Past Major Award Winners

Sales Associate of the Year
1978 - Nettie Neighbors
1979 - William E. Davis
1980 - Nancy Spinks
1981 - William G. Barnett
1982 - Dale Rapoli
1983 - William A. White
1984 - John Stookey
1985 - Dave McWatters
1986 - Charlie Rhodes
1987 - Judie Houck
1988 - Mary Moeller
1989 - Jane Meadows
1990 - Josephine Carter
1991 - Frances Bridge
1992 - Ruth Martin
1993 - Jo Hesbach
1994 - Gloria J. Beahm
1995 - Gloria M. Scheer
1996 - Frank Durnett
1997 - Robert J. Hummer
1998 - Lynn G. Grimsley
1999 - S. Alan Thompson
2000 - Patricia Jensen
2001 - Darlene Brent
2002 - Lynn G. Grimsley
2003 - Kurt Negaard
2004 - Tracy Pless
2005 - Lisa B. Atkinson
2006 - Wes Atiyeh
2007 - Rives Bailey
2008 - discontinued

Code of Ethics Leadership Award
1978 - Betty Van Balen
1979 - Howard Curtis
1980 - Benny Firestone
1981 - Roger HB Davis
1982 - Steve Hoover
1983 - Chester Vosper
1984 - Mike Fox
1985 - Frances Brintley
1986 - Hilda Rochford
1987 - Bill Gearhart
1988 - George Rink
1989 - Martha Anders
1990 - C. Lee Hilbert
1991 - Buzz O'Toole
1992 - Ann Palmateer
1993 - Dianne Flournoy
1994 - Virginia Jones
1995 - Claire Larson
1996 - Ben Marilla
1997 - Patricia J. Widhalm
1998 - Cynthia B. Stackhouse
1999 - No Award Given
2000 - Thomas Johnson
2001 - No Award Given
2002 - Rosanne Bunting
2003 - Robert H. Ramsey
2004 - Donna V. Austin
2005 - Linda Deemer
2006 - Rick Cockrill
2007 - Ann Randolph
2008 - Gary Dogan

VAR Manager of the Year
1996 - Dorothy R. Figg
1997 - Dewey Reynolds
1998 - Carol F. Clarke
1999 - Julia A. Kriss
2000 - Jacqueline Atiyeh
2001 - JoAnne Johnson
2002 - Tony Giglio
2003 - Libby Gatewood
2004 - Tim Garrison
2005 - John Powell
2006 - Angela Dougherty
2007 - Kurt Negaard
2008 - Karen Trainor

Outstanding George Rink Educator of the Year
1994 - Frances Mills Brintley
1995 - Agnes B. McGhee
1996 - Thomas Johnson
1997 - C. Edwin Melton
1998 - William "Ben" Marilla
1999 - Doris S. Barrell
2000 - Patricia Widhalm
2001 - Alan Thompson
2002 - Nathan Booth
2003 - Donna V. Austin
2004 - Ann Palmateer
2005 - Ned Massie
2006 - Pam Ermen
2007 - Matthew Rathbun
2008 - NA

Ann Swearingen Property Manager Award of the Year
2001 - Ann Swearingen
2002 - Hugh Cross
2003 - Sandra Cope
2004 - David Gould
2005 - Joe Carney
2006 - Judy Childress
2007 - Don Mathias
2008 - Gladys Fain

VAR Appraiser of the Year
2005 - Robert Barton
2006 - Thomas 'Mack' Strickland
2007 - Perry 'Pat' Turner
2008 - NA

VAR Hall of Fame:

2006 - Ralph Anderson, former executive vice president, VAR
2006 - Dennis Cronk, CCIM, CRE, CRS, GRI, Poe & Cronk Real Estate Group, Roanoke;
2006 - Sandee Ferebee, CRB, GRI, GSH Real Estate, Virginia Beach;
2006 - Joe Funkhouser, CRB, Coldwell Banker Funkhouser, Harrisonburg;
2006 - Dorcas Helfant-Browning, CIPS, CRB, CRS, Coldwell Banker Professional, Virginia Beach;
2006 - Stephen Hoover, GRI, MKB REALTORS® , Roanoke;
2006 - Tom Jefferson, CRS, CRB, GRI, Jefferson-Jones, Inc., Richmond;
2006 - Crawley Joyner, GRI, CCIM, CRB, Joyner Fine Properties, Richmond;
2006 - Al Matacia, Matacia Real Estate, Inc., Charlottesville
2006 - Renee Miller, Weichert REALTORS® , Great Falls;
2006 - Fred Morene, CRB, CRS, GRI, Ford Agency, Inc., Hopewell;
2006 - Jack O’Donohue, Trust Properties, Manassas;
2006 - Bill Overacre, ABR, CRB, GRI, RAA, Re/Max 1^st Olympic REALTORS®, Lynchburg;
2006 - Tom Stevens, CRB, CRS, GRI, Coldwell Banker Residential, Vienna
2006 - Pat Widhalm, GRI, Real Estate III-James River, Scottsville
2007 - Fred Hetzel, GRI, CRS, Coldwell Banker Leesburg, Leesburg
2007 - Ann Palmateer, GRI, CRB, CRS, GSH Real Estate, Virginia Beach
2007 - Otis Mead, II, GRI, Mead Associates, Lexington