Robert A. Josey

Outstanding Scout Award

The annual Robert A. Josey Outstanding Boy Scout Award was established by Mr. Josey himself to recognize a Scout active in a Huntsville Scouts BSA troop who has shown outstanding leadership in school, in religious pursuits, in Scouting, and in his or her community. The award was first presented in 1934 and has been awarded almost every year since. The Board of Trustees established the Robert A. Josey Outstanding Girl Scout Award in 2024, with the first award made in 2025. Many recipients consider the Josey Award to be the pinnacle of their Scouting career. An awardee may only receive one Josey Award in his or her lifetime.

Candidates complete an online application and written essay, eligibility is verified by the candidate's unit leader, and finalists are interviewed by a panel of Josey Lodge Trustees.

The recipient receives a certificate and $500 monetary award, and a custom Josey Lodge jacket. Scouting America recipients receive his or her name engraved on a paver in the Josey Court of Honor in front of Josey Scout Lodge; Girl Scout recipients receive her name on a plaque on the outside of our Girl Scout House. The awards are presented every year at the Robert A. Josey Banquet.

Robert A. Josey Outstanding Scouts

Preston Hensarling

2025 Robert A. Josey Outstanding Boy Scout

Elaina Grace Neudorf Hartness

2025 Robert A. Josey Outstanding Girl Scout

2024

James Cole Cauthen

2023

Seth Brown

2022

Benjamin A. Hendricks

2021

William Joel Pitts

2020

Robert Rush

2019

Benjamin Williams

2018

James Bounds

2017

John Wesley Oberg

2016

Noah Duke

2015

Matthew Collier

2014

James Patrick Oliver

2013

Austin P. Artho

2012

Paul Oliver

2011

Todd A. Christian

2010

Stephen Rosenberger

2008

Joel Daniel Rosenberger

2006

Norman (Matt) Smith

2004

Caleb Bishop White

2003

Sam Murra

2002

Andrew J. Gonzales

2001

Kody McHenry

2000

Nicolaus Zeisig

1999

Justin Turner

1998

Jordan C. Miller

1997

Seth Boykin Bounds

1996

Bill Tatum

1995

Matthew A. Sproat

1994

Ryan S. Hoover

1993

Robert Turner O’Banion

1992

Damon D. Burris

1991

Jimmy Standefer

1990

Lee Brown Sterling, III

1989

Sam McGee

1988

Gary R. Ratterree

1987

Jerry C. McGee, Jr.

1986

Gregory A. Hines

1985

Dustin D. Burris

1984

Randy Hines

1983

Roland Ray Gilliam, III

1982

Steve Abbott

1981

Allen E. Branch

1980

Charles Matchett

1979

Sam Brown

1978

Thomas Leeper

1977

Vernon Bradford

1976

Jon Boaz

1975

Mike Brown

1974

Randall Lewis

1971

Fred E. Ricks, III

1967

Randall S. Griffin

1966

Doug Courtney

1965

Craig Wilson

1964

Thomas Rogers

1963

Mark David Beto

1962

Cecil Jones

1961

Thomas C. Cole, Jr.

1960

Willam K. Dabaghi

1959

Ralph Grisham

1958

Charles Jones

1957

Harry L. Jones

1956

Thomas Clark

1955

John W. Morgan

1954

Joe E. Kirk, Jr.

1953

Cecil Crawford Murray

1952

Francis Hathorn

1951

Keith Rollo

1950

Pete Thielen

1949

Clyde Hall, Jr.

1948

Bill Turner

1947

Henry O. Crawford, Jr.

1946

Joe Shafer

1945

Gregg Davis

1944

David Adickes

1943

Charles Sarkis

1942

Billy Brentzel

1941

Bobby Rollo

1940

Walter Hedrick, Jr.

1939

Perry Ball

1938

Elwood Parkhill

1937

Marion King

1936

Bob McAdams

1935

C. A. Parkhill, Jr.

1934

William Ray Lynch, Jr.

R. I. Bunting, Jr.

Scouting America Qualifications

(Verified by the applicant's Scoutmaster)

Be a member of a Huntsville Scouts BSA troop in good standing with Josey Scout Lodge.
Attend more than half the troop meetings, service projects, and other troop activities scheduled during the eligibility period (August - July).
Must have earned Life or Eagle rank.

Girl Scout Qualifications

(Verified by the applicant's Troop Leader)

Be a member of a Huntsville Girl Scout troop in good standing with Josey Scout Lodge.
Attend more than half the troop meetings, service projects, and other troop activities scheduled during the eligibility period (August - July).
Must have earned Silver or Gold Award.

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