• Gold Focus Now! Award, CNA Insurance Company, Chicago, IL, 2003


• Teacher of the Month, Awtrey Middle School, Kennesaw, GA, March 2000


• MENSA National Essay Contest, “What Education Means to Me” First Place, Regional Division (Midwest USA), 1991


• Philip Siegel Peace and Justice Award, Grand Rapids Community College, 1990


• Keith Longberg Travel; Study Award to Europe, Grand Rapids Community College, 1989


• Display Magazine, short stories, poetry, first placement, Grand Rapids Community College, 1989, 1990


• Walter Lockwood Creative Writing Scholarship, Grand Rapids Community College, 1989, 1990


• Daughters of the American Revolution medal, Junior Army R.O.T.C., Creston High School


• First female selected for Brigade Staff, Junior Army R.O.T.C., Grand Rapids, MI, (Cadet Major);


• First female cadet to complete 3 years of R.O.T.C. at Creston High School


• Induction into Senior Honor Society, Creston High School


• Induction into Junior Honor Society, Riverside Junior High


• “What Justice Means to Me” Grand Rapids, MI, first annual Law Day Essay Contest