Because of their contributions to campus and the wider community, a large number of students who have graduated from the INVST Community Leadership Program have also received one of the highest honors in CU’s College of Arts & Sciences, the Jacob Van Ek Award.
Following are the winners since 2001:
| Year | Recipient | Mentor |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Jamie Rezmovits | Jim Downton |
| 2003 | Amy L. Weiner | Seana Lowe |
| 2004 | L. Cheyenne Sobieniak-Wiseman | Seana Lowe |
| Kaye A. Jones | Cathy Comstock | |
| Nicholas H. Hedlund | Cathy Comstock | |
| 2005 | Alexis Bencze | |
| Maren Gauldin | ||
| David Meens | ||
| Amy Hutmacher | ||
| 2007 | Anna Koclanes | |
| 2008 | Taylor K. Levy | |
| 2009 | David Hinojosa | |
| 2012 | Ashley Basta | Cathy Comstock |
| Kyle Huelsman | Jennifer Bair and Sabrina Sideris | |
| 2013 | Olivia Jones | David Meens |
| Samantha LaPres | David Meens | |
| Lucas Polglaze | Sabrina Sideris | |
| 2015 | Nathan Zick-Smith | |
| 2017 | Andrea Baeza Breinbauer | Rolf Norgaard |
| 2018 | Lorena Aguilar Santana | |
| 2019 | Hattie Houser |
| 2019 | Makena Lambert | |
| 2020 |
Olivia Gardner |
| 2022 | Areyana Proctor | Cathy Comstock |