Nomination Information
Know an outstanding pharmacy professional who deserves some recognition? Submit your nominee to SCPhA by March 15th with a brief description of their accomplishments. Click here for awards criteria.
Please note: Nominees must not have previously received the award and/or received an SCPhA award during the previous year.
Award Recipients
Bowl of Hygeia
Sponsored By National Alliance of State Pharmacy Associations and the American Pharmacists Association
Nominees must be a pharmacist licensed in South Carolina that has not previously received the award. They must not be currently serving or have served in the past two years as an officer of SCPhA. Nominee will have an outstanding record of community service that reflects well on the profession of pharmacy. This person should be well known throughout the state for their contributions to the profession through volunteerism within pharmacy, involvement in SCPhA activities and encouragement of professional development of young pharmacists. Nominees must have been a member of SCPhA for the past ten years. This award is not presented posthumously.
Pharmacist of the Year
Sponsored by the South Carolina Pharmacy Association
Nominees must have been a member of SCPhA for the past 3 years and must demonstrate involvement in all aspects of state and national governmental/legislative affairs as well as community service organizations. They must not have been a SCPhA officer in the past 2 years and must be known throughout the membership as someone influential that works to guide the profession of pharmacy to become a stronger profession. Nominees must be licensed in South Carolina.
Ken Couch Distinguished Mentor Award
Sponsored by the South Carolina Pharmacy Association
Nominees must be a member of SCPhA whose efforts or activities have significantly contributed to promoting leadership in others. Nominees must be an individual who has promoted and encouraged students or pharmacists to attain leadership positions within pharmacy through example as a role model, mentor or preceptor. Both the nominee and the nominator must be current members of SCPhA. The nominator is responsible for submitting a complete award nomination, which consists of a letter from the nominator describing the most important achievements of the nominee and explaining why the nominee meets the criteria for the award, a current CV or detailed resumé, two letters of recommendation are preferred. Members of the current Board of Directors are not eligible.
Distinguished Young Pharmacist
Sponsored by Pharmacists Mutual
Nominees must have been a member of SCPhA for the past 3 years (membership during college will be accepted) and must demonstrate passion for providing pharmacy care for their patients and their community as well as a commitment to the profession through participation in SCPhA, state, and national organizations. They must have practiced pharmacy for less than 9 years and be licensed in South Carolina.
Excellence in Innovation
Sponsored by Upsher-Smith Laboratories
Nominees must have been a member of SCPhA for at least 3 years and must not have been a SCPhA officer in the past 2 years. They must demonstrate commitment to improving patient care through expansion of drug therapy management and pharmacy technology into a unique practice setting. They must also be licensed in South Carolina.
As of September 2024 this award has been discontinued by Upsher-Smith Laboratories.
Technician of the Year
Sponsored by the South Carolina Pharmacy Association
Nominees must have been a member of SCPhA for the past 2 years. They must demonstrate the ability to effectively communicate with patients and health care professionals to promote the value of technicians. Nominee must be someone influential that works to guide the profession of pharmacy technicians to become a stronger profession. They must be nominated by a pharmacist with direct knowledge of their work and they must be a state certified technician at the time of nomination.
Student Pharmacist of the Year
Sponsored by the South Carolina Pharmacy Association
Nominations will be accepted from each campus in South Carolina (Presbyterian College, USC, and MUSC). The Dean or his/her designee from each campus may nominate one student pharmacist who is currently a student in good standing, has been a member of SCPhA for at least 1 year, demonstrates involvement in and promotion of SCPhA on their respective campus, and demonstrates passion for the profession, their patients and their community. They must not have previously received the award. It is not a requirement that the student be a past or present Junior Board Member of SCPhA or president/officer of their campus APhA-ASP chapter.
Ralph Wilkie Distinguished Lifetime Service Award
Sponsored by the South Carolina Pharmacy Association
The foundation of any great organization is rooted in service. It is the nurturing force that fuels all growth. The SCPhA, Ralph M. Wilkie Distinguished Lifetime Service Award is presented in recognition of exceptional commitment, loyalty, and dedication to the profession of pharmacy and the South Carolina Pharmacy Association throughout the awardees’ career. Some of our members have answered the call of duty and service far and above the normal level of expectations. These people have excelled in responding to the needs of our organization, our profession, and his or her community. For this reason, we bestow upon them the SCPhA Ralph M. Wilkie Distinguished Lifetime Service Award. The award is named for Ralph M. Wilkie who has served and continues to serve the South Carolina Pharmacy Association for more than 56 years. The award represents Mr. Wilkie’s ethos and lifetime of extraordinary service to the profession, the Association, his church, and community. The SCPhA Ralph M. Wilkie Distinguished Lifetime Service Award recognizes a SCPhA member who has demonstrated dedicated service and an untiring commitment of furthering the development of the organization and its
members. This service should be demonstrated through donated time, influential leadership, mentoring and sustained service to SCPhA and the profession of pharmacy. Nominees for this award must be members of SCPhA for a minimum of 25 years. While this award may be presented annually, it is not necessarily bestowed annually. It is awarded by the SCPhA Board of Directors as warranted by an individual’s lifetime accomplishments. This award is not given every year.
Legislator of the Year
Sponsored by the South Carolina Pharmacy Association
This award is selected by the SCPhA Board of Directors and is given on merit, not annually.
