In 2005, the Alabama Girls State Program established the Jane Shelton Dale Outstanding Counselor Award as a way to both acknowledge the commitment Jane Shelton Dale has given the program as its chairman and to recognize counselors for outstanding service as a volunteer. Recipients of this honor include:

2005 - Maureen Mobley Bowman
2006 - Mary Lee Caldwell
2007 - Brooke Jackson
2008 - Sandi Peak
2009 - Kay Marie Briddell
2010 - Christy Clark
2011 - Kristy Kirkland
2012 - Kristine Lurwig Hickman
2013 - Stephanie Ortel
2014 - Andrea Bagley
2015 - Leanne Mallory Carroll
​2016 - Emily Grimes Wilson
​2017- Martha Griffith
2018 - Lillian Roth
2019 - Mary Elizabeth Gasson
2021- Callen Woodard
2022 - Savana Griffin
​2023- Kathryn Stubblefield
2024- Adrienne Gannon

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