Named in honor of George J. Fisher, the first president of USA Volleyball, 1928-1952, and a founding member of the USAV.

COMMISSION:

     To recognize long-time significant contributions to volleyball programs and activities as a player, coach, official, leader and/or administrator at the local and national levels within the United States for a minimum of 20 years.

COMMITTEE CHAIR:

     Sandy Abbinanti

CRITERIA:

     A maximum of three (3) awards may be given annually to individuals who meet the following criteria; Recommended by an individual, authorized representative of a Member Organization or by one or more members of the Fisher Leader in Volleyball Committee; Maintained a relationship with volleyball for at least twenty (20) years; Participated for at least ten (10) years at the USAV national level, with significant leadership service for at least five (5) of those years; Achieved local, regional and national recognition through contributions to volleyball programs of the USAV and/or its Affiliate Organizations; Is not a former recipient of this award

1963
David C. Arnold
Bernard Holtzman
Mary Francis Kellam
Frances Kay Robson
Ethel M. Stevens

1964
Dr. James E. Coleman
Frederick G. Koerbel
Dr. Marie Rose Liba
Dr. Murray Koorhan
Wilbur Herbert Peck

1965
William W. Baird
Robert S. Brown
Glen G. Davies
Lois Ellen Haraughty
John P. Koch
C.L. “Bobb” Miller
Bernice B. Specht

1966
Theodore P. Bank
Avery Brundage
Bertha Lucas
Calvin C. McGregor

1967
Alice M. Englert
Catalino R. Ignacio
Harry W. Kealoha
Betty Ghormley Maier

1968
Val Keller
John C. Lowell
Marvin D. Veronee

1969
Gene O. Chambliss
William C. Edmunson
Harold P. Petersen
Lila Shanley
Sam Venable

1970
Robert L. Lindsay
Daniel E. McCue
W.W. Robinson
Pat A. McChesney
Peter S. Meltzer

1971
Leonard Covello
Arthur L. Fields, Jr.
Raymond J. Williams

1972
Harold Buckner
Otto P. Gigone
Michael Mazz
Allen E. Scates
Joanne Thorpe

1973
Henry Martin
Socrates Mose
Joseph B. Sharpless

1974
Rene Biourd

1975
Gerald McDonald
Harry Pincus, Jr.
Lea S. Wagner
Gloria Walin

1976
Robert L. Mize
Roland Stone

1977
George B. Chain
Elizabeth Jarzenski
Rod L. Schall
Russell J. Sherman
Dr. Donald S. Shondell
Bruce Wilde

1978
Alice Chambers
Clifton Citty
Florence Citty
Dr. Stewart McDole
Esper Richey
Heinz Schaal
Jacquelyn Wilde

1979
Laura C. Lindsay
Peter Dunn
Richard E. Smith

1980
Nancy L. Evans
Susan Schuett
Thomas Slaymaker
George O. Swanson

1981
Dr. Ruben Acosta
Wayne A. Gardner

1982
Ann L. Davenport
Winthrop Davenport
Harold R. Morgan

1983
Martin Avedisian
Darryl O. Bender
Nancy S. Sharpless
Linda L. Vetter

1984
Dr. Douglas P. Beal
Thomas R. Becic
Will Vick

1985
Alan J. Feder
Michael L. Haley
Sue Lemaire
Albert M. Monaco, Jr.

1986
Marty Orner
Jack Schatz

1987
Gary Colberg
Patricia Demers
John F. Eaton
Rebecca Howard
Len Kaczmarek
Ken Rebman

1988
Jesse Cooper
Karen M. Johnson
Jekabs I. Lacis
J. Scott Luster
Carl M. McGown
John J. O’Donnell

1989
Dorothy S. Abbinanti
Frederick B. Buehler
Michael M. Cicchella
Sandra K. Hansen
Rosemarie Rahn
John E. Tokash

1990
Theodore Block
Doug DeNure
Deborah Jo Hunter
Noel M. Orr
John Thomas Quinn
Charles A. Stemm

1991
Fr. Charles K. Dwyer
Ken Erickson
Nina C. Lacis
Jane Morgan
Miles A. Pabst
Fran Zelinkoff

1992
Marv A. Dunphy
Leonard A. Kleinhenz
Marilyn Nolen
Loretta T. Monaco
William J. Neville
Alex O. Valow

1993
Jerre McManama
Nancy Strader
G. Thomas Tait

1994
Arnie Ball
Peggy Wadick McCaw
Rudy O. Suwara
Hank Van Arsdale
Fred Wendelboe

1995
Wallace E. Hendricks
Donna Marie Matthias
Patricia Mary Reese
Jack A. Newns
Alonzo Rogers, Jr.
Paul L. Swegler

1996
Ruth N. Nelson
B. Cecile Reynaud

1997
Carl H. Roberts
Barbara Smith Roberts
Bill Fulford

1998
Darlene A. Kluka
Glen C. Lietzke
Donna Lee Smith
Susan S. True

1999
Harlan Cohen
Taras Liskevych
Neill Luebke
Joan Powell

2000
Andy Banachowski
Janet Blue
Tom Blue
Tom Pingel
Barbara L. Viera

2001
Linda Dollar
Karen Gee
Mike Hulett
Marjorie L. Mara
Niels Pedersen

2002
Kenneth R. Cain, Jr.
Laurie Corbelli
Bernice R. Epperson
David C. Epperson
Becky G. Hughes
Bonnie Wells Northcutt

2003
Marcia L. Alterman
David M. Lockwood
Lynne McDonald
E.C. (Chip) Reiley
Kevin J. Twohig
Paula J. Weishoff

2004
Bill Forrester
Sue Mailhot
Charles McCracken
Rod Wilde

2005
Thomas C. Hoy
Cathy E. Hoy
Kerry J.W. Klostermann

2006
Donna Carter
Mike Carter
Bill Stevens
John Kessel

2007
Angelo C. Iasillo
Richard N. Jones
Stephanie Schleuder
Denise Van De Walle

2008
Kimberly Norman
Kathy Ferraraccio
Anne Hughes

2009
Christena Clauss
Lauri Dagostino
Cynthia Doyle-Perkins
Sinjin Smith

2010
Robert Ctvrtlik

2011
Steve Crane
Russ Rose

2012
Mary Blalock
Elroy Osorio, Donna Wigton

2013
Aldis Berzins
Dixie Collins
Scott Fortune

2014
Jon Lee
Linda Murphy
Andy Reitinger

2015
Kathy DeBoer
Jeff Hoppen
Terry Lawton

2016
Bill Hamiter
Patricia Salvatore
Glenn Sapp

2017
Nancy Funk
David Spencer

2018
Steve Robb
Lynne Updegraff

2019
Steve Bishop
Gloria Cox

2020
Joe Campbell
Michelle Goodall

2022
Phillip Bryant

2023
Joe Williams