Awards
It is a privilege for the North Carolina Association of Pharmacists to recognize excellence within the profession. NCAP members are invited to nominate deserving members for a variety of awards presented at our annual convention.


NCAP Awards' Descriptions and Recipients
Ambulatory Care Pharmacist of the Year
Dale Jones Memorial Award
Technician of the Year
Legislative Champion Award
Ambassador Award
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Bowl of Hygeia
Presented to a pharmacist who has compiled a record of outstanding service to his/her community and profession.

1959 Harold Vann Day
1960 Ralph P. Rogers
1961 William H. Randall
1962 Charles D. Blanton, Jr.
1963 David R. Davis
1964 John T. Henley
1965 Jesse M. Pike
1966 John E. Mills
1967 William Whitaker Moose
1968 Roger H. Sloop
1969 Thomas R. Burgiss
1970 Marsha Hood Brewer
1971 Edwin R. Fuller
1972 Lloyd Milton Whaley
1973 Lloyd M. Senter
1974 James R. Creech
1975 B. Cade Brooks
1976 W. Prentiss O’Neal
1977 Kenneth Edwards
1978 Barney Paul Woodard
1979 Richard Homer Andrews
1980 Evelyn P. Lloyd
1981 James C. Gabriel
1982 Eugene W. Hackney
1983 Leon Irving Graham
1984 John C. Hood, Jr.
1985 Howard Q. Ferguson
1986 Margaret C. (Peggy) Yarborough
1987 Joseph C. Miller
1988 Ralph H. Ashworth
1989 Max Gardner Reece,
1990 Virginia Lee (Ginger) Lockamy,
1991 Henry H. Dunlap, Jr.,
1992 Jack G. Watts
1993 John A. Mitchener, Jr.
1994 Frank M. Hemingway
1995 Linda T. Taylor
1996 Henry L. Smith
1997 Bill McDonald
1998 Frank Burton
1999 Gary Glisson
2000 Gene Minton
2001 Donald Heaton
2002 Gina Upchurch
2003 Stephanie N. Kiser
2004 Stan Haywood
2005 David R. Work
2006 Forrest Michael James
2007 Betty H. Dennis
2008 Fred M. Eckel
2009 Robert Ashworth
2010 Al Lockamy
2011 John Johnson
2012 Beverly Lingerfeldt
2013 Jean Douglas
2014 Ronald Maddox
2015 David Moody
2016 Joe Moose
2017 Stephen M. Caiola
2018 Davie Waggett
2019 Dennis Williams
2020 Amina Abubakar

Don Blanton Award
The Don Blanton Award is presented to the pharmacist who has contributed the most to the advancement of pharmacy in North Carolina during the past year. This was established by Charlie Blanton in memory of his father, Don Blanton, who served as NCPhA President in 1957-58.

1966 Robert B. Hall
1967 John T. Henley
1968 James W. Harrison
1969 W. J. Smith
1970 Jesse Miller Pike
1971 Walter K. Saunders
1972 Frank F. Yarborough
1973 Charles Michael Whitehead
1974 Steven R. Moore
1975 Claude U. Paoloni
1976 H. C McAllister
1977 LeRoy D. Werley, Jr.
1978 Milton W. Skolaut
1979 Tom S. Miya
1980 Rex A. Paramore
1981 William H. Randall, Jr.
1982 W. Robert Bizzell
1983 Paul B. Bissette, Jr.
1984 William T. Sawyer
1985 Joni I. Berry
1986 Jean Paul Gagnon
1987 Mitchell W. Watts
1988 Clarence Benjamin Ridout
1989 Jimmy S. Jackson
1990 Ronald W. Maddox
1991 William H. Mast
1992 Josiah R. Whitehead
1993 Johnny L. Hogg
1994 F. Michael James
1995 William H. Campbell
1996 Jean B. Douglas
1997 Pamela U. Joyner
1998 Fred M. Eckel
1999 Bruce R. Canaday
W. Whitaker Moose, Sr
2000 W. Keith Elmore
2001 Stephen M. Caiola
2002 Barry Bunting
2003 Daniel G. Garrett
2004 Bryan Bray
2005 David Moody
2006 Gina Upchurch
2007 Robert Supernaw
2008 Rebecca Chater
2009 John Kessler
2010 Mary Margaret Johnson
2011 Troy Trygstad
2012 Mollie Scott
2013 Mary Parker
2014 Gene Minton
2015 Robert Blouin
2016 Trista Pfeiffenberger
2017 Joey McLaughlin
2018 Cheryl Viracola
2019 Ritesh Patel
2020 Todd Jackson

Excellence in Innovation
Presented to a pharmacist for innovative pharmacy practice resulting in improved patient care.

