Past Award Recipients
| Wally Noerenberg Award for Fisheries Excellence | |
| 2015 | Gordon Kruse |
| 2013-14 | No Award these Years |
| 2012 | Chuck Meacham |
| 2011 | Bill Heard and Jack Helle |
| 2010 | No Award this Year |
| 2009 | Terrence J. Quinn II |
| 2007 – 2008 | No Award these Years |
| 2006 | Bill Wilson |
| 2005 | National Meeting held in Anchorage – no Chapter awards given |
| 2004 | Lance Trasky |
| 2003 | Alex Wertheimer |
| 2002 | A. J. Paul |
| 1998 – 2001 | No Award these Years |
| 1997 | John Clark |
| 1996 | No Award this Year |
| 1995 | Ken Roberson |
| 1994 | Ole Mathisen |
| 1993 | No Award this Year |
| 1992 | Jim Reynolds |
| 1991 | Jim Branson |
| 1990 | Steve Pennoyer |
| 1989 | Clem Tillion |
| 1988 | Bob Armstrong |
| 1987 | No Award this Year |
| 1986 | Armin Koerning |
| 1983 – 1985 | No Award these Years |
| 1982 | Wally Noerenberg (awarded posthumously) |
| Meritorious Service Award | |
| 2017 | Sonia Ibarra and Steve Moffitt |
| 2012 – 2015 |
No Award these Years |
| 2011 | Charles Krueger, Christian Zimmerman, Karen Gillis and Joseph Spaeder (shared award) |
| 2008-2010 | No Award these Years |
| 2007 | Ray Troll |
| 2006 | Mason “Buck” Bryant |
| 2003 – 2005 | No Award these Years |
| 2002 | Jie Zheng |
| 1999 – 2001 | No Award these Years |
| 1998 | Gordon Kruse |
| 1997 | Fred Everest |
| 1996 | Lyman Thorsteinson |
| 1995 | Fred DeCicco |
| 1994 | Alex Wertheimer |
| 1993 | Bill Wilson |
| 1992 | No Award this Year |
| 1991 | Steve Klein |
| 1990 | Nick Dudiak |
| 1989 | John Clark |
| 1988 | Bill Heard |
| Alaska Chapter Service Award | |
| 2013-15 | No Award these Years |
| 2012 | Bill Bechtol |
| 2011 | Ray Hander |
| 2010 | Gretchen Bishop |
| 2009 | No Award this Year |
| 2008 | Lee Ann Gardner |
| 2007 | Allen Bingham |
| 2006 | Cindy Hartmann |
| 2005 | National Meeting held in Anchorage – no Chapter awards given |
| 2004 | Bill Hauser |
| 2000 – 2003 | No Award these Years |
| 1999 | Carl Burger |
| Cultural Diversity Travel Award | |
| 2017 | Sarah O’Neal |
| 2015 | Henry Masters |
| 2014 | Molly McCarthy |
| 2013 | Lauren Divine and Allyson Olds |
| 2012 | Casie Stockdale and Danielle Duncan |
| 2011 | Rachel DeWilde, Leslie Jensen and Theresa Floyd |
| 2010 | Ernestine Ahgeak, Elena Fernandez, and Emilie Springer |
| 2009 | Alissa Joseph and Jessica Davila |
| 2008 | Shelley Woods |
| 2007 | Lisa Kangas |
| 2006 | Valli Peterson, Lisa Kangas, and Heidi Herter |
| 2005 | National Meeting held in Anchorage – no Chapter awards given |
| 2004 | Mike Martz and Tyler Dann |
| 2003 | Courtenay Peirce |
| 2002 | Karen Pletnikoff and Jodi Neil |
| 2001 | Iris O’Brien |
| 2000 | Kalei Shotwell |
| 1999 | Cheryl Dion |
| 1998 | Kathleen M. Kennell Menke |
| 1997 | Carol Kerkvliet |
| Molly Ahlgren Scholarship | |
| 2017 | Kelly Ireland (UAA) |
| 2015 | Maggie Schaffer (APU) |
| 2014 | Sky Brandt (UAF) and Lauren Bailey (UAF) |
| 2013 | Rosario Fuentes (APU) and Melissa Rhodes-Reese (UAF) |
