Shell commissioned a set of new custom awards from Bennett Awards for its 2020 Eco-maration competition. The Shell Eco-marathon is a global academic challenge focsed on energy optimization, where teams of students compete to see how can design and build the most effective ultra-energy efficient vehicle. Due to the pandemic, this year’s competition shifted to a virtual competition. Three separate custom awards designs were employed for these awards.

Bennett Awards created a set of unique custom awards for Baylor’s Golden Bruiser Awards. The Golden Bruiser Awards are presented annually to the top student-athletes and teams at Baylor University. The design for these awards is a hand-sculpted sculpture of the Baylor bear. The awards are cast in resin and painted gold.

The Mississippi Arts + Entertainment Experience (The MAX) recognized its 2019 Hall of Fame inductees with custom awards from Bennett Awards. The MAX is an experiential museum that showcases Mississippi’s contributions to the arts, including music, visual arts, performing arts, and literature. These unique awards were fabricated from bead-blasted aluminum in the shape of The MAX logo. Recipients of these recognition awards included country music artist Tammy Wynette, singer/songwriters Bo Diddly and Jerry Lee Lewis, poet and writer Margeret Walker (Alexander), and bluesman John Lee Hooker.

The American Society of Mechanical Engineers commissioned Bennett Awards to create a new, unique custom sculpture award to recognize the 100th anniversary of the National Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors. The unique award design was based on a geometric bas relief sculpture in the approximate shape of a standing crest. iconic symbols relevant to the National Board’s 100 years of operation were sculpted into the primary component of the sculpture.

The World Polo League presented custom awards from Bennett Awards to the champions of its 2020 Founder’s Cup. The Worlld Polo League is a North American polo league that features the top players and most athletic horses in the world. For this tournament, Bennett Awards created a new, unique sculpture design in the form of a cylindrical cup. The cup’s surfaces are formed in the shape of a horseshoe, and the iconic horseshoe shape is visually communicated on the top rim of the cup. These custom sculpture awards are cast in bronze, and feature a black-crackle patina with high-polished accents.

The Wounded Warrior Project, an organization dedicated to helping the lives of veterans, their familes, and their caregivers, commissioned Bennett Awards to create a unique custom award to commemorate their 2020 Soldier Ride®. This custom award was created to honor President Donald J. Trump. Each year since 2008, Soldier Ride participants have met with the Commander in Chief.

Bennett Awards created a unique set of custom awards for goBeyondProfit, a Georgia-based civic-minded initiative celebrating corporate generosity of all kinds. These awards were based on an abstract sculpture design inspired by their logo. The sculpture angles revealed a greater-than sign in their profile view, and a star image when viewed from above. The sculpture awards were cast in bronze and featured a high polish finish.

Bennett Awards created a set of unique custom awards for the Impact Humanity Television and Film Festival (IHTFF). This international festival showcases the important TV projects and films that educate, inform and help prevent acts of inhumanity around the world. These awards were bronze sculpture awards with a design of a impressionistic figure holding a globe.

Meg Whitman, Alice Waters and John Sobrato all received unique awards from Bennett Awards as part of their induction into the Bay Area Business Hall of Fame. These recognition awards, honor individuals for their business achievements that have made an enduring impact on countless lives and communities across the Bay Area, as well as their long-standing philanthropic leadership. Recipients were presented with the Bennett Awards sculpture award “Boundless” as part of the induction ceremony. This is the 12th straight year Bennett Awards has provided awards for this event.

Bennett Awards created a new, unique custom award design for the National Lacrosse League’s (NLL) inaugural Alterna Cup. The Alterna Cup is a season-long competition between the NLL’s five Canadian teams. For this award, Bennett Awards worked with NLL to create a custom award based on a vertical geometric cup in the shape of the Canadian Maple Leaf. These award is cast in bronze and features a golden patina.