Below is a list of past winners of Merit Awards. Sometime in the 1980's, the Lifetime Merit Award was instituted because so many of Theatre 7's volunteers work year after year and the same people were receiving the merit awards every year. Once the Lifetime Merit Award was instituted, it allowed for other people to begin earning merit awards. People who had received three or more merit awards had their names engraved on the Lifetime Merit Award Plaque. After that time, when a person received/receives his or her third merit award, his or her name is added to the plaque.
| Last Name | First Name | Year | Lifetime |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baker | Dick | 79-80 | No |
| Baker | Jean | 80-81 | No |
| Baum | Susan | 83-84 | No |
| Bauman | Gwen | 06-07, 07-08, 08-09 | Yes |
| Bauman | Natalie | 06-07 | No |
| Bayler | Angela | 95-96, 99-00, 00-01 | Yes |
| Bertram (dec'd) | Jake | 87-88, 88-89, 90-91 | Yes |
| Bitzer | Judy | 09-10 | No |
| Bloom | Nancy | 08-09, 09-10 | No |
| Borders | Dick | 96-97 | No |
| Borders | Donna | 98-99, 99-00, 02-03 | Yes |
| Bork | Ed | 82-83, 84-85, 85-86 | Yes |
| Boron | Diana | 72-73, 73-74 | No |
| Brandon (Greanias) | Stephanie | 92-93 | No |
| Britton | Mark | 71-72, 75-76, 76-77, 77-78, 78-79 | Yes |
| Brown | Leah | 07-08 | No |
| Burcham | Sally | 71-72 | No |
| Burket | Leslie | 76-77 | No |
| Byers | Jody | 82-83, 83-84, 84-85, 88-89 | Yes |
| Christensen | Marla | 03-04, 07-08, 09-10 | Yes |
| Churukian | Peter | 79-80, 88-89, 89-90 | Yes |
| Cox | Danny | 06-07, 07-08 | No |
| Cruce | Donna | 04-05, 05-06, 06-07 | Yes |
| Culp | Craig | 06-07, 07-08 | No |
| Curry | Andrew | 08-09 | No |
| Curtis (Patterson) | Janet | 86-87, 87-88, 88-89 | Yes |
| Davidson (Jackson) | Carrie | 86-87, 87-88 | Yes |
| Davis | Rise | 00-01 | No |
| Dillman | Angie | 02-03 | No |
| Donovan | Ralph | 64-65, 65-66, 66-67 | Yes |
| Donovan | Sue | 68-69 | No |
| Dunn | John | 01-02 | No |
| Eleopoulos | Eric | 97-98 | No |
| Engdale | Dick | 74-75 | No |
| Frank | R.J. | 69-70, 70-71 | No |
| Fryman | Doug | 90-91, 97-98, 98-99, 00-01 | Yes |
| Fryman (Williams) | Dina | 83-84, 84-85, 86-87 | Yes |
| Gardner | George | 68-69, 69-70 | No |
| Gardner | Peg | 69-70 | No |
| Garver | Pat | 65-66 | No |
| Giles | Mary | 77-78 | No |
| Giles (dec'd) | Doris | 80-81 | No |
| Grabowski | Janet | 74-75 | No |
| Grabowski | Tom | 71-72, 72-73, 73-74 | Yes |
| Grabowski (dec'd) | Joan | 73-74, 74-75, 75-76, 76-77, 78-79, 79-80, 81-82 | Yes |
| Grabowski (dec'd) | Mel | 73-74, 74-75, 75-76 | Yes |
| Gresham | Kathy | 81-82, 82-83 | No |
| Gresham | Kevin | 81-82 | No |
| Hagerman | Debbie | 95-96 | No |
| Hale | Dorothy | 77-78 | No |
| Harman | Coleen | 66-67 | No |
| Haworth | Tim | 00-01, 01-02, 03-04 | Yes |
| Hinkle | Cynthia | 99-00, 00-01, 01-02 | Yes |
| Heneghan | Mark | 08-09 | No |
| Holcomb | Sheila | 93-94 | No |
| Hutton (Taylor) | Sherry | 68-69 | No |
| Jackson | Steve | 96-97 | No |
| Jackson (Davidson) | Carrie | 89-90 | Yes |
| Johner | Elsa | 76-77 | No |
| Johnson | Adam | 98-99 | No |
| Johnson | Jerry | 90-91, 91-92, 92-93 | Yes |
| Kaltenbach | Nancy | 64-65 | No |
| Karcher | Terri | 87-88 | No |
| Keagle | Barbara | 70-71, 78-79 | No |
| Keagle | Bill | 67-68, 85-86, 94-95 | Yes |
| Kelley | Kevin | 93-94 | No |
| Kerwin | Tom | 83-84 | No |
| Kingston | Lisa | 82-83 | No |
| Kleckner (dec'd) | Jim | 85-86, 93-94, 95-96 | Yes |
| Koleff | Alan | 72-73, 73-74 | No |
| Koleff | Joan | 70-71, 72-73, 73-74, 74-75 | Yes |
| Landram, Jr. | Chuck | 01-02 | No |
| Landram, Sr. | Chuck | 93-94, 94-95, 08-09 | Yes |
