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Gerald Linneman Lifetime Achievement Award
The Gerald Linneman Lifetime Achievement Award has been awarded since 1998 as a way to honor athletic administrators with a minimum of 25 years of service, whose dedication to athletics in this state has been exemplary. The award for the first three recipients was called the MIAAA Lifetime Achievement Award. Since 2000, the award has honored Gerald Linneman.
| 1998 | Don Sparks | MSHSAA |
| 1999 | Gerald Linneman & Joe Pawlowicz | Parkway Schools |
| 2000 | Jim Scanlan, CAA | Washington |
| 2001 | Rodger Estes | Mehlville |
| 2002 | Vernon "Hap" Whitney | Columbia Public Schools |
| 2003 | Dr. Jerry Burbes, CAA | Francis Howell |
| 2004 | Dr. Edsel Matthews | Springfield Public Schools |
| 2005 | Harold Albin, CMAA | Raytown Schools |
| 2006 | Becky Oakes | MSHSAA |
| 2007 | Roger Hodapp, CAA | Francis Howell |
| 2008 | Del Rinne | Union |
| 2009 | Jim Gagen, CMAA | Marquette |
| 2010 | Marlin Hammond, CAA | Lincoln |
| 2011 | Doug Potts, CMAA | Bolivar |
| 2012 | Jack Miles | MSHSAA |
| 2013 | Tim Crone, CMAA | Blue Springs |
| 2014 | Mike Gohn, CAA | Parkway Schools |
| 2015 | Darwin Rold, CMAA | Lee's Summit School District |
| 2016 | Marty O'Hern, CMAA | Eureka |
| 2017 | Thaddeus Hamilton, CAA | Columbia Public Schools |
| 2018 | Don Rothermich, CAA | Parkway School District |
| 2019 | Stan Kee, CAA | Carrollton |
| 2020 | Dr. Kerwin Urhahn | MSHSAA |
| 2021 | Dory Smith, CMAA | Villa Duchesne |
| 2022 | Sharon Cole, CMAA | Pembroke Hill |
| 2022 | Tim Thompson, CAA | Jefferson City |
| 2023 | Mark Linneman | Marquette |
| 2023 | Alan Spencer | Monett |