Professional Awards
Best Professional Paper Award:
Anthony Porreca, INHS-KBSA field comparison of different boat electrofishers with comments on standardization
Student Awards
Lewis L. Osborne Student Paper Award:
Julia Hampton, University of North Dakota
Habitat mosaics in a large-river floodplain ecosystem: Uncovering physical-biological relationships across multiple taxa
Best Student Poster Award:
Cody Hagloch, UIUC
One-way passage: a mechanism to limit fish movement and optimize harvest
Joan Duffy Travel Grant
Danielle Shubat, EIU
Danielle’s thesis is focused on better understanding reservoir Channel Catfish population demographics with particular focus on testing the use of artificial spawning boxes as a possible management tool for managing poor recruitment. Danielle has also been testing the effectiveness of various gears for catching both adult and YOY channel catfish in reservoirs.
Larimore Student Research Grants
Jeanette Bovard, EIUResponses of Macroinvertebrate Community to Low-Head Dam Removals on the Vermilion and North Fork Vermilion RiversKoaw Zaczek, SIU
Spatiotemporal Trends of Microhabitat Use Within Vegetation and Woody Structure by Wetland Fishes in Southern Illinois
Lexi Gerber, EIU
Environmental Drivers of Reproductive Phenology: How Annual Variability Affects Invasive Carp and Native Riverine Fish SpeciesShasta Kamara, UIUCRelationships Between Female Size and Egg Characteristics Across the Range of Paddlefish
ILAFS Travel Grants
Abigail Rick, UIUC
Danielle Shubat, EIU
Kaiden Vinavich, UIUC
Shaley Klumker, EIU
Diverse Voices Scholarship Recipients
Ashlynn Shea, SIUC
Olivia Miner, McKendree
Sorin Hilsabeck, WIU
Past Award Recipients
IL AFS Meritorious Service Awards
Bob Schanzle – 2001
Gary Lutterbie – 2001
Bruce Tetzlaff – 2004
Mike Mounce – 2004
Dan Sallee – 2005
Bruce Lippencott – 2006
Randy Sauer – 2006
Nancy Rogers – 2009
Bob Schanzle – 2009
Mike Hooe – 2010
Ann Holtrop – 2011
Brian Metzke – 2017
Rich Lewis – 2020
Trent Thomas – 2022
Jim Lamer – 2023
Blake Ruebush – 2024
Jeremiah Haas – 2025IL AFS Excellence in Fisheries Science Award – Stephen Forbes
Leonard Durham – 2003
Weldon Larimore – 2003
Larry Jahn – 2003
Doug Austen – 2003
Kevin Cummings – 2008
Chris Kohler – 2008
David Thomas – 2008
Ken Russell – 2009
Rod Horner – 2010
Don Roseboom – 2011
Mike Hooe – 2018
Kevin Irons – 2023AFS Excellence in Fisheries Science Award
Leonard Durham – 1994
Roy Heidinger – 1995
Dave Philipp – 2005IL Chapter of the American Fisheries Society Awards
Letter of Appreciation, 1996 – Nancy Rogers
Letter of Appreciation, 2004 – Steve Sobaski
Letter of Appreciation, 2005 – Dave Day
Award of Special Recognition, 2008 – Mike Conlin
Letter of Appreciation, 2010 – Larry DunhamBest professional Paper Award
Best Poster Award
NCD Most Active Chapter Award
1990, 1994, 1998, 2009NCD Best Chapter Newsletter Award
1993, 1995, 1996NCD Meritorious Service Awards
Dave Phillip – 1995
Roy Heidinger – 1996
Weldon Larimore – 1990
Dale Burkett – 1992
Bob Schanzle – 2011