...an educational and scientific organization established to foster the study, understanding, and application of rural sociology in the South.
Gene Theodori, Texas A & M University - Extension and Public Service
Brooklyn Anderson, Texas A & M University - Best Student Paper. Title: "Community Leaders' Perception of Energy Development in the Barnett Shales."

Glenn Israel - Research Award
Doug Constance - Teaching Awards
Ron Hustedde - Extension & Public Service
Patricia Dyk - SRSA President

Deborah Harris and J. Michelle Estis-Sumerel - Student Paper Award Winners
| Year | Extension & Public Service | Research | Teaching |
| 2007 | Gene Theodori | ||
| 2006 | Ron Hustedde | Glenn Israel | Doug Constance |
| 2005 | Deborah Tootle | Conner Bailey | D. Clayton Smith |
| 2004 | Lori Garkovich | Fisseha Tegegne | Ronald Wimberley |
| 2003 | Libby Morris | Robert Moxley | Rosalind Harris |
| 2002 | Jack Thigpen | Patricia Dyk | Andrew Zekeri |
| 2001 | George Floro | Don Albrecht | Nnamdi Anosike |
| 2000 | Ntam Baharanyi | Frank Howell | Dreamal Worthen |
| 1999 | Don Voth | Robert Zabawa | John Thomas |
| 1998 | Bonnie Teater | Ron Wimberley | |
| 1997 | Richard Maurer | Lionel “Bo” Beaulieu | Nathaniel Brown |
| 1996 | Glenn Israel | Douglas Bachtel | Christopher Hunte |
| 1995 | John Ballweg | Cornelia Flora | |
| 1994 | Frank Farmer | John Thomas | |
| 1993 | Alton Thompson | Robert Moxley | |
| 1992 | Howard Ladewig | Paul Lasley | John Dunkelberger |
| 1991 | Doug Bachtel | Milt Coughnehour | Jim Copp |
| 1990 | Gerald Wheelock |
Occasionally, the SRSA has presented certificates to colleagues and organizations for special service rendered unto the organization. In addition, the SRSA now presents an award for the best student paper. The table below presents the actors who we know have been presented these other awards.
| Year | Service to SRSA Certificate | Student Paper | Other Awards |
| 2006 | Deborah Harris and J. Michelle Estis-Sumerel | ||
| 2005 | Yong-Ju Choi and Kiyohiko Sakamoto | ||
| 2004 | Dorothy Jenkins | Chyrel Mayfield | |
| 2003 | Marilyn Brewington, Conner Bailey |
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| 2002 | Laura Robinson | ||
| 2001 | Donald Woolley | ||
| 1996 | Bonnie Teater, Ellen Weichart, Jacque Tisdale |
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| 1995 | Charles Cleland Distinguished Service Award |
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| 1992 | Southern Farm Bureau Special Service Award |
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| 1991 | Doss Broadnax, Ellen Voland |
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| 1990 | Dawood Sulton | Southern Farm Bureau Special Recognition Award |
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