The Lake Park Educational Foundation annually honors distinguished alumni through its Spirit of Excellence – Distinguished Alumni Award.  Nominees for this award must have graduated from Lake Park High School at least 10 years ago and must have attended the school for at least two years.  Distinguished alumni are men and women who have made outstanding contributions in endeavors such as education, science, business, humanitarianism, literature, religion, and public service.  

 

The nominations for the 2025 Distinguished Alumni Awards are now closed. To nominate alumni for the 2026 awards, please fill out the Distinguished Alumni Nomination Form and return it by November 30, 2025.  To view our previous honorees, please view The Distinguished Alumni Gallery. 

 

• Stacey Berk (Class of 1988)
• Brian Paruch (Class of 1991) 

 

• Laura (Almdale) Koerner (Class of 1993)
• John James "Jack" Hollowed (Class of 1975) (Posthumously)

• Dr. Scott Ransom (Class of 1987)
• Mr. David Gnadt (Class of 1991)
• Dr. Michele Kerulis (Class of 1996)

 

The four Lake Park Distinguished Alumni who will receive the 2022 Spirit of Excellence Award:

*No awards were given in 2020 or 2021

 

The three Lake Park Distinguished Alumni who received the 2019 Spirit of Excellence Award:

 

 

 

The two Lake Park Distinguished Alumni who will receive the 2018 Spirit of Excellence Award: 

• Kelly Vlahkis-Hawks (Class of 1995) 
• Laura Martindale Hatcher (Class of 2006)

 

The three Lake Park Distinguished Alumni who received the 2017 Spirit of Excellence Award:

• Joseph Sterbis (Class of 1995)
• Sam Bettis (Class of 1996)
• Brian Kalish (Class of 2004)