Lion of the Year Awards

Each year, a member of the club is selected as the “Lion of the Year” by the previous years’ recipient. This award is given to a Lion who goes above and beyond to help serve others in our community and beyond. The Lion of the Year Award is for someone who exemplifies service to others.

Year RecipientYear Recipient
1968Ray Porter2002 Mike McKenna
1696Albert Hamann2003 Greg Andresen
1970F.T. Edwards2004 Elza Sager
1971Robert Wallace2005 Tony Hill
1972Don Hamann2006 Kathy Rhinehart
1973Robert Pischke2007 Jon Chambers
1974Richard Patzer2008 Jalois Crotty
1975Robert Tank2009 Matt Gottschalk
1976Gene Green2010 Dan O’Flahrity
1977Wayne Littell2011Kirty White
1978John Kuhl2012Rick Baughman
1979Dwain Swanson2013Jeanne Frick
1980James Tank2014Tracy Harris
1981Marvin Hinkle2015Ann Baughman
1982Bob Blanche2016Dan Ferry
1983Lorenz Behrens2017Darlene Link
1984Harold Kroeger2018Judy Kirby
1985Floyed Longlett2019Merlyn Frick
1986Richard Menke2020Roger Kirby
1987Richard Freund2021Alan Mohr
1988Art Matje2022Beth Schwager
1989Fred Hamann2023Dan Ferry
1990Mel Heiler2024Nadine Schwarz
1991Herb Crooke2025Sue Cannon
1992Bob Blanche
1993Tom Leiting
1994Harold Kroeger
1995Jan Kroeze
1996Gary Eckermann
1997Aaron Fruechtenicht
1998Bob Rhinehart
1999Wayne Littell
2000Dennis Longlett
2001Bob Wiese