2017 DRAGON AWARD FINALIST  (Best Sci-Fi Novel: Escaping Infinity)

2017 READERS FAVORITE HONORABLE MENTION (Fiction – Science Fiction: Escaping Infinity)

2017 NEW APPLE OFFICIAL SELECTION (Science Fiction: Escaping Infinity)

2019 NEW APPLE OFFICIAL SELECTION (Short Story: The Timeless)

2001 CALIFORNIA NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION: Best Sports Story

2002 CCMR PLAYER OF THE YEAR (for my coverage of the racing series in the Merced Sun-Star)