| APAA Distinguished Service Award | |
|---|---|
| Year | Recipient(s) |
| 2019 | Harold Harmon |
| 2018 | Louise Jones |
| 2017 | Bobby Giles |
| 2016 | R. Lee Evans Bill Ravis |
| 2015 | Hunter Peak |
| 2014 | Charles Woosley |
| 2013 | Tom Smith |
| 2012 | Brinda Lisano |
| 2011 | Laurie Newton |
| 2010 | Harold Harmon |
| 2009 | David S. Darby |
| 2008 | Phillip Rigsby |
| 2007 | No Award Given |
| 2006 | Don Davino |
| 2005 | Bill Felkey |
| 2004 | Charles C. Thomas |
| 2003 | Mac Jones Gwen Reid |
| 2002 | No Award Given |
| 2001 | Robert Bryan Crawford III |
| 2000 | No Award Given |
| 1999 | Samuel J. Maloy, Jr |
| 1998 | Johnny Bell |
| 1997 | Diane Beck |
| 1996 | Tim Bishop |
| 1995 | Burnis Breland Tim Martin Karren Weeks |
| 1994 | Hilmer L. Jones |
| 1993 | Gwen Reid |
| 1992 | Larry A. Tatum |
| 1991 | Leon O. Wilken |
| 1990 | Charles Darling |
| 1989 | Dee Powell |
| 1988 | C. Larry Thomasson |
| 1987 | Herman L. Lazarus |
| 1986 | James I. Harrison |
| 1985 | Hazel S. Cooper |
| 1984 | G.F. (Tom) Grimaldi |
| 1983 | Ben F. Cooper |
| 1982 | James W. McLane |
| 1981 | Launia L. Thagard Byron B. Williams |
| 1980 | George L. Bradberry |
| 1979 | E.W. Griffith |
| 1978 | No Award Given |
| 1977 | Winfield Cotton |
| 1976 | W.W. Walker |