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In 2009, NASPA took over from the NSA the role of honoring a member of the North American SCRABBLE community with the title of Michael R. Wise Memorial Person of the Year.
The following table shows for each year the newsletter issue number in which the award was announced, the awardee and their home state or province.
| Year | Issue | Person of the Year | Home |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 225 | Seth Lipkin | Massachusetts |
| Keith Smith | Texas | ||
| 2007 | ? | Chris Cree | Texas |
| 2006 | 210 | John Chew | Ontario |
| 2005 | 202 | Sherrie Saint John | Massachusetts |
| 2004 | 193 | Matthew Hopkins | Pennsylvania |
| 2003 | 187 | Larry Rand & Barbara Van Alen | Arizona |
| 2002 | 177 | Carol Ravichandran | Michigan |
| 2001 | 170 | R.A. Fontes & Ruth Hamilton | Oregon |
| 2000 | 163 | Mary Rhoades | Texas |
| 1999 | 155 | Margaret Bauer Williams | New Jersey |
| 1998 | 148 | Mady Garner | Tennessee |
| Québec | |||
| 1997 | 137 | Gwen Bishop | California |
| 1996 | 129 | Siri Tillekeratne | Calgary, Canada |
| 1995 | 121 | Bonnie Rudolph | Arizona |
| 1994 | 113 | Johnny Nevarez | California |
| 1993 | 105 | Michael Wise | Toronto, Canada |
| 1992 | 97 | Ron Tiekert | New York |
| 1991 | 91 | George Heussenstamm | California |
| 1990 | 84B | K.C. Kozlowski Hoffmeister | Florida |
| 1989 | 81 | Stan Rubinsky | California |
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