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Each year, the Association of Outdoor Recreation and Education (AORE) recognizes work or leadership of unusual significance in the field of outdoor recreation and education, including contributions to the Association which are far beyond the ordinary and which have had a significant and lasting impact on the Association and its mission. Within this framework, AORE established the Jim Rennie Leadership Award and the Bill March Student Achievement Award in 1996, and in 2002 added the David J Webb Program Excellence Award. These awards memorialize three leaders in the outdoor recreation and education field, and recognize outstanding and noteworthy contributions to, and achievements in, the field of outdoor recreation and education.
The Jim Rennie Leadership Award recognizes contributions to AORE which are far beyond the ordinary and which have had a significant and lasting impact on the Association and its mission. The award also recognizes professional work or leadership of unusual significance in the field of outdoor recreation and education.
Jim Rennie started the University of Idaho outdoor program in 1972. He taught leadership programs for the University at-large and later moved on to become an adjunct faculty member of the University of Idaho where his classes focused on outdoor leadership. Jim authored many articles and presented workshops at industry conferences on the principles of outdoor leadership.Jim Rennie Leadership Award
1996 Dave Secunda
1997 Tim Moore
1998 Jim Fullerton
1999 Rob Jones
2000 Greg Lais
2001 Jim Rogers
2002 Jenny Kafsky DeGarmo
2003 Steve Guthrie
2004 Tina Carter
2005 Steve Hutton
2006 Mat Erpelding
2007 Raymond Poff
The Bill March Student Achievement Award is presented to an individual who makes outstanding contributions to an outdoor recreation and education program while pursuing an undergraduate or graduate degree.
Bill March served as the coordinator and Assistant Professor in Outdoor Pursuits at the University of Calgary. He was a renowned instructor and mountaineer who led the successful 1982 Canadian Mount Everest Expedition. His book Modern Rope Techniques remains required reading for knowledge hungry climbers.
Bill March Student Achievement Award
1996 Russell Parks
1997 Brian Wilkenson
1998 no nominations
1999 Robert Taylor
2000 Tim King
2001 Paul Meinersmann
2002 Bridget Weikel
2003 Luke Bartlett
2004 Bruce Newman
2005 Jeremiah Grey
2006 Maureen Harter
2007 Jeff Keenan
The David J Webb Program Excellence Award honors an outstanding non-profit outdoor program which has provided dynamic and innovative services to its participants, demonstrated professionalism and high standards of conduct, and contributed to the outdoor community at large by sharing information and assisting other programs.
David Webb served Brigham Young University for twenty years, first with Outdoors Unlimited and more recently as the Wilkinson Student Center Recreation Services Administrator. David's professional passion was collecting and sharing institutional outdoor program information by authoring numerous professional articles, making conference presentations, and publishing his highly regarded Outdoor Recreation Program Directory & Data/Resource Guide. Regardless of institutional affiliation, David found commonalties between all not-for-profit outdoor programs, and no outdoor center was too small for David to visit or feature in his writings and presentations.
2002 Brigham Young University’s Outdoor Unlimited
2003 Idaho State University Outdoor Program
2004 Miami University–Ohio Outdoor Pursuit Center
2005 Cornell University Outdoor Education
2006 University of Utah
2007 Portland State University
Outdoor Network Leadership Award
Prior to the creation of AORE at the 1993 ICORE Conference in Corvallis, Oregon, the Outdoor Network Leadership Award was presented “for excellence in service to the outdoor profession in facilitating communication and the sharing of resources between outdoor professionals.” With the inception of AORE in 1993, this award was revised and instituted as the Jim Rennie Leadership Award in 1996.
Outdoor Network Leadership Award
1990 David J Webb
1991 Jim Rennie
1992 Jim Rogers
1993 Ron Watters
A committee appointed by the AORE Board of Directors will make award decisions. Any member of the Association may be on the committee. Members interested in the committee should submit a letter of interest to the Vice President of the Association.
Nominees for these awards are AORE members and nominees for the March award carry at least a "half-time" course load in the current or previous school term. Award nominations should be submitted to the committee at least one month prior to The AORE Conference on Outdoor Recreation and Education. Additional information on nominations can be found in the AORE newsletter.
