School Counselor of the Year & School Counseling Advocation of the Year Nominations
Nominations for the 2023 School Counselor of the Year and School Counseling Advocate of the Year are now open!
Please visit the link below to access specific information about this year’s application. https://aksca.schoolcounselorawards.org/scoy/.
Nominations for the Alaska School Counselor of the Year are due September 30th by 5 p.m. Applications must be submitted by October 28th by 5 p.m. Nominations for the Advocate of the Year are due by October 28th by 5 p.m. All documents should be saved as a single pdf and uploaded to aksca.schoolcounselorawards.org Applicants will need to create a login to upload their application.
Questions can be directed to the Recognition Committee Chair, Sarah Swanson, sswanson@bssd.org or 907-744-0170.
Nomination Link for Advocate of the Year: 2023 Advocate of Year Award .pdf
Past Recipients
Year | Counselor of the Year | Advocate of the Year |
2022 | Sara Miller | Heather Coulehan |
2020 | Elizabeth Congdon-McGee | Kris Busk |
2019 | Erin Hamilton | John O'Brien |
2018 | Natalie Jones | Sharon Fishel |
2017 | Andie Zink | Karen Stephan |
2016 | Samantha McMorrow | Sara Moore |
2015 | Kerry Nordstrom | Carl White |
2014 | Natalie Kant | Russell Vaucher |
2013 | none | Michele Woods |
2012 | Jeff Walters | Perry Corsetti |
2011 | Bob McCloy | Cassie Wells |
2010 | Mary Ann Osiensky | Tracy Pressley |
2009 | Sara Moore | Wayne Gerke |
2008 | ? | ? |
2007 | Lynn Hoffman | Barb Shogren |
2006 | Sheila Beardsley | Coney Danitz |
2005 | Sally Donaldson | Linda Maloney |
2004 | Jon Lillevik | Vanni Pritchard |
2003 | Joann Lester | Wasilla Sunrise |
2002 | Jamie Ballentine | Kris Forrester |
2001 | Shawnie Olson/ Jody Brown | Alan Morotti |
2000 | Dana Kelly? | ? |
1999 | ? | ? |
1998 | Sharon McMullen | Rick Matiya |
1997 | Barb Shogren | Robb Boyer |
1996 | Valerie Demming | ? |
1995 | Kris Forrester | Fred Esposito |
1994 | Tom Osborne | John Holst |
1993 | Connie Giddings | Mike Chmielewski |
1992 | LaRue Davenport | Bob Moore |
1991 | Pat Chitty | Chris Jensen/ Wanda Cooksey |
1990 | Robbi Nadeau | Lee Demmert |