The Assembly has presented the following awards for services by members of the Sea Grant Extension network across the country:

William Q. Wick Award for Visionary Career Leadership through Programming/Administration

  • (includes a list of past winners)

  • 2023 Award Winner
    Jim Fawcett, University of Southern California Sea Grant
    • 2023 Award Nominees: Tom Ankerson (Florida Sea Grant) and Sarah Fisken (Washington Sea Grant)
  • 2021 Award Winner
    Spencer Rogers, North Carolina Sea Grant
    • 2021 Award Nominee: Flaxen Conway, Oregon Sea Grant
  • 2019 Award Winners
    Helen Domske, Award for Visionary Career Leadership through Administration
    Brian Miller, Award for Visionary Career Leadership through Administration
    • 2019 Award Nominees: Madeleine Hall-Arber (MIT Sea Grant), Ronald Kinnunen (Michigan Sea Grant), Chuck Adams (Florida Sea Grant), Jack Thigpen (North Carolina Sea Grant), Paul Anderson (Maine Sea Grant)
  • 2017 Award Winners

    Dave MacNeill, Award for Visionary Career Leadership through Programming
    James M. Falk, Award for Visionary Career Leadership through Administration

  • 2015 Award Winners
    Gary Graham, Award for Visionary Career Leadership through Programming
    Mike Liffmann, Award for Visionary Career Leadership through Administration

Superior Outreach Programming Award (SOPA)

  • Award Description - 
  • PDF icon 2018_sopa_request_for_nominations.pdf
  • 2022 Award Winner
    South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium: Calling the Coast Home Realtor Continuing Education Series
    • 2022 Finalists
      West Coast and Pacific Region - Guam Sea Grant: Center for Island Sustainability Outreach Program
      Great Lakes Region - Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin Sea Grant Programs: Advancing Stormwater Management at Marinas in the Great Lakes
      Northeast Region - Connecticut Sea Grant: Pandemic Rapid Response Supporting CT Shellfish Aquaculture Businesses
      Mid-Atlantic Region - Delaware Sea Grant: Cape Community Coordination for COVID-19
  • 2020 Award Winner
    Maine Sea Grant: Aquaculture in Shared Waters Program
    • 2020 Finalists
      West Coast and Pacific Region - Hawai‘i Sea Grant: Building Resilience to Coastal Hazards and Climate Change in Hawai‘i
      Great Lakes Region - New York Sea Grant: Supporting Lake Ontario Coastal Community Resilience in Response to Record High Water and Flooding
      Gulf of Mexico Region - Florida Sea Grant: Florida Friendly Fishing Guides: Preserving Florida’s Fishing Future
      Mid-Atlantic Region - New Jersey Sea Grant Consortium: Providing Residents and Government Officials of the City of Ocean City, NJ with Science-based Hazard Mitigation to Address Increased Flooding Events
      South Atlantic Region - Georgia Sea Grant: Savannah Green Infrastructure to Green Jobs Initiative: Integrating Diversity, Equity and Inclusion into Flood Resilience
  • 2018 Award Winner
    Gulf of Mexico Sea Grant Programs (Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Texas and Louisiana): Building Bridges across Sea Grant and Beyond: The Oil Spill Science Outreach Program

2018 Finalists
West Coast and Pacific Region: The Alaska Young Fishermen’s Summit: Building a Network of Future Fishing Leaders
Great Lakes Region: Sustainable Small Harbors project
Northeast Region: The Connecticut Shellfish Initiative
Mid-Atlantic Region: N.C River Flood Mitigation Outreach
South Atlantic Region: Creating a Resilient and Growing Industry in Shellfish Mariculture