The Board has approved a 50 State Completer and 48 Contiguous State Finisher Certificate and Recognition proposal for the California convention. During the awards ceremony, all 50-state completers and 48-state…
Awards
2018 Highpoint Club Scholarship Winners!
The 2018 Highpointers Scholarship was announced in the 2Q issue of Apex to Zenith. This marks the third year of the club’s scholarship, and most likely the last due to…
Scholarship Winner 2018 – Essay by Joseph Cermak
On the journey to complete my goal of climbing the highest point in each of the fifty States, I have faced many challenges and obstacles, had successes and failures, and…
Scholarship Winner 2018 – Essay by Caroline Baker
I’m 16 years old and standing on the 13,527-foot summit of Kings Peak, in the Uinta Mountains of Utah, and countless thoughts are running through head. My legs ache from…
Scholarship Winner 2018 – Essay by Alison Blake
Adventure is Addicting Picture this: Strong, tall pine trees blowing in the warm breezes, a gorgeous, sunshiny, 75-degree day, nothing but the smell of fresh air and wildflowers around, happy…
2018 Scholarship
2018 Highpointers Scholarship I would like to thank all the 2018 Highpointers Scholarship participants. The 2018 Highpointers Scholarship winners are Caroline Baker, Joseph Cermak and Alison Blake. Each of this…
Frank Ashley Award
The Frank Ashley Award goes to members for significant work in the year prior (it is different from the Vin Hoeman and Jack Longacre awards which reflect cumulative work).
2015 Frank Ashley Award Winners
2015 Frank Ashley Awards to non-club members for service to highpoints were handed out at the 2015 Highpointers Konvention. Award winners this year are:
Nena & Bomber Brown, Lizzie Brammer, Valerie Naylor, Jim Hawkins and Rick Hartman received Frank Ashley Awards at 2014 Highpointers Convention in Tennessee
Nena & Bomber Brown, Lizzie Brammer, Valerie Naylor, Jim Hawkins and the Jack Longacre Memorial team received Frank Ashley Awards at the 2014 Highpointers convention in Tennessee.
Mark Adam, Kenyon Rainier Stebbins, Lyle & Kathy Blomberg, Bill Guenther, Blaine and Linda Sorenson, Al Dempsey, Mick Dunn Receive Frank Ashley Awards at 2013 Convention
Receiving the Frank Ashley Awards at the 2013 Convention were Mick Dunn, Mark Adam, Al Dempsey, and Bill Gunther. Those receiving the award but not attending were Kenyon Rainier Stebbins,…
Jack Longacre Award
The Jack Longacre Award (the award was earlier named the “Highpointer Cum Laude Award”) is the highest award the club has. It is devoted to a lifetime of service to…
2012 Convention Organizers, Gene and Lillian Elliot and Glen VanVliet Awarded Frank Ashley Award
The Club made the following Frank Ashley Awards at the 2012 Convention.
Frank Ashley Award Ceremony for Sid Collins in South Carolina
We are happy to see the Easley Patch reporting on Sid Collins receiving the Frank Ashley Award for his work on Sassafras Mountain. The award was presented at an Easley…
Mississippi’s Bob Brown and South Carolina’s Sid Collins Receive 2011 Frank Ashley Awards
Club members who received the Frank Ashley Award at the 2011 convention included Bob Brown, a honorary member who is the son of the Mississippi highpoint and became the owner…
Vin Hoeman Award
The Vin Hoeman Award, named after the first person to complete the 50 state highpoints, is bestowed “for service to the Club in the pursuit of highpoints.” Any member with…
Paul Zumwalt Award
The Paul Zumwalt Award which goes to highpointing service by non-club members.
Paul Zumwalt Award Winners are David Liaño, Tracey Barrett and Steve Koski…
This years selections for the “Paul Zumwalt Award” are David Liaño, Tracey Barrett and Steve Koski. David volunteered to take Guru Jakk’s ashes to the top of Mount Everest at the request of…
2005 Frank Ashley Awards for Work on DC, IN and SC and Newsletter Column
The Highpointers Club gave five Frank Ashley awards for work in South Carolina, Indiana, District of Columbia
July 15 Deadline for Frank Ashley Nominations
The Frank Ashley Award named after the author of the first state highpointing guidebook, is bestowed “in recognition for significant volunteer service to the Club in the year prir to…