indicates recipient has won the Divisional Award in the category.
indicates recipient has won the National
Award (NSP Gold Star of Merit) in the category.
indicates recipient was runner-up (NSP Silver
Star of Merit) to the recipient of the National Award in the category.
| Year | Recipient | Patrol(s) |
| 2000 | Jeff Gullickson | Buck Hill |
| 1999 | David Chlebeck | Buck Hill |
| 1998 | David Jorgenson | Hyland |
| 1997 | (none awarded) | |
| 1996 | Wes Van Nurden | Mt. Frontenac |
| 1995 | Vicki Callahan | Hyland |
| 1994 | Martin Fahje | Mt. Frontenac |
| 1993 | Kerstin Hammarberg | Buck Hill |
| 1992 | Diane Larkin | Wild Mtn. |
| 1991 | Judy Marr |
Giant's Ridge |
| 1990 | David Engstrom | Spirit Mtn. |
| 1989 | Mary Engstrom | Spirit Mtn. |
| 1988 | Kurt Majkowski | Coffee Mill |
| 1987 | Harry Friedman |
Hyland Hills |
| 1986 | (none awarded) | |
| 1985 | Brian Wolf | Snowpark |
| 1984 | Sue Gormley | Hyland Hills |
| 1983 | Jim Sass | Coffee Mill |
| 1982 | Carleton Rust | Snowpark |
| 1981 | (none awarded) | |
| 1980 | Bob Saunders | |
| 1979 | James Dale | Winter Park (Bottineau, ND), Trestle Valley, (Minot, ND) |
| 1978 | Paul Gisslen | Mt. Frontenac |
| 1977 | Chris Wegsten | Lutsen |
| 1976 | Bill Marr | Giant's Ridge |
| 1975 | Dick Brown | Lutsen |
| 1974 | Cliff Gonyer | Hyland Hills |
| 1973 | Jerry Drexler | |
| 1972 | Howard Swanlund |
Afton Alps |
| 1971 | Tom Rossini | Lutsen |
| 1970 | Ed Fletcher | |
| 1969 | Sook Schlessinger | |
| 1968 | Jim Niessen | Trollhaugen |
| 1967 | Duane Helmer | Sugar Hills |
| 1966 | Jerry Fredrickson |
Buck Hill |
| 1965 |
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