Lion of the Year

Lion of the Year Award Recipients

Each year, during the annual Installation Dinner, the soon to be past president, gives awards to fellow Lions who have greatly assisted the president during the year. The most coveted awards are being selected as a Melvin Jones Fellow Recipient and being selected as the Elk Grove Lion of the Year.

Andy Anderson 2001 Jim Parino 2002
Gary Dapelo 2003 Bill Hibbard 2004
Floyd Averitt 2004 Heinz Leonhardt 2005
Pancho Sanchez 2006 Jim Switzgable 2007 
Dave King 2008  Dan Pearson 2009
Bill Heston 2009 Vern Vincent 2010
Warren Weaver 2011 Shana Ono 2012 
Jack Edwards 2013 Taka Blackburn 2014
No Award 2015   Brad Dano 2016
Don Thompson 2017 Jack Edwards 2018
 2019 2020
Jack Edwards 2021 Marv Neill 2022
Jason Springer 2023 Lorene Fuhs 2023