The 2012 National and Network Award recipients were honored at the Best of the Best Ceremony during NRPA’s Congress and Exposition in Anaheim, California. These awards were presented to deserving candidates in several specific categories. The recipients were chosen for excellence in a variety of topics, including professional and voluntary service, programming, leadership, research, and public outreach. Please join us in congratulating the 2012 recipients:
2012 NRPA National Award Recipients
Armed Forces Recreation Achievement
Jeffery B. Sias, Naval Station Rota, Spain
Barb King Award for Environmental Stewardship
County of San Diego, Department of Parks and Recreation, California
Dorothy Mullen Arts and Humanities Awards
Class I—BREC’s Magnolia Mound Plantation, East Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Class III—Summer Arts in the Parks, Waukegan Park District, Illinois
Class IV—Best Southwest Juneteenth Celebration, City of Cedar Hill, Texas
Class V—Rutland Youth Theatre, Rutland Recreation and Parks Department, Vermont
Excellence in Inclusion Award—Agency
City of Boulder Parks and Recreation, Colorado
Excellence in Inclusion Award—Individual
Anna Wood, Sudbury Park and Recreation, Massachusetts
Excellence in Military Recreation Award
Fort Knox Family and Morale, Welfare, and Recreation Community Recreation Division, Kentucky
Excellence in Teaching Award
Cheryl A. Stevens, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina
Excellence in Water Safety Award
Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickham, Hawaii
Kudos Award for Marketing Campaign
OC Parks, Orange County, California
Kudos Award for Marketing Piece
Five Rivers MetroParks, Dayton, Ohio
Kudos Award for Public Relations
City of Henderson Parks and Recreation Department, Nevada
National Health and Fitness Award
Woodland Discovery Summer Challenge at Shelby Farms Park, Shelby Farms Park Conservancy, Memphis, Tennessee
National Partnership Award
Parks After Dark (PAD) Summer Program, Los Angeles County Parks and Recreation, South Agency, California
National Voluntary Service Award
Maxine Lakin, Phoenix, Arizona
Park or Facility Design Award
Class I—San Leandro Senior Community Center, City of San Leandro, California
Class II—Rosemont Bridge at Buffalo Bayou Park, City of Houston Parks and Recreation, Texas
Ralph C. Wilson Award
Bert Neal, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Theodore & Franklin Roosevelt Award for Excellence in Research
William Stewart, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Recognition of Significant Efforts (R.O.S.E.)
Bill Campbell, Santa Ana, California
National Distinguished Professional Award
Teresa Grodsky, Evanston, Illinois
Robert W. Crawford Rising Professional Award
Shane Mize, Missouri City, Texas
2012 NRPA Network Award Recipients
Distinguished Professionals
Teresa Grodsky, Leisure & Aging Network
Carol P. Moore, Southern Region Network
Bert Neal, Administrators Network
Anne Panattoni, Armed Forces Recreation Network
Rising Professionals
Hilary Boen, Aquatics Network
Brooke Burk, Young Professionals Network
Nathaniel Jaramillo, Administrators Network
Kristy Lintz, Midwest Region Network
Shane Mize, Southwest Region Network
Elisabeth Weaver, Armed Forces Recreation Network
Outstanding Graduate Student
Anna Pechenik, University of Mississippi
Outstanding Student Club
Rho Phi Lambda, California Polytechnic State University, Recreation, Parks and Tourism Administration, San Luis Obispo