| Year | | ||||
| 74 | 2024 | Johnson City, TN | Katrina Marie Heil | East Tennessee State University |  |
| 73 | 2023 | Winchester, VA | Bryan Pearce-Gonzales | Shenandoah University |  |
| 72 | 2022 | Greensboro, NC (online) | Mariche Bayonas | UNC Greensboro |  |
| 71 | 2021 | Greenville, SC (online) | Nathan Brown | Furman University |  |
| 70 | 2020 | No conference | |||
| | 2019 | Auburn, AL | Zachary Zuwiyya | Auburn University |  |
| 2018 | Knoxville, TN | Rudyard Alcocer | University of Tennessee |  | |
| 2017 | Wilmington, NC | Amanda Boomershine | UNC Wilmington |  | |
| 2016 | Harrisonsburg, VA | Peter J. Eubanks | James Madison University |  | |
| 2015 | Charleston, SC | Mark P. Del Mastro | College of Charleston |  | |
| 2014 | Greenville, SC | Jeremy Cass | Furman University | | |
| 2013 | No conference | ||||
| 2012 | Winston Salem, NC | M. Stanley Whitley | Wake Forest University |  | |
| 2011 | Auburn, AL | Z. David Zuwiyya | Auburn University | | |
| 2010 | Radford VA | Blas Hernández | Radford University |  | |
| 2009 | Greenville, SC | R.J. Friis | Furman University | | |
| 2008 | Wilmington, NC | Raymond L. Burt | UNC Wilmington | | |
| 2007 | Blacksburg, VA | Justo C. Ulloa | Virginia Tech |  | |
| 2006 | Harrisonburg, VA | Carmenza Kline | James Madison University | | |
| 2005 | Winston-Salem, NC | M. Stanley Whitley | Wake Forest University | | |
| 2004 | Knoxville, TN | John Romeiser | University of Tennessee | | |
| 2003 | Charleston, SC | José Escobar | College of Charleston | | |
| 2002 | Greenville, SC | R. J. Friis | Furman University | | |
| 2001 | Wilmington, NC | R. Terry Mount | UNC Wilmington | | |
| 2000 | Radford, VA | Leonor Álvarez Ulloa | Radford University | | |
| 1999 | Chattanooga, TN | Oralia Preble-Niemi | University of Tennessee, Chattanooga |  | |
| 1998 | Blacksburg, VA | Justo C. Ulloa | Virginia Tech | | |
| 1997 | Greenville, NC | Martin Schwarz | East Carolina University |  | |
| 1996 | Wilmington, NC | R. Terry Mount | UNC Wilmington | | |
| 1995 | Radford, VA | Leonor Álvarez Ulloa | Radford University | | |
| 1994 | Knoxville, TN | John Romeiser | University of Tennessee | | |
| 1993 | Clemson, SC | Sixto Torres | Clemson University |  | |
| 1992 | Blacksburg, VA | Justo C. Ulloa | Virginia Tech | | |
| 1991 | Greenville, NC | Martin Schwarz | East Carolina University | | |
| 1990 | Radford, VA | Leonor Álvarez Ulloa | Radford University | | |
| 1989 | Clemson, SC | Sixto Torres | Clemson University | | |
| 1988 | Knoxville, TN | John Romeiser | University of Tennessee | | |
| 1987 | Richmond, VA | Humberto Cardounel | University of Richmond |  | |
| 1986 | Winston-Salem, NC | Gregorio Martin | Wake Forest University | | |
| 1985 | Greenville, SC | Ramón Fernández Rubio | Furman University | | |
| 1984 | Johnson City, TN | Manuel Laurentino Suárez | East Tennessee State University |  | |
| 1983 | Blacksburg, VA | Justo C. Ulloa | Virginia Tech | | |
| 1982 | Winston-Salem, NC | Gregorio Martin | Wake Forest University | | |
| 1981 | Richmond, KY | Charles Nelson | Eastern Kentucky University |  | |
| 1980 | Clemson, SC | Gastón Fernández | Clemson University | | |
| 1979 | Institute, WV | Humberto Peña | West Virginia State University |  | |
| 1978 | Berea, KY | Alberto Fuentevilla | Berea College |  | |
| 1977 | Johnson City, TN | Manuel Laurentino Suárez | East Tennessee State University |  | |
| 1976 | Blacksburg, VA | Justo C. Ulloa | Virginia Tech | | |
| 1975 | Boone, NC | Elton Powell | App State University |  | |
| 1974 | Clemson, SC | Gastón Fernández | Clemson University | | |
| 1973 | Richmond, KY | Charles Nelson | Eastern Kentucky University | | |
| 1972 | Greenville, SC | Carey Crantford | Furman University | | |
| 1971 | Bowling Green, KY | J W Miller | Western Kentucky University |  | |
| 1970 | Jefferson City, TN | Frances Morgan | Carson-Newman College |  | |
| 1969 | Asheville, NC | William Thurman | UNC Asheville |  | |
| 1968 | Danville, KY | José Larraz | Centre College |  | |
| 1967 | Maryville, TN | Catherine Wilkinson | Maryville College |  | |
| 1966 | Berea, KY | Charles Pauch | Berea College | | |
| 1965 | Frankfort, KY | A J Richards | Kentucky State University |  | |
| 1964 | Emory, VA | Karl Schelbe | Emory & Henry College |  | |
| 1963 | Richmond, KY | Janet Murbach | Eastern Kentucky State University | | |
| 1962 | Louisville, KY | Leonard Latkowski | Bellarmine University |  | |
| 1961 | Kingsport, TN | Dorothy Dye | Kingsport School System |  | |
| 1960 | Pikeville, KY | Blanca Banta | Pikeville College |  | |
| 1959 | Morgantown, WV | Armand Singer | West Virginia University |  | |
| 1958 | Jefferson City, TN | Carey Crantford | Carson-Newman College | | |
| 1957 | Berea, KY | Ruth de Gamboa | Berea College | | |
| 1956 | Bristol, TN | Charles Brockman | King College |  | |
| 1955 | Johnson City, TN | Edward Lodter | East Tennessee College | | |
| 1954 | Barbourville, KY | A. B. Easterling | Union College |  | |
| 1953 | Morgantown, WV | Armand Singer | West Virginia University | | |
| 1952 | Pikeville, KY | Beth Brady | Pikeville College | | |
| 1951 | Pikeville, KY | Beth Brady | Pikeville College | |