1989-1993 | Honors College, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
1993 | Departmental Distinction, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
1998-2001 | Presidential Fellowship for Water, Energy, and the Environment, Environmental Institute, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma
1998-2001 | Eugene L. and Doris L. Miller Distinguished Graduate Fellowship, OSU Foundation, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma
2002 | Full Membership in Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society
2002 | Quail Unlimited Scholarship, Cleveland County Chapter, Oklahoma
2007 | Scientific Publication of the Year for Information theory in wildlife science: Critique and viewpoint, The Texas Chapter of the Wildlife Society, 24 February 2007, Beaumont, Texas