1990s Recipients
- 1998 — Brad Crites, Eastern Greene
- 1999 — Clint Kaho, White River Valley and Rachel Steward, White River Valley
2000s Recipients
- 2000 — Sarah Flinn, Bloomfield and Rod Walker, Linton
- 2001 — Morgan May and Drew Landry of Shakamak and Emilee Preble of Linton-Stockton
- 2002 — Tyler Blakley, Bloomfield, Heather Lee Crowe, Eastern Greene and Nadine Kristin Keitel, White River Valley
- 2003 — Emily Hayes, Shakamak, Justin King, Eastern Greene and Sarah Church, Linton-Stockton
- 2004 — Brittany Parkes, Bloomfield, Christina Catt, White River Valley and Tiffany Rae Todd, Linton-Stockton
- 2005 — Brandt Zimmerly, White River Valley and Bessy Lyons, Eastern Greene
- 2006 — Chantal Fink, Bloomfield, and Lindsey Sipes, White River Valley
- 2007 — Laura Beth Correll, Linton-Stockton and Kevin Cross, White River Valley; Matthew J. Wall, who attended White River Valley High, but lived in rural Coal City, received a Lilly Scholarship from the Owen County Foundation
- 2008 — Andrew Brown, Bloomfield and Carly Johnson, White River Valley
- 2009 — John Alexander Cochrane, Bloomfield and Micajah Green, Shakamak
2010s Recipients
- 2010 — Derek Corn, Bloomfield and Grace Anne Hayes, White River Valley
- 2011 — Seth Herndon, Linton-Stockton
- 2012 — Jacie Anderson, Eastern Greene
- 2013 — Casey Reynolds, Shakamak
- 2014 — Alex Bartlow, Bloomfield
- 2015 — Lilly Southern, Eastern Greene
- 2016 — Emma Brewer, Linton-Stockton
- 2017 — Abby Denham, White River Valley
- 2018 — Jordyn Kieft, Eastern Greene
- 2019 — Evan Cruse, Shakamak
2020s Recipients
- 2020 — Carson Brown, Linton-Stockton
- 2021 — Sophia Edwards, Eastern-Greene
- 2022 — Christopher Royal, Bloomfield
- 2023 — Nathan Frady, Linton-Stockton
- 2024— Justin Brown, Linton-Stockton
- 2025— Madeline Stone, Bloomfield