Our Laureates
Junior Achievement of the Bluegrass Hall of Fame Laureates
Nick Rowe
- 2023
Frank Penn
- 2023
Cathy Jacobs & Don Jacobs ~Posthumously
- 2023
President Eli & Dr. Mary Lynne Capilouto
- 2021
Debra Hensley
- 2021
The late Johnny Owens
- 2021
Harry Richart
- 2021
Rufus Friday
- 2019
Ouita Michel
- 2019
Ray Rector ~ Posthumously
- 2019
Craig Turner
- 2019
Madonna Turner
- 2019
Doug Dean
- 2018
William R. Embry Jr.
- 2018
Lillian Press
- 2018
Austin J. Simms
- 2018
Robert Congleton ~ Posthumously
- 2017
Carol Martin Gatton
- 2017
Mike Scanlon
- 2017
Al Smith
- 2017
William S. Farish
- 2016
DeWitt T. Hisle
- 2016
Holly B. Wiedemann
- 2016
Stephen L. Grossman
- 2015
Wilbert W. James Jr.
- 2015
Dr. David B. Stevens
- 2015
Tom Hammond
- 2014
Bill Lear
- 2014
Dudley Webb
- 2014
Don Webb ~ Posthumously
- 2014
Coach John Calipari
- 2013
Nick Nicholson
- 2013
Elmer Whitaker
- 2013
Terry E. Forcht
- 2012
Davis Marksbury
- 2012
W. Terry McBrayer
- 2012
Dr. Richard Furst
- 2011
Phil Greer
- 2011
Alan Stein
- 2011
Isabel Yates
- 2011
Ann Bakhaus
- 2010
James F. Hardymon
- 2010
Dr. Michael Karpf
- 2010
Gary Bello
- 2009
John R. Hall
- 2009
Deirdre Lyons
- 2009
Dr. Pearse Lyons
- 2009
Robert Clay
- 2008
Laura Freeman
- 2008
William L. Rouse, Jr. ~ Posthumously
- 2008
Robert B. Trussell Jr.
- 2008
Laban Jackson
- 2007
Tubby Smith
- 2007
C.W. Suiler, Sr. ~ Posthumously
- 2007
Job D. Turner
- 2007
Gov. John Y. Brown Jr.
- 2006
Dr. John Cronin
- 2006
O. Leonard Press
- 2006
Samuel G. Barnes
- 2005
Gov. Martha Layne Collins
- 2005
Fred B. Wachs ~ Posthumously
- 2005
Luther Deaton Jr.
- 2004
Henry L. Jackson
- 2004
Dr. Charles Shearer
- 2004
Richard E. Blanchard Sr.
- 2003
Dr. Thomas Clark
- 2003
Wayne Martin
- 2003
Don Ball
- 2002
Thomas P. Dupree Sr.
- 2002
Ralph Hacker
- 2002
P.G. Peeples Sr.
- 2002
Tommy Bell ~ Posthumously
- 2001
John R. Gaines
- 2001
Gerald F. Healy II
- 2000
Anita Madden
- 2000
Donald K. Poole
- 2000
Norwood Cowgill Jr.
- 1999
Bob Slone
- 1999
Dr. Lee Todd
- 1999
The Dawahare Family
- 1998
Ralph W. Gabbard
- 1998
Bonnie Quantrell Jones
- 1998
William B. Sturgill
- 1998
Lois H. Gray
- 1997
Lewis Owens
- 1997
Irving Rosenstein
- 1997
W.B. Terry
- 1997
Oliver Allen Bakhaus
- 1996
Alan F. Bloomfield
- 1996
Gov. Wallace G. Wilkinson
- 1996
Hillary J. Boone Jr.
- 1995
Bruce C. Cotton
- 1995
Hal Price Headley
- 1995
W. James Host
- 1995
Wayne L. Smith
- 1995
James H. Sweat
- 1995
Mira S. Ball
- 1994
Robert H. Hillenmeyer
- 1994
W. Paul Little
- 1994
W. Emmet Milward
- 1994
Gilmore N. Nunn
- 1994
J. Douglas Gay
- 1993
Joseph S. Wile Sr.
- 1993
Harry C. Barfield
- 1992
James E. Bassett III
- 1992
Jacob Hughes Graves III
- 1992
Walter Hillenmeyer Jr.
- 1991
Warren W. Rosenthal
- 1991
Edward S. Dabney
- 1990
Sr. Michael Leo Mullany
- 1990
Earl D. Wallace
- 1990
Caruthers Coleman
- 1989
Garvice D. Kincaid
- 1989
W.T. Young Sr.
- 1989