Alumni Award Recipients
| Award type | Award year | Name | Grad year | Sport/Award |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Young Alumni Achievement Award | 1972 | Ray W. Uhlhorn | 1961 | |
| Alumni Loyalty Award | 1973 | Laona Hobson Underkofler | 1931 | |
| Alumni Achievement Award | 1985 | Leland A. Underkofler | 1928 | |
| Alumni Achievement Award | 1956 | Raymond F. Underwood | 1931 | |
| Medal of Honor | 1984 | Carolyn N. Rudd Unvert | 1955 | |
| Medal of Honor | 1984 | Ervin H. Unvert Jr. | 1953 | |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 2014 | Noland Urban | 2001 | Football |
| Medal of Honor | 1983 | Warren K. Urbom | 1950 | |
| Young Alumni Achievement Award | 1962 | Warren K. Urbom | 1950 | |
| Alumni Loyalty Award | 1995 | Joyce M. Crawford Urbom | 1951 | |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 2001 | L.D. "Dewey" Van Cleave | 1958 | Football |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 1993 | Lawrence E. Vaughan | 1944 | Football |
| Alumni Loyalty Award | 1991 | Lawrence E. Vaughan | 1944 | |
| Alumni Loyalty Award | 1991 | Ruth Norton Vaughan | 1944 | |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 1995 | Harold B. Vifquain | 1916 | Basketball (posthumously) |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 1999 | Scott A. Votava | 1978 | Baseball Team 1974 |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 1997 | Scott A. Votava | 1978 | Baseball |
| Medal of Honor | 1969 | Myron C. Waddell | 1926 | |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 2009 | Eva "Lotta" Nilsson Wanstrom | 1995 | Soccer |
| Alumni Achievement Award | 2011 | Vernon G. Ward | 1948 | |
| Alumni Loyalty Award | 1973 | Helen Plumb Ward | 1915 | |
| Alumni Loyalty Award | 1973 | Wylie R. Ward | 1916 | |
| Alumni Loyalty Award | 1964 | Katherine Boeye Ward | 1922 | |
| Medal of Honor | 2008 | F. Thomas Waring | 1953 | |
| Alumni Achievement Award | 1981 | Dr. F. Thomas Waring | 1953 | |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 1970 | F. Thomas Waring | 1953 | Basketball |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 1986 | Warren K. Washburn | 1964 | Football/Track |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 2003 | Gary D. Wasserman | 1993 | Track/cross country |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 2019 | Loy Watley | Spirit of the Plainsman | |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 2010 | Andre D. Watts | 2002 | Soccer |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 1995 | Marion Weary | 1936 | Spirit of the Plainsman |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 1995 | Marian Johnson Weary | 1939 | Spirit of the Plainsman |
| Alumni Achievement Award | 1967 | Willard B. Weary | 1929 | |
| Alumni Loyalty Award | 1989 | Marian Johnson Weary | 1939 | |
| Alumni Loyalty Award | 1989 | Marion M. Weary | 1936 | |
| Alumni Loyalty Award | 2008 | Harold E. Weary | 1933 | |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 2001 | William K. Weed | 1989 | Basketball |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 2004 | Jane Verbeck Weed | 1989 | Volleyball |
| Alumni Loyalty Award | 2002 | William M. Wehrbein | 1970 | |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 1985 | Willis G. Weisbrook | 1966 | Baseball/Football |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 2019 | Bob Wellman | 1999 | Men's Golf |
| Alumni Achievement Award | 1974 | Lowell A. Welsh | 1931 | |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 2016 | Chad Wemhoff | 1998 | Football, Track and Field |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 1996 | Robert L. Wendt | 1948 | Football Team 1947 |
| Alumni Achievement Award | 1961 | D. Kenneth Wernimont | 1930 | |
| Alumni Achievement Award | 1977 | Grant T. Wernimont | 1927 | |
| Young Alumni Achievement Award | 1993 | Susan A. Carr Westcott | 1980 | |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 1996 | Raymond C. Westover | 1949 | Football Team 1947 |
| Athletics Hall of Fame | 1971 | Raymond C. Westover | 1949 | Basketball/Football/Tennis |
| Alumni Loyalty Award | 1974 | Grace Lenfest Wetherell | 1912 |