For the 8th consecutive year, Bennett Awards created custom awards for the 2017 Nike International Friendlies soccer tournament. The Nike International Friendlies is a competition between youth National Teams from different countries. For these tournaments, Bennett Awards created custom bronze cups with stylized curves sculpted directly on to the cups’ surface. The names of the competing teams were engraved directly on the free-standing cups.

The Academy of United States Veterans commissioned Bennett Awards to create new custom awards for its annual VETTY Awards. The VETTY Awards are given each year to individuals and organizations who have demonstrated relentless dedication and selfless service to the veteran community and their families. For these awards, AUSV worked with Bennett Awards to create new gold-plated pewter sculpture awards in the form of military boots. These boots represent the 'boots on the ground' work of the Veterans Service Organizations.

For the seventh consecutive year, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation presented custom sculpture awards created by Bennett Awards to the 2017 winners of the 7th Annual ‘Hiring Our Heroes’ awards. The Hiring Our Heroes awards recognize companies and individuals that have developed and applied best practices for addressing the employment challenges faced by America’s veterans, transitioning service members, and military spouses. In 2011, U.S. Chamber of Commerce commissioned Bennett Awards to create a new, unique custom award design for these recognition awards. This design is a figurative bronze sculpture in the form of a combat serviceman on patrol.

The Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA) used recognition awards from Bennett Awards for its 2017 Awards Dinner Celebration. GSA's annual Awards Dinner Celebration is the premier industry event honoring the achievements of semiconductor companies that have demonstrated excellence through their success, vision, strategy and future opportunities in the industry. For these awards, GSA selected a set of black crystal recognition awards with deep surface engraving and gold color-fill.

MIT commissioned new custom awards from Bennett Awards for its MIT Inclusive Innovation Challenge (IIC). This competition awards over $1 million to “inclusive innovators”: organizations around the world that are using technology to solve a huge challenge of our time: create greater shared prosperity by reinventing the future of work. For this initiative, Bennett Awards created custom acrylic awards with a graphic and color scheme based on the MIT IIC logo.

Bell Labs presented a custom award it commissioned from Bennett Awards to Stephen Fry, the iconic comedian, actor, author, tech enthusiast and polymath. Fry received Bell Lab’s Shannon Luminary Award for his participation in the Shannon Luminary Lecture Series and Award, which explores and recognizes all topics of high impact and relevance to the future of human existence. For this award, Bennett Awards created a hand-sculpted figure representing Claude Shannon, surrounded by objects meaningful to his life.

Bennett Awards created a new custom award design for the inaugural Golden Tier Awards. The Golden Tier Awards recognize achievements of notable dessert professionals from around the world. For these awards, Bennett Awards created a new custom award design based on the Golden Tier Awards logo: a tiered cake on a tall cake stand. The awards were fabricated from aluminum, and then anodized in gold.

The International Tennis Hall of Fame (ITHOF) commissioned Bennett Awards to create new custom awards for use in a variety of its sponsored events and tournaments. Bennett Awards worked collaboratively with the ITHOF to create a new custom award design for its use in a variety of events and tournaments. The award design was inspired by the ITHOF’s logo, and featured a sculpture in the shape of a tennis racquet with global references, similar to the one appearing in the ITHOF logo. The custom sculpture awards based on this design are cast in pewter and feature a brushed pewter finish.

Emmy award-winning documentary filmmaker Ken Burns received a Bennett recognition award as the 2017 recipient of the Lady Bird Johnson Environmental Award. The Lady Bird Johnson Environmental Award honors outstanding achievements in the preservation, restoration or improvement of the natural world that embrace Mrs. Johnson's style, energy and commitment to her work. For this award, Burns was presented with the Bennett recognition award In Our Hands, designed by sculptor Terrie Bennett, who herself has a strong commitment to environmental causes, the influence of which can be seen in much of her work.

For the sixth consecutive year, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation presented custom sculpture awards created by Bennett Awards to the 2016 recipients of the 6th Annual ‘Hiring Our Heroes’ awards. The Hiring Our Heroes Awards recognize employers and individuals who have gone above and beyond to hire, retain, and honor our country’s military talent. In 2011, U.S. Chamber of Commerce commissioned Bennett Awards to create a new, unique custom award design for these recognition awards. This design is a figurative bronze sculpture in the form of a combat serviceman on patrol.