This award is designed to provide recognition to five secondary and five postsecondary outstanding students who have demonstrated leadership potential through enrollment in business courses and involvement in career and technical student organization activities, as well as the school and community.

Secondary or postsecondary students must be nominated by a member of the Business Education Division of the Association for Career and Technical Education. The nominee must be a local, state and national student member of Business Professionals of America, Future Business Leaders of America-Phi Beta Lambda or Pi Omega Pi at the time of the nomination. The students must be enrolled in school through December of the school year of nomination and must not possess a baccalaureate degree prior to that December. One secondary and one postsecondary student per ACTE Region will be recognized.