The Arlington High School Alumni Association
Distinguished Colt Alumni     

To nominate a Distinguished Colt Alumnus or Alumna
follow link to DCA Nomination Form

Since 1997 friends and family of Ex-Colts and members of the AHS Alumni Association have nominated former students or "Colts by Choice" to receive the Distinguished Colt Alumni Award.

The Board of Directors selects the annual recipients of the DCA Award.   

This award is given to honor the Who's Who among Colt Alumni who have given tirelessly of their time and energy and/or through significant accomplishments in their careers and have brought honor to Arlington High School and our city.

The deadline for submitting a nomination is July 4, 2023.
Honorees will be introduced at Open House.

1997
The first DCA receipants,
Tom and Anna Waynette Smith Vandergriff

1997
Tom Vandergriff, ‘43
AnnaWaynette Smith Vandergriff, ‘44

1998
Tom Cravens, ‘60
Barbara Nash Kight, ‘57

1999
Bill Bardin, ‘24
Cathy Bontley Brown, ‘63

2000
Greg Friess, ‘71
Jane Crews Friess, 71

2001
Michael Ditto, ‘55
Jane Robin Ellis, Colt By Choice
Robert Perry Mills, Jr, ’59, posthumous
Natalee Davis Parr, ‘28

2002
Tillie Lester Burgin, ‘54
Carl Knox, ‘40
Philip Stork, ‘49
Dean Corey, posthumous

2003
Robert Fielder, posthumous
Beverly Bohannon Reynolds, ‘48
Gene Schrickel, ’44
John Webb, Colt By Choice

2004
Margie Austin, Colt By Choice
William Conner, ‘36
Gary Martin, 53
Frank Smith, ‘43
Kathleen Bradford Smith, ‘51

2005
Alan Austin, ‘69
Ben Pierce, ‘72
Anne Ross Berg Seldon, ‘53
Ernest Wilemon, ‘43
Kathryn Taylor Wilemon, ‘55

2006
Charlie Key, ’59, posthumous
Charles Marshall, ‘51
Wanda Roberson Marshall, ‘49
Dorothy Thornton Rencurrel, ‘49
Mike Wade, ‘76
Mayfield Workman,  Colt By Choice

2007
Tom DeFrank '63
Bill Hughes '48
Dinah Dalton Menger '77

2008
James Adams CBC
James Ditto, '48
Martha Wiggins Moseley, '66
Alvin Moseley, '65

2009
James "Brad" Bradley, '39
Kent Cherry, '52
Phyllis Hargrave Forehand, '51
Paul Swartz, '69
Jannette Workman, '54

2010
Jim Ball, '59
Owen Ivie, '43
Jeff Dalton, '80
Neel Kearby, '28

2011
Mac Martin, '61
Peggy Wood Martin, '66 
Robert Miles, '57
Geraldine Nash Mills, '59
Barton Thompson, '51

2012
Cari Fitzgerald Cook, '70
Dr. Mike Enger, '74
Buddie Hrabal, '64
Doland Maner, '40

2013
Fran Ditto Jennings, ‘48
Don Mebus, ‘62

2014
Erin Hawkes Chaney, ‘64
John Gardner, ‘57
Stevie Campbell Hansen, ‘62
Tanya Terrell-Weideman, ‘81

2015
Randy Ford, ‘67
Bowie Hogg, ‘96
Ross Menger, ‘67
Jennifer Hilton Sampson, ‘88

2016
Jimmy Ray Glasgow, '75
Beth Hentze Owens, '85
Lee Sweeney, '71
Jack Wages, ‘56
Delouris McCarrell Wages, '56

2017
Scott Bowden, '69
Gary Cartwright, '51
Linda Garner Gipson, '61
Rex Latham, '61
Dan Rash, '69

2018
Micah Green, '01
Verne Hargrave, '68
Sharron Chapman Merrill, '61
Rusty Ward, '69
Roger Weed, '61
Morgan Woodard, '44

2019
John Ball, '65
Margie Ferguson Bryant, '48
Mickey Bryce, '74
Gwynethe Reddy Lewis, '76
Ella Jo Colliflower McGovern, '66
Anna Pettit, '74

2020-2021
Susie Einhaus Greenwood, ‘79
Chris Hightower ‘90
Kay King, ‘62
Steve Morris, ‘80
Hunter Pence, ‘01
Faye Snow Reeder, ‘65
Jim Reeder, ‘65
Jim Risher, ‘60
Kirk Thomas, ‘72

2022
Truman Bryce, ‘45
Kitty Lee Bryce, ‘50
Gwen Chipman Burk, ‘51
Larry Thomas, ‘60
Debbie Koehl Ericson, ‘68
Doug Engle, ‘78
Gary Johnson, ‘81

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