Zeno C. Tharp Award

The Zeno C. Tharp Award was established in 1955 and named in honor of the sixth president of Lee, who served 1935-1944. The award is given to the graduate who shows the greatest promise of making a significant contribution to the life of the Church.

​Throughout its history, the Lee University faculty has established only three awards for graduating seniors which are voted on by the entire university faculty: F. J. Lee Award, Zeno C. Tharp Award, and the Charles Paul Conn Award. These awards are given each year at spring graduation.

YEAR	STUDENT RECIPIENT
1955	Donald Gibson
1956	W. H. Dean
1957	Odine Morse
1958	Jimmy Bilbo
1959	Jack H. Smith
1960	Ruth Crawford Lindsey
1961	Harold Stephens
1962	Martha Smith
1963	Philip Morris
1964	John Lombard
1965	Jim Burns
1966	Bob Varner
1967	Paul Conn
1968	Joel Harris
1969	Thomas Russell
1970	Dan Boling
1971	Dorothy Leek
1972	Fransisco Son
1973	Dollas Messer
1974	Jerome Boone
1975	Larry Knowles
1976	Phil Thomas
1977	Keith Munford
1978	Terry Cross
1979	Robin Killman
1980	Keith Elliott
1981	Bruce Tucker
1982	Phyllis Bare
1983	Cheryl McTammany
1984	Marc A. Morris
1985	Jeff Little
1986	Phil Morris
1987	Lisa Peterson
1988	Chris Fraley

YEAR	STUDENT RECIPIENT
1989	Michael Fuller
1990	Jeremy Robinson
1991	Kimberly Cannon
1992	Deana Lytle Thompson
1993	Sherry D. Carter
1994	Marlon Allers
1995	Bonnie Weatherford
1996	Faye Bodley
1997	Mattew Mondi
1998	Heather J. Miller
1999	Jeremy C. Mauldin
2000	Rita Michelle Tau
2001	Robert Fultz
2002	Jodi Southerland
2003	William Love
2004	Kimberly Reed
2005	Kathryn Marlow
2006	Amy Beth Bullard
2007	Andrew Quinley
2008	Josiah Ewing
2009	Breanna Dillon
2010	Lydia ​Nascimento
2011	Jenna Dunson
2012	Laura Sherwood
2013	Hollie Heerak Kim
2014	Abigail Greves
2015	Ashley Matthews
2016	Kelsie Wymore
2017	Dalton McBeath
2018	Nicholas Eckert
2019	Alejandra de Jesus Guajardo
2020	Nicolette Gordon
2021	Grace Anne Cochrane
2022	Kelsey Yoder
2023	Annika Kilbo