On Saturday, October 9, 2010, DJ was selected by the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library as one of three winners of the statewide “Uncommon Student” award for his community service project “Plotting Hope: Giving Voice to Non-speaking People.” He received $1000 in cash and a $5000 scholarship for college.
You can read more about the ceremony and the students honored in an article by the Des Moines Register’s Kyle Munson.