This page lists the recipients of the NSS-CDS's three awards recognizing safety milestones for cave divers.

• Abe Davis
• Henry Nicholson
• Sheck Exley

Applications for the awards are available online

The following list of CDS Safe Cave Diving awards recipients is a work-in-progress.  Additional paper award applications are still being keyed for the years prior to 2008, and updates will be made periodically as those names are entered into the database.  If you or someone you know has received an award and is not listed, or if you have any other corrections to the list, please email Shirley Kasser.

Sheck Exley Safe Cave Diving Award

The Sheck Exley Safe Cave Diving Award is presented to divers who have completed 1,000 safe cave dives.

2004

• Walter E Ross, III

2005

• Jeffrey Bozanic
• Kelly Jessop
• Gene Melton
• Bill Oigarden
• Johnny Richards

2007

• Richard Courtney
• Dan Patterson
• Edd Sorenson
• Tamara Thomsen

2008

• Ralph DiPanfilo

2009

• Argyris Argyriadis
• Walter E. Ross
• Nick Toussaint
• Forrest Wilson
• Jim Womble
• Jim Wyatt

Henry Nicholson Safe Cave Diving Award

The Henry Nicholson Safe Cave Diving Award is presented to those who have completed 500 safe cave dives.

2003

• Gary Ashburn
• Johnny Richards
• Dr. David Sawatzky

2005

• Richard Courtney
• Ralph J DiPanfilo
• Jeff Hewlett
• Gene Melton
• Bill Oigarden
• Patricia Robinson
• Scott Robinson

2006

• Cedric Verdier
• James Womble

2008

• Ken Paramore
• Gareth Sullivan

2009

• Kenneth Graham Smith

2010

• Russell Edge
• John E. Ivanic

Abe Davis Safe Cave Diving Award

The Abe Davis Safe Cave Diving Award is presented to divers who have completed 100 safe cave dives.

1977

• Kenneth E Fulghum

1979

• Mary Ellen Eckhoff

1980

• Peter S Jubb

1981

• Judith A. Bauer
• Danny Brass
• Eric Freedman
• Tom Halliwell

1982

• Gene Broome
• Douglas L Chappell
• Robert Thomas Duncan
• William Dunn
• Charles Danny Jones
• Christopher Lampson
• Gary Lemme

1984

• George P. Bortnyk
• Jeffrey Bozanic
• Daniel B. Butler
• Henry H Chandler
• Gena Chenoweth
• Dustin M Clesi
• Lee L Gibson

1985

• Dorothea M Churchill
• R. Gerry Churchill
• John Thomas Crea III

1986

• Walter G. Anderson
• James G Coke IV
• Mary Elizabeth Crea
• Tim Davidson
• Bob Gibson
• Stanley R Hankins, Jr
• John M. Kibler, Jr.
• Randal A Kwiatkowski

1987

• David R. Banks
• Alan R. Barefoot
• Bill Cronin
• Dan Danciger
• Johanna de Groot
• Jack D Evans
• Lawrence Green
• Jeffrey E Haupt
• Ruby C Haupt
• Arthur M.L. Hearl
• Dennis Holden
• Keith Kinard

1988

• Jeffrey R. Addis
• Mark Black
• John W. Burge, Jr.
• Laurance Patrick Dickie
• David Engelbrech
• Vince Ferris
• Tom Gilliand
• Robert M Justesen, Sr
• Daniel F. Lins

1989

• John Bateman
• Curt DeRemer
• Eugene H Hellwig, Jr
• Mark Hermanding
• Hilaire Hiler
• Frank Howard
• Richard J. Liegerot
• Don Loeder

1990

• Thomas C. Bussell
• Lori Beth Conlin
• Douglas Del Castillo
• John Patrick Delaney III
• Terry M DeRouin
• Samuel R Ferra
• Robert "Chip" Harmon
• Michael C Heusack
• David R Janes
• John Jay
• Tracy Jay

1991

• Grace T. Bays
• Scott A. Bays
• Kenny Broad
• Thomas Stephen Brooker
• Bradford J Gagne
• Mark W Happe`
• Wayne Head
• Legare Romig Hole, III
• Quentin Jones
• Jonathan W. Lesh

1992

• Andy Albury
• Mark T. Barstow
• Vinko J. Barusic
• Chris Bonnell
• J. Watson Boxley
• Jeff H Carson
• Tom Caughlin
• Bob Chadwick
• Dr. Thomas R Dix
• Donn Ellerbrock
• Carl W Fatzinger
• Reggie H Formby
• James Warren Gordon
• Jeff Griggs
• Robert T Hamilton
• Alan C Heck
• Allen Henderson
• Robert E Hodgin
• Mark Johnston
• Frank R. Lavallee

