Distinguished Young Pharmacist Award
The Distinguished Young Pharmacist Award recognizes a licensed pharmacist who has demonstrated exceptional service, leadership, and innovation within the profession in the first ten years of practice. This award honors an individual whose outstanding contributions to the state pharmacy association and meaningful impact in their local community exemplify the highest ideals of pharmacy.
Nominees should display a strong commitment to advancing the profession through active involvement in professional organizations, advocacy, mentorship, or education. Equally important is their dedication to community health, whether through outreach programs, public health initiatives, or improving access to care.
This award celebrates a rising leader whose passion, professionalism, and contributions inspire their peers and shape the future of pharmacy.
Qualifications:
- Been licensed for 10 years or less
- Currently licensed in West Virginia
- Current member of WVPA
- Currently practices in retail, institutional, or consulting pharmacy
- Actively participates in national pharmacy associations, professional programs, state association activities, and/or community service
Past award recipients include:
2025 | Taylor Schliesser, PharmD |
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2024 | no award given |
2023 | Evan Turco, PharmD |
2022 | Aubrey LeMasters, Moundsville |
2021 | Katie Kacmarik, Moundsville |
2020 | Tyler Clay, Huntington |
2019 | Matthew Rafa, Wheeling |
2018 | Chelsea Gresham |
2017 | |
2016 | no award given |
2015 | no award given |
2014 | Jeremy Prunty, Milton |
2013 | Cassandra B. Ford, RPh, Petersburg |
2012 | Krista Capehart, PharmD, Winfield |
2011 | Gretchen Kreckel Garofoli, PharmD, Morgantown |
2010 | no award given |
2009 | no award given |
2008 | Jason M. Turner, Moundsville |
2007 | no award given |
2006 | Betsy Meredith Elswick, Morgantown |
2005 | C.K. Charles Babcock, Tornado |
2004 | Emily Judy, Petersburg |
2003 | Erin Rudge, St. Albans |
2002 | Eric Lambert, Ona |
2001 | no award given |
2000 | Kenneth Reed, Berkeley Springs |
1999 | Lora Lewellyn, St. Albans |
1998 | no award given |
1997 | Amy Wayne Brabbin, Charleston |
1996 | Shannon Stanley, Charleston |
1995 | Jann Burks Hinkle, Falls Church, VA |
1994 | Maribeth Bee Nobles, Dunbar |
1993 | Lance Everett Rhodes, Nitro |
1992 | Robert Kelly Massie, Jr., Princeton |
1991 | M. Todd Way, Martinsburg |
1990 | Carol Ann Hudachek, Weirton |
1989 | Karen L. Reed, Beckley |
1988 | Jeanette S. Smith, Beckley |
1987 | J. Douglas Hammond, Elkins |