GASL annually awards one of our members with the honor of Media Specialist of the Year. Nominees
will complete an application that highlights their work in special programming, advocacy, community partnerships, and instructional support. The recipient is selected by a panel that includes the GASL Professional Development Committee and fellow association members. This award is given each year in April as part of our celebration of School Library Month.

• 2023   Jennie Hunt, Southwest Guilford High School

• 2022   Margaret Sullivan Brannon, Guilford eLearning Virtual Academy

• 2021   Tonya Monroe-Leach, Western High School

• 2020   Heidi Cadmus, High Point Central High School

• 2019   Barbara Farrell, Northern Elementary School

• 2018   Ashley Morgan, Johnson Street Global Studies

• 2017   Rachel McConoughey, Northern Guilford Middle School

• 2016   Colleen Pinyan, Brooks Global Studies

• 2015   Jessica Sherard Thomas, Grimsley High School

• 2015   Jennifer Worrells, Grimsley High School

• 2014   Patricia Stringer, Northwest Guilford Middle School

• 2013   Tricia Goodman, Sternberger Elementary School

• 2012   Brenda Little, Andrews High School

• 2011   Tracey Patterson, Murphey Traditional Academy

• 2011   Jacqueline Pender-Jones, Dudley High School

• 2010   Kari Baumann, Jamestown Middle School

• 2009   Nancy Cravey, Cone Elementary School

• 2008   Betsy Crone, Southeast Guilford Middle School

• 2007   Mary Jane Crum, Eastern Guilford High School

• 2006   Charlotte Bell, Guilford Middle School

• 2005   Brenda Archer

• 2004   Pat Caskie-Adams, Northern Guilford High School

• 2003   Natalie Reid Strange, Northwest Guilford High School

• 2002   Trina Hunter, Northeast High School

• 2001   Cheryl Bullard, Wiley Elementary School

• 2000   Mary Tedder

• 1999   Anne Cotton, Hunter Elementary

• 1998   Alice Angell, Brooks Global Studies