The American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) awards the top performers of the Uniform CPA Exam each year, and has since 1923 when the Elijah Watt Sells Award was established. The criteria for winning has changed over the years, but last year, for example, the top 39 of the 92,000 candidates received the award. It should be easy to verify this.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elijah_Watt_Sells#Award