“Live Animal and Carcass Evaluation of Goats” – Walker County Meat Goat Club – 2002 “Discovery Days in Agriculture” – South Knoll Elementary School – 2002 “Daily Care of 4-H Beef Projects” – Extension District 9 Adult Leaders Training – 2002 “Facilities for Beef Projects” – Cooperative Extension Adult Leader Training – 2002 “Facilities, Health, and Feeding Your Steer Project” – Wharton County Beef Club – 2002 “Live Animal Evaluation” – Walker County Livestock Judging Team and Parents – 2001 “Retained Ownership of Calves” – Blue Bonnet Brahman Breeders – 2001 “Evaluating Market Goats” – Walker County Goat Club – 2000 “Breeding and Management to Satisfy the Customer” – Brangus Breeders – 2000 “Nutrient Supplementation for Beef Cattle in East Texas” – Texas Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association Producers Meeting – 1999 “Bull Selection Through Genetic Matching of the Cow Herd” – Texas Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association Producers Town Hall Meeting – 1999 “Advantages and Disadvantages of Breeds and Type of Cattle in the US” – Texas Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association Producers Meeting – 1999 “Body Condition and Feeding Breeding Cattle” – Walker County Hay Show – 1998 “Selection and Evaluation of Breeding Cattle for the Ranch” – Guatemala City – 1998 “Winter Supplementation of Beef Cattle - Considerations and Choices” – Walker County Hay Show – 1997 “Managing Calves Preweaning" – Walker County Agriculture Tour – 1997 “Breeding Programs for Small Texas Breeders” – Cow Congress – 1996 “Feeding and Managing Cattle with Winter Supplementation” – Limestone County Beef Cattle Seminar held in Kosse, TX – 1996 “Body Condition in Breeding Cattle” – East Texas Brangus Breeders Spring Meeting – 1996 “Identification Techniques of Livestock” – Texas Association of Finger Printers Annual Meeting held in Galveston, TX – 1996 “The Product of the Santa Gertrudis Breed” – 1996 National Santa Gertrudis Breeders Meeting held in Memphis, TN – 1996 “Carcass Characteristics” – 1996 Walker County Agriculture Ag Tour – 1996 “Producing the Right Kind" - College of Knowledge held in Schulenburg, TX – 1996 “Carcass Composition and 1995 Beef Quality Audit” – Matagorda County Field Day – 1996 “Feeding and Managing Beef Projects for Show” – Houston Comm. College Workshop – 1995 “Pregnancy Determination in Beef Cattle” – SHSU Short Course – 1995
Honors and Accomplishments 2015 Texas FFA Honorary Lone Star Farmer Award Recipient American Society of Animal Science – Outstanding Educator Nominee North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture, Southern Region Director Nominee 2013 National Association of Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture – Regional Outstanding Teacher Award Recipient 2012 United States Department of Agriculture Food and Agriculture Sciences Excellence in Teaching Award Recipient American Association of State Colleges of Agriculture and Renewable Resources Distinguished Educator Award Recipient American Society of Animal Science – Southern Section Service Award Nominee 2011 Selected by graduating students as contributing to their success and development American Society of Animal Science Service Award Nominee SHSU Excellence in Service Award Nominee 2010 Selected by graduating students as contributing to their success and development Sammy Award Outstanding Advisor Nominee SHSU Excellence in Service Award Nominee 2009 Selected by graduating students as contributing to their success and development 2008 SHSU Faculty Senate Award for Academic Leadership by a Department Chair North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture Regional Outstanding Teacher Award Nominee American Society of Animal Science Distinguished Teacher Award Nominee Marquis Who’s Who 2007 Sam Houston State University’s Minnie Stevens Piper Award Nominee Best Presentation and Distinguished Speaker Award – Global Management and Information Technology Research Conference, New York, New York Texas A&M College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Outstanding Alumni Award Nominee North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture Regional Outstanding Teacher Award Nominee SHSU Excellence in Service Award Nominee 2006 Sam Houston State University’s Minnie Stevens Piper Award Nominee American Society of Animal Science Distinguished Service Award Nominee Texas A&M College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Outstanding Alumni Award Nominee Teacher of Teachers – Bronze Award, Recognized by Vocational Agriculture Teachers Association of Texas SHSU Excellence in Service Award Nominee Faculty Member of the Year 2005 – 2006, Department of Agricultural Sciences, Sam Houston State University