Every year at the National, the Good Guy Award is awarded to an unsung hero who, behind the scenes, is instrumental in making the National a success. The Good Guy award was started by the late Pat Doniere, Toledobes.
| YEAR | RECIPIENT |
|---|---|
| 2023 | DPC of Dallas |
| 2022 | Cyndi & Dennis Huckfeldt |
| 2021 | DPC of Greater Milwaukee |
| 2020 | No event held |
| 2019 | Jan Stephenson |
| 2018 | Carol Moore |
| 2017 | Jim Lauver & Michelle Kramer |
| 2016 | Bob & Estelle Baron |
| 2015 | Hillary Zimmerman |
| 2014 | Morris Skip Lee |
| 2013 | John Schoeneman |
| 2012 | Steve Schorr |
| 2011 | Joanie Krieg |
| 2010 | Judith Brown |
| 2009 | Tammy Rabold |
| 2008 | Jeff Helsdon |
| 2007 | Robin Kelley |
| 2006 | Dee Harmon/Judy Doniere |
| 2005 | Craig Sharry/Ginanna Crouch/Ann Nelson |
| 2004 | J. Ray Johnson |
| 2003 | Mike Daly/John Pearson |
| 2002 | Wes & Bobbi Kolsti/Frank Furci |
| 2001 | Laurie Fite |
| 2000 | John Neumister/Scott & Pat LaCour |
| 1999 | Brad & Ann Dunn |
| 1998 | Joel Salfen |
| 1997 | Rick George/Craig Sharry |
| 1996 | Warren Carlson/Mike Conlin |
| 1995 | Pat Hastings |
| 1994 | Dan Galligan |
| 1993 | Bill Griffith |
| 1992 | George Murray |
| 1991 | Mimi Brown |
| 1990 | Larry McNealy |
| 1989 | Rick George |
| 1988 | Virginia Spafford |
| 1987 | Merv Hampton |
| 1986 | Dorothy & George Foegen |
| 1985 | Tim Baldwin |
| 1984 | Ellen Hanley |
| 1983 | Sam Burke/Joe Dartez |
| 1982 | Lynda Kenney |
| 1981 | Maria Ferguson/Gene & Marge Cox |
| 1980 | Rich Bergman |
| 1979 | Jimmy Murphy |
| 1978 | Don Moss |
| 1977 | Patty Koneda |
| 1976 | Not awarded |
| 1975 | Joe Ciaccio |
| 1974 | Ray Carlisle |
| 1973 | Buddy Milstead |
| 1972 | Allen Shi |
| 1971 | Buck Jacobs |
| 1970 | Karen Duncan |
| 1969 | Pat Doniere |