- 2019 winner of the Great Lakes Planetarium Association Service Award
- 2017 NCRAL Award for outstanding contributions to amateur astronomy
- Inducted into the Parkland Society, 2017
- Winner of the inaugural Tourism Impact Award from Visitchampaigncounty (convention & visitors bureau), 2014
- 2005 winner of the Illinois Community College Trustees Association “Most Outstanding Faculty Member” Award (the first ever Parkland College faculty member to win the state award).