ABOUT THIS AWARD
The award is named for the Texas legislator whose career triumphed over racism, sexism, homophobia and physical disability. It is the coaches' special recognition award.
| YEAR |
RECIPIENT |
| 1996 |
Colin DiBenedetto |
| 1997 |
Patrick Sullivan |
| 1998 |
Eric Phillips, Ryan Malloy, Andrew Keiper |
| 1999 |
David Anerella |
| 2000 |
Kyle Brownlie |
| 2001 |
Ryan Donahue |
| 2002 |
Robbie Venezia |
| 2003 |
Brian Coyne |
| 2004 |
Chris Higgins |
| 2005 |
Emily Winchatz |
| 2006 |
Lenny Haas |
| 2007 |
Samir Doshi |
| 2008 |
George Alukal |
| 2009 |
Tanner Horst |
| 2010 |
Vikram Allada |
| 2011 |
John Kral |
| 2012 |
Colin Nally |
| 2013 |
Nicole Bilder |
| 2014 |
Aaron Rosenbaum |
| 2015 |
Joyce Lu |
| 2016 |
Jess Bilder |
| 2017 |
Smay Shah |
| 2018 |
Ryan Pierson |
| 2019 |
Rishikesh Nayar |
| 2020 |
Caitlyn Chui, Shaan Desai |
