Each year the IBCA Board of Directors selects individuals from each of the three districts to receive the Virgil Sweet Distinguished Service Award. The award, named in honor of longtime Executive Director of the IBCA, are given yo individuals who have provided meritorious service promoting basketball in the state of Indiana. Awards are presented to these individuals at the Annual IBCA Spring Clinic.
1982 to the Present
| Year District 1 | District 2 | District 3 | District 4 | District 5 |
| 1982 Terry Lee | Jack Yaggy | Otis Bowen | Bob Barnet | Joe Edwards |
| 1983 Pinky Newell | Herb Swartz | Don Jellison | Morrie Mannies | Whitey Jones |
| 1984 Virgil Sweet | Joe Smekins | Charlie Moss | Sam Roberts | Bob Hammel |
| 1985 Bob King | Forest Miller | Dave Pert | Herbie Houk | Dick Langford |
| 1986 Dave Krider | Earl Mishler | Pat Roy | Sam Simmermaker | Norman Hall |
| 1987 Harry Bradway | Hillard Gates | Jimmy Angelopolous | Don McBride | John Potts |
| 1988 Bill Overholser | Bill Fowler | Howard Catt | Orvis Burdsall | Barney Scott |
| 1989 Paul Rommel | Gene Conard | Jerry Baker | Eric Wohlford | Bob Simmers |
| 1990 Doug Adams | Bob Straight | Don Bates | Phil Stigelman | Guy Glover |
| 1991 Skip Collins | Bud Gallmeier | Betty Sizelove | Gus Moorehead | Bob Lochmuller |
| 1992 Joe Heath | Kem Klimek | Garry Donna | Phil Buck | Bud Ritter |
| 1993 John Mutka | Leroy Lambright | Ray Craft | Ron Lemaster | CharlieJenkins |
| 1994 Mildred Ball | Bob Primmer | Tom Carnegie | Ted Server | George Marshall |
| 1995 Earl Mishler | By Hay | Kurt Freudenthal | Harold Schutz | Temme Patterson |
| 1996 Paul Condry | Greg Johans | Wayne Fuson | Jan Clark | Mike Blake |
| 1997 Paul Jankowski | David Fulkerson | Gene Conard | John Robbins | Dan Korba |
| 1998 W.McCormack | Dick Simpson | Bill Pfister | Ron Raver | Mike Barrett |
| 1999 Forrest Rhode | Dennis Craft | Jim Rosenstihl | Phil Snodgress | Robert Shippe |
| 2000 Jeff Washburn | Rita Simpson | Howard Sharpe | Ayler Davidson | Larry Schwetzer |
| 2001 Curt Casbon | Fred Inniger | Gene Cato | Bob Lovell | Brian Bohne |
| 2002 Marvin Tudor | Jack Woodruff | Jim Russell | John Hodge | Tom Collins |
| 2003 Paul Curtis | Dean Pantazi | Vince Welch | George Griffith | Jack Butcher |
Re- Alignment to 3 Districts (Previously Five)
| YEAR | District 1 | District 2 | District 3 |
| 2004 | Ron Heflin | Pat Aikman | Graham Taylor |
| Dan Swift | Pat McKee | Richard Lankford | |
| Donna Sullivan | |||
| 2005 | Elmer Strautman | Bill Benner | Walt Ferber |
| Keith Neust | Gene Keady | ||
| 2006 | Homer Drew | Gene Milner | Dan Egierski |
| Mike Hey | Herb Schwomeyer | Orlando "Gunner" Wyman | |
| 2007 | Tom Rehm | Judi Warren | Cliff Guilliams |
| Anthony Anderson | Dave Calabro | Kurt Gutgsell | |
| Dan Willett | |||
| 2008 | Fred Mitchell | Roger Dickinson | Jason Recker |
| Chip Jones | Bob Kirkhoff | Chris James | |
| 2009 | Bob Adams | Leigh Evans | Bob Boyles |
| Greg Bell | John Harrell | ||
| Jeff Sagarin | |||
| 2010 | Stu Swartz | Larry Barrett | Hugh Schaefer |
| Jackie & Cory Webster | Ed Siegel | ||
| 2011 | Mark Smith | Mike Beas | Charles Denbo |
| 2012 | Al Hamnik | Dr. John McCarroll | Curt Cavin |
| Greg Jones | Robin Miller | Arv Koontz | |
| Dick Rea | Pete Swanson | ||