The Board of Governors of the Mathematical Association of America instituted the Award for Distinguished College of University Teaching of Mathematics at its meeting in San Francisco, California, on January 15, 1991. There will be awards at both the Sectional and national level, with recipients of Section Awards being considered for the national awards. Each of the Sections will select a recipient of the Section Award, to be honored by the Section at its annual spring meeting. The awardee will then be the official Section candidate for the national awards.
| Year | Name | School |
| 1992 | Anne Hudson | Armstrong Atlantic State University |
| 1993 | Robert Bryant | Duke University |
| 1994 | John Neff | Georgia Institute of Technology |
| 1995 | Sylvia Bozeman | Spelman College |
| 1996 | Carl Pomerance | University of Georgia |
| 1997 | Harold Reiter | University of North Carolina at Charlotte |
| 1998 | Joel Brawley | Clemson University |
| 1999 | Ben Klein | Davidson College |
| 2000 | Theodore Shifrin | University of Georgia |
| 2001 | Johnny Henderson | Auburn University |
| 2002 | Ronald Harshbarger | University of South Carolina at Beaufort |
| 2003 | Sue Goodman | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| 2004 | Jeff Knisley | East Tennessee State University |
| 2005 | David Stone | Georgia Southern University |
| 2006 | William Mac Priestly | University of the South |
| 2007 | David Sumner | University of South Carolina |
| 2008 | Ron Gould | Emory University |
| 2009 | Hugh Howards | Wake Forest University |
| 2010 | Martin Jones | College of Charleston |
| 2011 | Barry Speiler | Birmingham-Southern College |
| 2012 | Sam Kaplan | University of North Carolina Asheville |
| 2013 | Ron Taylor | Berry College |
| 2015 | Maurice Hendon | University of Georgia |
| 2016 | Stephen Robinson | Wake Forest |
| 2017 | Valerie Miller | Georgia State University |
| 2019 | Julia Barnes | Western Carolina University |
| 2020 | Ratnasingham Shivaji | University of North Carolina at Greensboro |
| 2021 | Tim Chartier | Davidson College |
| 2022 | Vicky Klima | Appalachian State University |
| 2023 | Jeneva Clark | University of Tennessee |
Distinguished Teaching Award: Beginning Faculty
| Year | Name | School |
| 2009 | Patrick Bahls | UNC Asheville |
| 2010 | Jason Parsley | Wake Forest University |
| 2011 | Tom Hoffman | Coastal Carolina University |
| 2012 | Hua Wang | Georgia Southern University |
| 2013 | Yuliya Babenko | Kennesaw State University |
| 2014 | Joe Rusinko | Winthrop University |
| 2015 | Kristen Abernathy | Winthrop University |
| 2016 | Chad Awtrey | Elon University |
| 2017 | Jeremy Brazas | Georgia State University |
| 2018 | Zach Abernathy | Winthrop University |
| 2019 | Nicole Panza | Francis Marion University |
| 2020 | Andrew Penland | Western Carolina University |
| 2021 | Abbey Bourdon | Wake Forest University |
| 2022 | Toyin Alli | University of Georgia |
| 2023 | Duha Hamed | Winthrop University |
