Awards and Accomplishments

Jaycee's "Outstanding Young Arkansan Award" - 1994

Arkansas torch bearer for the Summer Olympics - 1996

Community Service Award - 1997

Arkansas Black Hall of Fame - 1997

KARK Channel 4 Boys Club "Man of the Year"

Honorary Doctor of Humanities degree 
​             Ouachita Baptist University - 2004 

Power Play Magazine 2004 "Power Player of the Year" 

NCCJ Humanitarian Award - 2005

I.A.B.C. Communicator of the Year - 2005

Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters
            Lyon College - 2007

 Associate of Arts in Technical Letters  
           Pulaski Technical College - 2010          

Mayor's Town Spirit Award 

​Associate of Arts in Technical Letters
​                UA Pulaski Technical College - 2010

The University of Oklahoma Regents Award - 2011

Little Rock Rotary 2015 Business and Professional Leader Award

Martin Luther King Jr. Keynote Speaker Award -2015
     - Northwest Arkansas MLK Jr. Council

Junior Achievement - Legacy Award 2016

 Arkansas Sportscasters/Sportswriters Hall of Fame - 2017

One Rock Legends Hall of Fame - 2020 

​Omega Psi Phi Man of the Year - 2024