1993 Peggy C. Yarborough
1994 John W. Andrews
1995 Julian W. Harris
1996 Gary R. Glisson
1997 Bill Morris
1998 Mary Lynn Bell
1999 William F. Horton
2000 William Burch and Jennifer Burch
2001 Bryan Bray
2002 Donald Holloway
2003 Martha Lyon
2004 Randal Von Seggern
2005 Rebecca Chater
2006 John Kessler
2007 Ronald DeVizia
2008 Larry Long
2009 Tim Ives
2010 Joe Moose
2011 Mary Parker
2012 Huyla Coker
2013 Stephen Eckel
2014 Ouita Gatton
2015 Amina Abubakar
2016 Courtenay Wilson
2017 Bob Carta
2018 Rebecca Grandy
2019 Irene Ulrich
2020 Gregory Vassie and Franklin Roye

Distinguished Young Pharmacist
Presented to a pharmacist who has been graduated no more than ten years, and has been active in local, state or national pharmacy organizations.

1987 Lori Tutterwow Setzer
1988 Laura McLeod Vance
1989 Sarah Beale Cobb
1990 Randy Gray Ball
1991 Rebecca Ann Wheeler Chater
1992 Kevin Lee Almond
1993 LeRoy Hill
1994 Connie Lee Barnes
1995 Julianna Kirk
1996 Jennifer Lynn Burch
1997 Joey Pippin
1998 Laura McArthur Brewer
1999 Debra P. Futrell
2000 Joseph Moose
2001 Penny Shelton
2002 Beth DeWitt Greck
2003 Beth S. Williams
2004 Christie Hughes
2005 Stephen F. Eckel
2006 Leigh Foushee
2007 Stefanie Ferreri
2008 Jennifer Askew
2009 James Bowman
2010 Abbie Crisp Williamson
2011 Debra Kemp
2012 Andrew Muzyk
2013 Amber McLendon
2014 Jamie Brown
2015 Tasha Woodall
2016 Jennifer Wilson
2017 Holly Causey
2018 Cortney Mospan
2019 Patrick Brown
2020 Courtney Bradley

Cardinal Health Generation Rx Champions Award*
Presented to a pharmacist who has demonstrated excellence in community-based prescription drug abuse prevention.

2013 Jerry McKee
2014 Susan Miller
2015 Theodore Pikoulas
2018 Vera Reinstein
* This award is no longer presented
   
President's Service Award
Presented by the NCAP President in recognition of outstanding service to NCAP.

2000 Alan Boyd
2001 Dan Garrett and Beth Williams
2002 Joe Johnson, Bill Harris
2003 William C. Rustin, Jr.
2004 No Award
2005 Rep. Winkie Wilkins
2006 No Award
2007 Brenden P. O’Hara
2008 John Kessler
2010 Jennifer Noped and Jennifer Gommer
2011 Regina Schomberg
2012 Ashley Branham
2013 Dennis Williams
2014 Leigh Foushee
2015 Debra Kemp
2016 Keith Elmore, Jimmy Jackson, and Mickey Watts
2017 Ouita Davis Gatton and Ralph Raasch
2018 Nita Johnston
2019 Miranda Hill and Tina Thornhill
2020 Jenn Wilson, Bill Taylor, and Amy Holmes

Health-Systems Pharmacist of the Year
Awarded to an individual of high moral character, good citizenship and high professional ideals, who has made a significant contribution to health-system pharmacy. This contribution shall have been in the form of sustained exemplary service or an outstanding single achievement. (This award, prior to 1999, was the NCSHP Achievement Award.)

