Received a NOGI award for the Arts from the Academy of Underwater Arts and Sciences. She was President of the Academy in 1999 - 2000, and again from 2011 through 2013.

Honored as a Diver of the Year for Arts by Beneath the Sea in New Jersey.

Cathy won her first underwater photo contest while she was at the University of Hawaii. The photo was taken with a Calypso camera and a 1:1 extension tube made by Marker Buoy in Washington, and some type of flash system, probably a flash cube on a handle made by Underwater…