M. Cecil Padgett Outstanding Achievement Award Recipients
M. Ceil Padgett Outstanding Achievement Award recipients
| Year | Recipient | Institution |
| 2024-25 | Lisa Lilley | Northwest Shoals Community College |
| 2023-24 | Steve Smith | Auburn University at Montgomery |
| 2022-23 | Taylor Hilyer | Alabama Community College System |
| 2021-22 | No Recipient | |
| 2020-21 | No Recipient | |
| 2019-20 | Randi Bozeman | Lurleen B. Wallace Community College |
| 2018-19 | Tammy Spratlin | Southern Union State Community College |
| 2017-18 | Kelly D'Eath | Gadsden State Community College |
| 2016-17 | Lissa Powell | The University of Alabama at Birmingham |
| 2015-16 | Vanessa Kyles | Jefferson Davis Community College |
| 2014-15 | Stephanie Miller | Jacksonville State University |
| 2013-14 | Vickie Adams | Jacksonville State University |
| 2012-13 | Amanda Sharp | University of North Alabama |
| 2011-12 | Betty Edwards | H.C. Trenholm State Technical College |
| 2010-11 | Charles Markle | Auburn University |
| 2009-10 |
Ben J. Baker Donna Bass |
University of North Alabama Lurleen B. Wallace Community College |
| 2008-09 | Buddy Jackson | Faulkner University |
| 2007-08 | Carol Supri | Troy University |
| 2006-07 | Andy Weaver | University of Alabama in Huntsville |
| 2005-06 | Deborah Byrd | Calhoun Community College |
| 2004-05 | Anthony Richey | Auburn University at Montgomery |
| 2003-04 | Mike Reynolds | Auburn University |
| 2002-03 | James Berry | South University |
| 2001-02 | Debra Talley | University of Alabama at Birmingham |
| 2000-01 | Jim Bradsher | Auburn University at Montgomery |
| 1999-00 | Clark Aldridge | University of Montevallo |
| 1998-99 | Dr. Chip Quisenberry | Enterprise State Junior College |
| 1997-98 | Dot Wilkinson | Southern Union State Community College |
| 1996-97 | Dorenda Adams | Alabama State University |
| 1995-96 | Deborah Marcus | Bessemer State Technical College |
| 1994-95 | Claude McCann | University of Alabama at Birmingham |
| 1993-94 | Bill Watson | Auburn University |
| 1992-93 | Joan Waters | Chattahoochee Valley State Community College |
| 1991-92 | Jim Gibson | University of Alabama in Huntsville |
| 1990-91 | Jeff Golden | Troy State University |
| 1989-90 | Larry Smith | Jacksonville State University |
| 1988-89 | James Edwards | Lawson State Community College |
| 1987-88 | Don Rainer | Livingston University |
| 1986-87 | Camilla Benton | University of Alabama |
| 1985-86 | Dr. William P. Rodgers | University of South Alabama |
| 1984-85 | Linda Lawson Knowles | University of Montevallo |
| 1983-84 | Larry D. Ridgeway | Auburn University |
| 1982-83 | Gertrude B. Clark | Birmingham Southern College |
| 1981-82 | Billy Mitchell | University of North Alabama |
| 1980-81 | Dr. William H. Wall | Alabama Commission on Higher Education |
| 1979-80 | M. Cecil Padgett |
Spring Hill College |
