Alumni Awards
Meritorious Service Award
This award is presented to a person, alumnus or not, who has shown loyalty and commitment to TMU through outstanding service as a trustee, financial contributor, student recruiter, administrator, faculty member, or in some area of Christian Service.
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**Mr. Jack and **Dr. Louise Holcomb – among the first students, faculty members, and administrators of Truett McConnell Junior College
**Mr. J.C. Driskell – former faculty member, benefactor of TMC Baptist Student Union, namesake of the Driskell Building
**Dr. L. Lounell Mullis – former faculty member
**Dr. Pearl Nix – Charter faculty member, trustee, and scholarship visionary
**Dr. Truett Gannon – Pastor, former President of the Georgia Baptist Convention, former Chairman of TMC Board of Trustees
** Mr. Earl Payne – former faculty member
Mr. Colby Tilley – former TMC women’s basketball coach, namesake of the Coach Tilley Court in the Benjamin F. Brady arena of the Student Wellness Center
**Mr. Rodney Fitzgerald – Former TMC faculty member and administrator
**Dr. Helen Adams – Former TMC Faculty member
**Mrs. Jessie L. White – former TMC Trustee and former alumni director
Ms. Edna Holcomb – former TMC registrar and alumni director
Rev. Barry Thompson – Alumni class of 1973 and former Truett McConnell trustee, continual recruiter for Truett McConnell
Mr. Willis Melvin Shepard – Truett McConnell Alumni class of 1960
Dr. John O. Yarbrough – former president of the Georgia Baptist Convention, former TMU alumni director, former trustee and interim president of TMU, alumni class of 1969
**deceased
The Outstanding Young Alumnus Award
This award is presented to an alumnus who has graduated/attended within the past ten years, selected based on personal achievement and loyalty to the university.
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Recipient
Class Year
Dr. Chris Childs 1990 Ms. Joy Parks 1988 Mr. Stacy Butler 1988 **Ms. Betsy Wynne 1992 Mr. Jeremy Gates 1994 Rev. Johnathan Gray 1994 Mr. Ben T. Bridges 1995 Ms. Allyson Harper 1995 Mr. Scotty J. Wilbanks 1991 Dr. Joshua Davis Kinsey 2001 Mr. Scott Sienkiewicz 2004 Mrs. Katie Cooper Wyatt 2006 Mr. C. Derrick Holmes 2006 Mr. Justin Nations 2006 Ms. Elizabeth Norton Nicolas 2014 Rev. Ben Garrison 2012, 2016 Mr. Phillip Arthur Simmons 2016, 2023 Mrs. Gideon Graffagnino Hendrix 2019, 2022 **deceased
The Outstanding Alumnus Award
This award is presented to an alumnus who has graduated/attended Truett McConnell University and has shown outstanding achievement in a specific field or endeavor, while exhibiting loyalty to and support of the university.
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Recipient
Class Year
Mr. Al Dale 1961 **Dr. Myron Collins 1956 **Dr. Robert N. Nash 1956 **Dr. Billy Frye 1950 **Mr. Larry Bryant 1957 **Senator Hinton Mitchem 1958 **Dr. Kenneth Barnes 1955 **Dr. Donald L. Folsom 1954 **Rev. Claud Healen 1954 Mr. Michael Tull 1975 Ms. Donna Kirby 1959 **Rev. Robert Hatfield 1969 Mrs. Betty A. Walker 1960 Mr. Jerry C. Davis 1963 **Dr. J. Donald Carroll 1954 Mr. Ryan Bowman 1994 Dr. Diego Humphrey 1979 **Col. Ron Trotman 1959 Dr. Harris R. Malcom 1973 Dr. Frank Cox 1976 Ms. Margie Webb DeLay 1961 Dr. Matthew Thompson 1997 Rev. Don Howell 1961 **Mr. B. Aldon Dixon 1957 **Rev. Tony Hamilton 1976 Mr. Mike Anchors 1960 Mr. Doug Roberts 1993 **deceased