| 2026 | Brandon Dooley | Aberdeen | Superior Performance & Meritorious Service |
| | Jason Polreis | Sioux Falls | Superior Performance |
| | Tom Woodworth | Sioux Falls | Superior Performance |
| | Ronnie Grajczyk | Sisseton | Meritorious Service |
| | Randy Schmidt | Arlington | Meritorious Service |
| | Richard DuVall | Chamberlain | Superior Performance ~ Classic |
| | Delbert Ashlock | Rapid City | Pioneer |
| 2025 | Michael Witte | Flandreau | Superior Performance |
| | Todd Christians | Aberdeen | Superior Performance |
| | Don Coats | Rapid City | Superior Performance |
| | Michael Kruse Jr. | Sioux Falls | Superior Performance |
| | Daryl Wasmund | Huron | Meritorious Service |
| 2024 | Nicole Van Deventer | Sioux Falls | Superior Performance |
| | Michael Van Deventer | Sioux Falls | Superior Performance |
| | Mike Allen | Chamberlain | Superior Performance |
| | Donna Kehn | Sturgis | Meritorious Service |
| | Richard DuVall | Chamberlain | Meritorious service |
| | Eileen Johnson | Brookings | Pioneer |
| 2023 | Dave Howard | Brookings | Superior Performance |
| | Howard Sharkey | Rapid City | Superior Performance |
| | Harold Holt | Rapid City | Superior Performance |
| | Michael Chilson | Chamberlain | Superior Performance |
| | Bhrett Baney | Sioux Falls | Meritorious Service |
| | Bill Ficken | Rapid City | Meritorious Service |
| | Ken Kiewel (posthumously) | Rapid City | Pioneer |
| 2022 | Bill Richter | Aberdeen | Superior Performance |
| | Jeff Nygaard | Sioux Falls | Superior Performance |
| | Brian Diede | Huron | Superior Performance |
| | Vern Meyers | Aberdeen | Meritorious Service |
| | Eugene Schmidt | Arlington | Pioneer |
| 2021 | Judy Sundling | Aberdeen | Superior Performance ~ Classic |
| | Adelyne Stearns | Madison | Pioneer |
| 2020 | Jackie Crady | Aberdeen | Superior Performance |
| | Douglas Thompson | Aberdeen | Superior Performance |
| | Wade Juve | Rapid City | Superior Performance |
| | Danita Allen | Chamberlain | Meritorious Service |
| | Gene Graber | Sioux Falls | Pioneer |
| 2019 | Larry Anderson | Aberdeen | Superior Performance |
| | Stacy Barta | Yankton | Superior Performance |
| | Jeremy Sonnenfeld | Sioux Falls | Superior Performance |
| | Todd Kautz | Yankton | Superior Performance |
| | Brandyn Crawford | Rapid City | Superior Performance |
| | Debi Stewart | Brookings | Superior Performance ~ Classic |
| | Frank Osborn Sr. | Yankton | Pioneer |
| 2018 | Bruce Rall | Black Hawk | Superior Performance |
| | Gary DeReu Sr | Sioux Falls | Superior Performance ~ Classic |
| | Jim Lovell | Hot Springs | Superior Performance ~ Classic |
| | Mardell Colbeck | Brookings | Meritorious Service |
| | Howard Sharkey | Rapid City | Meritorious Service |
| | Marlin HIntz | Brookings | Meritorious Service |
| | Dale O'Connell | Kadoka | Pioneer |
| 2017 | Douglas Bjorke | Huron | Superior Performance |
| | Geraldine Ray | Pierre | Meritorious Service |
| | Lois Ewert (posthumously) | Rapid City | Pioneer |
| 2016 | Nate Hand | Rapid City | Superior Performance |
| | Ray Richey | Rapid City | Superior Performance |
| | Betty Fokken | Sioux Falls | Meritorious Service |
| | Julie Johnson | Huron | Meritorious Service |
| | Nancy Boynton | Bath | Pioneer |
| | Jo LaRoche | Ft. Pierre | Pioneer |
| 2015 | Marty Barington | Mitchell | Superior Performance |
| | LaVern Fischer | Sturgis | Superior Performance |
| | Marla Paulsen | Harrisburg | Superior Performance |
| | Terry McNamara | Rapid City | Superior Performance |
| | Carol Rettkowski-Gregg | Brookings | Meritorious Service |
| | Richard Weisz | Sturgis | Pioneer |
| 2014 | John Sharkey | Rapid City | Superior Performance |
| | Danita Allen | Chamberlain | Superior Performance |
| | Casey Gerry | Rapid City | Superior Performance |
| | Brady Badger | Pierre | Superior Performance |
| | Deborah Bjelland | Rapid City | Meritorious Service |
| | Helen Louison | Rapid City | Pioneer |
| 2013 | Fred Kiewel | Rapid City | Superior Performance |
| | Clint Dunker | Sturgis | Superior Performance |
| | Ron Galbraith | Rapid City | Superior Performance |
| | Dorothy Dean (posthumously) | Sioux Falls | Superior Performance |
| | Robert Chamberlain | Aberdeen | Meritorious Service |
| | LeRoy DeBeer | Brookings | Meritorious Service |
| | Carol Ellston | Sioux Falls | Meritorious Service |
| | Gene & Het Haviland | Rapid City | Pioneer |
| 2012 | Patty Fanter | Rapid City | Superior Performance & Meritorious Service |
| | Scott Stabnow | Pierre | Superior Performance |
| | Gayle Bussell | Huron | Meritorious Service |
| | John Zilverberg | Highmore | Pioneer |
| 2011 | Doug Tennyson | Rapid City | Superior Performance |
| | Fay LeClair | Sioux Falls | Meritorious Service |
| | Ruth & Clarence Simonsen | Menno | Pioneer |
| 2010 | Steve DuVall | Rapid City | Superior Performance |
| | Steve Pelzl | Aberdeen | Superior Performance |
| | Kristy Foreman | Rapid City | Superior Performance |
| | Teresa Norby | Brookings | Meritorious Service |
| | Alice "Spike" Herman | Rapid City | Meritorious Service |
| | Larry Becker | Brookings | Meritorious Service |
| | Alma Gruenig | Rapid City | Pioneer |
| 2009 | Milford "Gene" Kast | Rapid City | Superior Performance & Meritorious Service |
| | Sean Mason | Brookings | Superior Performance |
| | Kathy McNamara | Rapid City | Superior Performance |
| | Jan Putnam | Gayville | Meritorious Service |
| | Dale Brownell | Spearfish | Meritorious Service |
| | D'Anna Fischer | Sturgis | Meritorious Service |
| | Rosalie "Rosie" Wheeler | Rapid City | Meritorious Service |
| | Peter Sigler | Rapid City | Pioneer |
| | Don Boyd | Yankton | Pioneer |
| 2008 | Charles Turner Jr | Yankton | Superior Performance & Meritorious Service |
| | Carole Gilbertson | Rapid City | Superior Performance |
| | Dennis Tomhave | Vermillion | Meritorious Service |
| | Norma Sheffield | Brookings | Meritorious Service |
| | Richard "Dick" Walker | Rapid City | Pioneer |
| | Arline Mustar | Montrose | Pioneer |
| 2007 | Douglas McHugh | Huron | Superior Performance |
| | Avis Felter | Lead | Meritorious Service |