Award Nominating Forms

Kentucky REALTORS® invites nominations of members (and local Associations through the CSA) for the 2024 awards. These awards have been created to recognize members, through their commitment to the industry, who consistently demonstrate the practices that define the very meaning of the term “REALTOR®”. Note: all award nominations must be submitted through the online forms for 2024. Please contact KYR if you have any questions or concerns.

KYR Distinguished Service Award

The 2023 KYR Distinguished Service Award was presented to Norman Jones.

Past DSA Winners

  • 2024- N/A
  • 2023- Norman Jones
  • 2022- John Smither
  • 2021- Carl Tackett
  • 2020 – Jim Sewell
  • 2019 – Tony Clark
  • 2018 – Becky Murphy
  • 2017 – Linzie Craig
  • 2016 – Jeff Smith, Fort Mitchell
  • 2015 – Ken Warden, Fort Thomas
  • 2014 – Carolyn Edwards, Lexington
  • 2013 – Linda Moore, Lexington
  • 2012 – Jayne Cox, Lexington
  • 2011 – John Chandler, London
  • 2010 – John Davis, Paducah
  • 2009 – Evelyn Pusateri, Louisville
  • 2008 – David P. Schoepf, Ft. Thomas
  • 2007 – Joe Guy Hagan, Louisville
  • 2006 – Charlie Murphy, Lexington
  • 2005 – William P. Snyder, Louisville

REALTOR® of the Year

Marcie Estepp was named the 2024 REALTOR® of the Year.

Past REALTORS® of the Year

  • 2023- Mike Inman
  • 2022- Helen Fardo
  • 2021- Lamont Breland
  • 2020 – Lois Ann Disponett
  • 2019 – Lester T. Sanders
  • 2018 – Barbara Flannery
  • 2017 – Norman Jones, Pikeville
  • 2016 – Carl Tackett, Georgetown
  • 2015 – Steve Cline, Bowling Green
  • 2014 – Betty Schutte, Louisville
  • 2013 – Jim Broadwater, Lexington
  • 2012 – Jim Sewell, Frankfort
  • 2011 – Robert Damron, Pikeville
  • 2010 – Jeff Smith, Fort Mitchell
  • 2009 – Ann McDonald, Lexington
  • 2008 – John J. Weikel II, Louisville
  • 2007 – Carolyn Edwards, Lexington
  • 2006 – Dot Miller, Elizabethtown
  • 2005 – Ken Warden, Ft. Thomas
  • 2004 – Tony Clark, Owensboro
  • 2003 – Linda Moore, Paintsville
  • 2002 – Portia Leftin, Northern KY
  • 2001 – Jayne Cox, Lexington
  • 2000 – John S. Davis, Paducah
  • 1999 – Linzie Craig, Shelbyville
  • 1998 – John Chandler, Cumberland Valley
  • 1997 – Jess Kinman, Frankfort
  • 1996 – Dottie Franck, Louisville
  • 1995 – Mary Bellucci, Louisville
  • 1994 – Louise Edelen, Louisville
  • 1993 – Sallie Kirby-Howard, Louisville
  • 1992 – Becky Murphy, Lexington
  • 1991 – Rick Baumgardner, Hardin County
  • 1990 – Louise Gentry Hall, Bowling Green
  • 1989 – Sue Teegarden, Campbell County
  • 1988 – Evelyn Pusateri, Louisville
  • 1987 – Wayne Thomas, Kenton-Boone
  • 1986 – F.E. Whitney, Hopkinsville
  • 1985 – Charlie Murphy, Lexington
  • 1984 – Joe Guy Hagan, Louisville
  • 1983 – Bill Johnson, Kentucky Barkley
  • 1982 – Joe Schiff, Louisville
  • 1981 – Joe Pitt, Louisville
  • 1980 – Ward Elliott, Bowling Green
  • 1979 – Stuart Dalton, Louisville
  • 1978 – Pat Parks, Louisville
  • 1977 – Donald Tucker, Murray
  • 1976 – Robert Laswell, Owensboro
  • 1975 – Jack Rottgering, Paducah
  • 1974 – Thomas Laswell, Owensboro
  • 1973 – Doug Gibson, Lexington
  • 1972 – David P. Schoepf, Newport
  • 1971 – Charles Weisberg, Louisville
  • 1970 – Nat Sanders, Louisville
  • 1969 – Ralph Waldrop, Mayfield
  • 1968 – Robert Massey, Louisville
  • 1967 – William Snyder, Louisville
  • 1966 – Pauline Lewis, Frankfort
  • 1965 – Chet Mason, Newport
  • 1964 – William Cowger, Louisville
  • 1963 – Robert Crabtree, Lexington
  • 1962 – Morris McBirde, Paducah
  • 1961 – Holmes Coats, Lexington
  • 1960 – Paul Semonin, Louisville
  • 1959 – Henry E.Pogue, Jr., Ft. Thomas
  • 1958 – Paul M. Kendall, Louisville
  • 1957 – John Carpenter, Louisville
  • 1956 – Wheeler Nickell, Ashland