“The hope of mankind lies in the hands of youth and action”.
The Outstanding Young Wilmingtonian Award honors the accomplishments of young people in Wilmington. Each Outstanding Young Wilmintonian is a person who exemplifies going “above and beyond” when giving back to their community.
Candidates must be residents of New Castle County, age 18 through 40, and exemplify the best attributes of the city’s young people, the Jaycee Creed, and dedication to a better community.
Lastly, each Outstanding Young Wilmingtonian is automatically nominated for national recognition as one of Ten Outstanding Young Americans (TOYA) through JCI USA. More information on TOYA is available on the US Junior Chamber Foundation’s website.
Listed below are the recipients of the Wilmington Jaycees’ Outstanding Young Wilmingtonian Award.
| Year | Name |
| 1941 | Lamont DuPont |
| 1942 | William W. Laird, Jr. (Deceased) |
| 1943 | Robert R. M. Carpenter (Deceased) |
| 1944 | J. Gorman Walsh |
| 1945 | Harry Mayer, Jr. |
| 1946 | Bayard Sharp |
| 1947 | Francis X. Norton (Deceased) |
| 1948 | Henry Toy |
| 1949 | Collins J. Seitz |
| 1950 | William Duffy, Jr. |
| 1951 | Alexis I. DuPont |
| 1952 | George A. Reece |
| 1953 | David Braunstein |
| 1954 | Rev. Phillip H. Dunning |
| 1955 | Harry G. Haskell, Jr. (Deceased) |
| 1956 | W. Dale Parker |
| 1957 | James T. Chandler III (Deceased) |
| 1958 | Mark Emmert |
| 1959 | James T. McKinstry |
| 1960 | William R. Grace |
| 1961 | Sidney Clark |
| 1962 | L. Coleman Dorsey |
| 1963 | Louis P. Romagnoli |
| 1964 | George C. Hering III |
| 1965 | Richard P. Sanger, Jr. |
| 1966 | Lawrence M. Sullivan |
| 1967 | Richard A. Thompson |
| 1968 | Robert J. Marvel |
| 1969 | Basil R. Battaglia |
| 1970 | F. Edmund Lynch |
| 1971 | Arthur F. DiSabatino (Deceased) |
| 1972 | Douglas P. Magann |
| 1973 | Daniel Weiss |
| 1974 | James M. Baker |
| 1975 | Jaime ‘Chico’ Hijar |
| 1976 | Wendell Howell |
| 1977 | Frederick C. Sears, III |
| 1978 | James H. Gilliam, Jr. (Deceased) |
| 1979 | P. Kim Cloud |
| 1980 | Lawrence D. Green |
| 1981 | Larry Morris |
| 1982 | Lawrence Fields |
| 1983 | Karen Peterson |
| 1983 | Stanley Rayford |
| 1984 | Frederico Santi Ceccotti |
| 1985 | Joanne Kassees |
| 1986 | Lolita Lopez |
| 1987 | Brian Murphy |
| 1988 | James Firmani |
| 1989 | Robert S. Prost |
| 1990 | Alexis Nichols |
| 1991 | Paul F. Calistro, Jr. |
| 1992 | Darryl Minot |
| 1993 | Norman Oliver |
| 1994 | Gary Pawliczek |
| 1995 | Laura Barnes |
| 1996 | Dan Butler |
| 1997 | Nnamdi Chukwuocha |
| 1998 | Kathleen D. Wilhere |
| 1999 | Robert McCreary |
| 2000 | Andrea Moses |
| 2001 | Antoine J. Allen |
| 2002 | Lisa Shaw |
| 2003 | Dr. Tony Allen |
| 2004 | Tania Culley |
| 2005 | Phillip Arendall |
| 2006 | Ciro Poppiti |
| 2007 | Jeff Santoro |
| 2008 | Carrie Casey |
| 2009 | Mike Vansant |
| 2010 | Wes Garnett Jr. |
| 2011 | Mihir Patel |
| 2012 | Khary V. DeWhitt |
| 2013 | Jeff Lank |
| 2014 | Bianca Fraser Johnson |
| 2015 | James Spadola |
| 2016 | Eugene Young |
| 2017 | Anthony Nicholas Delcollo |
| 2018 | Michelle Wall |
| 2019 | Robert Herrera |
| 2020 | Charles Vincent, Esq. |
| 2021 | Christopher “CJ” Bell |
| 2022 | Chelsea Spyres |
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