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.

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List of Past Winners

Year Winner
2023 Mario Arriga, Houston
2022 Joanne Justice, Arlington
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 Kruger, New Braunfels
1993 Franklin Jeffers, Amarillo
1992 Bill Jennings, Fort Worth
1991 Virginia Cook, Dallas
1990 Posie Willess, Dallas
1989 Conrad Bering, Houston
1988 Bob Wertheimer, Dallas
1987 Judge Fite, Dallas
1986 Lawrence Young, Corpus Christi
1985 Patsy Bohanna, 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, 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, Dallas
1972 Don Mason, Amarillo
1971 A.L. Purvis, Fort Worth
1970 H.W. Bahmnman, Harlingen
1969 P.C. Naylor, 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