Administrator of the Year

The MASP Administrator of the Year award was developed to honor an administrator from a member school who exemplifies the dedicated and innovative leadership of administrators of the state of Minnesota.

Criteria and Procedures

Click here to download a MASP Administrator of the Year Application Form. Completed applications should:

  1. be typed or computer generated in an easy to read font no smaller than 11 points in size
  2. include a completed application/information sheet
  3. include three letters of recommendation, from...
    • an MASP member
    • a teacher
    • a student

Completed applications and letters of recommendations are due in the MASP Office no later than the close of business, April 10.

Past Recipients

  • 2021-2022 – Susan Knutson, West Central Area Secondary, Barret
  • 2020-2021 – Rob Bach, Stillwater Area High School
  • 2019-2020 – Scott Hanson, Lakeview High School
  • 2018-2019 – Mary Merchant, Lake Park Audubon Secondary School
  • 2017-2018 – Dave McKeag, Valley Middle School of STEM
  • 2016-2017 – Nancy Helmer-Weiss, Becker Middle School
  • 2015-2016 – Jill Walter, Sebeka High School
  • 2014-2015 – Benjamin Bernard, St. Charles High School
  • 2013-2014 – Joshua Alexander, McGuire Middle School, Lakeville
  • 2012-2013 – Mary Macbee, St. Paul Central High School
  • 2011-2012 – David Fjeldheim, Sebeka High School
  • 2010-2011 – William Richards, Westbrook-Walnut Grove High School
  • 2009-2010 – Chris Lindholm, Shakopee Junior High School
  • 2008-2009 – Chad Anderson, Tracy Area High Schoo
  • 2007-2008 – Chad Duwenhoegger, Discovery Middle School, Alexandria
  • 2006-2007 – James Bach, Chaska Middle School
  • 2005-2006 – Steve Novak, Cass Lake Middle School
  • 2004-2005 – Dean Monke, Fergus Falls Middle School
  • 2003-2004 – Joseph A. Epping, Central Middle School, Eden Prairie
  • 2002-2003 – Robert J. Rygh, Roseville Area High School
  • 2001-2002 – Bonnie Strobbe, Mississippi Heights Middle School, Sauk Rapids
  • 2000-2001 – James Johnson, Monticello Middle School
  • 1999-2000 – Ronald G. Fleming, Lake Park-Audobon High School, Lake Park
  • 1998-1999 – Franklin Junior High School, Brainerd