| Living Legend Award, June 2025, Association of Black Nursing Faculty | |
| Presidential Trailblazer Award, May 2025, Eliza Pillars Registered Nurses of Mississippi | |
| Community Service Award in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math, February 2024, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity | |
| Presidential Award for Service, October 2023, 100 Black Men of Jackson, Inc. | |
| Sallie Tucker Allen Outstanding Member of the Year Award, June 2022, Association of Black Nursing Faculty | |
| Order Excellence in Teaching, April 2022, Regions Bank TEACH Prize Finalist | |
| Order of Excellence in Teaching award, February 2022 | |
| Margaret R Johnson Presidential Award, May 2022, Eliza Pillars Registered Nurses of Mississippi 37th Annual Conference, Biloxi, Mississippi | |
| Outstanding Member Award, May 2021, Eliza Pillars Registered Nurses of Mississippi | |
| Presidential Award for Healthcare, September 2020, 100 Black Men of Jackson, Inc. | |
| Lifetime Achievement Award, June 2019, Association of Black Nursing Faculty, 33rd Annual Institute & Conference, Chicago, Illinois | |
| Presidential Pearl of the Year, May 2019, Eliza Pillars Registered Nurses of Mississippi, 34th Annual Conference, Biloxi, Mississippi | |
| Presidential Award for Mentoring, October 2017, 100 Black Men of Jackson, Inc. | |
| We Are Mad About You Award, May 2017, The Making a Difference: Doing Respectable and Meaningful Art Performance Troupe | |
| Alumnus of the Year, May 2015, University of Mississippi Medical Center School of Nursing | |
| Trailblazer Award, August 2014, National Black Nurses Association | |
| Advanced Practice Nurse of the Year Nominee, February 2012, Mississippi Nursing Association Nightingale | |
| MR. RN - December 2011, 2009, 2003, 2002, 2000, Eliza Pillars Registered Nurse of Mississippi | |
| Fellow, October 2011, American Academy of Nursing | |
| Johnella Banks Member Achievement Award, June 2011, Association of Black Nursing Faculty | |
| Outstanding and Dedicated Service Award, February 2011, Eliza Pillars Registered Nurses of Mississippi | |
| Young Researcher Award, May 2008, Association of Black Nursing Faculty | |
| Nurse Educator of the Year Nominee, October 2005, Mississippi Nightingale | |
| Presidential Service Award, October 2005, 100 Black Men of Jackson | |
| Order of Excellence in Teaching Award, 2005 | |
| 1st and only African American student to receive “Student of the Year” for undergraduate [BSN, 1992] and graduate [MSN, 1998] degrees at the UMMC SON | |
| 1st African-American Male to receive a Master’s of Science in Nursing from UMMC School of Nursing, 1998 | |
| 1st African-American Male to be hired in a “full-time” faculty position by the UMMC School of Nursing, 1998 | |
| 1st African-American to receive a PhD from UMMC School of Health-Related Professions, 2003 | |
| 1st African-American Male Faculty Tenured at his rank in the UMMC School of Nursing, 2004 | |
| Youngest President of the Alpha Epsilon Lambda chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., 2005 – 2007 | |
| 1st African-American Male President of UMMC Nursing Alumni Association, 2005 – 2007 | |
| 1st Male President, Eliza Pillars Registered Nurses of Mississippi, 2005 – 2007 | |
| 1st African-American Male and the 3rd African-American from Mississippi to be inducted into the American Academy of Nursing, 2011 | |
| 1st African-American to be appointed Graduate Clinical Coordinator at UMC School of Nursing, 2012 | |
| 1st African-American to be appointed Director of FNP/AGACNP at UMC School of Nursing, 2014 | |
| 1st Male President of the Association of Black Nursing Faculty, Inc., 2018 – 2020 | |
| 1st African-American to be appointed Director [Interim] AGPCNP at UMC School of Nursing, 2021 | |
| 1st African-American to be appointed Assistant Dean of Graduate Programs at UMC School of Nursing, 2021 | |
