Special Recognition Awards
| 1970 | Max Rosenthal | Seed World Magazine |
| 1999 | Fred Grau Jr. | Grasslyn Inc. |
| 2000 | The Page Seed Company | |
| 2001 | Dr. Finch | Rutgers University |
| 2002 | Bill Nichols | L.D. Oliver Seed |
| 2003 | Mark Willis | Harris Seeds/Garden Trends |
| 2003 | Duane Borcherding | Northwestern Mutual Financial |
| 2004 | Joe Garvey | ASCONES |
| 2005 | Mountain View Seeds; Ed Russell | Preferred Seed |
| 2006 | Turf Merchants Inc. | |
| 2007 | Mary Beth Menard | |
| 2011 | Joe Funk & Deb Coontz | Seed Today |
| 2012 | Nancy Aerni | Turf Merchants Inc. |
| 2017 | Zenon Lis | Burlingham Seeds |