National Milken Educator Award

2003

Warren E. Shull State Student Council Advisor of the Year

2006

State Superintendent Fine Arts Educator Award

2009

Oklahoma Music Educators Association Award

2013

OASSP Assistant Principal of the Year

2002 - 2003

OU Outstanding Educator

2014

Middle School Teacher of the Year

2019

Oklahoma Music Educators Association Award

2020

Oklahoma Chapter of National Wrestling Hall of Fame

2016

Oklahoma Music Educators Association Award

2015

Business Professionals of America National Emerging Advisor of the Year Award

2020

Middle Level Principal of the Year

2018

State Superintendent Award for Arts Excellence Principal Honoree

2018

Oklahoma Biology Teacher of the Year

2004

Oklahoma Governor's Art Award Recipient

2018

Oklahoma Technology Leader of the Year

2017

Oklahoma Assistant Principal of the Year

2014

Oklahoma Slow Pitch Coaches Association Hall of Fame

2008

OU Outstanding Educator Award

2019

Middle Level Principal of the Year

2009-2010

NASA OKSG STEM Educator of the Year

2019-2020

Branch: Oklahoma Air National Guard / Oklahoma Army National Guard

1990 - 1994; 1994 - 1995

Highest Rank: 2nd Lieutenant

Branch: United States Army

1986 - 2006 (Retired)

Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel (LTC)

Branch: United States Navy

September 1991 - September 1994

Served 3 years active duty and 5 years inactive.

Highest Rank: Airman

Branch: United States Marine Corps

1999 - 2003 (Active) 2003 - 2007 (Reserve and Individual Ready Reserve)

Combat Veteran: Operation Enduring Freedom, Afghanistan 2002; Operation Iraqi Freedom 2003.

Highest Rank: E-4, Corporal

Branch: Air Force

February 2020 - Current

Current rank: E-3 (Airman 1st Class)

Branch: United States Army; Iowa Army National Guard; Kansas Army National Guard

1997 - 2005

Combat Engineer (12B) Fort Leonard Wood, MO; Infantry (11B) Fort Benning, GA; Air Assault School, Fort Campbell, KY; Sapper Leadership Course, Fort Leonard Wood, MO

Highest Rank: Sergeant (E-5)

Award: SAPPER Tab

Branch: United States Army

1992 - 2000; 2009 - 2019

Served in Oklahoma City Bombing, 45th Infantry Military Police Company, South America Military Operation, 205th Signal Company and deployed for combat in Afghanistan, and currently in the Oklahoma Army National Guard 189th Training Regiment.

Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (E-6)

Branch: United States Air Force Reserve

April 1991 - December 2015

Served in Operations Noble Eagle, Enduring Freedom, and Iraqi Freedom

Awards: 2003 US Air Force Reserve Command Public Affairs Officer of the Year

Branch: United States Navy

1992 - 2012

Served in Kuwait/Iraq in Operation Enduring/Iraqi Freedom, Expeditionary Medical Force Kuwait and Afghanistan.

Highest Rank: Chief Petty Officer / Chief Hospital Corpsman / E-7

Branch: United States Air Force

1987 - 2009 (Retired)

Rank: Major