Awards and Recognitions
Colgate Country Music Showdown Colorado State Champion 2005

Nashville Star Regional Finalist January 2005

“Newcomer of the Year” Hapi Skratch Records-January 2004

PERFORMER of the YEAR finalist for 2004 Colorado Springs

Summer’s single: “Call My Name” wins HALL of FAME award winning five nights in a row on KVUU 99.9 - June, 2004

1st Place in Krystal 93’s Singer/Songwriter Competition-March 2004

Summer’s 1st Cover Story : The Colorado Springs Independent-02/05/2004

Colgate Country Music Showdown Colorado State Champion--August 2003

Colgate Country Music Showdown - Glenwood Springs-1st place-July 2003

Summer’s CD-Somebody’s Dream-selected “Best of Batch” by MI2N
Opened for 5 National Acts

Gavin DeGraw-J Records
Toby Lightman-Atlantic Records
Dierks Bentley-Capitol Records
Hal Ketchum-Curb Records
Pilot Radio-SolarFlare Records

Buzz in the Colorado Music Scene

6 radio appearances (invited to sing live)
5 television appearances
13 newspaper features

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