IGBO Awards members one of two honors for their service to IGBO and to their communities. The Fellowship Award and the Tom Hack Award. Read below about each of these awards, past honorees, and access our nomination forms.
Fellowship Award Honorees
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Fellowship Award Recipients (Note: In 1984 eight winners were selected)
| Year | Recipient 1 | Recipient 2 |
| 1984 | Jackie Baker (Dallas, TX) | Eric Caplan (Atlanta, GA) |
| 1984 | Mal Garcia (San Francisco, CA) | Tom Hack (New York City, NY) |
| 1984 | Dan Donovan (Minneapolis, MN) | Dexter Kunishima (Honolulu, HI) |
| 1984 | Gene Sides (Washington, DC) | David Theiss (Milwaukee, WI) |
| 1985 | Gerald Hagan (Houston, TX) | John Weaver (Atlanta, GA) |
| 1986 | Ken Kurtz (Milwaukee, WI) | Michael O’Brien (Columbus, OH) |
| 1987 | Ed Chetaitis (Roanoke, VA) | John Hammett (Los Angeles, CA) |
| 1988 | Brian Glenn (Atlanta, GA) | Tony Leslie (Louisville, KY) |
| 1989 | Jim Beck (Dallas, TX) | Bob Gliniecki (Milwaukee, WI) |
| 1990 | Jim Berry (Charleston, WV) | Tom Geil (Portland, OR) |
| 1991 | Bill Edwards (Vancouver, BC) | Buck Hagle (Sacramento, CA) |
| 1992 | Mark Castleberry (Atlanta, GA) | Charlotte Eakin (Roanoke, VA) |
| 1993 | Jerry Lovell (Los Angeles, CA) | J. B. Scheulein (Oklahoma City, OK) |
| 1994 | Tio LaBudd (Minneapolis, MN) | Ken Stewart (Dallas, TX) |
| 1995 | Michael Champion (Dallas, TX) | Ken Sparks (Detroit, MI) |
| 1996 | Daryl Carter (Vancouver, BC) | Glen Denis (New York City, NY) |
| 1997 | Pam Findl (Los Angeles, CA) | Mel Krist (Silver Spring, MD) |
| 1998 | Bill Harrison (Painesville, OH) | Tom DeConza (New York City, NY) |
| 1999 | Hal Bergin (Washington, DC) | Kelly Carter (Dallas, TX) |
| 2000 | Jim Howell (Los Angeles, CA) | Alan Olsen (Auckland, NZ) |
| 2001 | Darrin Casola (Ft. Worth, TX) | Toby Pineau (Boston, MA) |
| 2002 | Heath Costain (Smyrna, GA) | Rev. Belva Boone (Holly Springs, NC) |
| 2003 | Tom O’Dell (Houston, TX) | Skip George (Atlanta, GA) |
| 2004 | Joe Curci (Lyndhurst, N.J.) | Ray Krasneck (Atlanta, GA) |
| 2005 | Earl Haney (Grand Rapids, MI) | Rick Steiner (Milwaukee, WI) |
| 2006 | Ron Suttora Jr. (San Diego, CA) | Michael Ferguson (Toronto, ON) |
| 2007 | No Award Presented | |
| 2008 | Earl Martin (Cincinnati, OH) | Ronnie Grist (Lawrenceville, GA) |
| 2009 | Larry Pike (Denver, CO) | Dick Uyvari (Chicago, IL) |
| 2010 | Mark MacBain (Syracuse, NY) | Michael Kondalski (Atlanta, GA) |
| 2011 | Rob McDaniel (Land O’ Lakes, FL) | Jerry Sesco (Columbus, OH) |
| 2012 | Todd Denmark (Meriam, KS) | Stephanie Johnstone (Woodstock, ON) |
| 2013 | Larry Sanchez (San Diego, CA) | Bill Roman (Chesapeake, VA) |
| 2014 | Ron Sperry (San Diego, CA) | Ray Nastasi (Dallas, TX) |
| 2015 | Lucien Rene (Toronto, ON) | Jeff Weinberg (Edison, NJ) |
| 2016 | Lyn Dwyer (Canton, MI) | Gregory Hughes (Atlanta, GA) |
| 2017 | Theresa “Tra” Mason (Rockland, MA) | Michael Witt (Rancho Mirage, CA) |
| 2018 | Amando Hernandez (Morristown, NJ) | Greg Frey (Albuquerque, NM) |
| 2019 | Greg Edenfield (Charlotte, NC) | Gabe Him (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) |
| 2020 | No tournament held | |
| 2021 | Pat Cloonan (Rochester, NY) | Judy Thompson (Imperial Beach, CA) |
| 2022 | Sharon Stump (Lakewood, CO) | Bob Sorbanelli (Woodbridge, NJ) |
| 2023 | Paul Scheib (Rochester, NY) | Jamie Morrow (Tampa, FL) |
| 2024 | Patti Byrd (Westland, MI) | |
| 2025 | Alan Platoff (Jersey City, NJ) |
The IGBO Fellowship Award is IGBO’s highest recognition honor. It is about the people in our cities who make a positive impact on our leagues, tournaments, and our local community at large. It is those people from our bowling communities who volunteer for pride events, charities and their fundraising events, help people in need, help their neighbors. It is about people who give their time and energy to make other people’s lives better.
