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2025  Industry Awards

Rising Star Award

Dedication to Mentorship Award

Perseverance Award

Innovator of the Year

Legacy Award

Celebrate the best of our industry with us!

SPOA Industry Awards Banquet
Thursday, June 26th, 2025

6:00 p.m.

Marriott Crabtree Valley
Raleigh, North Carolina

There are so many people in our industry who deserve recognition and celebration: from photographers to software designers, from yearbook reps to marketing geniuses, from veteran leaders to promising young talent. Help us recognize all these and more by submitting an entry or nomination for any of the awards below. We hope you'll join us in person on the last night of our annual conference for an elegant awards show and dinner, when the winners will be announced:

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2025  Industry Awards

Rising Star Award

Personal Trainer
Barry Padgett

Leonard's

Dedication to Mentorship Award

Personal Trainer
Jordan Moore

RISEilient Consulting

President's Award

Personal Trainer
Doyce Crandall

Focused School Photography

Hall of Fame

Personal Trainer
Ken Strawbridge

Strawbridge Studio

Rising Star Award

Personal Trainer
Cassie McCain

Focused School Photography

Captura's Legacy Award

Personal Trainer
Dean Stewart

Dean Stewart Photography

Hall of Fame

Personal Trainer
Bill Freeman

Freeman Photography

Congratulations to our 2025 Industry Award Winners!

There are so many people in our industry who deserve recognition and celebration: from photographers to software designers, from yearbook reps to marketing geniuses, from veteran leaders to promising young talent. We are so excited to recognize the following winners:

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