MMEA AWARDS
1963-Present
1963
Teacher of the Year: Pauline Austin (elementary)
1964
Teacher of the Year: Alice Nelson (junior high)
1965
Teacher of the Year: Elizabeth Berry (elementary)
1966
Teacher of the Year: Hilda Humphrey (junior high)
1967
Teacher of the Year: Lenna Vee Bennett (elementary)
1968
Teacher of the Year: Eugene Guettler (junior high)
1969
Teacher of the Year: Jean Sundquist (elementary)
1970
Teacher of the Year: Lorna Dee Mistele (elementary)
Elizabeth Blair (junior high)
Award of Merit: Clyde Vroman
1971
Teacher of the Year: Keith Dearborn (elementary)
Alice Brooks (junior high)
1972
Teacher of the Year: Margaret Van Haaren (elementary)
Maury Wildt (junior high)
Award of Merit: Marguerite Hood & Martha White
1973
Teacher of the Year: Victoria Balser (elementary)
Sandra Phillips (junior high)
Award of Merit: Reginald Eldred
1974
Teacher of the Year: Janet Hammond (elementary)
David Milross (junior high)
1975
Teacher of the Year: Carolyn Tower (elementary)
David Jorlett (junior high)
1976
Teacher of the Year: Jan Schultz (elementary)
Hunter March (junior high)
1977
Teacher of the Year: Mary Weibel (elementary)
Denise Minter (junior high)
1978
Teacher of the Year: Phyllis Nelson (elementary
Joan MacKenzie (junior high)
1979
Teacher of the Year: Jack Marks (elementary)
Phyllis Relyea (junior high)
1980
Teacher of the Year: Ruth Ann Knapp (elementary)
Lavonne Bomeli (junior high)
1982
Music Educator of the Year*: Annette Yared
*Formerly “Teacher of the Year”
Award of Merit: Floyd Heydenburg
1983
Music Educator of the Year: Deborah A. Smith
1986
Award of Merit: Charles Kirsch
Outstanding Administrator: Milton Riggs & Richard P. Watson
1987
Award of Merit: Harold Geerdes
Outstanding Administrator: George Conti
1988
Award of Merit: Ollie McFarland
1989
Hilda E. Humphrey Service Award: Elizabeth “Betsy” Wilson
1990
Award of Merit: Hilda Humphrey
Hilda E. Humphrey Service Award: Kathryn Ann Poel
1991
Hilda E. Humphrey Service Award: David T. Kehler
1992
Hilda E. Humphrey Service Award: Mary McCollum
1993
Hilda E. Humphrey Service Award: Diane Johnson Lange
Friend of Music Education: Frank Philip
1994
Hilda E. Humphrey Service Award: Stacie Detgen
Outstanding Administrator: Jennifer Davidson & Cheryl Flammer
Friend of Music Education: Tom Serne
1995
Music Educator of the Year: Gretchen Betts
Award of Merit: Elizabeth Hays White & Paul Lehman
Outstanding Administrator: J. Michael Washburn
Friend of Music Education: Bonnie Mills-Martin & Michael Skinner
1996
Award of Merit: Ruth Ann Knapp
1997
Music Educator of the Year: Catherine Brodie
Outstanding Administrator: Zoetta Davis
1998
Outstanding Administrator: Dr. Lynda Ayers
Friend of Music Education: Ruth Lehman & Laura Christian
1999
Music Educator of the Year: John Fedosky and Freda Ensign
Hilda E. Humphrey Service Award: David Cleveland
Outstanding Administrator: Judith D’Arcangelis, Dr. Thomas Kueick, Rosalie Sharpe, & James Theunick
2000
Music Educator of the Year: Tina Lewis
Outstanding Administrator: John Tyner & Carolyn Mawby
2001
Award of Merit: Phyllis Relyea & Peg VanHaaren
2002
Music Educator of the Year: Norma Freeman
Outstanding Administrator: Lisa Meyer
2003
Music Educator of the Year: Steven Waters
2004
Music Educator of the Year: Karen Ambs
2005
Music Educator of the Year: Linda Louisell
Award of Merit: Annette Yared Stein
Friend of Music Education: Jack Pierson
2006
Music Educator of the Year: Andrea Hofmeister
Hilda E. Humphrey Service Award: Deborah Purcell
Outstanding Administrator: Virginia Kerwin and Paul Stanifer
Friend of Music Education: Michael P. Flanagan
2007
Music Educator of the Year: Daniel Steele
Friend of Music Education: Mark and Mary Logsdon
2008
Music Educator of the Year: John A. Lychner
Award of Merit: Jeffrey S. Kimpton
Hilda E. Humphrey Service Award: Lindsey Micheel-Mays
Outstanding Administrator: Jayne Mohr
Friend of Music Education: Marshall Music (D. Marshall & B. Woodhull)
2009
Music Educator of the Year: Ellen Owen
Award of Merit: Randi L’Hommedieu
Hilda E. Humphrey Service Award: Corynn Nordstrom
2010
Music Educator of the Year: Jeannine M. Coughlin
Friend of Music Education: Kim Dabbs
2011
Music Educator of the Year: Judith Thompson-Barthwell
Award of Merit: Terese Volk Tuohey
2012
Music Educator of the Year: Wendee Wolf-Schlarf
Award of Merit: John Kratus
2013
Music Educator of the Year: Diane Schrems
Award of Merit: Shirley Lemon
2014
Music Educator of the Year: Cindy Taggart
Award of Merit: Dan Steele
Outstanding Administrator: Jill Wilson
2015
Music Educator of the Year: Colleen Conway
Award of Merit: Betty Anne Younker
Hilda E. Humphrey Service Award: Lisa DuPrey
Outstanding Administrator: Dewitt Public Schools
2016
Music Educator of the Year: Judy Palac
Award of Merit: Christina Hornbach
2017
Music Educator of the Year: Jennifer Bailey
Outstanding Administrator: Johanna Pscodna
2018
Music Educator of the Year: Amy Fenton
Award of Merit: Michael Norman & Denise Wilkinson
Hilda E. Humphrey Service Award: Amy Sierzega
Outstanding Administrator: Paul Soma
2019
Music Educator of the Year: Yael Rothfeld
Award of Merit: Karen Salvador
Friend of Music Education Award: Curtis Hertel
Outstanding Administrator: Dori Leyko & Glenn Mitcham (East Lansing)
2022
Music Educator of the Year: Cathy Fox
Award of Merit: Carin McEvoy
2024
Music Educator of the Year: Paul Eric Bottorff
Administrator of the Year: RJ Webber
Award of Merit: Karen Salvadore
Hilda Humphrey Service Award: Kasey Julian
*Year listed is the year the award was given, presented at the MMC the following year (2 months later). For example, 2014 awards would have been presented at the 2015 MMC.
