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• 2025 Pinto Hall of Fame Speaker on behalf of William Woods University. William Woods University was inducted into the Pinto Hall of Fame and awarded the Past Presidents Bronze Boot Award.  

• 2024 Pinto Horse Of The Year, Coach and Trainer, Amateur Ranch Reining Solid with WWU horse Jazzy San Pep 

• 2024 Pinto Horse Of The year, Coach and Trainer, Amateur WT Ranch Ideal and WT Ranch Showmanship with WWU horse C Fives Reign 

• 2024 Coach/Trainer at the Color Breed Congress, National Pinto Show, 7x congress champion, 5x reserve champion, and 47x top tens with WWU students, in Tulsa, OK 

• 2024 Coach/Trainer of the Color Breed Congress, National Pinto Show, Highpoint horse and rider in the WT Amateur Ranch Horse division  

• 2024 Coach/Trainer, 4x class champions, and 14x top five placings with WWU students at the Missouri Paint Horse Association Spring Show

• 2024 Coach/Trainer, 7x class champion, and 10x top five placings with WWU students at the Missouri Arabian Extravaganza

• 2023 Year End Highpoint CLass Champion Missouri Paint Horse  Club Yearling, owner/trainer/exhibitor with Hez One Classy Asset 

• 2023 Pinto Horse Of The Year, Coach and Trainer, Amateur Western Dressage with Sheradins Kaleidoscope 

• 2023 Coach/Trainer at the Color Breed Congress, National Pinto Show, 9x congress champion, 3x reserve congress champion, and 28x top tens with WWU students

• 2023 Exhibitor, third place at the Color Breed Congress National Pinto Show in the Open Weanling Stallion class with personal horse Invest N Dirty Assets,

• 2023 Exhibitor, Pinto World Championship, Reserve World Champion, owner/trainer/rider with Lonestars Legacy in the Open Western Dressage

• 2023 Exhibitor, Pinto World Championship, 2x class champion, and 4x top five competitor, riding Sheradins Kaleidoscope. Tulsa, OK  

• 2023 Coach/Trainer of the Pinto World Championship 5x World Champions, 6x Reserve World Champions, and 17x top tens with WWU students. Tulsa, 

• 2023 Exhibitor, APHA Zone 5 Circuit Champion in the Yearling Gelding class, showing personal horse Hez One Classy Asset.  

• 2023 Coach/Trainer championship class winner of the Amateur Morgan Western Pleasure and the Half-Arabian Hunter Pleasure at the Bridlespur Society Show

• 2022 Award Recipient of the Louis D. Beaumont Dad’s Association Distinguished Professor Award for Excellence in Teaching. This award carries an honorarium and is presented annually to a faculty member who has displayed an outstanding dedication to teaching. Recipients of the award are nominated and chosen by students.  

• 2022 Coach/Trainer of the NSBA class champion rider in the Open Solid Ranch Riding at the Color Breed Congress National Pinto Horse Show in Tulsa OK 

• 2022 Exhibitor, third place at the Color Breed Congress National Pinto Show in the Open Weanling Stallion class with personal horse Hez One Classy Asset 

• 2021 Exhibitor, Open High Point Champion Saddle/Pleasure division at the Color Breed Congress National Pinto Horse Show riding Sheridan’s Kaleidoscope.

• 2021 Exhibitor, class champion in the Open English Trail Pleasure/Saddle Type at the Color Breed Congress National Pinto Show riding WV Kyss Of Fame,

• 2021 Exhibitor, Missouri State Champion in Morgan Western Pleasure Championship and First place exhibitor in the Open Morgan Western Pleasure at the Missouri State Fair riding Sheridan’s Kaleidoscope  

• 2021 Exhibitor, First place in Open Western Pleasure and Reserve Class Champion in the Championship Open Western Pleasure at the Mid-America Signature Show, riding Sheridan’s Kaleidoscope   

• 2021 Exhibitor, Three time top ten competitor at the Pinto World Championships, riding personal owned and trained horse Lonestars Legacy  

• 2021 Coach/Trainer High Point All-Around Amateur Pleasure Type, multiple class champion and top ten awards at the 2021 Pinto World Championship

• 2021 Coach/Trainer, numerous top five placing, including 9 first place awards and 7 championships and reserve champions with two WWU students and horses at the Missouri Arabian Extravaganza

• 2021 Exhibitor, two time class champion and show Circuit Champion in the Open Paint ranch pleasure and ranch riding, riding personally owned and trained horse Lonestars Legacy at the Missouri Paint Horse Club Spring Thaw Show

• 2021 Coach/Trainer, numerous top ten placings, including thirteen-time class champion, and overall circuit champion with five William Woods students and horses at the Missouri Paint Horse Club Spring Thaw Show

• 2020 Exhibitor, two time top ten placings at the American Paint Horse World Championship PAC E-Show riding personal horse Lonestars Legacy  