The IGBO Fellowship Award is all encompassing and truly about Fellowship.
While many of our recipients are those noticeable in our local leagues, tournaments and IGBO itself, many others are those people behind the scenes, the “unsung heroes” who are there year after year, people who sometimes don’t want any recognition for their efforts beyond a simple “thank you.”
There are many people in our IGBO bowling communities who have made a positive impact in the lives of not only the bowlers in their cities but their community at large. Most of us know someone who deserves to be nominated. Last year we had 0 (zero) new nominations and there are so many worthy people in our local communities.
Do you have a person in mind? Please nominate them. You can let them know you’re nominating them. They will be your best source for information on what they have done that you may not know about. It is unfair to them to not at least recognize them with being nominated. Nominations stand for 3 years.
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While the Tom Hack Award is nominated by the IGBO Board, you can use this form to submit your suggestion for nomination of a fellow IGBO member for the Tom Hack Award. Please be specific and give as much information as possible to describe why the nominee is deserving one of IGBO’s highest honors. For Tom Hack Awards to be presented at our IGBO Annual, you must submit your suggestions no later than December 31 of the prior year.
Tom Hack Award Honorees
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| Year | Recipient 1 | Recipient 2 |
| 1990 | Vince Andrzejewski (St. Louis, MO) | |
| 1994 | Daryl Carter (Vancouver, BC) | Darlene Ruckaber (Calgary, AB) |
| 1995 | Mark Castleberry (Atlanta, GA) | Benny Alfano (Tampa, FL) |
| 1996 | Dennis Russell (Tucson, AZ) | |
| 1997 | J. B. Schuelein (Oklahoma City, OK) | Sherry Work (Vancouver, BC) |
| 1998 | Ted Lorenzen (San Francisco, CA) | |
| 1999 | Gary Shope (Houston, TX) | |
| 2000 | Robert McDaniel (Manassas Park, VA) | Tommy Windsor (Dallas, TX) |
| 2001 | Tom O’Dell (Houston, TX) | Dean Veros (Atlanta, GA) |
| 2002 | Stephanie Johnstone (Woodstock, ON) | Alan Olsen (Auckland, NZ) |
| 2003 | Michael Witt (Valley Village, CA) | |
| 2004 | Todd Denmark (Hicksville, N.Y.) | Bill Moore (Calgary, AB) |
| 2005 | Ron Suttora Jr. (San Diego, CA) | Dick Cooper (Calgary, AB) |
| 2006 | Toby Pineau (Boston, MA) | Gerald Hagen (Houston, TX) |
| 2007 | Mike Tamburrino (Lilburn, GA) | Brian Elley (Houston, TX) |
| 2008 | Jim Tsugawa (Alexandria, VA) | Sharon Stump (Lakewood, CO) |
| 2009 | Jerry Lovell (Valley Village, CA) | Oklahoma City 2007 – 2009 Committee |
| 2010 | Paul Burnett (Lewisville, TX) | Brian McKee (Dayton, OH) |
| 2011 | Tim Keller (Columbus, OH) | |
| 2012 | Skip George (Atlanta, GA) | |
| 2013 | Greg Edenfield (Charlotte, NC) | |
| 2014 | Rob Silliman (Chelsea, MA) | Steve Frable (Arlington, VA) |
| 2015 | Tim Tkacik (Camas, WA) | |
| 2016 | Jeremy Glasser (Vienna, VA) | |
| 2017 | Steve Mathis (College Park, MD) | |
| 2018 | Kim Shepard (Sydney, AU) | Judy Thompson (San Diego, CA) |
| 2019 | Curtis Martin (St. Louis, MO) | Bart MacMillan (Vancouver, BC) |
| 2020 | No awards given | |
| 2021 | Bill Roman (Chesapeake, VA) | |
| 2022 | Richard Foster (Tucson, AZ) | |
| 2023 | Paul Scheib (Rochester, NY) | Joey LeBlanc (San Antonio, TX) |
| 2024 | Terri Paulk (Atlanta, GA) | |
| 2025 | Donny Tang (Falls Church, VA) | Jerry Sesco (Colombus, OH) |