Dr. Joseph F. Murray Best Act Award

Voted on by the members and pledge members of the Troupe, the Dr. Joseph F. Murray Best Act Award is awarded annually to each member of the act which is chosen to be the most outstanding act of the year.

Note: This award was renamed the "Dr. Joseph F. Murray Best Act Award" in 2011, in honor of former director Joseph Murray.

1947 - Mixed Triples Balancing

1948 - The Gladiator and His Lady (Roman Chair)

1949 - The Sky Scrapers (Perch Pole)

1950 - The Aristocrats of the Trampoline

1951 - Anthony and Cleopatra (Mixed Doubles Balancing)

1952 - The Quadropods (Mixed Quads Balancing)

1953 - "The Terrapins" Mixed Triples Balancing

1954 - Men's Doubles Balancing

1955 - "Mirror Image"

1956 - "The Twilighters" Mixed Doubles Balancing

1957 - Men's Triples Balancing

1958 - The Chairmen"

1959 - "The Highlanders" Mixed Triples Balancing

1960 - "The Tridettes" Women's Triples Balancing

1961 - "Tumbling Terrapins"

1962 - Men's Triples Balancing

1963 - Men's Triples Balancing

1964 - Men's Doubles Balancing

1965 - Men's Doubles Balancing

1966 - Men's Triples Balancing

1967 - Women's Triples Balancing

1968 - Comedy Parallel Bars

1969 - Women's Triples Balancing

1970 - Vaulting

1971 - Comedy Parallel Bars

1972 - Rings

1973 - Chairs

1974 - Rings

1975 - Women's Triples Balancing

1975 - Women's Triples Balancing

1976 - Vaulting

1977 - Vaulting

1978 - Chairs

1979 - Mixed Doubles Balancing

1980 - High Bar

1980 & 1981 - Men's Doubles Balancing

1982 - Vaulting

1983 - Mixed Doubles Balancing

1984 - Men's Triples Balancing

1985 - Ladders

1986 - Mixed Doubles Balancing

1987 - Mixed Triples Balancing

1988 - Men's Quads Balancing

1989 - Chairs

1990 - Tumbling

1991 - Mixed Doubles Balancing

1992 - Mixed Quads Balancing

1993 - Mixed Triples and Balancing

1994 - Women's Quads Balancing

1995 - Uneven Bars

1996 - Women's Triples Balancing

1997 - Trampoline

1999 - Women's Quads Balancing

2000 - Vaulting

2001 - Uneven Bars

2002 - Parallel Bars

2003 - Women's Quads Balancing

2004 - Dance

2005 - Chairs

2006 Ladders

2007 - Chairs

2008 - Ladders

2009 - Beam

2011 - Mixed Doubles Balancing

2012 - Free Running

2013 - Mixed Doubles Balancing

2014 - Teeter

2015 - Mixed Doubles Balancing

2016 - Free Movement

2017 - Comedy Parallel Bars

2018 - Free Movement

2019 - Mixed Doubles Balancing

2020 - Dance

2020 - Teeter

2021 - Chairs

2022 - "Banter" Partner Aerial Silks

2023 - Pyramids