It's a good thought. Maybe next year, if we make this an annual thing (which I hope we do.) Might be too late to organize such things this year.
On another note, Newcomer of the Year was another idea I too had. However, seeing as we're in our first year now, that might be hard to distinguish.

We could limit it to that past 4 or 5 months, maybe. But seeing as that's when the community really took off anyway, I don't know.