1993

• Bernd Aspacher
• Ric Browning
• Randal L Douglas
• John T Flahive Jr
• Gary E Flood
• Peter Gomez
• Derrick Lichtenwalter
• Delwin Litchfield
• Connie LoRe
• Mike Lyles

1994

• Gary Ashburn
• Murray Bilby
• James E. Bing, Jr.
• W. David Booth
• Jennifer Andes Brown
• John Bernard Burdiss
• Bruce Campbell
• Ivan Cappelli
• Glenn H Carver
• Steven Dittner
• Norman Farmer
• Donald B Faust
• Glenn Forest
• Geoffrey Kelafont
• Tom Korte
• Barbara Jo Lewis
• Paul T. Logan

1995

• Jesse P. Armantrout
• Karolyn S. Booth
• William Barry Burton
• Lawrence M Care
• John A Finkbiner
• James Gallagher
• Michael Garman
• Sherry Garman
• Robert J Henn, III
• Jerry T Henning
• Richard J Horgan
• Ed Isarguen
• Jeffrey Lee Johnson
• Renee LaChapelle
• J. Scott Landon

1996

• James L. Albert
• Steven Barefoot
• Kenneth R Clayton
• Evelyn Bartram Dudas
• Judy Gallagher
• Ken Gallant
• Annette Gebuis
• Robert Hauri
• Lee Herring
• John Hrifko
• James Callier Jordan
• Terence C. Koritz

1997

• James R Calvin
• Russell DeFazio
• Mark Garland
• Jeffrey Hewlett
• John P Jones
• Chris Kopecky
• George David Lacy
• Raymond LaTulippe

1998

• Ryan M. Balseiro
• Wade Beecher
• Thomas Behrend
• Donald A. Black
• Cynthia S. Blanchard
• Raymond K. Blanchard
• Harvey Boyd
• Jennifer Boyd
• Greg Cole
• Nancy Cole
• Paul Corridon
• Kyle Creamer
• Dr. Michael Davis
• Marc C Dobiecki
• Brett W Dodson
• Chris H Douglass
• George A Draffin
• Jackie Draffin
• Tamara Thomsen Ebert
• Charles T Frees
• Edward Gaudeux
• Jonathan Gol
• Grant W Graves
• David Hale
• John L Hatton
• Angelika Heintzmann
• Kenneth Hill
• Thomas Irick
• Kelly Jessop
• Chris A Johnson
• Paulette Jones
• Joseph Kaffl
• Steven Kale
• Nanci LeVake

1999

• John Charles Barone
• Bill Bowden
• Mary Cappelli
• Dixie Cook
• Curtis Elizabeth Deyo
• Anthony J Gonzales
• Richard C Gravatt, Jr
• John Heimann
• Thomas E Hill
• Falk Hoffmann
• Joseph J Koshes, Jr.
• Jack Leeth

2000

• Erik C. Baker
• Joseph Chip Beardsley
• Dale Bletso
• Dona V. Boccio
• Cynthia Butler
• Keith Crabtree
• Douglas Daniel
• Jacqueline DeWitt
• Thomas C Doubleday
• Ed Doucette
• Lee F Emerson,
• Ronald Fraga
• Martthew J Garvey
• Cindy Allan Geick
• Harold Geick
• Joseph M Giambalvo
• Debra Green
• Robert A Hyatt
• Robin Fitch Ignaczak
• Scott Kee
• Brian Kibler
• John Triarchis

2001

• Pamela Ann Ashman
• Thomas A. Baurle
• Stephen Bogaerts
• Scott Butsch
• Ronald B Carmichael
• Ben Ryan Cichowski
• Andy Conneen
• Kevin Patrick Cusack
• Josh Dolan
• David S Duguid
• Russell Edge
• Marike Jasper
• Becky Kagan

2002

• Ted Allred
• Lawrence Babock
• Jeff Bauer
• Kim Bear
• Ron Bear
• Joe Booue
• Frank Doug Chapman
• Diego Romo Corzo
• Steven Patrick Dalcher
• Debbie Dallas
• James A Draker
• Scott Elliott
• Micki Feakes
• Joseph D Fortuna
• Daniel J Gault
• Dr. Ian N Hamilton, Jr
• Richard Hicks
• Larry Hill
• Kevin Humble
• Harry E. Kate, Jr.
• Wayne Kinard
• Harold R. King

