Year Winner Location
1973

James H. Morgan 

Pilot Freight Carriers 

North Carolina 

Denver, CO
1976

Bruce H. Lekson 

Midwest Motor Express, Inc. 

Minnesota 

Fort Worth, TX
1977

Bruce H. Lekson 

Midwest Motor Express, Inc. 

Minnesota 

Kansas City, MO
1978

William J. Purdy

Consolidated Freightways 

New York 

St. Louis, MO
1979

Tito Carrero 

Suburban Motor Freight, Inc. 

Oak Forest, IL

Phoenix, AZ
1980

Hershel W. Barnett 

Smiser Freight Service 

Southgate, CA 

Kansas City, MO
1981

George P. Holik 

Eazor Express, Inc. 

Illinois

Indianapolis, IN
1982

James R. Hansen

Milwaukee Motor Transportation 

Wood Dale, IL 

Kansas City, MO
1983

George P. Holik

Steve J. Dunne Cartage Co.

Chicago, IL

Fort Worth, TX
1984

Lawrence Raison 

P & C Food Markets, Inc. 

New York 

Indianapolis, IN
1985

Joseph E. Toth 

Rim Rock Trucking Inc. 

Staten Island, NY 

St. Louis, MO
1986

Pete F. Angrick 

Yellow Freight System 

Indiana 

Kansas City, MO
1987

Bruce W. Wells 

Milwaukee Motor Transportation 

Arlington Heights, IL

Fort Worth, TX
1988

Robert W. Taylor 

Robinson Terminal

District of Columbia

St. Louis, MO
1989

Ronald J. Bowman, Sr. 

Getty Petroleum Corp. 

Aladan, PA

Memphis, TN
1990

Richard Gillespie

Star Tribune Newspaper

Minneapolis, MN 

Dallas, TX 
1991

Douglas S. Banicki 

Advance Transportation 

Illinois 

Minneapolis, MN
1992

Joseph Toth 

Rimrock Trucking Inc.

New York 

Nashville, TN
1993

Mark A. Leatherwood 

Imperial Sweetner

Texas 

Denver, CO
1994

Ronald J. Bowman, Sr. 

Getty Petroleum Corp. 

New Jersey

Tampa, FL
1995

Mark Corriveau 

Hannaford Trucking Company 

Maine 

New Orleans, LA
1996

Lawrence W Raison 

P & C Food Markets 

New York 

Columbus, OH
1997

Lawrence W Raison 

P & C Food Markets 

New York 

Minneapolis, MN
1998

Michael S. Hanson 

Sysco Food Services 

Minnesota 

Long Beach, CA 
1999

Robert N. Brown 

Jag Trux 

Pennsylvania

Tampa, FL
2000

Rick Craig Caylor 

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. 

Colorado 

New Orleans, LA
2001

Mike S. Hanson 

Sysco Food Services 

Minnesota 

Minneapolis, MN
2002

John Roberts 

Publix Supermarkets 

Florida 

Milwaukee, WI
2003

James L. Bryan 

FedEx Freight 

California 

Columbus, OH
2004

Richard W. Crowder 

FedEx Freight 

Kentucky 

Salt Lake City, UT
2005

Mark Church 

Con-Way Southern Express 

North Carolina 

Tampa, FL
2006

Anthony Spero 

ABF Freight System, Inc. 

Connecticut 

New Orleans, LA
2007

John A. Smith, Jr.  

FedEx Ground 

Mississippi

Minneapolis, MN
2007

Brian E. Walker 

FedEx Freight 

Colorado

Minneapolis, MN
2008

Ben S. Moore, Jr. 

Wal-Mart Transportation, LLC

Georgia 

Houston, TX 
2009

Warren M. "Mick" Simpson

Family Dollar Trucking 

North Carolina 

Pittsburgh, PA
2010

John A. Smith, Jr. 

FedEx Ground 

Mississippi

Columbus, OH
2011

Edward A. Hawkins 

Leavitt's Freight Service 

Oregon 

Orlando, FL
2012

Donald R. Logan 

FedEx Freight 

Kansas

Minneapolis, MN
2013

Richard W. Crowder 

FedEx Freight 

Kentucky 

Salt Lake City, UT 
2014

Paul Brandon 

FedEx Freight 

Connecticut 

Pittsburgh, PA
2015

Scott Woodrome 

FedEx Freight 

Ohio 

St. Louis, MO
2016

Jay Love 

FedEx Freight 

South Dakota 

Indianapolis, IN
2017

Richard W. Crowder 

FedEx Freight 

Kentucky 

Orlando, FL
2018

Steven Newsome

UPS Freight 

South Carolina 

Columbus, OH
2019

Basher Pierce 

FedEx Freight 

North Carolina 

Pittsburgh, PA 
2022

Eric Ramsdell

Walmart Transportation, LLC

Arizona

Indianapolis, IN
2023

Daryl Miller

The Cope Company Salt

Pennsylvannia

Columbus, OH
2024

Rueben Cortez 

H-E-B Grocery Co.

Texas

Indianapolis, IN