In the mountains north of Yuma during the late 1800's, a lucrative gold mine, called the King of Arizona Mine, flourished. This mine adopted a brand to stamp its equipment, K of A. Soon the post office and community was referred to as K of A, which eventually was shortened to Kofa. The Kings of Arizona or the Kofa Award is indeed an appropriate name for the award patterned after the Ishi Award of the Pope and Young Club.

The committee will present to a bowhunter who collects the monarch an 8x10 copper etched plate on a walnut plaque. Not just a state record, but a state record that stands head and shoulders above the other big ones. Indeed, the king! It is our desire that the Kofa Award becomes the most coveted award an Arizona bowhunter can receive.