Optometrist of the Year
The Optometrist of the Year Award is presented to an optometrist who has been outstanding in serving and representing the profession of optometry. The nominees are scored in the areas of public service, service to the visual welfare of the public, service to optometry, and service to optometric associations. Nominations are submitted by WOA members and are then reviewed by an Awards Committee for selection. The WOA Optometrist of the Year is then nominated for the AOA Optometrist of the Year award during the following year.
The WOA is proud to recognize those optometrists who have been honored in previous years
| 2022 | Colin Connors, O.D. |
| 2019 | David P. Nelson, O.D. |
| 2018 | C. Douglas Stine, O.D. |
| 2017 | Lisa Slaby, O.D. |
| 2016 |
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| 2015 | Jeff Sarazen, O.D. |
| 2014 | Marilyn Brenne Heinke, O.D. |
| 2013 | Richard Ames, O.D. |
| 2012 | David May, O.D. |
| 2011 | Michelle Harper, O.D. |
| 2010 | Mark Ebben, O.D. |
| 2009 | Eric Paulsen, O.D. |
| 2008 | Steve Drake, O.D. |
| 2007 | Jeff Byers, O.D. |
| 2006 | Kellye Knueppel, O.D. |
| 2005 | Richard Foss, O.D. |
| 2004 | Brian Hammes, O.D. |
| 2003 | Scott Kenitz, O.D. |
| 2002 | Eugene Cropp, O.D. |
| 2000 | Scott Jens, O.D. |
| 1999 | John Bonsett-Veal, O.D. |
| 1998 | Kerry Griebenow, O.D. |
| 1997 | Lynda Farrar, O.D. |
| 1996 | David James, O.D. |
| 1995 | Linda Dejmek, O.D. |
| 1994 | Greg Foster, O.D. |
| 1993 | Alfred Waltke, O.D. |
| 1992 | John Sterling, O.D. |
| 1991 | Jeff Clark, O.D. |
| 1990 | Victor Connors, O.D. |
| 1989 | John Carns, O.D. |
| 1988 | Albert Gorz, O.D. |
| 1987 | Charles Brownlow, O.D. |
| 1986 | Frank Baldwin, O.D. |
| 1985 | John Stern, O.D. |
