The Crystal Apple Award is given at the discretion of the AASL President to an individual or group who has had significant impact on school libraries and students.
| Year | AASL President | Honoree |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Sara Kelly Johns | The Spokane Moms: Denette Hill, Lisa Layera-Brunkan, Susan McBurney * Read a statement from the Spokane Moms. |
| 2007 | Cyndi Phillip | Scholastic Library Publishing |
| 2006 | J. Linda Williams |
First Lady Laura Bush |
| 2005 | Dawn P. Vaughn | Follett Library Resources |
| 2004 | Frances R. Roscello | Bound to Stay Bound Books, Inc. |
| 2003 | Nancy P. Zimmerman | Rachel Hodges, former First Lady of South Carolina, and Scholastic, Inc. |
| 2002 | Helen Adams | Sen. Ralph Regula |
| 2001 | Harriet Selverstone | Don Leslie, 3M Library Systems |
| 2000 | Ellen Jay | Betty Marcoux |
| 1999 | Sharon Coatney | Delaine Easton, State Superintendent of Schools, CA |
| 1998 | Ken Haycock | Lillian Gerhardt, Retiring Editor, School Library Journal |
| 1997 | Barbara Stripling | DeWitt Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund |
| 1996 | David Loertscher | Elliot & Eleanor Goldstein, SIRS Ann Carlson Weeks |
| 1995 | Jacqueline Mancall | Dr. Judith M. Pitts (posthumously) |
| 1994 | E. Blanche Woolls | Senator Paul Simon, IL Congressman Jack Reed, RI |
| 1993 | Ruth Toor | Charles Follett, Jr., Follett Software Company |