The APF SPAN Award was first presented at the 2002 APF Annual General Meeting in Adelaide.

The newest SPAN recipient is Jill Presgrave of South Australia who was presented with the award at the 2011 Annual General Meeting held in Canberra.

Previous recipients

Barbara Bartsch (South Australia) - 2009 Marinus (Mick) Meyles (Tasmania) - 2008 Werner Pohl (South Australia) - 2007 Ken Simkus (New South Wales) - 2005 Robert (Bob) Hill (South Australia) - 2004 John Batson (NSW) - 2003 Tony Dalton (Victoria) - 2003 Tony Steer (ACT) - 2003 Tony Shields (Victoria) - 2002 Mike Munzer (South Australia) - 2002