Texas REALTORS® presents the REALTOR® of the Year (ROTY) award in recognition of a member’s service to the real estate industry and the community.
Click for full list of guidelines and criteria.
The nomination period is now closed.
Questions? Contact Maria Carvalho.
| Year | Recipient | Area |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Kaki Lybbert | Denton |
| 2020 | Shad Bogany | Houston |
| 2019 | R. Scott Kesner | El Paso |
| 2018 | Leslie Rouda Smith | Plano |
| 2017 | Dan Hatfield | Bandera |
| 2016 | Dave Dalzell | Abilene |
| 2015 | Brooke Hunt | Flower Mound |
| 2014 | Bill Jones | Temple |
| 2013 | Randy Jeffers | Amarillo |
| 2012 | Lance Lacy | San Angelo |
| 2011 | Avis Wukasch | Georgetown |
| 2010 | John Eckstrum | Conroe |
| 2009 | Jane Caskey | San Antonio |
| 2008 | George Stephens | Houston |
| 2007 | Dwight Hale | San Antonio |
| 2006 | John Walton | Lubbock |
| 2005 | Bill Watts | Denton |
| 2004 | Louise Hull | Victoria |
| 2003 | Ann Houston | Denton |
| 2002 | Ron Wakefield | San Antonio |
| 2001 | John Nichols | Houston |
| 2000 | Charles McMillan | Fort Worth |
| 1999 | Mary Frances Burleson | Dallas |
| 1998 | Barbara Russell | Denton |
| 1997 | Mike Brodie | Collin County |
| 1996 | Bob Garrett | Amarillo |
| 1995 | Gooley Orr | Kerens |
| 1994 | Doyle Krueger | New Braunfels |
| 1993 | Franklin Jeffers | Amarillo |
| 1992 | Bill Jennings | Fort Worth |
| 1991 | Virginia Cook | Dallas |
| 1990 | Posie Willess | Dallas |
| 1989 | Conrad Bering Jr. | Houston |
| 1988 | Bob Wertheimer | Dallas |
| 1987 | Judge Fite | Dallas |
| 1986 | Lawrence Young | Corpus Christi |
| 1985 | Patsy Bohannan | The Woodlands |
| 1984 | Benny McMahan | Dallas |
| 1983 | Jack Cawood | McAllen |
| 1982 | George Sandin | Austin |
| 1981 | George Shafer | Dallas |
| 1980 | Wallace Moritz | San Angelo |
| 1979 | Guy Chipman Jr. | San Antonio |
| 1978 | Beth Carter | Fort Worth |
| 1977 | Julio Laguarta | Houston |
| 1976 | Hub Bechtol | Austin |
| 1975 | Joe Perrone | Austin |
| 1974 | Lester Weatherby | Fort Worth |
| 1973 | Lawrence Miller Jr. | Dallas |
| 1972 | Don Mason | Amarillo |
| 1971 | A.L. Purvis | Fort Worth |
| 1970 | H.W. Bahmnman | Harlingen |
| 1969 | P.C. Naylor Jr. | San Antonio |
| 1968 | Dennis Wagner | El Paso |
| 1967 | Alton Miller | Dallas |
| 1966 | John Wolf | Houston |
| 1965 | Arthur Baird | San Antonio |
| 1964 | Owen Sherrill | Georgetown |
| 1963 | Ebby Halliday | Dallas |
| 1962 | Hugo Loewenstern | Austin |
| 1961 | Vincent Schmitt | Texas City |
| 1960 | Lyn Davis | Dallas |
| 1959 | Lacy Goostree | Fort Worth |
| 1958 | George McCanse | Houston |
| 1957 | John Stemmons | Dallas |