In 2009, Each year at the [[NASPANational SCRABBLE Championship]] took over from , the NASPA [[NSAAdvisory Board]] the role of honoring honours a NASPA member of the North American [[SCRABBLE]]® community with the titleof [[Michael R. Wise]] Memorial '''Person of the Year''' (formerly '''Director of the Year''')fortheir contributions to our community.
The following table shows for each year the newsletter issue
number (if any) in which the award was announced, the awardee and
their home state or province.
{|
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!Person of the Year
!Home
!Notes
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|valign=top|2012–2013
|[[Stefan Fatsis]]
|D.C.
|''[[Word Freak]]'' author, SCRABBLE journalist and [[School SCRABBLE]] promoter
|-
|valign=top|2011–2012
|[[Michael Thelen]]
|Utah
|[[Zyzzyva]] developer
|-
|valign=top|2010–2011
|[[Annette Tedesco]]
|New York
|Tournament organizer
|-
|valign=top|2009
|[[John D. Williams, Jr.]] and [[Jane Ratsey Williams]]
|New York
|Heads of the [[NSA]], which had administered the award in previous years
|-
|valign=top rowspan=2|2008
|[[Seth Lipkin]]
|Massachusetts
|valign=middle rowspan=2|Co-developers of [http://cross-tables.com]
|-
|[[Keith Smith]]
|[[Chris Cree]]
|Texas
|Then NSA Ombudsman. Prior to this year, the award was known as the Michael R. Wise Director of the Year award.
|-
|2006
|[[John Chew]]
|Ontario
|NSA Webmaster, [[TSH]] developer, club and tournament director
|-
|2005
|[[Sherrie Saint John]]
|Massachusetts
|Tournament director
|-
|2004
|[[Matthew Hopkins]]
|Pennsylvania
|Tournament director
|-
|2003
|[[Larry Rand]] and [[Barbara Van Alen]]
|Arizona
|Tournament directors
|-
|2002
|[[Carol Ravichandran]]
|Michigan
|Tournament director
|-
|2001
|[[RA Fontes]] and [[Ruth Hamilton]]
|Oregon
|Tournament director (and in the case of Fontes, [[TMENU]] developer)
|-
|2000
|[[Mary Rhoades]]
|Texas
|Tournament director
|-
|1999
|[[Margaret Bauer Williams]]
|New Jersey
|Tournament director
|-
|valign=top rowspan=2|1998
|[[Mady Garner]]
|Tennessee
|valign=middle rowspan=2|Tournament directors. Prior to this year, the award was known simply as the Director of the Year award.
|-
|[[Bernard Gotlieb]]
|[[Gwen Bishop]]
|California
|Tournament director
|-
|1996
|[[Siri Tillekeratne]]
|Alberta
|Tournament director
|-
|1995
|[[Bonnie Rudolph]]
|Arizona
|Tournament director
|-
|1994
|[[Johnny Nevarez]]
|California
|Tournament director
|-
|1993
|[[Michael Wise]]
|Ontario
|Tournament director
|-
|1992
|[[Ron Tiekert]]
|New York
|Tournament director
|-
|1991
|[[George Heussenstamm]]
|California
|Tournament director
|-
|1990
|[[K.C. Kozlowski Hoffmeister]]
|Florida
|Tournament director
|-
|1989
|[[Stan Rubinsky]]
|California
|Tournament director
|}