Third Place, Graduate Student Poster Competition (Agricultural Legacies in Southwest Michigan: Perspectives on Socio-Environmental Change), Victor Institute for Responsible Land Development and Use, (Michigan State University Extension), 2004-2004
Honors Society of the Phi Kappa Phi (Academic Honor), National Society, 2003-2007
First Place, Graduate Student Poster Competition (Agricultural Land Use Transformations in Southwestern Michigan), Victor Institute for Responsible Land Development and Use (Michigan State University), 2003-2003
Honorable Mention, Poster Competition ("The Extraordinary Cherry:" Specialty Crop Production In A Changing World), Rural Sociological Society, 2001-2001
Graduate Office Fellowship, The Graduate School (Michigan State University), 1997-2003
Graduate Recruiting Fellowship, Department of Resource Development (Michigan State University), 1993-1994