At the end of each year the Dark Clouds host an end of the year party, all members are invited to vote for the outstanding Dark Clouds members and club or community individuals from that year.
Awards from Dark Clouds to the Players:
Player of the Year:
- 2004 – Dustin Branan
- 2005 – Freddy Juarez
- 2006 – Matt Schmidt
- 2007 – Nic Platter
- 2008 – Nic Platter
- 2009 – Nic Platter
- 2010 – Andres Arango
- 2011 – Kyle Altman
- 2012 – Matt VanOekel
- 2013 – Pablo Campos
- 2014 – Miguel Ibarra
- 2015 – Justin Davis
- 2016 – Christian Ramirez
- 2017 – Bobby Shuttleworth
- 2018 – Miguel Ibarra
- 2019 – Vito Manonne
- 2020 – Michael Boxall
- 2021 – Emanuel Reynoso
- 2022 – Dayne St. Clair
- 2023 – Michael Boxall
- 2024 – Robin Lod
- 2025 – Dayne St. Clair
Newcomer of the Year:
- 2004 – Jay Alberts
- 2005 – Nate Knox
- 2006 – Alfredo Esteves
- 2007 – Brian Farber
- 2008 – Ricardo Sanchez
- 2009 – Lawrence Olum
- 2010 – Simone Bracalello
- 2011 – Justin Davis
- 2012 – Miguel Ibarra
- Calum Mallace (2013)
- 2014 – Christian Ramirez
- 2015 – Sammy Ndjock
- 2016 – Jeb Brovsky
- 2017 – Jerome Thiesson
- 2018 – Darwin Quintero
- 2019 – Ike Opara
- 2020 – Emanuel Reynoso
- 2021 – Franco Fragapane
- 2022 – Bongokuhle Hlongwane
- 2023 – Teemu Pukki
- 2024 -Kelvin Yeboah
- 2025 – Triantis nectaries
Fowlanthropist of the Year Award: (presented to player whose misconduct generated the highest donations)
- 2021 – Chase Gasper
- 2022 – Wil Trapp
- 2023 – Michael Boxall
- 2024 – Joseph Rosales
- 2025 – TBD
Buzz Lagos Award: (presented to individual (club or community) for lifetime achievement, not necessarily presented every year)
- 2005 – Buzz Lagos (Namesake, original coach and leader of the Minnesota Thunder)
- 2007 – Liz Schorn (Thunder team trainer and photographer)
- 2009 – Claude Duran (Thunder team mascot, Thor)
- (Anthony’s plan had been to give it to Amos in 2009, but he was out of town and Claude was retiring.)
- 2010- Manny Lagos (Original player, former coach and now club administrator)
- 2012 – Chris Lidholm (Broadcasting voice of the Minnesota Thunder, Stars, United)
- 2013 – Kevin Friedland (Player and man of one thousand hats that kept the team going thru many lean years)
- 2014 – Dan Barnes (Owner of original USL Discussion Boards, fan community in the early days)
- 2016 – Angie Blaker (Team Operations)
- 2017 – Brian Quarstad
- 2019 – Amos Magee
- 2020 – Tony Sanneh
- 2021 – Bruce McGuire
- 2022 – Andy Wattenhofer
Jackass of the Year: (presented to Dark Cloud Supporter of the Year)
- 2005 – Keith Kramer
- 2007 – Kevin Joseph
- 2008 – Neal Logan
- 2009 – Tim “SuperRookie” Hayes
- 2010 – Scott Kerssen
- 2011 – Anthony by Sam Lazaro
- 2012 – David Smith
- 2013 – Ben Pfutzenreuter (Arts and Crafts); Wes Burdine (Discourse); Tim Alexander
- 2014 – Nachiket Karnik and Doreen Hartzell
- 2015 – Abe Opoti
- 2016 – Rich Harrison, Teresa Peterson, Sam Solberg
- 2017 – Jim Oliver
- 2018 – Andy Reierson
- 2019 – Meagan Weber
- 2020 – Ty Hoagland
- 2021 – Maggi Heyer
- 2022 – Jackson Smith
- 2023 – Jens Selin
- 2024 – Andrew Bruski
- 2025 – Matthew Freechak
Iron Skillet Award: (presented to a member who have fixed or improved organization)
- 2014 – Brandon Maurisak
- 2015 – Jeff Rueter & Jake Rueter
- 2016 – Nachiket Karnik
- 2017 – Ben Krouse Gagne and Phil Cross
- 2018 – David Martin
- 2019 – Andy Reierson
- 2020 – Erin Green
- 2021 – Nick Moore
- 2022 – Daniel Ditmanson
- 2023 – Wes Burdine
- 2024 – Maggi Heyer
- 2025 – Alicia Pedersen
Tom Donovan Award: (presented to Dark Cloud traveler of the year
- 2017 – Andrew Lovgren
- 2018 – Brett Schading
- 2019 – Nachiket Karnik
- 2020 – Not Awarded
- 2021 – Not Awarded
- 2022 – Years Christiansen
- 2023 – Charlie Callaghan
- 2024 – Mel Simms
- 2025 – Colin O’Donnell
voLOONteer of the Year: (Presented by the Dark Clouds Silver Lining at spring appreciation event)
- 2021 -Shaun Sapala
- 2022 – Rich Harrison
- 2023 – Mike Kappel
- 2024 – Margaret Couture
- 2025 – TBD
Miscellaneous Awards:
- 2008 – Kevin Friedland – Humanitarian/Man of the Year