About our Awards
Throw out everything you think you know about the College of Agriculture Employee Awards. With awards presented in the spring, the COA Employee Awards program is designed to celebrate the outstanding employees we have here in the College of Agriculture and the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station.
Nominations
Open for nominations Monday, October 19 through Monday, January 4*. Don’t have access to a computer? No problem. Get a paper nomination form from your station or business office.
*No early or late nominations will be accepted.
Employee Awards
Select an award below to find out more info:
- Dean’s Award for Excellence in Extension & Outreach
- Dean’s Award for Excellence in Instruction
- Dean’s Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Student Mentoring
- Dean’s Grantsmanship Award
- Dean’s Research Award
- Guthrie Award for Achievement in International Agriculture
- Outstanding Publication Award
- Outstanding AAES Administrative & Professional Employee Award
- Outstanding COA Administrative & Professional Employee Award
- Outstanding Service Staff Award
- Spirit of AG Award
- Team Award
Recent Winners
Dean's Grantsmanship Award
- 2025: Dr. Ash Bullard, Dr. Jasmeet Lamba
- 2024: Dr. Ash Bullard, Dr. Dianna Bourassa, Dr. Rishi Prasad, Dr. Brenda Ortiz, Dr. Nathan Whelan, Dr. Leanne Dillard, Dr. Geoff Williams, Dr. Phillip Waters, Dr. Marnin Wolfe, Dr. Joel Cuffey and Dr. Rex Dunham
- 2023: Dr. Brendan Higgins, Dr. Sushil Adhikari and Dr. Jasmeet Lamba
- 2022: Dr. Stephen Bullard, Dr. Sushil Adhikari and Dr. Rishi Prasad
- 2021: Dr. Andre Luiz Biscaia Ribeiro da Silva, Dr. Shannon Brewer and Dr. Scott Rikard
Dean's Award for Excellence in Instruction
- 2025: Dr. Carolyn Robinson
- 2024: Dr. Brandon Smith
- 2023: Dr. John Beckmann
- 2022: Dr. Jessica Starkey
- 2021: Dr. Thorsten Knappenberger
Dean's Award for Undergraduate Mentoring
- 2025: Brendan Higgins
- 2024: Dr. Jay Spires
- 2023: Dr. Terry Brandebourg
- 2022: Dr. Paul Dyce
Dean's Research Award
- 2025: Neha Potnis
- 2024: Dr. Brandon Higgins
- 2023: Dr. Sushil Adhikari
- 2022: Dr. Ruiqing Miao
- 2021: Dr. Ian Butts
Outstanding Publication in Journal with High Impact Factor
- 2024: Dr. Wenying Li
- 2023: Dr. Brendan Higgins
- 2022: Dr. Kevin Wang
- 2021: Dr. Jacek Wower, Dr. John Beckman and Dr. Yi Wang
Outstanding Publication with High Scientific Impact
- 2024: Dr. Allen Davis and Dr. Alan Wilson
- 2023: Dr. Tanzeel Rehman
- 2022: Dr. Jeff Coleman
- 2021: Dr. Rishi Prasad
Outstanding Publication with High Economic Impact
- 2023: Debolina Chakraborty
Dean's Award for Excellence in Extension and Outreach
- 2025: Dr. Leanne Dillard
- 2024: Dr. Dianna Bourassa
- 2023: Dr. Steve Li
- 2022: Dr. Anita Kelly
- 2021: Dr. Eve Brantley
Richard Guthrie Award for Achievement in International Agriculture
- 2025: Dr. Matt Waters
- 2024: Dr. Allen Davis
- 2022: Dr. Thorsten Knappenberger
- 2021: Dr. Rex Dunham
Outstanding AAES Administrative and Professional Employee Award
- 2025: Carrie Ealum
- 2024: Lisa McCullough
- 2023: Carllee Solomon
- 2022: Jessica Davis
- 2021: Lance Burdette
Outstanding College Administrative and Professional Employee Award
- 2025: Robert Burch
- 2024: Leticia Fantini Hoag
- 2023: James Johnson
- 2022: Kourtney Gardner
- 2021: Mercedes McKoy
Project Team Award
- 2025: Auburn University Testing Ag Performance Solutions
- 2024: Miller Poultry Center and the Alabama Heirs Property Alliance
- 2023: Wiregrass Research and Extension Center
- 2022: The Our Work Seminar Team
- 2021: Water Resources Center
Outstanding Service Staff Award
- 2025: Destinee Ray
- 2024: Bethanie Gulley
- 2023: John Jones
- 2022: Hunter Mote
- 2021: Bobby Bradford
Outstanding Commitment to Diversity
- 2023: Dr. Wilmer Pacheco
Spirit of Ag Award
- 2025: Denise Landers
- 2024: William Thompson
- 2023: Edward Richards
- 2022: Megan Adamson
- 2021: Jarrod Jones
Nomination Form
