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The ÀÖ²©´«Ã½ and the ÀÖ²©´«Ã½ Foundation are pleased to announce that a field of 77 counseling professionals, counseling students and individuals serving the counseling profession received top honors in the 2021 ÀÖ²©´«Ã½Awards program.

The annual ÀÖ²©´«Ã½ Awards, created to recognize the best among the counseling profession’s students, counselors in practice and ÀÖ²©´«Ã½members, acknowledge those who have made extraordinary contributions to the counseling profession.

This year, nine counselors were granted ÀÖ²©´«Ã½Fellow status, the highest honor awarded by the ÀÖ²©´«Ã½. In addition, the achievements of 77 professional counselors and ÀÖ²©´«Ã½members were recognized with ÀÖ²©´«Ã½National Awards.

In the ÀÖ²©´«Ã½Graduate Student Awards of Excellence program, 11 graduate-level counseling students earned high honors in the ÀÖ²©´«Ã½Future School Counselors and Tomorrow’s Counselors essay competitions. In addition, seven graduate student teams took top spots in the ÀÖ²©´«Ã½Graduate Student Ethics Awards essay competitions.

The award recipients are being recognized at the ÀÖ²©´«Ã½Virtual Conference Experience throughout the month of April.

The ÀÖ²©´«Ã½ thanks everyone who participated in this year’s ÀÖ²©´«Ã½Awards program—the judges/reviewers, nominators and all who were nominated or applied for the awards—and offers warm congratulations to the winners!

2021 ÀÖ²©´«Ã½Fellows
Dr. William Cox
Dr. Suzanne Dugger
Dr. Kimberly Frazier
Dr. Kristopher Goodrich
Dr. Natoya Haskins
Dr. Nicole Hill
Dr. Garret McAuliffe
Dr. Mark Scholl
Dr. Heather Trepal 

2021 ÀÖ²©´«Ã½National Awards
ÀÖ²©´«Ã½Research Award:
Dr. Matt Fullen
Dr. Gerard Lawson
Jyotsana Sharma

ÀÖ²©´«Ã½State Branch Advocacy Award: V
Virginia Counselors Association

Arthur A. Hitchcock Distinguished Professional Service Award:
Jose Tapia-Fuselier

Best Practices in Research Award for Faculty:
Dr. Madeline Clark

Carl D. Perkins Government Relations Award:
Duane France

Counselor Educator Advocacy Award:
Dr. Erika Cameron

Courtland C. Lee Multicultural Excellence Scholarship Award:
Ashlei Rabess

David K. Brooks, Jr. Distinguished Mentor Award:
Dr. W. Bryce Hagedorn

Don Dinkmeyer Social Interest Award:
Marriage and Family Research Institute under the leadership of Dr. Sejal Barden and Dr. Dalena Dillman Taylor

Dr. Judy Lewis Counselors for Social Justice Award:
Dr. Ebony White

Extended Research Award:
Dr. Danica Hays

Federal Legislative Service Award:
Rep. Mike Thompson

Garry R. Walz Trailblazer Award:
Dr. Ashley Blount

Gilbert and Kathleen Wrenn Award:
Dr. Judy Green

Glen E. Hubele National Graduate Student Award:
Olivia Ngadjui

Kitty Cole Human Rights Award:
Dr. Reshelle Marino

Professional Development Award:
Dr. Stephen Lenz

Ralph F. Berdie Memorial Research Award:
Chelsea Scoffone

Robert H. Rencken Emerging Professional Leader Award:
Dr. Rebecca Pender Baum

Samuel T. Gladding Unsung Heroes Award:
Erin Frock

Thomas Hohenshil National Publication Award:
Dr. Samuel T. Gladding
Dr. Gerald Corey

Thomas J. Sweeney Award for Visionary Leadership and Advocacy:
Dr. Donna Gibson

2021 ÀÖ²©´«Ã½Graduate Student Awards of Excellence

ÀÖ²©´«Ã½Future School Counselors Awards
Grand Prize: Margaret Latta-Milord
First Prize: Austin Laws, Verna Estoque (tie)
Honorable Mention:
James Harris
Kellie Lewis
Cha-Lisa Johnson

ÀÖ²©´«Ã½Tomorrow’s Counselors Awards
Grand Prize: Adriana Labarta
First Prize:Devon Boyers
Second Prize: Theresa Schmidt
Honorable Mention:
Alix Jansma
Christine Banks-VanAllen

ÀÖ²©´«Ã½Graduate Student Ethics Awards for Master’s Degree Students
First Place: New Jersey City University (NJ)
Second Place: Central Michigan University (MI), Grand View University (IA) (tie)
Third Place: University of Florida (FL)

ÀÖ²©´«Ã½Graduate Student Ethics Awards for Doctoral Degree Students
First Place: Montclair State University (NJ)
Second Place: University of Texas at Austin (TX)
Third Place: Lindsey Wilson College (KY)