Someone needs to do some editing here to add some background, mostly adding US Relay Champs titles and the like:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Donaldson_(econ...)
From the NYT:
After the Nobel Prize in Economics, the Clark medal is widely considered the next most prestigious form of recognition for an academic economist. While it is awarded only to people who work in the United States, about 40 percent of recipients have gone on to win a Nobel Prize — and many of the more recent recipients are considered strong contenders for a Nobel in years to come.