2008 Music Teachers National Association Shepherd Composer of the Year Award ASCAPlus STANDARD AWARD WINNER 2008 Alabama Music Teachers Association Commission 2007 ASCAPlus STANDARD AWARD WINNER 2006 ASCAPlus STANDARD AWARD WINNER 2005 ASCAPlus STANDARD AWARD WINNER 2005-2006 Louisiana Sinfonietta Commission 2004 ASCAP STANDARD AWARD WINNER 2004 Percussion Arts Society Composition Competition "Boogaloo: Rough and Tumble" for percussion quartet Third Prize 2003 ASCAP STANDARD AWARD WINNER 2002 ASCAP STANDARD AWARD WINNER 2001 Louisiana Music Teachers Association Commission 2001 ASCAP STANDARD AWARD WINNER 2000 National Association of Composers, USA Young Composers Competition, Honorable Mention - "Memphis Skies" for brass quintet 2000 ASCAP STANDARD AWARD WINNER 1999 ASCAP STANDARD AWARD WINNER 1999 Southeastern Composers League Philips Slates Copmosition Contest First Place, "Strata I" for solo flute 1998 Louisiana State University Board of Regents Fellowship Recipient 1997 Southeastern Composers League Philips Slates Composition Contest Second Place, "Dhamar" for tenor and bass trombone