Rising Star of the Year

General Information:

Those eligible for the Rising Star of the Year award must have an active salesperson’s license of 18 consecutive months or less in the real estate business.

Award Recipient will:

• Be recognized at a General Membership Meeting (includes a secret award video)
• Receive a glass award with CAAR logo, award category, year, and name
• Be highlighted in a press release for local media and also shared on CAAR communication channels (e.g., CAAR homepage, Facebook page, Twitter, etc.)
• Receive an award category logo to include on email signature and marketing material
• Receive Professional Honor Society points each year as a past award recipient
• Be added to the list of past award recipients on award category webpage

Criteria:

1. Must be a Primary or Secondary REALTOR® member in good standing with CAAR.

2. Past recipients of the award are not eligible for nomination.

3. Provide the following supportive documentation to accompany your completed award form:

• CAAR Member Profile – Email awards@caar.com to request a CAAR Member Profile, which will list all the CAAR activities a member has participated in the current or past year(s) (e.g., Master Groups, Project Teams, education, events, awards, etc.)
• NAR Member Detail – Email awards@caar.com to request a NAR Member Detail.  A NAR Member Detail provides a list of active NAR certifications and designations.
• Production Printout – Click here for detailed instructions. A Production Printout lists the properties you listed or sold from the CAAR MLS.

4. The starting date will be when a nominee joined CAAR.

5. Only production from the first 12 months from licensure can be counted toward this award.

6. A nominee must be a person who has recently obtained or activated his/her first real estate license – a REALTOR® who transfers from another association is not eligible.

7. Completed award form must be submitted electronically.

Nominate a REALTOR® Today:

You and the nominee will receive a copy of the nomination. As part of the nominee follow up, they will be encouraged to complete the corresponding award form to be officially considered as a nominee. The nomination period is closed.

Award Form:

The submission period is closed. 

Questions:

Send questions to awards@caar.com.

Past Recipients:

2024 | No award given
2023 | No award given
2022 | Melissa Moody
2021 | Michelle Gregory
2020 | Stephanie Woolfolk
2019 | Kristin Sorokti
2018 | Ashley Jurney Palmer
2017 | Andrea Hubbell
2016 | Mike Terry
2015 | Heather Towe
2014 | Anne Burroughs
2013 | Elizabeth Feil Matthews
2012 | Jamie White
2008 | Karen Ball & Sasha Farmer
2007 | Lisa Mattise
2006 | Charles McDonald
2005 | Julie Kuhl
2004 | Jeff Whitaker
2003 | Marina Ringstrom & Steven Braden
2002 | Kristin Wray
2001 | Evonne C. Collins
2000 | Drake Van de Castle
1999 | Stacey L. Rivey
1998 | Kelen Kim Cooke & Pat Sury
1997 | Tara Savage
1996 | Susan Brady
1995 | Kristen Cummings Streed
1994 | Sybil Mahanes
1993 | Pat Jensen
1992 | T. Gail David & Elizabeth Turrisi
1991 | Tim Supler
1990 |Bob Hughes
1989 | Alice Mahone