Donald A Lentz Outstanding Bandmaster Award | Better Bands for Nebraska

The Donald A. Lentz Outstanding Bandmaster Award is intended to recognize an individual who has made an outstanding contribution throughout his or her career, not to honor an individual for only a given year's work. The recipient of the Lentz Award will be viewed as one of the many superior band directors in Nebraska, and over the years a number exceptional teachers will be so honored. A candidate for the Outstanding Bandmaster Award must be a band director in Nebraska and an NSBA member. Nominations for this award may come from school administrators, fellow teachers, students, community organizations or other individuals who possess a knowledge of the nominee's career.

1975 - B A Johnson
1976 - Jack R. Snider
1977 - Duane E. Johnson
1978 - Glenn Koca
1979 - Jim Johnson
1980 - Georgene Diers
1981 - H. Arthur Schrepel
1982 - Harry McNees
1983 - Joseph Slavik
1984 - Don Johnson
1985 - Rod Schmidt
1986 - Dave Young
1987 - Bob Olsen
1988 - Bob Maag
1989 - Joe Chapman
1990 - Dean Maxwell
1991 - Tony Snyder
1992 - Dale Duensing
1993 - James Saker
1994 - Duane W. Johnson
1995 - Robert E. Leigh
1996 - Kenneth A. Molzer
1997 - Phil Fahrlander
1998 - Michael H. Veak
1999 - Gary Davis
2000 - Dick Keiser

2001 - Linda Donohue
2002 - Ron Rickert
2003 - Bob Jenkins
2004 - Duane DeVries
2005 - Byron Braasch
2006 - Terry Rush
2007 - Tom Jaworski
2008 - Kathy Dalby
2009 - Brad Weber
2010 - Brian Anderson
2011 - Bill Reichert
2012 - Roger Groth
2013 - Mark Jones
2014 - Joann Couton
2015 - Norm Edwards
2016 - Rex Barker
2017 - Royce Schweitzer
2018 - Doug Johnson
2019 - Stanley Johnson
2020 - Jeff Mount
2021 - Steve Steager
2022 - Randy Neuharth
2023 - Ryan Placek
2024 - Jay Gilbert
2025 - R.J. Metteer
2026 - Jim Kucera