Year

Winner

1989 - 1990

Representative Richard M. Quinn, Jr.

1991 - 1992

Representative James Mattos

1998

Senator Verne Smith

1998

Representative Molly Spearman

1999

Senator Linda Short

1999

Representative Clementa Pickney

2000

Senator Warren Giese

2000

Representative Marion Carnell

2002

Representative Joseph H. Neal

2003

Senator Robert W. Hayes, Jr.

2004

Senator Brad Hutto

2005

Senator Joel Lourie

2006

Representative Robert W. (Bobby) Harrell

2007

Representative Tracy Russell Edge

2008

Senator Thomas C. Alexander

2009

Representative Gilda Cobb-Hunter

2009

Senator Ralph Anderson