Every year TRAPS Central Region recognizes excellence in the categories below. Click on the submission links below to submit a nomination for an award category.
Submission Deadline: September 19, 2025 Only completed submissions will be considered.Once a submission has been turned in, changes will not be made. Files emailed separately to committee members or staff will not be considered. Questions? Contact Delano Brown
Arts & Humanities Award
This award honors those departments with outstanding Arts and Humanities programs. (A project or program that promotes cultural art for example: theatre, culinary, reading painting, sculpting, drawing, quilting, etc.)
Conservation Award
The purpose of this award is to recognize a group or individual who has made a significant contribution to parks and recreation in their community.
Arts & Humanities Submission Form
Conservation Submission Form
Department Marketing Award
This award honors the most outstanding promotional efforts of park, recreation and leisure agency for the previous year.
Excellence in Maintenance Award
This award recognizes creativity or innovation in the development of unique equipment to solve a particular problem; the development or discovery of a material or chemical to solve a problem; or the development and implementation of a system or process to maintain a park, building, pool or piece of equipment more efficiently or effectively.
Department Marketing Submission Form
Excellence in Maintenance Submission Form
Parks Professional of the Year
The purpose of this award is to recognize a Parks Professional who has made an outstanding contribution to their department, community and/or the profession.
Lone Star Programming Award
The Society confers this award for innovative and effective recreation programming to any organization that has offered for the first time, a new program to one of its client groups.
Parks Professional of the Year Submission Form
Lone Star Programming Submission Form
Young Professional Award
This award recognizes one outstanding young professional in the entire state in the field of Parks and Recreation who is committed to advancing the industry through leadership, work accomplishments and volunteerism.
Photography Award
The purpose of this award is to recognize outstanding photography in the capturing of parks and/or recreation facilities, services, events and/or professionals in action.
Young Professional Submission Form
Photography Submission Form
Part-time/ Seasonal Employee of the Year Award
The purpose of this award is to recognize an exceptional part-time or seasonal employee in either parks or recreation.
Part-time Employee of the Year Submission Form
Individual of the Year Award
The purpose of this award is to recognize an individual for their outstanding contribution to the Parks and Recreation profession.
Individual of the Year Submission Form
Excellence in Programming Award
The purpose of this award is to recognize an outstanding, on-going program that has been offered for two or more years.
Excellence in Programming Award Submission Form
Advocate of the Year Award
The purpose of this award is to recognize a group or individual who has made a significant contribution to parks and recreation in their community.
Advocate of the Year Submission Form
Rookie of the Year Award
The purpose of this award is to recognize park & recreation rookie (up and coming professional) who has made a significant contribution to parks and recreation in their community.
2024 Central Region Awards
- Best in Photography
- Special Events – City of Schertz : “Color Fight”
- Athletics – Wimberley Parks and Recreation : “Spikes at Sunset”
- Outdoor Recreation – Hutto Parks and Recreation : “Chris Kelley 5k”
- Aquatics – Wimberley Parks and Recreation : “Summer Splash”
- Leisure and Cultural Arts – City of Schertz : “Veterans Memorial Plaza”
- Facilities – Wimberley Parks and Recreation : “Brushstrokes in Nature”
- Camp – Wimberley Parks and Recreation : “Nature Camp Encounters”
- Conservation Award – City of Schertz : “Great Springs Project”
- Art & Humanities Award – Wells Branch Municipal Utility District : “Pioneer Festival”
- Lone Star Programming Award – City of Kerrville Parks and Recreation : “Kerrville Eclipse Festival and Celebrations”
- Excellence In Maintenance Award: City of Pflugerville Parks and Recreation : “Whatever Pfloats Your Goat”
- Department Marketing Award – City of Kerrville Parks and Recreation
- Part Time Employee of the Year Award – Wells Branch Municipal Utility District : Kevin Williams
- Professional of the Year – City of Schertz : Lauren Shrum