North American Society for the Sociology of Sport :: Société nord-americaine de sociologie du sport :: La Sociedad Norteamericana para la Sociología del Deporte
As an academic society, the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport (NASSS) recognizes individuals who have made an extraordinary contribution to the sociology of sport and/or service to NASSS. Criteria for what is deemed "distinguished" are somewhat open-ended, and might refer to distinguished and long-term contributions to NASSS directly, or to the field of sport sociology more generally. Specifically, service as an elected officer of NASSS, in itself, is neither a sufficient nor required criterion. In fact, the recipient need not be a member of NASSS. The nomination should include a one to two page letter that describes in some detail the reasons why NASSS should recognize the recipient. Nominations may be submitted by an individual or jointly by a group of individuals.
| 2007 | Mike Malec, Boston College Mike Messner, University of Southern California, Los Angeles |
| 2006 | Vicky Paraschak, University of Windsor |
| 2005 | Nancy Theberge, University of Waterloo |
| 2004 | Jim Frey, Universities of Nevada - Las Vegas |
| 2003 | John Loy |
| 2002 | Andrew Yiannakis, University of Connecticut |
| Susan Greendorfer, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | |
| 2001 | George Sage, University of Northern Colorado |
| D. Stanley Eitzen, Colorado State University | |
| 1996 | Jay Coakley, University of Colorado - Colorado Springs |
| Gunther Lueschen, University of Alabama | |
| Lee Vander Velden, University of Maryland | |
| 1993 | Gerald Kenyon, Universities of Wisconsin and Waterloo |
