The Outstanding Alumni of the Year award was first presented in 2011. Annually each class is requested to submit the name of an outstanding alumni from their class. From these nominees the Outstanding Alumni of the Year is selected.
2011, Linda Daniels Coleman, Class of 1967
2012 , Jamesena Grimes Moore, Class of 1961, and Bernadette Gregory Watts, Class of 1967
2013, E. Randy Dupree, Class of 1951
2014, Edna Adams-Fulton, Class of 1964, and James Harper, Jr., Class of 1967
2015, Patricia Roberson Worthington, Class of 1967
2016, James Milton Hines, Class of 1958
2017, Joyce Lea-Street, Class of 1967
2018, Lillian Tucker Outterbridge, Class of 1963
2019, Bobby Thompson, Class of 1969, and Melvin Curtis McLawhorn, Class of 1966
2020, Vacant (due to COVID-19)
2021, Vacant (due to COVID-19)
2022, Dr. David P. James, Class of 1958 and Dr. Alice Faye Wiggins Joyner, Junior Class of 1969
2023, Dr. Brenda James Fairfax, Junior Class of 1969 and Marvin Earl Whitehurst, Class of 1963