Honor Roll Teachers are selected from the 5 finalists of the South Carolina Teacher of the Year Contest. Selected teachers receive $10,000 from the State of South Carolina and are honored at the South Carolina Teacher of the Year Gala. (Click on the teacher's name to watch their classroom video)

2020-21

• Richard Whitmore, York School District One
• Tanya Peckham, Sumter School District
• Ashley Bennett, Spartanburg School District Four
• Shawn Norris, Richland County School District One

2019-20

• Tamara Cox, Anderson School District One
• Stephanie Haecherl, Charleston County School District
• Shelley Smith, School District of Greenville County
• Sue Weems, Richland County School District Two

2018-19

• Nicholas Snyder, Berkeley County School District
• Robert Harris, Richland County School District One
• Susan Snyder, York County School District Three
• Zachariah Lowe, Sumter County School District

2017-18

• Elizabeth Hardy, Aiken County School District
• Mary Woodward, Florence County School District One
• Marcia Womble, Laurens County School District Fifty-Five
• Pam Flynn, Spartanburg County School District 3

2016-17

• Leah Barley, Florence County School District One
• Joey Trail, Horry County School District
• Sheryn Billue, Lexington County School District One
• Sabrina Williams, Lexington County School District Two

2015-16

• Jeannie Durham, Rock Hill County School District Three
• Daniel Oddo, Richland County School District One
• Hunter Jolley, Spartanburg County School District Two
• Albert Robertson, Lexington County School District One

2014-15

• John Darybury, Spartanburg County School District Six
• Rhonda Hudak, Rock Hill County School District Three
• Patrick Kelly, Richland County School District Two
• Vivian Tuten, Lexington County School District Four

2013-14

• Lisa McCrea-Raiford, Aiken County School District
• Trevor Ivey, Sumter County School District
• Paul Johnson, Saluda County School District Three
• Jeffrey Venables, York County School District Three

2012-13

• Taunja Pool, Greenville County School District
• Helen Walker, Kershaw County School District
• Philip Rabon, II, Lexington County School District Two
• Patricia Swinton, Richland County School District One

2011-12

• Beth R. Hinson, Dillion County School District Two
• D. Craig Andrysczyk, Lexington/Richland County School District Five
• Jean Allman, Marion County School District One
• Jeffrey C. Eargle, Newberry County School District

2010-11

• Melody Johnson, Kershaw County School District
• Julia Goodman Marshall, Rock Hill County School District Three
• Samantha B. Maddox, Spartanburg County School District Seven
• Libby J. Ortmann, Sumter County School District

2009-10

• Amanda McKee, Florence County School District
• Derenda Marshall, Georgetown County School District
• Deborah Moore, Newberry County School District
• Dywanna Smith, Richland County School District One

2008-09

• Josie Stratton, Darlington County School District
• Renee W. Sanders, Florence County School District Five
• Laura Jean Reed, Greenville County School District
• Rona W. Neely, Laurens County School District Fifty-Six

2007-08

• Linda M. Dowling, Darlington School District
• Ilona Lawless Sunday, Richland County School District One
• Dawn Smith, Richland County School District Two
• Frances L. Hardy, Spartanburg County School District Seven

2006-07

• Katherine A. Clark, Berkeley County School District
• Lucia S. Dantzler, Dorchester County School District Two
• Kathy Danko, Lexington County School District Four
• Michele Taylor-Brown, Richland County School District Two

2005-06

• Donna Barrick, Spartanburg County School District Seven
• Cliff Barrineau, Richland County School District One
• Katherine O'Quinn, Richland County School District Two
• Kimberly Taylor, Lexington/Richland County School District Five

2004-05

• Angela Cooper, Richland County School District One
• Malia Dunn, Chesterfield County School District
• Amelia Kinard, Spartanburg County School District Five
• Ruth D. Taylor, Darlington County School District

2003-04

• Julia Mayer Lovell, Horry County School District
• Lynn L. Wilson, Oconee County School District
• Jerry Robertson, Pickens County School District
• Randolph M. Brooks, Richland County School District One

2002-03

• Steven Eisele, Lexington County School District One
• Celeste Harris, Darlington County School District
• Rose Etta Schumacher, Chesterfield County School District One
• Marise Sizemore, Spartanburg County School District Five

2001-02

• Fran Emmel, Spartanburg County School District Five
• Vicki Horne, Lexington County School District Five
• Pamela Simpson, Aiken County School District One
• Shelley White, Marion County School District One

2001-00

•  Dale Smith, Aiken County School District 
• Andrew HaLevi, Charleston County School District
• Susan Welch, Florence School District 5
• Janet Calder, Horry County School District