Each year at the annual banquet, the Hardwood Club bestows the Victor A. Hanson Medal of Excellence honor upon an individual or individuals who have ties to the Syracuse University men's basketball program and have made outstanding contributions to the game of college basketball.
| 1972 |
Vic Hanson |
| 1973 |
Dave Bing |
| 1974 |
Billy Gabor |
| 1975 |
Vincent Cohen |
| 1976 |
Lew Andreas |
| 1977 |
Bob Felasco |
| 1978 |
Red Holtzman |
| 1979 |
John Cincebox |
| 1980 |
Fred Lewis |
| 1981 |
Dick Stockton |
| 1982 |
Tom Niland (LeMoyne Coach) |
| 1983 |
Danny Biasone |
| 1984 |
Jimmy Lee & Mike Lee |
| 1985 |
Dennis Du Val |
| 1986 |
Mark Wadach |
| 1987 |
Roy Danforth |
| 1988 |
Bob Costas (Sportscaster) |
| 1989 |
David Gavitt (Big East Commissioner |
| 1990 |
Louis Orr |
| 1991 |
Ray Meyer (DePaul Basketball Coach |
| 1992 |
John Wooden (UCLA Basketball Coach) |
| 1993 |
Marty Byrnes |
| 1994 |
Roosevelt Bouie |
| 1995 |
Leo Rautins |
| 1996 |
Pearl Washington |
| 1997 |
George Hicker |
| 1998 |
Rafael Addison & Doug Logan (Sportscaster) |
| 1999 |
Mike Tirico (Sportscaster) |
| 2000 |
Joe Szombathy & Larry Kimball (Syracuse SID) |
| 2001 |
Conrad McRae |
| 2002 |
Danny Schayes & Terry McDonald |
| 2003 |
Sherman Douglas |
| 2004 |
Howard Triche & Greg Monroe |
| 2005 |
Rony Seikaly |
| 2006 |
Derrick Coleman |
| 2007 |
Stephen Thompson |
| 2008 |
Billy Owens |
| 2009 |
Lawrence Moten |
| 2010 |
John Wallace |
| 2011 |
Jason Hart |
| 2012 |
Sean Kerins |
| 2013 |
Etan Thomas |
| 2014 |
Rob Edson (SU Athletics Administrator) |
| 2015 |
Mike Hopkins |
| 2016 |
Craig Forth |
| 2017 |
Adrian Autry |
| 2018 |
Rudy Hackett |
| 2019 |
Gerry McNamara |
| 2020 |
Matt Park & Jim Satalin (Sports announcers) |
