| APAA Distinguished Alumnus Award | |
|---|---|
| Year | Recipient(s) |
| 2019 | Darrell Craven '82 |
| 2018 | Tommy Whitworth '80 |
| 2017 | Joe Dalton '82 |
| 2016 | Jim Main '68 |
| 2015 | Elaine Beech '83 |
| 2014 | Dell Barker Walker '85 |
| 2013 | Tim Martin '78 |
| 2012 | Kimberly Braxton Lloyd '94 |
| 2011 | J.T. Leatherwood '94 |
| 2010 | Danny Cottrell '79 |
| 2009 | Chris Borden '98 |
| 2008 | Billy Cox '88 |
| 2007 | No Award Given |
| 2006 | Charlie Perry |
| 2005 | Jim Schmid |
| 2004 | Lucinda Maine |
| 2003 | Johnny Brooklere |
| 2002 | No Award Given |
| 2001 | Rebecca Jones Sorrell |
| 2000 | No Award Given |
| 1999 | Charlie H. Armstrong |
| 1998 | James T. Stewart |
| 1997 | Charlie Thomas |
| 1996 | Roland Nelson |
| 1995 | Thomas W. Butler Ron Johnson |
| 1994 | Danny R. Johnson |
| 1993 | Lowell Barron Samuel Coker |
| 1992 | Charles A. Walton |
| 1991 | Betty B. Thomas |
| 1990 | James Kenneth Guin |
| 1989 | Dwight Henderson |
| 1988 | Roger C. Burnett Thomas Lester White |
| 1987 | James E. Wright |
| 1986 | Anthony J. Brooklere James L. Scruggs |
| 1985 | James O. Walker Wyatt Williams |
| 1984 | Alvie T. Bradford James A. Main |
| 1983 | Charles E. Prickett Phil S. Hudson |
| 1982 | Herbert H. Nelson Fred Rutledge |
| 1981 | Charlie M. Loftin |
| 1980 | L.J. Kirkland Mahlon G. Turner |
| 1979 | Harry H. Wheat Joe M. Rash |
| 1978 | James W. Myers Bob Scarborough Harold C. Sharpe, Jr. |
| 1977 | John P. Beasley James T. Davis |
| 1976 | J. Miles Thomas S. Blake Yates |