The Service Above Self Award is Rotary International’s highest honor for individual Rotarians. The award recognizes up to 150 Rotarians annually who have demonstrated exemplary humanitarian service, with an emphasis on personal volunteer efforts and active involvement in helping others through Rotary.
 
District 5870 recipients:
 
 
Rotary Year
Rotarian
Club
1991-92
Randall W. Bryan
Mexia
1996-97
C.E. “Gene” Neal, Jr.
Fairfield
1999-00
John Michael Pinson
Killeen Heights
2000-01
William Bradfield
Shiner
2000-01
Wilson E. “Pat” Speir
Austin-Oak Hill
2001-02
Jack Forrest
Mexia
2001-02
Charles E. Buzzard
Temple
2002-03
Dave Smith
Austin
2003-04
Billy Archibald
Mexia
2003-04
Patsy Derr
Killeen Heights
2006-07
Colin “Ick” Hook
Killeen Heights
2007-08
Dr. Clift Price
Austin University Area
2009-10
Gene E. Davenport
Georgetown
2010-11
Vic Neimeyer
South Austin
2011-12
Bill Lopez
Yoakum
2012-13
Ronney Reynolds
Austin
2013-14
Timothy Buckley
Northwest Austin
2014-15
Mary Reynolds
Austin
2018-19
Rich Kaye
Killeen Heights
2019-20   Jennifer Graham   Temple
2020-21   John Salem   Marble Falls