Past Principal of the Year Award Winners
2023 Elementary- Nikki Harcus, Westside Elementary Secondary- Andrew Farley, Brookfield East High School (2024 NASSP National Principal of the Year)
2022 Elementary- Stephanie Filter, Madison Elementary Secondary- Anuradha Ebbe, Cherokee Heights Middle School
2021 Elementary- Tina Miller, Howe Elementary Secondary- David Beranek, Marathon High School
2020 Elementary - Janna Cochrane, North Greenville Elementary School Secondary - Eitan Benzaquen, Hillcrest School
2019 Elementary - Michele Trawicki, Marcy Elementary School Secondary - Ty Breitlow, Chilton High School
2018 Elementary - Scott Walter, Riverside Elementary School Secondary - Mike Kruse, Stoughton High School
2017 Elementary - Daniel Westfahl, Brookfield Elementary School Secondary - James Murray, Waukesha STEM Academy
2016 Elementary - Melissa Herek, Lawrence-Lawson Elementary Secondary - Robin Kvalo, Portage High School
2015 Elementary - Sandra Mountain, Random Lake Elementary School Middle Level - Sara Eichten, Somerset Middle School High School - Paul Brost, Monona Grove High School
2014 Elementary - Jessica J. Johnson, Dodgeland Elementary School Middle Level - Richard L. Appel, Chilton Middle School High School - Asta Sepetys of Madison, Wisconsin Heights Middle/High School
2013 Elementary - Theresa Loehr, Chegwin Elementary School Middle Level - Jacqueline Coghlan, Northland Pines School District High School - Michael Frieder, Bay Port High School
2012 Elementary - William McClone, Lincoln Elementary School, Appleton Middle Level - Daniel Koch, Hudson Middle School High School - Gregg Wieczorek, Arrowhead Union High School
2011 Elementary - Jeanne Siegenthaler, Dixon Elementary School, Elmbrook Middle Level - Randy Daul, Asa Clark Middle School, Pewaukee High School - Brad Peck, Wausau East High School
2010 Elementary --Myra Misles-Krhin, Barlow Park Elementary School, Ripon Middle Level -- Barry Kamrath, Bloomer Middle School High School -- Mike Cady, Franklin High School
2009 Elementary -- Roberta Schmidt, Richmond Elementary School, Appleton Middle Level -- Kathy Lemberger, Washington Jr. High School, Manitowoc High School -- Ryan Champeau, Waukesha North High School
2008 Elementary -- Nan Bunnow, Franklin Elementary, Appleton Middle Level -- Kim Pahlow, Theisen Middle School, Fond du Lac High School -- Kathleen MacDonald, Nathan Hale High School, West Allis
2007 Elementary -- M. Lourdes Castillo Uribe, Vieau Elementary, Milwaukee Middle Level -- Mark Rollefson, Jefferson MS High School -- Larry Haase, Menasha HS
2006 Elementary -- Santa Consiglio Middle Level -- Patricia Polczynski, Templeton Middle School High School -- Mark Hansen
2005 Elementary -- Steven Greenquist, Palmyra-Eagle Elementary School, Palmyra Middle Level -- Jon Fleming, Shattuck/Horace Mann Middle Schools, Neenah High School -- Terry Fondow, Green Bay East High School, Green Bay
2004 Elementary -- Nancy Hackbarth, Principal, Rosenow Elementary School, Fond du Lac Middle Level -- Charlotte Hall, Principal, Kettle Moraine Middle School, Dousman High School -- Martin Van Hulle, Principal, Pewaukee High School, Pewaukee ESA Karen Farley Halverson, Assistant Superintendent, Curriculum, Learning, and Student Achievement, Stevens Point Area School District
2003 Elementary -- Donna Sorensen, Principal, Wileman Elementary School, Delavan Middle Level -- Dave Allen, Principal, Platteville Middle School, Platteville High School -- Michael Meissen, Principal, La Follette High School, Madison
2002 Elementary -- Barbara Gaulke, Principal, Stratford Elementary School, Stratford Middle Level -- Julie Brilli, Principal, Pulaski Community Middle School, Pulaski High School -- Thomas Grams, Principal, Sheboygan Falls High School, Sheboygan Falls
2001 Elementary -- C. John Hanold, Principal, Magee Elementary School, Kettle Moraine Middle Level -- William Andrekopoulos, Principal, Fritsche Middle School, Milwaukee High School -- Brian Kersten, Principal, Waunakee Community High School
