SDSLHA Award Nomination Information:

Nominations for 2025 SDSLHA  Awards are now closed. Recipients will be announced at Convention on Friday, October 17, 2025. 

Award nominations will be open again in the Fall of 2026. The list of Awards and their criteria are below. If you have a colleague that you would like to nominate please consider nominating them in 2026. 

SDSLHA Members in good standing are encouraged to submit nominations for the following awards:

Honors of the Association
Recognizes: An SDSLHA member whose contributions have been of such excellence that they have enhanced or altered the course of the professions.
Award: Wall plaque
Deadline: 2025 Nominations are Closed

Distinguished Service Award
Recognizes: Individuals or organizations outside of the professions of speech-language pathology and/or audiology for significant contributions to the fields. 
Award: Wall plaque
Deadline: 2025 Nominations are Closed

Recognizes: An SDSLHA member who has made significant and outstanding volunteer contributions to SDSLHA and serves as a model of volunteerism to others.
Award: Wall plaque
Deadline: 2025 Nominations are Closed

ASHFoundation State Clinical Achievement Award
Recognizes: An SDSLHA member for a significant accomplishment in clinical practice within the past six years in audiology and/or speech-language pathology.
Award: Wall plaque and nomination for ASHFoundation Lewis M. DiCarlo Award for Recent Clinical Achievement 
Deadline: 2025 Nominations are Closed

SDSLHA Nominee for ASHFoundation Rolland J. Van Hattum Award for Contribution in the Schools
Recognizes: An SDSLHA member employed by a school system for exemplary commitment and contribution to the delivery of audiology and/or speech-language pathology services within a school setting.
Award: Wall plaque and nomination for ASHFoundation Rolland J. Van Hattum Award for Contributions to the Schools
Deadline: 2025 Nominations are Closed