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