| Winner | Musical Olympus International Festival "Audience Award" (info) | |
| Winner | Salon de Virtuosi Career Grant (info) | |
| 1st Prize | International Heida Hermanns Competition | |
| 1st Prize | International Houston Symphony Competition | |
| 1st Prize | International Kingsville Wind Instrumentalist Competition | |
| 1st Prize | American Opera Society Competition | |
| 1st Prize | National Lennox/RSO Competition | |
| 1st Prize | National Alliance for Excellence Performing Arts Competition | |
| 1st Prize | National George S. Howard Competition | |
| 1st Prize | National Federation of Music Clubs Competition | |
| 1st Prize | National MOSC Competition | |
| Grand Prize | National Houston Symphony Flores-Smith Competition | |
| Winner | Elsie Eckstein Music Award | |
| Winner | Interlochen Governor's Award | |
| Winner | Honest Brook Music Festival Outstanding Artist Award | |
| Winner | Northwestern Concerto Competition | |
| Winner | E.M.C. Young Artist Competition | |
| 1st Prize | National KSO Concerto Competition | |
| 1st Prize | National SVSO Concerto Competition | |
| 1st Prize | W.A.F.A. Concerto Competition | |
| Winner | Northwestern Univ. Research Grant | |
| Winner | B.L. Outstanding Musician Memorial Award | |
| Winner | Outstanding Soloist Award, TSSE Competition | |
| Winner | National Foundation of Musicians Competition | |
| Winner | National Living Arts Competition | |
