The Distinguished Service Award was created in 1940 to honor those who rendered service to the Order beyond the lodge level. The award is presented to those Arrowmen who have rendered distinguished and outstanding service to the Order on a sectional, regional, or national basis. The award is presented every two to three years during the National Order of the Arrow Conference. Since the time the first awards were presented, less than 840 Distinguished Service Awards have been awarded.

The award is a sterling silver arrowhead, bearing an arrow pointing upward and to the wearer's right, suspended from a white neck-ribbon upon which are embroidered red arrows. In addition recipients receive a white square knot embroidered upon a red cloth.

Wa-Hi-Nasa Lodge is honored to count a number of lodge members among the select few Arrowmen that have received the Order of the Arrow Distinguished Service Award. The following DSA recipients are current or former members of Wa-Hi-Nasa Lodge, listed by year they received the award:

Ray Capp
1973

William F. Ketron
1979

Howard B. Olson
1986

Todd F. Trapnell
1988

David W. Garrett
1990

J. Todd Metcalf
1994

Craig B. Salazar
1994

Michael A. Salazar
1994

James A. Schwab
1998

Carl E. Head II
2002

Clay Capp
2004

Benjamin W. Janke
2004

Ian M. Romaine
2009