| Larkins | Delia | 80-81, 81-82, 82-83, 84-85 | Yes |
| Larkins | Larry | 91-92, 94-95, 95-96 | Yes |
| Larrick | Bil | 66-67, 76-77 | No |
| Laskowski | Cheryl | 02-03, 03-04, 05-06 | Yes |
| Lewandowski | Dreux | 09-10 | No |
| MacDonna | Carolyn | 94-95 | No |
| Mallard | Lyn Sly | 09-10 | No |
| Mathieson | Judy | 73-74, 74-75, 75-76 | Yes |
| McCollister | Robbie | 67-68 | No |
| McKiou | Jane | 84-85, 85-86, 86-87, 87-88, 88-89 | Yes |
| Miles | Dean | 03-04, 04-05, 05-06 | Yes |
| Moody | Charles | 68-69 | No |
| Morrow | Ann | 99-00 | No |
| Morrow | Liz | 67-68 | No |
| Morton | Don | 73-74 | No |
| Morton | Sue | 73-74 | No |
| Mrotzek | Louise | 96-97, 97-98, 98-99 | Yes |
| Mullinax | Shari | 89-90 | No |
| Mulvaney | Byeta | 71-72 | No |
| Muschal | Bob | 72-73, 73-74 | No |
| Muschal | Mark | 07-08 | No |
| Myers | Lynn | 67-68 | No |
| Nugent | Tracey | 97-98 | No |
| Olson | Bob | 80-81, 81-82, 82-83, 83-84 | Yes |
| Olson (Pollmann) | Chadyeane | 86-87, 91-92, 92-93 | Yes |
| Parker | Steve | 70-71 | No |
| Pensinger | Pat | 69-70 | No |
| Peterson | Judy | 70-71 | No |
| Pistorius | Don | 03-04 | No |
| Rager | Shirley | 90-91 | No |
| Reddick | Judy | 69-70 | No |
| Redlinger | Mike | 96-97, 97-98, 01-02 | Yes |
| Rentfro | Randy | 80-81 | No |
| Robb | Charoline | 64-65, 65-66, 66-67 | Yes |
| Robertson | Ken | 65-66, 68-69 | No |
| Rosenberger | Paul | 75-76, 77-78, 78-79 | Yes |
| Rosenberger | Verlyn | 78-79 | No |
| Rueter | Bob | 74-75 | No |
| Rueter | Scott | 88-89, 89-90, 91-92 | Yes |
| Rueter | Sharon | 71-72 | No |
| Ruski | Bob | 66-67, 68-69 | No |
| Ruski | Eileen | 65-66, 67-68, 68-69, 72-73, 73-74 | Yes |
| Sangster (dec'd) | Marjorie | 64-65, 65-66, 66-67 | Yes |
| Sarver | Bruce | 85-86, 91-92, 92-93 | Yes |
| Scholz | Chuck | 75-76 | No |
| Schooley | Ray | 79-80 | No |
| Seal | Jeanne | 95-96 | No |
| Sexton | Dena | 05-06 | No |
| Shade | Molly | 96-97, 97-98, 98-99 | Yes |
| Smith | Dolores | 79-80 | No |
| Smith | George | 79-80 | No |
| Smith | Rick | 97-98 | No |
| Snyder | Tom | 64-65, 69-70 | No |
| Sorensen | Kathy | 72-73 | No |
| Sorensen | Mark | 71-72, 72-73, 73-74 | Yes |
| Steinmetz | Tonya | 02-03, 03-04, 04-05 | No |
| Stinson | Pam | 01-02 | No |
| Straka | Sam | 80-81, 81-82, 84-85, 87-88 | Yes |
| Straka | Sam | 81-82 | Yes |
| Strongman (dec'd) | Bob | 00-01 | No |
| Sullivan | Nancy | 05-06, 06-07, 07-08 | Yes |
| Swearingen (dec'd) | Ann | 68-69, 69-70, 70-71, 71-72, 72-73, 73-74, 76-77, 77-78, 78-79 | Yes |
| Swearingen (dec'd) | Paul | 66-67, 68-69, 72-73, 73-74, 74-75, 75-76, 76-77, 77-78, 78-79 | Yes |
| Swenson | Dawn | 99-00 | No |
| Tamen | Jo Ellen | 64-65, 03-04, 05-06 | Yes |
| Taylor (Hutton) | Sherri | 67-78 | No |
| Teel | Bob | 94-95 | No |
| Thompson | Anne | 89-90, 90-91, 91-92 | Yes |
| Thornton | Lauri | 82-83, 83-84 | No |
| Tilton | Steve | 03-04 | No |
| Tippett | Martha | 67-68 | No |
| Trout | Steve | 83-84, 84-85, 85-86, 87-88, 88-89 | Yes |
| Tuttle | Rebecca | 79-80 | No |
| Velek | Milli | 98-99, 99-00, 00-01 | Yes |
| Wade | Karen | 99-00 | No |
| Waldera | Jean | 64-65, 65-66 | No |
| Whobrey | Fred | 68-69, 70-71 | No |
| Whobrey | Joann | 91-92, 92-93, 93-94 | Yes |
| Whobrey | Paul | 92-93, 93-94, 94-95 | Yes |
| Wilkerson | Katrina | 08-09, 09-10 | No |
| Wilking | Mary | 85-86, 92-93, 98-99 | Yes |
| Williams | Dorothy | 90-91, 95-96, 96-97 | Yes |
| Williams | Dwayne | 94-95 | No |
| Williams | Penny | 89-90, 90-91, 93-94 | Yes |
| Wingard | Kelly | 96-97 | No |
| Wood | Eleanor | 09-10 | No |
| Workman | Kim | 77-78 | No |
| Young | Marda | 80-81, 81-82, 89-90 | Yes |