UNLV Distinguished Professor, 2018

Distinguished Scholar, North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity, 2018

Fellow, National Academy of Kinesiology, 2018

President, North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity, 2013-2016

Senior Lecturer (Motor Learning and Control), Annual Meeting of the North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity, Minneapolis, 2014

Distinguished Scholar Award, School of Allied Health Sciences, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (for research record over past three years), 2003, 2007, 2012, 2018

Barrick Distinguished Scholar Award, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (to recognize faculty members who have established a record of distinguished research), 2011

Editor’s Award, “Article of highest merit”, for an article published in American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, awarded by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, 2008

Slaughter Lecturer, University of Virginia: “Attentional focus effects on the learning and control of motor skills”. Charlottesville, VA, March 23, 2004

Secretary/Treasurer, North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity (NASPSPA), 2002-2004

Research Writing Award, Research Consortium of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance for an outstanding paper published in Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, Volume 71, 2000