Grand Prize Winner of 1984 Fort Worth Star-Telegram Poetry Contest.  Chosen from 1400 submissions.

Contributor of 104 book reviews for Fort Worth Star-Telegram under editors Larry Swindell and Jeff Guinn.

Guest “Community Columnist” by invitation for Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

18-year career teaching creative writing, American literature and outdoor education at Paschal High School, Fort Worth, Texas; eight years as principal of the District’s Outdoor Learning Center.

North Texas State University’s “Outstanding Alumnus for Contribution to Public Education,” 1985.

Fort Worth ISD “Secondary English Teacher of the Year,” 1986.

Sponsor of Paschal’s literary magazine The Vignette, consistently ranked “Outstanding” by the National Council of Teachers of English.

First Place, Dallas-Ft. Worth Writers Group Poetry Contest, 1994.

National Council of Teachers of English "National Center for Excellence:  Creative Writing, Sponsor," 1989.

Selected as Paschal High School's "Favorite Teacher" by the senior class of 1985, as part of a week-long feature story on the high school conducted by Channel 4 Television news in Dallas.

"Challenge Award" for Outstanding Service to Clients at the Ft. Worth ISD Outdoor Learning Center, Mid-South Association for Experiential Education, 1999.