| Name | Achievement | Topic |
| Douglas Vines | ASA, CSSA, SSSA International Annual Meeting Poster Competition (2022), 1st Place | Watermelon Fruit Shape associated with allelic variation in ClSUN25-26-27a |
| Douglas Vines | Plant Center Retreat poster competition (2021), 3rd place | ClSUN25-26-27a Allelic Variation Associated with Watermelon Fruit Shape |
| Suzanne Stone | ASHS Outstanding Vegetable Publication Award Winner (2019) | Stone, S., Boyhan, G., & McGregor C. (2019) Inter- and Intracultivar Variation of Heirloom and Open-pollinated Watermelon Cultivars. HortScience 54(2):212–220 |
| Winnie Gimode | Southern Region ASHS (2019), PhD Student Paper competition, Audience Choice | Identification of quantitative trait loci associated with gummy stem blight resistance in watermelon. |
| Jorge Reyes | Southern Region ASHS (2019), Warren S. Barham PhD Student Paper competition, 3rd place | Detection of the gummy stem blight-causing pathogens (Stagonosporopsis spp.) in watermelon using species-specific LAMP assays. |
| Matt Li | CAES Young Scholars Internship Program Oral presentation (2019), 1st place | Rate of sporulation of Stagonosporopsis isolates that cause gummy stem blight in Cucurbit crops. |
| Winnie Gimode | PhD E. Broadus Browne competition (2019), 2nd place | Genetic control of flowering time for application in early fruit production and seedless watermelon breeding. |
| Winnie Gimode | Southern Region ASHS (2019 graduate student poster competition, 1st place | Fine-mapping of a major quantitative trait locus Qdff3-1 controlling flowering time in watermelon. |
| Winnie Gimode | Plant Center Retreat poster competition (2018), 1st place, | Fine-mapping of a major flowering time locus Qdff3-1 in watermelon. |
| Marin Lonnee | CAES Young Scholars Internship Program Poster presentation (2018) 1st place | Evaluation of gummy stem blight resistance in watermelon using Stagonosporopsis spp. isolates. |
| Winnie Gimode | Southern Region ASHS (2018), Warren S. Barham PhD Student Paper competition, 1st place | Validation of a sable major-effect flowering time Quantitative Trait Locus in watermelon. |
| Lucky Paudel | Southern Region ASHS (2018), Norman F. Childers M.S. Student paper competition, 1st place | Fine mapping of egusi trait locus (eg) in watermelon using SNP markers. |
| Winnie Gimode | Plant Center Retreat poster competition (2017), 2nd place | Validation of a major flowering time locus Qdff3-1 in watermelon. |
| Amanja Andrews | CAES Young Scholars Internship Program Oral presentation (2017), 1st place | Identifying a SNP marker for marker assisted selection of Fusarium Wilt Race 1 resistance in watermelon. |
| Winnie Gimode | PBGG Retreat poster competition (2017), 1st place | Identification of Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms for marker assisted selection of flowering time in watermelon. |
| Leigh Ann Fall | PBGG Retreat poster competition (2017), 2nd place | Quantitative trait loci (QTL) mapping in watermelon to improve flesh sweetness and nutrient content. |
| Leigh Ann Fall | PBGG Retreat poster competition (2016), 2nd place | Marker assisted selection of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. niveum race 1 resistance in watermelon. |
| Phyllicia Thomas | CAES Young Scholars Internship Program Oral presentation (2015), 1st prize | Detection of mutations in a candidate gene associated with bi-sexual flowers in watermelon. |
