Inducted into Honor Society of Agriculture, Gamma Sigma Delta, WVU, March 1, 2010.
Appointed Aquaculture Project Leader in the Davis College of Agriculture, Forestry and Consumer Sciences. May 23, 2007.
Certificate for 10 years of Service to Extension and the people of West Virginia, November, 2009.
Plaque of recognition from the West Virginia Aquaculture Association, January, 2004.
Plaque of Appreciation, US Trout Farmers Association, for serving as Program Co-Chair for the 2003 National Meeting, Shepherdstown, WV.
Certificate of appreciation, Northeast Regional Aquaculture Center, for serving on the Technical Committee 2000-2003.
100 most influential people in Monongalia County. No. 77 Dan Miller & Ken Semmens. By Jim Bissett. Article in the Dominion Post. Sunday, April 7, 2002.
Certificate of Appreciation, University of Georgia, for service on the Research Advisory Board 1992-1995.
Innovation award, third place. Catfish Farmers of America 1985.
Commendation award for contribution to the symposium "Paddlefish - A Threatened Resource". 1983.
W. Kelly Mosley Environmental Award for outstanding work and achievements in the field of fisheries. 1982.
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