There were 12 remaining nominees.

Mary Evelyn Hiers is bookkeeper at Colquitt County High School and has been employed with the school system for 18 years. Terri Causey is special education paraprofessional at Cox Elementary and has been employed there for 13 years. Keena Milligan is school nurse at C.A. Gray Middle School. June Croft is secretary of maintenance and facilities for Colquitt County Schools and has been employed with the district for three and a half years. Denise Pope is social worker at Norman Park Elementary and has been employed with the system for 10 years.

Sheila Brooks is secretary and bookkeeper at J.M. Odom Elementary School and has been employed there for 21 years. Sandra Evans is a paraprofessional at Okapilco Elementary and has been employed there for nine years. Selena Norman is secretary and bookkeeper for the Colquitt County Pre-K Program and has worked for the district for 10 years. Corinthian Grier is a paraprofessional at Stringfellow Elementary and has been employed with the system for three years.

Peggy Dunaway is a paraprofessional at Sunset Elementary and is in her 21st year with Colquitt County Schools. Berri Tatum is a paraprofessional at W.J. Williams Middle School and has worked in that position for nine years. Wayne Hendrixson is cafeteria manager for R.B. Wright Elementary and has been employed with the district for seven years.