries science, or closely related curriculum, and who also encourages student participation in AFS, TAFS, and other fisheries-related meetings.

Past Awardees

2025: April Blakeslee; Fred Scharf

2023: Jan McDowell

2021: Mary Fabrizio

2019: Mike Wilberg

2018: Fred Scharf

2017: Rob Latour

2016: Tom Miller

2015: Skip Kemp, Jr.

2014: Jack Musick

2013: Vic Kennedy

2012: Jeff Buckel

2011: Don Kelso

2010: Ed Houde

2006: Tom Lankford

2005: John Olney

2004: Dave Secor

2000: Eileen Setzler-Hamilton

1999: Roger Rulifson

Footnote #1: From the 2008 meeting on, the award year corresponds to the year of the annual meeting in which the award was passed out. Unsure if dates prior to 2008 indicate if the award date is for the prior year preceding the annual meeting.

Footnote #2: COVID-19 forced cancellation of the 2020 meeting in Virginia. We did some student presentations virtually. An in-person meeting was then hosted in Virginia in 2021. Thus, no awards were conveyed in 2020 except for the Eileen Setzler-Hamilton Memorial Scholarship.