Past C.J. Alexopoulos Prize Awardees
| Year | Awardee |
| 2023 | Nhu Nguyen |
| 2022 | Matt Kasson |
| 2021 | László Nagy |
| 2020 | Sara Branco |
| 2019 | Gregory Bonito |
| 2018 | Andrea Porras-Alfaro |
| 2017 | Kabir G. Peay |
| 2016 | Matthew Smith |
| 2015 | Peter Kennedy |
| 2014 | Jason Stajich |
| 2013 | Priscilla Chaverri |
| 2012 | Anne Elizabeth Arnold |
| 2011 | Tim James |
| 2010 | Anne Pringle |
| 2009 | Brian Shaw |
| 2008 | Ignazio Carbone |
| 2007 | Teresa Pawlowska |
| 2006 | Wendy Untereiner |
| 2005 | Francois Lutzoni |
| 2004 | Dirk Redecker |
| 2003 | David Geiser |
| 2002 | Joey Spatafora |
| 2001 | No award given |
| 2000 | David S. Hibbett |
| 1999 | Pedro Crous |
| 1998 | Dennis Desjardin |
| 1997 | Georgiana May |
| 1996 | James White, Jr. |
| 1995 | Rytas Vilgalys |
| 1994 | Thomas D. Bruns |
| 1993 | Keith A. Seifert |
| 1992 | Gregory M. Mueller |
| 1991 | Dean A. Glawe |
| 1990 | Richard Howard |
| 1989 | Linda M. Kohn |
| 1988 | Scott Redhead |
| 1987 | James B. Anderson |
| 1986 | John W. Taylor |
| 1985 | No award given |
| 1984 | Robert Fogel |
| 1983 | Meredith Blackwell |
| 1982 | No award given |
| 1981 | Martha Powell |
| 1980 | Donald Wicklow |
| 1979 | Charles Mims |
| 1978 | Kerry O’Donnell |