2005 WACHOVIA REGIONAL & DISTRICT PRINCIPALS OF THE YEAR
| REGION | SCHOOLS | NAME |
|---|---|---|
| Northeast Region (Region I) |
Beaufort County Schools | Crystal Ange |
| Bertie County Schools | Wayne Mayo | |
| Camden County Schools | Rebecca Phelps | |
| Currituck County Schools | Patricia Newbern | |
| Dare County Schools | Walter McWhirt | |
| Edenton-Chowan Schools | Shelia Evans | |
| Elizabeth City-Pasquotank Schools | Frank Heath | |
| Gates County Schools | Michael Felton | |
| Hertford County Schools | Ron Lane | |
| Hyde County Schools | Charles DelForge | |
| Martin County Schools | Harry Respass | |
| Perquimans County | Melvin Hawkins (Finalist) | |
| Pitt County Schools | Thompson Forbes, Jr. | |
| Tyrrell County Schools | ||
| Washington County Schools | ||
| Southeast Region (Region II) |
Brunswick County Schools | Zelphia Grissett |
| Carteret County Schools | Wanda Fowler | |
| Craven County Schools | Gerald Johnson (Finalist) | |
| Duplin County Schools | M. Guthrie | |
| Greene County Schools | ||
| Jones County Schools | Dixie Whaley | |
| Lenoir County Schools | Brent Williams | |
| New Hanover County Schools | Susan Hahn | |
| Onslow County Schools | Susie Kinder | |
| Pamlico County Schools | ||
| Pender County Schools | William Cauley III | |
| Sampson County Schools | Linda Williams | |
| Clinton City Schools | Debbie Daughtry | |
| Wayne County Schools | Barbara Wilkins | |
| North Central Region
(Region III) |
Durham Public Schools | Stacey Wilson-Norman |
| Edgecombe County Schools | Cheryl Olmsted | |
| Franklin County Schools | Jewel Eason | |
| Granville County Schools | Roy Winslow | |
| Halifax County Schools | Jacqueline Wilson | |
| Roanoke Rapids City Schools | ||
| Weldon City Schools | ||
| Johnston County Schools | Cathy Truitt (Finalist) | |
| Nash-Rocky Mount Schools | Ella Batts | |
| Northampton County Schools | Mary Ruffin-Harrell | |
| Vance County Schools | Oddis Smith | |
| Wake County Schools | Stephen Mares | |
| Warren County Schools | Joyce Long | |
| Wilson County Schools | Donna Simms | |
| Sandhills/South Central
Region (Region IV) |
Bladen County Schools | Linda Baldwin |
| Columbus County Schools | Mitchell Nance | |
| Whiteville City Schools | Deanna Shuman | |
| Cumberland County Schools | Allison Violette (Finalist) | |
| Harnett County Schools | Sandra Howard | |
| Hoke County Schools | Stacy Stewart | |
| Lee County Schools | Gary Moore | |
| Montgomery County Schools | Robert Gilman | |
| Moore County Schools | Mary Harrison | |
| Richmond County Schools | Cory Satterfield | |
| Public Schools of Robeson County | Jennifer Freeman | |
| Scotland County Schools | Cindy Goodman | |
| Piedmont-Triad/Central Region (Region V) |
Alamance Burlington Schools | Gary Thornburg |
| Caswell County Schools | Wanda Fields | |
| Chatham County Schools | John Eldridge (Finalist) | |
| Davidson County Schools | Deana Coley | |
| Lexington City Schools | Patricia Kroh | |
| Thomasville City Schools | R. Tobin | |
| Guilford County Schools | Dorothy Harper | |
| Orange County Schools | Terry Rogers | |
| Chapel Hill-Carrboro Schools | Susan Pegg | |
| Person County Schools | Margaret Allen | |
| Randolph County Schools | Laurie Sypole | |
| Asheboro City Schools | Karen Kiser-Kling | |
| Rockingham County Schools | Pamela Stphens-Lynch | |
| Stokes County Schools | Robert Martin | |
| Winston Salem/Forsyth Schools | Dennis Moser | |
| Southwest Region (Region VI) |
Anson County Schools | Preston Waddell |
| Cabarrus County Schools | Cynthia Scott | |
| Kannapolis City Schools | Nancy Bartles | |
| Cleveland County Schools | Jerry Hoyle | |
| Gaston County Schools | Sheri Little | |
| Lincoln County Schools | Glenda Walker | |
| Stanly County Schools | Cynthia Misenheimer | |
| Union County Schools | Bill Cook (Finalist) | |
| Charlotte/Mecklenburg Schools | Thomas Spivey, Jr. | |
| Northwest Region (Region VII) |
Alexander County Schools | Steve Bumgarner |
| Alleghany County Schools | Gary West | |
| Ashe County Schools | Robert McClure | |
| Avery County Schools | Roger Ayers | |
| Burke County Schools | Wendi Barber | |
| Caldwell County Schools | James Bradshaw | |
| Catawba County Schools | DeAnna Finger | |
| Hickory Public Schools | Vanessa Howerton | |
| Newton-Conover Schools | Beverly Roberts | |
| Davie County Schools | Danny Cartner | |
| Iredell-Statesville Schools | Roberta Ellis | |
| Elkin City Schools | R. Finney | |
| Mooresville Graded School District | ||
| Rowan-Salisbury Schools | Windsor Eagle (Finalist) | |
| Surry County Schools | Terry Marcum | |
| Mount Airy City Schools | Sandy George | |
| Watauga County Schools | Phillip Griffin | |
| Wilkes County Schools | Teresa Foster | |
| Yadkin County Schools | Alice Shore | |
| West Region (Region VIII) |
Buncombe County Schools | Margaret Hyatt (Finalist & 2005 Wachovia Principal of the Year) |
| Asheville City Schools | Carol Ray | |
| Cherokee County Schools | David Newsome | |
| Clay County Schools | ||
| Graham County Schools | ||
| Haywood County Schools | Tom Daily | |
| Henderson County Schools | Joseph Tamer | |
| Jackson County Schools | Theresa Peters | |
| Macon County Schools | Chris Baldwin | |
| Madison County Schools | Nancy Allen | |
| McDowell County Schools | Lynn McNeilly | |
| Mitchell County Schools | Chad Calhoun | |
| Polk County Schools | William Utz, Jr. | |
| Rutherford County Schools | Marty Hopper | |
| Swain County Schools | Lambert Wilson | |
| Transylvania County Schools | Ronald Kiviniemi | |
| Yancey County Schools | Harold Lusk, Sr. |