John C. Thompson Award

The Kiwanis Club of Gainesville’s John C. Thompson Award is presented annually to the outstanding Key Club member from one of our sponsored Key Clubs. A $1,000 scholarship is now awarded to the recipient. The recipient must have been an active Key Club member for two years and exhibit outstanding leadership and service to his or her respective club.

Past Award Recipients

1986   Randolph Murray
1987   Abb Hayes
1988   Thor Morrison
1989   Christy Kemp
1990   Davis White
1991   Shane Cox
1992   Jon Scroggs
1993   Lee Rogers
1994   Parker Henderson
1995   Thomas Field
1996   Ben Armour
1997   Andy Dyer 
1998   Susan Burns
1999   Sara Ann Daniel
2000   Texys Morris
2001   John Morris
2002   Lee Ferran
2003   Adam Strong
2004   Lauren Nix
2005   Mark Benton
2006   Kimberly Johnson
2007  Sibylle Freiermuth
2008   Scott LeFevre
2009   Anla Etheridge 
2010   Lindsay Neece
2011   Tiffani Poole
2012   Joy Bauerband
2013   John Stenzel
2014   Katherine Jones
2015   Rushir Parikh
2016   Rebecca Braun
2017   Noah Merck
2018   Tess Moseley
2019   Kayla Rogers
2020   Areej Rizwan
2022   Lily Wallace
2023   Elijah Jernigan