| 2012 | Ryan Lucas (UAA) |
| 2011 | Dan Prince (UAA) |
| 2010 | Andrew Reichel (APU) and Casey McConnell (UAF) |
| 2009 | Matt Catterson (UAF) |
| 2008 | Shelley Woods (UAF) |
| 2007 | Christian Anderson (UAF) |
| 2006 | Sonya Weihl (Sheldon Jackson) |
| Almost Darwin Award | |
| 2011-2015 | No awards these years |
| 2010 | Kwethluk Salmon Rivers Observatory Network (SaRON) field crew |
| 2007 – 2008 | No awards these years |
| 2006 | Togiak National Wildlife Refuge, ADF&G Commercial Fisheries Division in Bethel, and the Native Village of Quinhagak. |
| Note: Starting with the 2009 award, the year of the event being awarded is the prior year (so for example the 2009 award was announced during the 2010 Annual Conference for an event that occurred in 2009). | |
| Best Student Oral Presentation/ Poster Awards | |
| 2017 | Presentation – Thomas Farrugia Poster – Chase Jalbert |
| 2015 | Presentation – Will Deacy Poster – Benjamin Meyer |
| 2014 | Presentation – Elizabeth Figus Poster – Allison Martin |
| 2013 | Presentation – Emily Lescak Poster – Kevin Fraley & Bryce Mecum |
| 2012 | Presentation – Trevor Haynes Poster – Kyle Shedd |
| 2011 | Presentations – Parker Bradley & Jason R. Neuswanger Poster – Robert Marcotte |
| 2010 | Presentation – Jason R. Neuswanger Poster – Jamie McKellar |
| 2009 | Presentation – Jason R. Neuswanger Poster – David A. Roon |
| 2008 | Presentation – Kristen Dunlap Poster – Lisa South |
| 2007 | Presentation – Becky Clausen Poster – Jennifer Marsh |
| 2006 | Presentation – Andrew C. Seitz Poster – Wongyu Park |
| 2005 | National Meeting held in Anchorage – no Chapter awards given |
| 2004 | Presentation – Cindy Tribuzio Poster – Angela Middleton |
| 2003 | Presentation – Suzann G. Speckman Poster – Anthony Eskelin |
| 2002 | Presentation – Mark D. Scheuerell |
| 2001 | Presentation – Sara Gilk |
| 2000 | Presentation – Karla Granath |
| 1999 | Presentation – Amy Browning Poster – Scott H. Maclean |
| 1998 | Presentation – Robert Begich and Lisa Thompson (tie) |
| 1997 | Presentation – Jennifer Boldt |
| 1996 | Presentation – Michael Daigneault |
| 1995 | Presentation – Gretchen Bishop |
| Best Professional Paper/ Poster Awards After 2006 only student papers & posters were judged and recognized for awards |
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| 2006 | Paper – Randy J. Brown Poster – David Orabutt |
| 2005 | National Meeting held in Anchorage – no Chapter awards given |
| 2004 | Paper – Jeffry Anderson Poster – Chuck Adams |
| 2003 | Paper – Alfred L. DeCicco Poster – Jeffrey P. Barnhart |
| 2002 | Paper – Alisa A. Abookire Poster – Kristin Cieciel |
| 2001 | Paper – Larry Peltz Poster – Scott Maclean |
| 2000 | Paper – Ted Otis |
| 1999 | Paper – Steve Fleischman Poster – Philip N. Hooge |
| 1998 | Paper – Philip Mundy Poster – Carol Kerkvliet |
| 1997 | Paper – John Hudson Poster – Carol Kerkvliet |
| 1996 | Paper – Penny Crane Poster – Carol Woody |
| 1995 | Paper – Richard Yanusz Poster – Mary Whalen |