1996 * Hayward Jazz Festival outstanding soloist - winner
1996 * Redwood Empire Jazz Festival outstanding soloist - winner
1999 * Press Democrat/NY Times Youth Service Award - Music
1999-2003 * Evert B. Person Music Scholarship
1999-2003 * Sonoma State University Studio Scholarship
2001 * Henry Mancini/ASCAP Fellowship
2001 * Universal Music Publishing commission
2001-2003 * Sonoma State University Teaching Fellowship - big band
2003 * Larry and Zilpha Snyder Music Scholarship
2003 * Sonoma State University Distinguished Graduate Award - jazz
2003 * Swing Top 40's annual "Swing Awards" winner - best bassist
2003 * California Institute for the Preservation of Jazz Fellowship
2004 * Sonoma County Union of the Arts silent film scoring commission
2003-2005 * San Francisco Conservatory of Music composition scholarship
2005 * San Francisco Conservatory of Music Teaching Fellowship - jazz
2005 * Jim Highsmith Composition Competition - winner
2005 * San Francisco Conservatory of Music Honors Award - composition
