Once each year a single co-op student is chosen to receive the Frank Vandegrift Award. This award recognizes Auburn's most outstanding engineering co-op student for the year.
| Brian J. Pappas | ECPE | Southern Company Transmission | 2012 |
| Arthur James "A.J." Duncan | ECPE | ADTRAN, Inc. | 2011 |
| Evan J. Everett | WIRE | NASA - Johnson Space Center | 2010 |
| Sara E. Tourville | CHEN | ExxonMobil Corporation | 2009 |
| John Ryan O'Farrell | SWEN | NASA - John F. Kennedy Space Center | 2008 |
| Mustafi Ali | ECPE | VT Miltope | 2007 |
| David C. Last | ECPE | ADTRAN, Inc. | 2006 |
| Mark A. Whitt | MECH | Briggs & Stratton Corporation | 2005 |
| Victoria L. Salazar | MATL | NASA - John F. Kennedy Space Center | 2004 |
| Juan C. Boulton | CHEN | Solutia, Inc. | 2003 |
| Didem Z. Genc | AERO | Center for Advanced Vehicle Electronics | 2002 |
| Casey L. Hatcher | ELEC | Lab for Electronics Assembly & Packaging | 2001 |
| Jacqueline H. Cole | MECH | Rheem Manufacturing Company | 2000 |
| Chad D. Jones | MECH | AVEX Electronics | 1999 |
| Candice L. Wallace | MECH | NASA - Johnson Space Center | 1998 |
| Larry T. Lowe | ELEC | Simulation Technologies (SimTech) | 1997 |
| John C. Young | ELEC | ADTRAN, Inc. | 1996 |
| John W. Sudduth, Jr. | ELEC | Intergraph Corporation | 1995 |
| Bryan A. Robertson | ELEC | NASA - Marshall Space Flight Center | 1994 |
| Jon E. Mooney | ELEC | Martin Marietta Energy Systems | 1993 |
| Jerard T. Smith | MECH | Diversified Products Corporation | 1992 |
| Timothy M. Sanders | AERO | NASA - John F. Kennedy Space Center | 1991 |
| Patricia G. Melton | ELEC | Alabama Power Company | 1990 |
| Wayne T. Padgett | ELEC | Intergraph Corporation | 1989 |
| Eric A. Steelreath | CHEN | International Paper Company | 1988 |
Recognized as Co-Op of the Year in Alabama by the Alabama Association of Colleges & Employers
Recognized as Co-Op of the Year in Alabama by the Alabama College Co-Op & Placement Association