Heidi Brady – President's Excellence in Teaching Award (CASNR). Brady is a professor of Equine Behavior, Reproductive Physiology and Therapeutic Riding in the Department of Animal and Food Sciences. Brady, who joined the Texas Tech faculty in 1995, is a Diplomate with the American College of Animal Physiology in the American Registry of Professional Animal Scientists; and is a certified therapeutic riding instructor within the Professional Association of Therapeutic Horsemanship International organization. She received a NARRU Distinguished Educator Award in 2018.

Whitney Crossland – Texas Tech Alumni Association New Faculty Award (CASNR). Crossland is an assistant professor in the Department of Animal and Food Sciences. An expert in animal health and nutritional systems, she joined the Texas Tech faculty in 2018. The Denton native’s research broadly focuses on investigating nutritional management strategies which optimize the use of current feed technology as well as characterize alternative feed additives to identify practical implementation in beef cattle diets at different stages of production.

Kerry Griffis-Kyle & Vikram Baliga – Teaching Academy & TLPDC Diamond Award (Teaching). Griffis-Kyle is an associate professor in the Department of Natural Resources Management, and Baliga, a lecturer with Department of Plant and Soil Science. Program officials noted that their innovative teaching provided a transformational learning experience for their students during a pandemic, and made a huge difference by showing compassion and dedication to students, while sharing her expertise and being a positive example. Their teaching eased the stress on students as shown by their attitude of ‘going the extra mile' as they helped students learn in new ways.

Jerrad Legako – Chancellor's Council Distinguished Research Award. Jerrad Legako is an associate professor of meat science in the Department of Animal and Food Sciences. His research and teaching specialization is in the area of meat science, and his research program primarily focuses upon pre- and post-harvest factors which influence beef quality. Legako's program is differentiated from others based on his usage of analytical chemistry to explore beef flavor character and beef flavor development. He received the AMSA Distinguished Achievement Award in 2019.

Courtney Meyers – President’s Academic Achievement Award. Meyers is a professor and graduate studies coordinator with the Department of Agricultural Education and Communications. Meyers, who joined the Texas Tech faculty in 2008, has co-authored award-winning research papers and posters including outstanding research article in the Journal of Applied Communications. She received a Fulbright Scholar Award (2020); Texas Tech's Chancellor's Council Distinguished Teaching Award (2018); and was recognized as an American Association for Agricultural Education Fellow (2020).

John Rayfield – Texas Tech 2021 Integrated Scholar. Rayfield is an associate professor in the Department of Agricultural Education and Communications. His teaching and research interests are in the field of experiential learning where he teaches undergraduate and graduate classes on experiential learning practice and theory. He has authored or co-authored 32 refereed journal articles in lead journals in career and technical education and agricultural education. He received the Outstanding Journal Article (2019) from the American Association for Agricultural Education’s Journal of Agricultural Education.

Benildo De los Reyes – Texas Tech Outstanding Researcher Award.  Reyes is a professor of plant genomics, Bayer CropScience Chair and associate chair of graduate programs in the Department of Plant and Soil Science. His research focuses on investigating the mechanisms built upon the power of regulon restructuring, regulatory RNAs, and DNA methylation to understand the intricate processes by which novel gene expression patterns mediate transgression from parental phenotypes. Reyes’ research on rice is being translated to other major crops of economic importance including cotton and sorghum.

Courtney Gibson, Erica Irlbeck, Courtney Meyers & Lindsay Kennedy – President's Exemplary Program Award. Courtney Meyers, professor; Erica Irlbeck, professor; Courtney Gibson, assistant professor; and Lindsay Kennedy, assistant professor of practice; with the Department of Agricultural Education and Communications won the honor for their project, "The ACOM Block: An Innovative Course Structure to Engage Students with Industry." The innovative block format combined two existing courses dedicated to publication production and campaign development with two new courses that focused on advanced design and media convergence to replicate a real-world communications work environment. 

Courtney Meyers & Moriah Beyers, (2020) President’s Excellence in Academic Advising Awards. Meyers, a professor and graduate studies coordinator with Tech’s Department of Agricultural Education and Communications, said her advising philosophy is simple but encompassing: Respect individual students' plans and struggles, while providing advice that will help them reach their goals and succeed in school and life. Beyers, a competition field advisor and co-advisor for student organizations within Tech’s Department of Animal and Food Sciences, noted that her passion is to bring the best students to Texas Tech, while providing them with a positive educational experience and equipping each to be successful in whatever career they pursue following graduation.