TPPA Awards
TPPA Awards will be announced during the Conference Luncheon and Business Meeting
Norman Borlaug Lifetime Achievement Award
This is the Texas Plant Protection Association’s highest award for members that over the years have made a special contribution to the association, the conference and to Texas agriculture. It is named in honor of Dr. Norman Borlaug an agronomist, humanitarian and Nobel laureate who has been called "the Father of the Green Revolution", "Agriculture's Greatest Spokesperson" and "The Man Who Saved A Billion Lives". He completed his career as a member of the Texas A&M University Staff, serving as a Distinguished Professor of International Agriculture.
Previous Winners
2004 – H. Ray Smith, 2005- Charles Stichler, 2006- Barron Rector, 2007- Travis Miller, 2008- James Grichar, 2009- Paul Baumann, 2010- Jack LeClair, 2011- Ron Lacewell, 2012- Brad Minton, 2013- Roy Parker, 2014 - Tom Cothren, 2015 – Randy Rivera, 2016 - David Baltensperger, 2017 Ron Smith, 2018 Ken Smith, 2019 Juan Landivar, 2020 Bob Whitney, 2021 Tony Driver
The award was presented Dec. 6-7 during the Texas Plant Protection Association conference held in Bryan. It is the highest award for TPPA members who have made a special contribution to the association, the conference, and agriculture.
This is the 16th year that TPPA has honored some of the outstanding Texas Plant Protection Association members that have made special contributions to the association, to the conference, to their profession and to Texas agriculture with the TPPA Award.
Past Award Winners are:
Graduate Student
2003 Greg Steele
2004 Josh Bynum
2005 Brad Hopkins
2006 Robert Puckett
2007 Sam Willingham
2008 Nyland Falkenberg
Travis Janak
2009 Scott Stanislav
2010 Edinalvo Camargo
2011 Ben McKnight
2012 Zach Eder
2013 Trevor Jones
2014 Josh McGinty
Silvano Assanga
2015
2016 Kevin Cox
2017 Brady Arthur, MS
John Gordy, PhD
2018Luke Pruter, PhD
Colby Ratcliff, MS
2019 James Griffin, PhD
Cynthia Sias, MS
2020 Blake Elkins, PhD
John Grunseich, MS
2021 Bishwa Sapkota, PhD
Regina Hernandez, MS
2022 Sarah Kezar, PhD
Morgan McCullough, MS
Consultant
Dan Bradshaw
Webb Wallace
Sid Hopkins
Mark Nemec
David Wilde
Paul Pilsner
Gary Kennedy
Neal Pratt
Gary Bradshaw
Cliff Mock
Glenn Crane
Brandon Ripple
Larry McAnally
Darrin Biediger
Lee Hutchins
Ronnie Phillips
Peter Bruno
Justin Chopelas
Trevor Jones
Clyde Crumley
Matt Shipp
Industry
Bill Odle
Doug Jost
Brad Minton
Drew Wenner
Jack LeClair
Alan Dalrymple
Doug Pustejovsky
Vernon Langston
Mark Spilman
Greg Steele
Gary Schwarzlose
Eric Castner
Adam Hixson
Luke Etheredge
Tony Driver
Jimmy Schulz
Steve Carlson
Greg Mock
Bobby DeLeon
David King
Academic/Agency
Ron Lacewell
Robert Lemon
Paul Baumann
Tom Cothren
Randy Rivera
M.O. Way
Ed Gage
Roy Parker
Tom Isakeit
Mike Chandler
Gaylon Morgan
Joe Masabni
Charles Adam
Ronnie Schnell
Betsy Pierson
Sandy Pierson
David Kerns, PhD
Scott Nolte
Tyler Mays
Perry Cervantes
Ag Communications Award
2012 Blair Fannin
2013 Ron Smith
2020 Shelley Huguley
Ray Smith Leadership Award
2013 Ray Smith
2014 Donnie Dippel
2017 Travis Miller and Ron Lacewell
2019 Gary Schwarzlose, Sr.
2020 Bob Sasser