2020s
- 2024, 122nd edition — Jermaine Hudson
- 2023, 121th edition — Krishna Patel
- 2022, 120th edition — Don Bui, Mandy Stacy
- 2021, 119th edition — Cameron Motsinger
- 2020, 118th edition — Julia Harrison
2010s
- 2019, 117th edition — Katie Tart
- 2018, 116th edition — Anna Long
- 2017, 115th edition — Amanda Pearlswig
- 2016, 114th edition — Molly Donovan
- 2015, 113th edition — Elizabeth Moomey
- 2014, 112th edition — Chelsea Brown
- 2013, 111th edition — Alex Sanchez
- 2012, 110th edition — Kathryn Glaser
- 2011, 109th edition — Susannah Brinkley
- 2010, 108th edition — Michele Chandler, Bryant Robbins
2000s
- 2009, 107th edition — John Cooper Elias
- 2008, 106th edition — Mary Beth Hamrick
- 2007, 105th edition — Brandon Wright
- 2006, 104th edition — Josh Bassett
- 2005, 103rd edition — Josh Bassett
- 2004, 102nd edition — Jamie Trivette
- 2003, 101st edition — Lucy Tatum
- 2002, 100th edition — Wortham Boyle
- 2001, 99th edition — Wortham Boyle
- 2000, 98th edition — Jason Bostic
1990s
- 1999, 97th edition — Jennifer L. Blake
- 1998, 96th edition — Jennifer C. Cesare
- 1997, 95th edition — Jennifer C. Cesare
- 1996, 94th edition — Andrew Davis Tucker
- 1995, 93rd edition — C. Brent Smith
- 1994, 92nd edition — Holly Schmitt
- 1993, 91st edition — Todd H. Bennett
- 1992, 90th edition — Todd H. Bennett
- 1991 89th edition — Tanya D. Stephens
- 1990 88th edition — Wyndi Miller
1980s
- 1989, 87th edition — Nancy Ruth Motsinger
- 1988, 86th edition — Mark S. Inman
- 1987, 85th edition — Joseph Meno
- 1986, 84th edition — Roger W. Winstead
- 1985, 83rd edition — Marc Thomas Whitehurst
- 1984, 82nd edition — Marc Thomas Whitehurst
- 1983, 81st edition — William J. White
- 1982, 80th edition — William J. White
- 1981, 79th edition — Lucy A. Proctor
- 1980, 78th edition — Mark H. Brooks
1970s
- 1979, 77th edition — Pete Yates
- 1978, 76th edition — Pete Yates
- 1977, 75th edition — Daphne Hamm
- 1976, 74th edition — Teresa Brown
- 1975, 73rd edition — Jim Davis
- 1974, 72nd edition — (Not Listed)
- 1973, 71st edition — (Not Listed)
- 1972, 70th edition — Sid Davis
- 1971, 69th edition — William Bayley
- 1970, 68th edition — (Not Listed)
1960s
- 1969, 67th edition — Tom Canning, Craig Wilson
- 1968, 66th edition — Harry Eagar
- 1967, 65th edition — Frank M. Hough, Jr.
- 1966, 64th edition — Wells Hood
- 1965, 63th edition — Dan Derby
- 1964, 62nd edition — William (Bill) H. White, Jr.
- 1963, 61st edition — Frank S. Smith
- 1962, 60th edition — Carlyle Franklin
- 1961, 59th edition — Lad Daniels
- 1960, 58th edition — Scoofer Jordan
1950s
- 1959, 57th edition — Ralph Boswell
- 1958, 56th edition — Dick Chalmers
- 1957, 55th edition — Bill Graham
- 1956, 54th edition — Bill Foushee
- 1955, 53rd edition — John Gregg
- 1954, 52nd edition — David B. Sontag
- 1953, 51st edition — Frank Soling
- 1952, 50th edition — Betty Anne Cline
- 1951, 49th edition — E. Louis Mustian, Jr.
- 1950, 48th edition — Scott F. Stidham
1940s
- 1949, 47th edition — Horace D. Taylor, Jr.
- 1948, 46th edition — B. Atwood Skinner, Jr.
- 1947, 45th edition — James T. Johnson
- 1946, 44th edition — Harrison Wroton
- 1945, 43rd edition — George W. Coble
- 1944, 42nd edition — Benjamin Wayne Green
- 1943, 41st edition — Bob Dalton, Jr.
- 1942, 40th edition — James E. MacDougall
- 1941, 39th edition — P. Dudley Kayley
- 1940, 38th edition — Jones Y. Pharr, Jr.
1930s
- 1939, 37th edition — James A. Worrell
- 1938, 36th edition — James T. Catlin, III
- 1937, 35th edition — Peter Ihrie, Jr.
- 1936, 34th edition — Harrie S. Keck
- 1935, 33rd edition — Hubert Todd
- 1934, 32nd edition — Albert H. Couch
- 1933, 31st edition — Henry Lawrence Russ
- 1932, 30th edition — Philip Henry Burrus, Jr.
- 1931, 29th edition — Everett Goodrich Couch, Jr.
- 1930, 28th edition — Elbert H. Roberts
1920s
- 1929, 27th edition — Robert P. Shapard
- 1928, 26th edition — Joseph W. Shuford
- 1927, 25th edition — John Richard Anderson, Jr.
- 1926, 24th edition — James McConnell Potter
- 1925, 23rd edition — Levi Larmon Hedgepeth
- 1924, 22nd edition — Frank S. Trantham
- 1923, 21st edition — Charles S. Leigh
- 1922, 20th edition — Flave H. Copening
- 1921, 19th edition — Ernest W. Constable
- 1920, 18th edition — Le Roy Dock
1910s
- 1919, 17th edition — Hugh Woody Dixon
- 1918, 16th edition — Roger Vernon Terry
- 1917, 15th edition — Junius Bishop Powell
- 1916, 14th edition — S.G. Crater
- 1915, 13th edition — B. White
- 1914, 12th edition — Kael McAtee Fetzer
- 1913, 11th edition — Thomas Jasper Hewitt
- 1912, 10th edition — Clayton Edward Brown
- 1911, 9th edition — J.P. Quinerly
- 1910, 8th edition — Jay Frederick Robinson
1900s
- 1909, 7th edition — (Not Listed)
- 1908, 6th edition — (Not Listed)
- 1907, 5th edition — William B. Truitt
- 1906, 4th edition — D. Waite Robertson
- 1905, 3rd edition — Arthur T. Kenyon
- 1904, 2nd edition — Jarvis B. Harding
- 1903, 1st edition — Walter Lee Dorden