Awards
3rd place NPPA BOP Editor of the Year, Local/Community (2024)
1st place NPPA BOP Newspaper Editor of the Year (under 100k circ), 2022
1st Place, Newspaper Page One Design, SPJ Indiana, 2022
Grand Prize – Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award, 2021
2nd Place, Best News Photograph, Tennessee Press Association, 2020
1st Place Sports Feature, NPPA Monthly News Clip Contest Midwest Region, February 2020
3rd Place Portrait/Illustration, NPPA Monthly News Clip Contest Midwest Region, February 2020
2nd Place General News, NPPA Monthly News Clip Contest Midwest Region, January 2020
3rd Place Spot News Photograph, Tennessee AP Broadcasters and Media Editors, 2019
2nd Place Drone Photograph, Society of Professional Journalists Florida Pro Chapter, 2019
1st Place Sports Feature, NPPA Monthly News Clip Contest Midwest Region, December 2019
1st Place Spot News, NPPA Monthly News Clip Contest Midwest Region, December 2019
2nd Place Feature/Single, NPPA Monthly News Clip Contest Midwest Region, October 2019
3rd Place General News, NPPA Monthly News Clip Contest Midwest Region, October 2019
2nd Place Feature/Single, NPPA Monthly News Clip Contest Southeast Region, May 2019
3rd Place Sports Action, NPPA Monthly News Clip Contest Southeast Region, March 2019
2nd Place Portrait/Personality, Florida Press Club, 2018
2nd Place Art/Photo Illustration, Society of Professional Journalists Florida Pro Chapter, 2018
2nd Place Feature/Single, NPPA Monthly News Clip Contest Southeast Region, August 2018
2nd Place Feature/Single, NPPA Monthly News Clip Contest Southeast Region, July 2018
1st Place Photo Story/Essay, NPPA Monthly News Clip Contest Southeast Region, May 2018
1st Place Portrait/Illustration, NPPA Monthly News Clip Contest Southeast Region, May 2018
3rd Place Portrait/Illustration, NPPA Monthly News Clip Contest Southeast Region, May 2018
2nd Place Portrait/Illustration, NPPA Monthly News Clip Contest Southeast Region, April 2018
3rd Place Portrait/Illustration, NPPA Monthly News Clip Contest, March 2018
3rd Place Sports Action, NPPA Monthly News Clip Contest Southeast Region, March 2018
Award of Excellence Sports portrait series, Society for News Design, 2017
3rd Place Picture Story, Illinois Associated Press Media Editors, 2017
1st Place Sports Feature Photograph, Illinois Associated Press Media Editors, 2016
3rd Place Feature Photograph, Illinois Associated Press Media Editors, 2016
1st Place Photographer of the Year, Best of GateHouse, 2014
1st Place Photo Sweepstakes, Illinois Associated Press Media Editors, 2014
1st Place Feature Photograph, Illinois Associated Press Media Editors, 2014
1st Place General News Photograph, Illinois Associated Press Media Editors, 2014
1st Place Personality Portrait, Illinois Press Association, 2014
3rd Place Photo Illustration, Illinois Press Association, 2014
3rd Place Portrait and Personality, Illinois Press Photographers Association, 2014
3rd Place Sports Picture Story, Illinois Press Photographers Association, 2014
3rd Place Photographer of the Year, Best of GateHouse, 2013
2nd Place Sports Picture Story, Illinois Press Photographers Association, 2013
1st Place Sports Photograph, Illinois Press Association, 2013
2nd Place Personality Portrait, Illinois Press Association, 2012
3rd Place Spot News Photograph, Illinois Press Association, 2012
2nd Place General News Photograph, Illinois Press Association, 2011
3rd Place Spot News Photograph, Hoosier State Press Association, 2011
3rd Place Sports Action Photograph, Hoosier State Press Association, 2011
1st Place Spot News Photograph, Hoosier State Press Association, 2010
1st Place Video Story, Hoosier State Press Association, 2010
3rd Place Video Story, Hoosier State Press Association, 2010
2nd Place Picture Story, Hoosier State Press Association, 2010
3rd Place Picture Story, Hoosier State Press Association, 2010
Finalist Photo of the Year, Hoosier State Press Association, 2010