Rising Star Nominations

2003
Michael Armstrong
Tom Barton
Jennifer Betts
Sue Hafkemeyer
Nikki Kieffer
Mike Haggas
Jan Powers
Bob Ritt
Brian Schatz
Megan Egan
Dan Walsh
Carrie Tedore

2005
Tricia Banowetz
Colleen Callahan
B’Ann Dittmar
Shannon Lundgren
Michael North
Lynee Robson
Brad Scardino

2007
Davin Curtiss
Sherrie Keating
John Meehan
Kevin Mueller
Mark Phalen
Jeffrey Spahn
Brent Straka
Katie Wiedemann

2009
Tanya Moore
Tom Jaeger
Brendan Houlihan
Sarah Harris
Lisa Bunders
Kelly Jo Fassbinder
Amy Breitfelder
Dan Schuster

2011
Mike Cyze
Jordan DeGree
Aaron DeJong
Josh Jasper
Heather Schuster
Sandy Vaske
Robert Wethal
Chad Wolbers

2013
Lisa Bowers
Dean Beresford
Dan Lehv
Creed Waelchli
Chandra Ravada
Danita Grant
Maureen Quann
Andre Lessears

2015
Chelsea Ellingson
Kate Knepper
Stephonie Schmitz
Martina Bockenstedt
Diana Miller
Jason Moeller
Stephanie Fueger
Matt Boleyn

2017
Sean Murphy
Cori Burbach
Anderson Sainci
Amy Printz
Daniel Moore
Dan Butler
Andrew Houy
Steve Davis

2019
Mark Roling
Beth Rowe
Eric Gantz
Michael Gantz
RJ Montes
Gretchen Hong
Wes Hartig
Nicolas Hockenberry
Andy Schroeder
Erin Sieverding
Sergio Perez
Stephanie Sloan

2021
Gisella Aitken-Shadle
Brian Davis
Ellen Goodmann Miller
Zach Hodge
Amanda Iburg
Andy Link
Jared McGovern
Lauren Minert
Danielle Moore
Eva Schmid
Katie Thomas
Corey Young

2023
Sailu Aryal
Kevin Finke
Rick Fullmer
Nate Harold
Kassy Herrig
Renee Hesselman
Sarah Knable
Arantxa Martinez Resendiz
Jack Mescher
Kevin Meyers
Andy Ney
Erin Powers-Daly

2004
Mike Brannon
Chad Chandlee
Shannon Gaherty
Dayna Haverland
Kelly Larson
Brad Lewis
Todd Link
Robin MacFarlane
Dustin Manternach
Cindy Steinhauser
T.J. Wernimont
Jay Wickham

2006
Matt Booth
Tim Breitfelder
Cammie Dean
Ben Graham
Amy Manternach
Dan McDonald
Cheryl Syke
Wendy Knight

2008
Kelley Schiesl
Kevin Ehrlich
Jennifer Lewis
Matt Dodds
Jeff Hefel
Randy Ludwig
Twila Imhof
Curt Oldfield

2010
Steve Lukan
Andy Wickham
Andrew Douglas
Chad Huntington
Joshua Weidemann
Peter Arling
Candace Eudaley-Loebach
Kelly Cooper

2012
Danielle Gratton
Sarah Reicks
Marty Maiers
Susan Hess
Joey Taylor
Nicole Pfeiffer
Erin Sell
Scott Goins
Christopher Welch
Tom Rauen

2014
Kim Budde Jessica Pape
Tom Stricker
Jill Rothenberger
Dan Rothert
Chris McCarville
Wendy Scardino
Kristin Dietzel

2016
Jodi Stricker
Jennifer Hanniford
Sandra Gonzales-Denham
Emily McCready
Joe Leibfried
Chris Vogel
Angela Kelley
Stacey Hines

2018
Debra Alleyne
Kristen Patterson
Rod Schumacher
Justin Mills
Jordan Fullan
Meggan Heacock
Krista Shadley
Julie Kronlage
Liza Johnson
Tyson Leyendecker
Nicole Breitbach
Josh Boots

2020
Dee Crist
Heather Freiburger
Michael Fullen
Ben Gander
Kevin Koch
Elizabeth “Liz” Kruse
Pat McCullough
Derrick Parsons
Brittney Ross
Whitney Sanger
Dan Wellik
Kelly Wenzelman

2022
Patrick Arnold
Britni Farber
Scott Freiburger
Nick Halder
Katie McClain
Stephanie Mettille
Michale Molony
Nick Patrum
Temwa Phiri
Kiesharlia Sainci
Heather Satterly
Claira Sieverding Kapraun