1985 Outstanding Teacher UGA Agronomy Club Department of Crop and Soil Sciences • department 1989 Outstanding Teacher UGA Agronomy Club Department of Crop and Soil Sciences • department 1992 D.W. Brooks Award for Excellence in Teaching UGA College of Agriculture and Environmental Science • college 1993 Outstanding Teacher UGA Agronomy Club Department of Crop and Soil Sciences • department 1993 Teaching Award of Merit National Association of Colleges & Teachers of Agriculture • national 1993 Fellow National Association of Colleges & Teachers of Agriculture • national 1994 Agronomic Resident Education Award American Society of Agronomy • national 1995 Excellence in Teaching Award UGA Chapter of Gamma Sigma Delta • university 1995 Southern Regional Outstanding Teaching Award National Association of Colleges & Teachers of Agriculture • national 1995 Fellow American Society of Agronomy • national 1995 Fellow Crop Science Society of America • national 1995 Certificate of Excellence - Publications American Society of Agronomy - A4 Division • national 1995 Outstanding Professor Award UGA Chapter of Alpha Gamma Rho • college 1996 Media Award of Excellence National Association of Colleges & Teachers of Agriculture • national 1996 Josiah Meigs Award for Excellence in Teaching University of Georgia • university 1997 NACTA Teaching Award of Excellence National Association of Colleges & Teachers of Agriculture • national 1997 Fred V. Grau Turfgrass Science Award Crop Science Society of America • national 1997 Crop Science Teaching Award Crop Science Society of America • national 1997 Southern Region Excellence in Teaching Award United States Department of Agriculture • regional 1997 Fellow American Association for the Advance of Science • national 1999 UGA Teaching Fellow University of Georgia • university 2000 UGA Teaching Academy University of Georgia • university 2002 Georgia Green Industry Outstanding Educator Award Georgia Green Industry Association • state 2004 NACTA John Deere Award National Association of Colleges & Teachers of Agriculture • national 2007 Certificate of Excellence (Publications) American Society of Agronomy • national 2007 Certificate of Appreciation in Excellence in Teaching UGA Student Government Association • university 2010 Distinguished Service Award Georgia Golf Course Superintendents Association • state