Lyman T. Johnson Awards
Lyman T. Johnson Awards
Lyman T. Johnson Awards
The Lyman T. Johnson Association is UK’s African American alumni association. For many years, UK’s colleges selected a current student for the Torchbearer award and a successful graduate for the Torch of Excellence award. Many of the recipients for the College of Communications and Information Studies have come from the school.
2009
2009 recipients Ashley Jackson and Joker Phillips
Torch of Excellence: Joker Phillips, ADV, UK Athletics
Torchbearer: Ashley Jackson, JOU
2008
Torch of Excellence: Eric Brown, TEL, UK’s Gatton School of Business and Economics
2007
Torch of Excellence: Troy Body, JOU, Office of the Governor of Kentucky
Torchbearer: Naitore Kiogora, ISC
2006
Lisa A. Brown, Cathy Black, Beth Barnes, Sherrell Watson at the 2006 Lyman T. Johnson banquet.
Torch of Excellence: Cathy Black, JOU, CBS News
Torchbearer: Sherrell Watson, ISC
2005
Torch of Excellence: Angela Tuck, JOU, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Torchbearer: Leslie Hollerman, ISC
2004
Torchbearer: Quintessa Peake, TEL
2003
Torch of Excellence: E.J. Mitchell II, JOU, Nashville Tennessean
Torchbearer: Barhonda Dickerson, ISC
2002
Torch of Excellence: Lisa A. Brown, JOU, UK School of Journalism and Telecommunications
1999
Torch of Excellence: Angelo B. Henderson, Wall Street Journal
