The Memorial Award was originally called the Rusty Bowers Memorial Leadership Scholarship setup in the memory of Rusty Bowers, an Amanda-Clearcreek FFA member who was killed in a hunting accident in 1983. With the loss of Becky Strickler in 1997, the award was renamed to the current name. The Memorial Award pays for the cost of the Washington Leadership Conference, previously known as the Washington Conference Program, is a week-long FFA sponsored leadership conference held each summer in Washington, D.C. Below is a list of the Memorial Award Winners for each school year.
1984-1985 * Kelly Westhoven
1984-1985 * Andy Holbrook
1985-1986 * Steve Hyme
1986-1987 * Brian Bowman
1987-1988 * Jeff Tilley
1988-1989 * Adam Sharp
1989-1990 * Kyle Sharp
1990-1991 * Kevin Iles
1991-1992 * Chad Guisinger
1992-1993 * Greg Shaeffer
1993-1994 * Christina Brumfield
1994-1995 * Janice Conrad
1995-1996 * Nick Greiner
1996-1997 * Jennifer Roush & Mike Ellinger
1997-1998 * Amy Fosnaugh & Stuart Darfus
1998-1999 * Robert Blosser & Jenna Spires
1999-2000 * Kevin Strickler & Heather Makarius
2000-2001 * Beth Fouse & Rachel Makarius
2001-2002 * Jace Spires & Heather Hines
2002-2003 * Erika Hardman & Debbie Picklesimer
2003-2004 * Cortney Collins & Adam Baldwin
2004-2005 * Bobbi Edwards, Crystal Covell & Ashley Lamb*
2005-2006 * Jessie Berisford & Ryan Davis II
2006-2007 * Madison Fausnaugh & Jodi Roush
2007-2008 * Brittany Pinkstock & Scott Loudermilk
2008-2009 * Andrea Hollett & Brittany Stevens
2009-2010 * Hannah Chenetski & Cheyenne Jepsen
2010-2011 * Sierra Jepsen & John Miller
2011-2012 * Allyson Davis & Kayla Luft
2012-2013 * Katie Krile & Adrian Wymer
2013-2014 * Susan Householder & Dylan Mullen
2014-2015 * Josie Montoney & Lexie Kougher
2015-2016 * Mallory Seitz & Carlie Krile
2016-2017 * Emma Dearth, Noah Smith & Ellie Sahr**
2017-2018 * Garrett Drake, Paige Hinton & Morgan Anderson***
2018-2019 * Kyle Hicks, Stephanie Bowers & Jullian Scott*****
2019-2020 * Kaylee Sharp & Jay Sahr#
2020-2021 * not given
2021-2022 *Riley McKeska & Josie Speakman
* for the 2004-2005 school year, additional monies were available and a third award, in memory of Randy Miller, a long-term supporter of the A-C FFA Chapter, was awarded at the chapter's annual awards banquet.
** for the 2016-2017 school year, additional monies were available and a third award, provided by a generous donation from a former member, was awarded at the chapter's annual awards banquet.
*** for the 2017-2018 school year, additional monies were available and a third award, in memory of Mary Bowers, a long-term supporter of the A-C FFA Chapter, was awarded at the chapter's annual awards banquet.
**** for the 2018-2019 school year, additional monies were available and a third award, in memory of Jack Tilley, a long-term supporter of the A-C FFA Chapter, was awarded at the chapter's annual awards banquet.
# - unable to attend due to WLC cancellation