1981 Bill Sawyer
1984 James McAllister
1986 Dennis Moore
1987 Jean Douglas
1988 Steve Dedrick
1989 David Work
1990 Tom Hughes
1991 Pam Joyner
1992 Bruce Canaday
1993 Frances Gualtieri
1994 Celeste Lindley
1995 Peter Gal
1996 Dan Garrett
1997 Cynthia Bishop
1998 Ron Small
1999 Steve Novak
1998 Ron Small
1999 Steve Novak
2000 John Kessler
2001 Bill Harris, Apex
2002 Betty Dennis
2003 Vance Collins
2004 No Award
2005 Jane Younts
2006 No Award
2007 Stephen M. Caiola
2008 Regina Schomberg
2009 Timothy Randolph
2010 Deborah Montague
2011 Kathey Fulton Rumley
2012 Minal Patel
2013 Mike Soucie
2014 Lynn Eschenbacher
2015 Becky Szymanski
2016 Jackie Roh
2017 Debra Wobbleton Kemp
2018 Amy Holmes
2019 N/A
2020 Nita Johnston

Community Care Pharmacist of the Year
Awarded to an individual of high moral character, good citizenship and high professional ideals, who has made a significant contribution to community pharmacy. This contribution shall have been in the form of sustained exemplary service or an outstanding single achievement.
          
2001 Bill Mast
2002 Betsy Bryant
2003 Mike James
2004 No Award
2005 Stefanie Ferreri
2006 No Award
2007 Beverly Lingerfeldt
2008 Joseph Moose
2009 Joe Heidrick
2010 Tasha Michaels
2011 Nathan Hemberg
2012 Jessica Lee
2013 Ashley Branham
2014 Ouita Gatton
2015 Ruth Higgins
2016 M. Scott Smith
2017 Tiffany Graham Barber
2018 Jennifer Burch
2019 Christina Nunemacher
2020 Ashley Duggins
    
Chronic Care Pharmacist of the Year
Awarded to an individual of high moral character, good citizenship and high professional ideals, who has made a significant contribution to long-term care pharmacy. This contribution shall have been in the form of sustained exemplary service or an outstanding single achievement.

2001 Ross Brickley
2002 Larry S. Long
2003 Margaret Sgritta
2004 No Award
2005 No Award
2007 Valerie Brooks
2008 Larry Pope
2009 Judith Jones
2010 Holly Nunn
2011 No Award
2012 Ted Hancock
2013 Penny S. Shelton
2015 Michelle Ames
2016 Tom D'Andrea
2017 Rhonda Gentry
2018 Tasha Woodall
2019 David Phillips
2020 Heather Eaton-Erskine

Ambulatory Care Pharmacist of the Year
Awarded to an individual of high moral character, good citizenship and high professional ideals, who has made a significant contribution to ambulatory care pharmacy. This contribution shall have been in the form of sustained exemplary service or an outstanding single achievement.

2020 Debra Kemp

Dale Jones Memorial Award for Excellence in Geriatrics
This award is presented to a member of the Chronic Care Practice Academy for excellence in the care of older adults, strong community service, commitment to ongoing professional development, support of the state pharmacy association.

2007 Kay Vass
2008 Penny Shelton
2009 Cecil Davis
2010 Charlotte Matheny
2011 Robert K. Smith
2012 Cheryl Kendrick
2013 Gianna Bryan
2014 Jena Ivey Burkhart
2015 Cathy Fuquay
2016 T. Andrew Hunter
2017 Lori Edwards
2018 Keely Ray
2019 Gina Up church
2020 Holly Nunn

Technician of the Year
Presented to a pharmacy technician who has demonstrated an ongoing (greater > or = to 5 years dedication to their role as technician,  exemplary service and compassion in the care of patients, outstanding support to their co-workers, and a commitment to the advancement of technician professional development.

2001 Faye Elliott
2002 No Award
2003 Wendy A. Rycek
2019 Deb Hewitt
2020 Jennifer Auman

Student Pharmacist of the Year
Presented to a student pharmacist for their outstanding service to the profession through their volunteer involvement with the NC Association of Pharmacist.
2019 Jennifer Sato
2020 Anita Yang and Peter Triggiani
 
Excellence in Government*

2006 Edd Nye
2008 William Purcell
2013 Fletcher Hartsell and Marilyn Avila
2014 G.K. Butterfield
*this award was changed in 2020 to the Legislative Champion Award

Legislative Champion Award
This award recognizes an individual who have made far-reaching and substained contributions in advancing the profession of pharmacy through legislation.

2020 Rep. Wayne Sasser


Ambassador Award
Presented to a NC pharmacist who has served at the highest level of leadership for a national pharmacy association.

2007 Bruce Canaday
2008 Ross Brickley
2011 Dave Moody
2012 Penny Shelton
2018 Paul Bush
2019 Jennifer Burch and Jay Campbell