• 2019 Coach/Trainer Highpoint All-Around Pleasure type Amateur and Reserve Highpoint All-Around Pleasure Type Open, in addition to twelve time class champion and multiple top five and top ten placings, with ten WWU students and WWU owned horses at the Color Breed Congress

• 2019 Exhibitor, top five rider exhibiting WWU owned Heza Hershey Bar in the Open Western Discipline Rail at the Color Breed Congress

• 2019 Co-Coach/Trainer Highpoint Amateur Pleasure type with WWU owned horse WV Kyss Of Fame, in addition to multiple other top ten placings for two WWU students and horses at the Pinto World Championship

• 2019 Exhibitor top five rider exhibiting WWU owned Heza Hershey Bar, WV Kyss of Fame, and Jazzy San Pep at the Pinto World Championships 

• 2018 Exhibitor Year End Highpoint Champion in Open Yearling Lunge Line and Yearling Mares Halter for the Missouri Paint Horse Club with my personally raised and trained horse Tale As Old As Time  

• 2018 Coach/Trainer twelve-time class champion  individual judge placing at the Arabian Springfest with three WWU horses and students  

• 2018 Exhibitor, two time top five placings and one top ten showing personal raised and trained yearling Tale As Old As Time at the Color Breed Congress

• 2018 Co-Coach/Trainer NSBA Open western Pleasure Champion with WWU student and WWU owned horse Heza Hershey Bar, in addition to multiple top five and top ten placings for the additional eight WWU students and horses showing at the Color Breed Congress

• 2018 Exhibitor two-time first place with personal horse Tale As Old As Time, Missouri Paint Horse Club Fall Show

• 2018 Exhibitor Missouri Paint Horse Club Tri-State Illinois, Iowa, Missouri Show, First place yearling mares and yearling lunge line, with personal horse Tale As Old As Time

• 2018 Exhibitor Missouri Paint Horse Club Spring Bash Paint-O-Rama first place yearling mares with personal horse Tale As Old As Time  

• 2017 Coach/Trainer multiple top five and top ten placings for nine WWU students and horses, including unanimous class champion in the Amateur Solid Equitation with WWU owned horse Student Loan and NSBA champion in the Amateur Hunter Under Saddle for WWU owned horse All That’s Real at the Color Breed Congress

• 2017 Co-Coach/Trainer of the Highpoint Novice Amateur All-Around Pinto, WWU owned horse Naturally Fancy, in addition to multiple top five and top ten placings for the three WWU students competing at the Pinto World Championship

• 2017 Exhibitor, Pinto World Championship World Champion in the Open Pleasure Type Trail, and multiple top five placings riding WV Kyss Of Fame

• 2017 Coach/Trainer eleven-time class champion, Versatility Show Champion for WWU owned WV Kyss of Fame, and multiple top five and top ten placings for eight WWU students and horses at the Mo-Kan Border Bonanza

• 2016 Coach/Trainer Highpoint Novice Amateur All-Around for WWU owned horse Naturally Fancy, NSBA Champion Solid Pinto Hunter Under Saddle, seven-time class champion, and multiple top ten placing for ten WWU students and horses at the Color Breed Congress

• 2016 Exhibitor, top ten rider on client owned horse Invest In A Good Pine at the Color Breed Congress

• 2016 Coach/Trainer nine-time class champions, with WWU students and horses at the Missouri Arabian Horse Association Extravaganza Show

• 2016 Coach/Trainer fourteen-time class champion and multiple top ten placings for twelve WWU students and horses at the Heart of American AQHA and APHA Spring Series Show, Carthage MO  

• 2016 Exhibitor class champion on personal raised and trained horse The Masked Lonestar at the Heart of America APHA Spring Series Show, Carthage MO 

• 2016 Co-Coach Champion High-Point Senior Collegiate Judging Team, Arabian US Nationals

• 2015 Coach/Trainer High-Point All-Around ApHC Youth for WWU owned Just Three Socks, in addition to multiple top five and top ten placings for nine WWU students and horses at the Color Breed Congress

• 2015 Co-Coach Champion High-Point Senior Collegiate Judging Team, Arabian US Nationals

• 2014 Co-Coach multiple top five and top ten rides for WWU students and horses at the Missouri Arabian Horse Association  

• 2011 Exhibitor Reserve Class Champion and top five rider at the All Color Congress riding Dukes Lonestar

• 2011 Competitor sixth place overall scoring individual collegiate judging competition at the Paint Horse Sweepstakes Judging Competition  

• 2010 Competitor second place overall scoring individual collegiate judging competition at the Morgan Grand National  

• 2009 Coach/Trainer to the Year-End High-Point All-Around Youth rider for the Illinois Fox Valley Saddle Association

• 2005 Exhibitor Highpoint Champion Open Hunter and Hunter Over Fences rider at the Black Hawk College Spring Show

• 2005-2009 Exhibitor/Coach/Trainer with multiple Highpoint All-Around Championships, and top ten placings as a competitor at local Paint, Pinto, and Saddle Club shows.