2003

• Donald Robert Alfieri
• Richard F. Beyer
• Je Boone
• Steven Dalcher
• Debbie Dallas
• Chris Elizabeth Danforth
• Ralph J DiPanfilo
• Richard W Filsinger Jr
• Keith Allan Gault
• Stephen J Gronert
• Brian Harris
• Andy Henderson
• Thomas A Jaskulski
• Mickey J Jones
• Harry E Katz
• Wayne Kinard
• Greg Klefeker
• Greg Klefeler
• Wayne Koszty
• Adam Lanes
• Jeff Loflin
• Jeff M. Loflin
• Ray Marinez
• John McMacken
• MD Michael
• Urs Muller
• Renee Power
• Jamie Rumph
• David Shaw
• Hugh Skidmore
• Michael St.
• LeeAnn Waggener
• Robert Williamson

2004

• William L. Baker
• Sandra Chapman
• James Cooney
• Richard Courtney
• Chris Danforth
• Jerome H Finkel
• David Grimm
• Wayne Koszty
• Bill LeVine
• Michael J. McAuliffe
• George McCulley
• Ken Metz
• John Morrison
• David Penny
• Clement Pouliot
• Gene Powell
• Edward Price
• Richard Rosenthal
• Sidney Ruetz
• Kathleen Seide
• Jose Taboas
• James Toland
• Gilbert Topliff
• William T. Williams
• Allen Wooten
• Donald "Chip" Wuerz

2005

• Gregory F. Albertson
• Richard Blackburn
• Jamie C Clark
• James Crawford
• James Crawford
• Peter Benjamin Doege
• James R Garey
• Daniel V Gouge
• Willian L Huth
• Michael L. Koltz
• Michael L Koltz, Jr.
• Dale R. Kuhlman
• Dale R. Kuhlman
• John J. LaManna, Jr.
• John L. LaManna,
• Bill Levine
• Micael Malmberg
• Rob McGann
• Dave McLaren
• Brooks Mitchell
• Thomas Newman
• Bithel Keith Price
• Bill Rotella
• Bonnie Stine
• Michael Stine
• Guy Wallis

2006

• Brett Flonen
• William Harrison
• Daehag Kim
• Katrina Koski
• Bob Landrum
• Marc (Slim) Leonard

2008

• Marius Clore
• Richard A Hardison
• Andrew Kowalczk
• John J. Parkes
• Freddy Sjauw En Wa
• Tony Toniolo

2009

• Dean Allingham
• Mark F. Ashley
• Pete Bedford
• Harry Cardinale
• Ken Charlesworth
• Brian Chatham
• Timothy G. Corwin
• Don Currie
• Alexandre Dupont de Castro
• Barbara J. Dwyer
• Tony Flaris, Jr.
• Shellie Foss
• Billy S. Fowler
• Michael Angelo Gagliardi
• Elisha S. Gibson
• Patricia Horsch
• Shirley S. Kasser
• Donald "Skip" Kendrick
• Stephen Kimball
• Ernest Lee, Jr.
• Cynthia A. Lesinszki
• Michael Logan
• Lillia Loriz
• Alvah Bruce MacDougall
• John Markham
• Michael R McNally
• Lawrence S. Meyer
• Mark A. Michaud
• Agnes Milowka
• Steve Moysan
• Matthew B. Myers
• Jennifer C. Neto
• Robert A. Neto
• Mark Redmon
• Owen Reynolds
• Douglas J. Spirelis
• Adam Streeter
• Joseph Tegg
• James B. Thomas
• Chris K. Whitlock
• Brian Arthur Wright

2010

• Barbara Anne am Ende
• Tom W. Atkins
• Neil Martin Paul Benjamin
• Jeff Broughton
• Norman T. Burchfield
• Hubert Chretien
• Ralph F. Correia
• J. Philip Craiger, PhD.
• Robert Cree
• Alison Forbis
• Joseph J. Fredericks
• Peter Friedman
• Craig Gaffka
• Mark Gay
• Mark E. Goodman
• Sara Hasan
• John Jaeger
• Tony Jordan
• William Andrew Lamborn
• Marc Lauikien
• Maureen E. Lunney
• John Martin
• Thomas T. McCarthy
• Bobbi L. McMichael
• James E. McMichael, Jr.
• Michael R. Morgan
• Wendell Nope
• David W. Pratt
• Kevin Schryver
• Tracy S. Simon
• Howard N. Smith
• Raphael Tremblay
• Troy Tricker
• Mark A. Wilder