In 1977 BSA created the Award of Merit honor for exemplary service on the District level. Each District sends nominations each year to Council headquarters for its allotted number of awards. The allotments are based on the number of registered units in the District at the end of the calendar year. Districts are allowed one nominee for each 25 units or fraction thereof.
| Francis Scott Key District (1977 – Present) |
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| 1977 | J. Allen Wallace, Jr. |
| Richard Henderson | |
| Chester C. Staley, Sr. | |
| Samuel Mullen | |
| E. Paul Schelling | |
| Robert S. Pearsall, Jr. | |
| 1978 | Doris Ashenfelter |
| Norman Feldser | |
| Karlye Hardman | |
| 1979 | George G. Cashin |
| Richard U. Comstock | |
| Robert Eastep | |
| 1980 | Manuel Barbelto |
| J. Paul Langley | |
| Carman Wilhelm | |
| 1981 | Dave Emos |
| Robert C. Fulton | |
| Ronald E. Nickens | |
| 1982 | J. Pinoak Browning |
| Robert L. Humphrey | |
| John J. Ruppel | |
| 1983 | Patricia A. Alder |
| Norman M. Covert | |
| A. Norman Lindsay | |
| 1984 | Harry N. Burns |
| James R. Coghill | |
| Dr. Robert R. Rosato | |
| 1985 | Stuart L. Gunter |
| Elvin E. Polesky | |
| Gregory A. Donlon | |
| 1986 | Samuel Jones |
| Michael Turell | |
| Joyce Thomas | |
| 1987 | Etta Loveron |
| James McMorrow | |
| Valerie Robinson | |
| 1988 | Charles G. Gaskin |
| Joseph Robbins | |
| John Grigg | |
| 1989 | Robert Ward |
| Dr. Fred Broadrup | |
| Dr. Robert Broadrup | |
| 1990 | Alan M. Miller |
| Dr. William C. Roessler | |
| 1991 | Ronald Layman, Sr. |
| Jeffrey Bradshaw | |
| Carroll Kefauver | |
| Brannon Thompson | |
| 1992 | James B. MacGillivray |
| H. H. “Jim” Robbins, Jr. | |
| John Steve Bare | |
| 1993 | Timothy “Vic Barker |
| Frederick Pyne | |
| Alex Wisnieski | |
| 1994 | Joseph Davis |
| Dr. John Morrill | |
| Jami Summers | |
| 1995 | Janiece Bladen |
| David Crow | |
| Daniel Beall | |
| 1996 | Jack Castle |
| Russ Ingram | |
| Timothy B. Ganley | |
| 1997 | Dianne Henson |
| Linda Sundergill | |
| Jim Sundergill | |
| 1998 | Karen Barker |
| Tim Gallagher | |
| John Moore | |
| 1999 | Charles Poore |
| Richard Golling | |
| R. K. Leedham | |
| Greg Glover | |
| 2000 | Jane M. Redding |
| Vince “Zeke” Zarrella | |
| Donald Vollmer | |
| William E. Nay | |
| 2001 | Kevin Ollry |
| Fred Carson | |
| Bill Schrum | |
| 2002 | Karen Tate |
| Marty Sterba | |
| 2003 | Carroll Bartlette |
| Peter Bladen | |
| Shawn Youngberg | |
| Steve Vaughn | |
| Patrick OSullivan | |
| Kristine Pearl |
| 2004 | Bill Desmond |
| William Freeman | |
| Melinda Griffee | |
| George Pearl | |
| 2005 | Magaly Green |
| Debbie Crabb | |
| Sandy Crowe | |
| James Lucas | |
| Mark Malatt | |
| Hal Noer | |
| 2006 | Deborah Ousse |
| Ed Clayson | |
| Doug Tadaki | |
| Chuck Harris | |
| George Wunderlich | |
| 2007 | Damon Allen |
| Colby Child | |
| Shawn Matlock | |
| Phillip Ramsey | |
| Thomas Wheatley | |
| 2008 | David Bloxsom |
| Larry Boyd | |
| Doug OConnor | |
| Kevin Chittick | |
| Robert Hutcheson | |
| 2009 | Steve Crowe |
| JoAnn Jackson | |
| Randy Johnson | |
| Laurie Bohanan | |
| James Eaton | |
| 2010 | George Connell |
| Amy Spessard | |
| Kurt Yankaskas | |
| David Garman | |
| 2011 | Paul Smith |
| Dan Speace | |
| Becky Stalnaker | |
| John Stalnaker | |
| Nick Maliszewskyj | |
| Lynn Brewer | |
| 2012 | David Place |
| Janice Gilsdorf | |
| William Lohr | |
| Rick Millward | |
| 2013 | Melody Bloxsom |
| Mike Miller | |
| Rick Rogers | |
| Greg Binzer | |
| 2014 | Col. Billy Noland |
| Nicholas Tate | |
| Rob Marsh | |
| Lindsay Scott | |
| Tate Nicholas | |
| 2015 | William Warren Paire |
| Eric Ashbaugh | |
| R.J. Grenier | |
| John Huggins | |
| Mark Jeffries | |
| Belinda Matlock | |
| 2016 | Brenda Lucas |
| Melissa Udbinac | |
| Alan Ashley | |
| Lemoyne Fletcher | |
| 2017 | Joseph Durnal |
| Elizabeth Matejovich | |
| Joseph Romagnoli | |
| Rick Sprow | |
| William Turner | |
| 2018 | Julie Bostian |
| Lauren Dutrow | |
| Jeff Huggins | |
| Monica Robyns | |
| 2019 | Dory LeCroy |
| Ed Stanfield | |
| Greg Williams | |
| Don Yetter | |
| 2020 | Andrew Corl |
| Al Caho Ken Obenland | |
| Mike Rickman | |
| 2021 | Jeff Geyer |
| Sean Byrne | |
| 2022 | Keith Collins |
| Gary Baird David Roberson |