2000 Elementary -- David Hash, Principal, Janet Berry Elementary School, Appleton Middle Level -- Steve Ryan, Principal, Whitewater Middle School High School -- James DeBroux, Principal, Mosinee High School
1999 Elementary -- Lowell Holtz, Principal, Peshtigo Elementary School Middle Level -- Paul Kane, Principal, Parkview Middle School, Green Bay High School -- Thomas “Gus” Mancuso, Principal, Lincoln High School, Wisconsin Rapids
1998 Elementary -- Art Prosek, Principal, Spring Road School, Neenah High School -- David Chellevold, Principal, Darlington High School ESA Gerald Kember, Supervisor of Fine Arts and Performances, La Crosse
1997 Elementary -- Jim Dimock, Principal, Parkview Elementary School, Chippewa Falls Middle Level -- Robert Klimpke, Principal, Menomonie Middle School High School -- Tom Andres, Principal, Sauk Prairie High School
1996 Elementary -- Cheryl Esch, Principal, Red Apple School, Racine Middle Level -- Victor Brazil, Principal, John Burroughs Middle School, Milwaukee Senior High -- Ted Carlsen, Principal, Brookfield East High School ESA Ralph Whiting, Hogan Administrative Center, La Crosse
1995 Elementary -- John Orluske, Principal, Washington Elementary School, Wisconsin Rapids Middle Level -- Judith Mortell, Directing Principal, Starbuck Middle School, Racine Senior High -- Thomas Balistreri, Principal, Rufus King High School, Milwaukee
1994 Elementary -- Tom Westermeyer, Principal, Jefferson Elementary School, Menasha Middle Level -- Wayne Bartels, Principal, Rusch Junior High School, Portage ESA Karen Murray, Hogan Administrative Center, La Crosse
1993 Elementary -- Margaret Hutchison, Principal, Aldo Leopold Alt. School, Green Bay Middle Level -- Eugene Conger, Principal, Hortonville Middle School, Hortonville Senior High -- Mark Lacke, Principal, Edgar High School, Edgar
1992 Elementary -- Muriel L. Simms, Principal, Lincoln Elementary School, Madison Middle Level -- Carol L. Lamp, Asst. District Administrator, Brillion Public Schools, Brillion Senior High -- Robert V. Ericson, Principal, North High School, Sheboygan
1991 Elementary -- Rosemary Baloun, Principal, Wilder Elementary School, Green Bay Middle Level -- Michael J. Dietz, Principal, Lake Shore Middle School, Mequon Senior High -- Gregory A. Wescott, Principal, Delavan-Darien High School, Delavan
1990 Elementary -- Virgil C. Leopold, Principal, Lincoln Elementary School, Monroe Middle Level -- Robert J. Spence, Principal, Phillips Middle School, Phillips Senior High -- William J. LaChapell, Principal, Oconto Falls High School, Oconto Falls
1989 Elementary -- James A. Harris, Principal, Rothschild Elementary School, Rothschild Senior High -- Larry Lewis, Principal, Neenah High School, Neenah
1988 Elementary -- Donald E. Barnes, Principal, Elvehjem Elementary School, McFarland Middle Level -- Robert C. Knaack, Principal, D. C. Everest Junior High School, Schofield Senior High -- Timothy E. Laatsch, Principal, Lincoln High School, Wisconsin Rapids
1987 Elementary -- Patricia J. Popple, Principal, Robbins, Elementary School, Eau Claire Middle Level -- Donald J. Carpenter, Principal, Phoenix Middle School, Delavan Senior High -- Gerald K. Freitag, Principal, South High School, Sheboygan
1986 Elementary -- Eugene M. Riedl, Principal, Hortonville Elementary School, Hortonville Middle Level -- Josephine Koebert, Principal, Roosevelt Middle School, Milwaukee Senior High -- Norman L. Fjelstad, Principal, Tomah Senior High School, Tomah
1985 Elementary -- Joanne Yatvin, Madison Middle Level -- Robert Weber, Principal, Onalaska Middle School, Onalaska Senior High -- Hollister J. Jansen, Principal, Green Bay West High School, Green Bay
1984 Elementary -- Art Feldman, Principal, Owen-Withee Elementary School, Owen Middle Level -- Samuel Barosko, Principal, Sennett Middle School, Madison Senior High -- Richard Carlson, Principal, Neenah High School, Neenah
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