NSP
Purple Star of Merit AwardNSP
Purple Star of Merit Award| Year | Recipient(s) |
| 2000 | Mark Bruemmer (Powder
Ridge), Thomas Long (Afton Alps), Robert Meese (Afton Alps),
Gary Nichols (Buck Hill), Gene Scharenbroich (Afton Alps) |
| 1999 | Kimberly Brown (Spirit Mountain), Doug Milnar (Afton Alps), John Sievert (Welch Village) |
| 1998 | Dwight Charles (Mt. Frontenac), Jerry Drexel (Buck Hill), Paul Munns (Buck Hill) |
| 1997 | Donald Busch (Spirit Mtn.), Vicki Callahan (Hyland, Viking Nordic), Mary Davis (Spirit Mtn.), Andrea Sanders, Peter Wollan (Mt.Frontenac), Scott Young (Buck Hill, Viking Nordic) |
| 1996 | James Baker (Trollhaugen) |
| 1995 | Barbara Reedstrom (Spirit Mtn.), Steven Belau (Mt. Frontenac), Michael McPherson (Mt. Frontenac) |
| 1994 | David Engstrom (Spirit Mtn.), Mary Engstrom (Spirit Mtn.), Marsha Weiland (Spirit Mtn.) |
| 1993 | James Christianson, Ray Riggles (Welch Village) |
| 1992 | Lee Brabeck (Afton Alps), Gary LePage (Afton Alps) |
| 1991 | |
| 1990 | Roger Anderson (Mt. Frontenac), Thomas Cornell (Hyland Hills), Robert Hart (Hiawatha Nordic, Afton Alps), Roger Linder (Mt. Frontenac) |
| 1989 | Todd Ehleng (Afton Alps), Jamie Johnson (Spirit Mtn.), Dan Lewis |
| 1988 | Dean "Buddha" Johnson (Wild Mtn.), Jack Peterson, Sherry Rand |
| 1987 | |
| 1986 | |
| 1985 | Arnold Robinson (Powder Ridge) |
| 1984 | Bill Brandt (Buck Hill) |
| 1983 | Chuck Wold (Wild Mtn.) |
| 1982 | |
| 1981 | Carolyn Parr (Spirit Mtn.) |
| 1980 | James C. Johnson (Welch Village) |
| 1979 | Arnie Jacobson (Coffee Mill), Wolfgang "Ron" Schmidt (Mt. Frontenac) |
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| 1972 | Audrey Dorholt (Trollhaugen), Tony Tompkins (Tony was also commended by the Mpls. Police, the American Red Cross, and Prseident Nixon) |
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