Surveyor of the Year
The Surveyor of the Year award is currently WVSPS’ highest honor, given annually to a Society member who has gone above and beyond to serve the profession of surveying in the state of West Virginia. The winner is announced at the business meeting during the Annual Convention. Listed below are the past recipients of this award:
| Victor Dawson | 2023 |
| Mack McCarty | 2022 |
| Bill Orsinger | 2021 |
| Ike Garcelon | 2020 |
| Robert Andriotto | 2019 |
| Rick Casteel | 2018 |
| Jack Booda | 2017 |
| Jared Wilson | 2016 |
| Dan Wheeler | 2015 |
| John Porter | 2014 |
| Sefton Ray Stewart | 2013 |
| Mike Shepp | 2012 |
| Allan Witschi | 2011 |
| J. Bruce Hager | 2010 |
| Bryant Bowman | 2010 |
| Ronald Eastham | 2009 |
| Nelson Douglass | 2008 |
| Lantz Rankin | 2007 |
| Karen Brill | 2006 |
| Allan Witschi | 2005 |
| Mark Echard | 2004 |
| C. Victor Moyers | 2003 |
| John L. Green | 2002 |
| Donald Teter | 2001 |
| Richard Casteel | 2000 |
| David Sypolt | 1999 |
| Henry Parsons | 1998 |
| Leon Spencer | 1997 |
| R. Michael Shepp | 1996 |
| Randall Myers | 1995 |
| Charles Tenney | 1994 |
| Charles Eller | 1993 |
| Jesse Canfield | 1992 |
| Marshall Robinson | 1991 |
| Leon Mallow | 1990 |
| Charlotte Long | 1989 |
| Gregory Smith | 1988 |
| Charles Sypolt | 1987 |
| Tom Henderson | 1986 |
| John Campbell | 1985 |
| Curtis Keplinger | 1984 |
| Floyd Stiles | 1983 |
| Darrell Radcliff | 1982 |
| Darrell Dean, Jr. | 1981 |
| Shirley Sturgill | 1980 |
| E. Franklin Hart | 1979 |
| Galtjo Geertsema | 1978 |
| L.G. Sturgill | 1977 |
| Francis Silver | 1976 |
| F. Henry Sipe | 1975 |
| Arden Marshall | 1975 |
| Floyd Stiles | 1975 |