Past Honorees
Each year, TAPT recognizes one or more individuals who have made a lasting impact on TAPT, its members, and the industry. In the early years, honorees were primarily members of TAPT but evolved into the current practice of recognizing at least one TAPT member honoree and one vendor honoree each year.
Below is a listing of those who have been entered into the TAPT “hall of fame”.
2023-2024 2022-2023 2021-2022 2020-2021 2019-2020 2018-2019 2017-2018 2016-2017 2015-2016 2014-2015 2013-2014 2012-2013 2011-2012 2010-2011 2009-2010 2008-2009 2007-2008 2006-2007 2005-2006 2004-2005 2003-2004 2002-2003 2001-2002 | Suzanne Ramirez / Heather Guillory Jonas Ybarra / Matt Chaplin Evelyn Peese / Richard Davis (posthumously) Bill Powell / Mike Martin / Trace Heider Keith A. Kaup / Drew Goaley Mike Williams / Richard Shively Mike Cano / Sandra Laxson Joe Hart / Trisha Nolen Pam McCurdy / Andy Rosas Brian Weisinger / Kelly Ketkoski Jim Norman / Johnny Johnson Mike McClung / Tim Delano Lee Iredale / Linda Stone / Cheryl Gaines-Bell Bob Hearn / John Rubenkoenig Jim Kline / Jimmy Ross Charley Kennington / Mike Patterson / Tony Wood Joe Perez / Steve Bond / Jack Connell Lane Emmett / Jerry Akers / Brandon Billingsley / Robert Rosas Bonnie Russell / John Douglas / Ed Kyrish Jaime Gallego / Roger Peterson Connie Bean / Tom Celletti Erwin Sladek / Harvey Graves Joe Glover / Danny Brawner |
2000-2001 1999-2000 1998-1999 1997-1998 1996-1997 1995-1996 1994-1995 1993-1994 1992-1993 1991-1992 1990-1991 1989-1990 1988-1989 1987-1988 1986-1987 1985-1986 1984-1985 1983-1984 1982-1983 1981-1982 1980-1981 1979-1980 1978-1979 | Sam Dixon / John Altus Jolene Hawkins / Dwight Gleaves Jesse Soto / Larry McEntire Fred Oppermann / Tom Searcy / Bubba Mixon Don Paull / Pat Raney / Richard Davis Bob Hunnicutt / Roy Dyer / Larry Hemphill Dan Roberts / Bob Rubin Earl Tipton Troy Martin / Ken Watts James H Wright, Sr. Gerald Lambert / B. J. Edwards Howard McFarland / Denny Day Diane Sherwood Lynn Hooks / Conwell Smith Kirk Drew Dusty Rhodes / Jimmy Hunt Gayland Walker Seab DeBerry Ray Westmoreland Pete Martinez Bill Graeber Fred Christian Gabe Gilley |