Past winners of the George Hanson DAPE Award are:
1989 - Don Glover - White Bear Lake Public Schools
1990 - Pamela A. Foster
1991 - Daryl Miller - Anoka Public Schools
1992 - Kay Oling - Duluth Public Schools
1993 - Kim Thomas - Bemidji Public Schools
1993 - Sally Wiltse - Bemidji Public Schools
1994 - John Horstman -
1994 - Ron Margo - Columbia Heights Public Schools
1995 - George Hanson - MDE
1996 - Debra Johansen - St. Cloud Public Schools
1997 - Ruth Nearing - St. Cloud State University
1998 - Russel M. Bakko - Mounds View Public Schools
1999 - Lynn Cox - Eden Prairie Public Schools
2000 - Mari Bergerson - Delano Public Schools
2001 - Patrick Baumann - Virginia Public Schools
2002 - Allen Burton - University of Minnesota
2002 - Sherry Folsom-Meek - Mankato State University
2003 - Bruce Suneson - Burnsville Public Schools
2005 - Lynn Beckenbach - Cambridge Public Schools
2006 - Nancy Rud Gordon - Burnsville Public Schools
2007 - Rich Burke - Mounds View Public Schools
2008 - Rick Rentz - St. Cloud Public Schools
2009 - Kim Pierson - Two Harbors Public Schools
2010 - Anne (Gregoire) Thompson - Edina Public Schools
2011 - Angie Powell - Minneapolis Public Schools
2012 - Sue Tarr - St. Cloud State University
2013 - Nancy Christensen - Minnesota State Moorhead
2014 - Andy Kubat - Dawson/Boyd Public Schools
2015 - Steve Sizer - St. Peter Public Schools
2016 - Donna Palivec - Bemidji State University
2017 - Carol Skoe - BRIC
2018 - Luann Palmquist - St. Cloud
2019 - Jaqueline Stoffel - Bemidji Public Schools
2020 - Pete Westby - Mound/Westonka Schools
2021 - Mike Doyle - Cloquet Schools