2019
– Second place for best sports feature writer for the Ohio Associated Press Media Editors contest

2017
– First place for best sports print story from the Los Angeles Press Club

2016
– First place for best sports story from the Orange County Press Club

​2015
– Honorable mention in feature writing for the Football Writers Association of America Best Writing Contest
– Tied for fourth place in projects with five colleagues for the Associated Press Sports Editors contest

​2014
– Fifth place in projects for the Associated Press Sports Editors contest
– Third place for enterprise writing for the Illinois Associated Press Media Editors contest
– Third place for sports feature writing for the Illinois Associated Press Media Editors contest