• 2016 4-H Photography Judge Nebraska State Fair

• 2016 4-H Photography Judge Cuming County Fair

• 2016 4-H Photography Judge Saunders County Fair

• 2016 Merit Award for Dragonfly Photo
  Grand Island Art in the Park

• 2015 4-H Photography Judge for the Nebraska State Fair

• 2015 4-H Photography Judge Seward County Fair

• 2015 Merit Award Recipient for Western Collage (Grand Island Art in the Park)

• Featured in the June Issue of PhotoPlus Magazine Photo entitled "Just a turn of the Knob" placed 10th out of 285 images submitted in Photocrowd's "Doors contest. Photo was awarded into the Expert Category by the judge.
   

• Mentor for the Master of Fine Arts in Creativity Program through Bellevue University in Bellevue

• 2014 Photography Judge for the Nebraska State Fair

• 2014 Photography Judge at the Valley County (Ord) Fair

• Featured in Nebraskaland Magazine's "Beautiful Nebraska" A Collectors Edition

**Photo won 3rd place in Amphibians, Invertebrates and Reptiles category. 

• 2014 Christopher & Dana Reeve's Foundation's Expression of Paralysis

**Selected Top Ten.

Photo will hang in headquarters for one year.

• 2014 Comstock Art & Photo Contest

** Second Place Recipient Adult Professional Category Photo entitled: "Tracks to Nowhere" 

• 2014 Recipient of the Jack and Libby Henry Purchase Award

 _{** Prairie Winds Art Gallery Photography Contest February, 2014}

_{Photo entitled "Broken Resolutions"}

• Featured in the NTV First Alert Weather Calendar

          ** Photo entitled "Cowboy Winter" representing the month of January.

2013

• 2013 Recipient of Honorable Mention for "Dare To Dream" Golden Spike Tower's train photo contest

• 2013 Photography Judge for the Nebraska State Fair

• Profiled on NET1 Nebraska Stories May 12th, 2013 (http://video.netnebraska.org/video/2365122400/)

• Moonshell Arts and Humanities Council's 2013 Outstanding Visual Artist in Multimedia Award Recipient

• Featured Artist at Stuhr Muesum; November 10th, - February 3rd, 2013

2012

• 2012 Contest Winner for Through the Visitors Eyes Stuhr Museum. (weather category)

          ** Photo will be published in the 2013 calendar for month of December.

• 2012 Photography Judge for the Nebraska State Fair

• 2012 Recipient of the John R. Mayer Award of Excellence at Art in the Park- Grand Island.

• Featured Artist at the Alda Nature and Visitor Center; March 1^st, - April 30^th, 2012

• Featured Artist at the Minden Opera House; July 16^th, 2011- September 11^th, 2011

• "Good Night Nebraska" (Camp Augustine) featured on Senator Mike Johanns' Facebook page.
  ^{** Photo was featured on November 5th, 2012.}

Hall County Fair, Grand Island, NE

• Open Class Award; 1^st place and special award in the still life category, Aug., 2010

• Open Class Award; 1^st place in human interest category, Aug., 2010

• Open Class Award; 1^st place in antique category, Aug., 2010

• Open Class Award; 1^st place in bird category, Aug., 2010

• Open Class Award; 1^st place in landscape category, Aug., 2010

Prairie Winds Art Gallery, Grand Island, NE:

• Honorable Mention for “Wild Intriguing Spirit”, April 2010

• Dr. Tompkins Purchase Award for “God’s Nightly Finale”, February 2011

Art in the Park, Grand Island, NE

• Judges pick, 4^th place for " Tracks to Somewhere", July 2009

NE Lottery State Fair Competition:

• First place winner for week 14, Sept., 2008

Second Annual CCC Earth Day Artistic Competition:

• First Place Winner; “Man Vs. Nature”, April, 2008

• Second Place Winner, "Kentucky Bridge", April, 2008

Nebraska Statewide Arboretum Photo Contest:

• Photo for month of May for 2008 calendar; Oct. 2007

• Photo for month of August for 2008 calendar; Oct. 2007