GPPA Print Competition

I am a member of the PPA (Professional Photographers of America) and the state affiliate GPPA and SEPPA ( Georgia Professional Photographers of America and South Eastern PPA) Each year, each organization has a photograph competition with hundreds of photos being submitted to be judged by other PPA members who have been certified as judges after taking the judges class and exam ect. Anyway I entered the GA competition a few weeks ago at the annual convention held in Athens, Ga.
Well, all 6 of the 16x20 prints I entered earned Merits with 3 being scored in the "Distinguished" print category for scores higher than 80. I know that in High School and 80 is only a "C" average, but in the world of print competition it is very high. The photo of the High School Senior with the saxophone called "Jazz on the Docks" scored an 86. (Scroll down to a blog post from July called "SENIORS") It won first place in the Teen Portraits category, The Distinguished Award, Best of Show for All Portraits and the biggie, The Kodak award for Photographic Excellence. I was floored when I opened the big box that the UPS guy drooped off yesterday. See the photo below of all of the awards.
I really do not like to show off, but this was a really big thing for me and I just had to tell somebody.
Also, to see a video of the wedding album I designed from the wedding I shot in New York 2 weeks ago, click here to be taken to my album video site. http://www.photodex.com/sharing/viewalbum.html?bm=79060 When you get to the video site, it is in the Sub category called RECENT WEDDINGS