| YEAR | NAME | ESSAY | UNIVERSITY |
| 2001 | Krystal Banner | Click Here | Clemson |
| 2002 | Justin Graves | Click Here | Morris College |
| 2003 | Aulton Kohn | Click Here | Syracuse University |
| 2004 | Maura Cordial | Click Here | Mass. Ins. Tech. |
| 2005 | Jared Walker | Click Here | Citadel |
| 2006 | Alexis Banner | Click Here | University of S.C. |
| 2007 | Calvin, Purchase, Jr. | Click Here | Marshall University |
| 2008 | Logan Powell | Click Here | University of S.C. |
| 2009 | Robert Powell | Click Here | Clemson |
| 2010 | Rebecca Tkack | Click Here | Clemson |
| 2011 | Teryese Grant | Essay Not Available |
Francis Marion University |
| 2012 | Samantha Crandall | Click Here | University of South Carolina Honors College School of Music |