Grants:
• AU $500.00, The QAL People’s Choice Awards, Section 4: Digital Works, 40th Rio Tinto Martin Hanson Memorial Art Awards & Exhibition, for “The Gladstone Region: A Time Lapse”, 2015.
• AU $1,000.00, Marine Aquarium Societies of Australia’s (MASA) Dallas sp. Award, 2015.
• US $100.00, American Fisheries Society: Fish Health Section Student Snieszko Travel Award, 2014.
• AU $245,000.00, Australia Endeavour Postgraduate Ph.D. Award, Australian Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, 2012 – 2016.
• AU $6,000.00, Central Queensland University’s Vice-Chancellor’s Engaged Research Initiative Student Support Award, 2012.
• AU $23,945.15, Central Queensland University’s High Cost Student Award, 2012 – 2013.
Awards:
• Highly Commended, Section 4: Digital Works, 40th Rio Tinto Martin Hanson Memorial Art Awards & Exhibition, for “The Gladstone Region: A Time Lapse”, 2015.
• Official Selection, Capricorn Film Festival, for “The Gladstone Region: A Time Lapse”, 2015.
• Nominee for the Marine Aquarium Societies of North America’s (MASNA) Aquarist of the Year, 2015.
• Nominee for the Marine Aquarium Societies of Australia’s (MASA) Inaugural Dallas sp. Award, 2014.
• Nominee for the Marine Aquarium Societies of North America’s (MASNA) Aquarist of the Year, 2013.
• Letter of Commendation from P. Michael Freeman, Fire Chief, County of Los Angeles, 2010.
• Qualified for Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society membership, Oregon Coast Community College, 2008.
• The Outstanding Graduating Senior of the Year, Florida Institute of Technology, 2007.
• Who’s Who Among American College Students, Florida Institute of Technology, 2005.
• Brother of Alpha Phi Omega Service Fraternity, Florida Institute of Technology, 2004.
• President’s Student Service Award – The Presidential Freedom Scholarship, 2003.
• Eagle Scout – Boy Scouts of America, Order of the Arrow, 12 Eagle Palms, 84 Merit Badges, 2000.