Katie Strayhorn, director of victim services for the Dawson County District Attorney's Office, was recognized last month as the District Attorney's Victim Advocate of the Year for the State of Georgia. Strayhorn, 43, said she was speechless when she learned she had won the award, which according to her doesn't happen often. Strayhorn said she was under the impression that she was going to a meeting on new statewide computer software when she was surprised with the recognition at the Prosecuting Attorney's Council of Georgia's Victim Witness Advocates annual conference on April 26.