- 2022 USPA Gold Meritorious Service Award – awarded by the United States Parachute Association (USPA) for exceptional personal achievement within the sport of skydiving.
- 2022 Wesley L. McDonald Distinguished Stateswoman Aviation Award – presented by the National Aeronautical Association (NAA)
- International Skydiving Museum and Hall of Fame Ambassador and Trustee
- International Skydiving Museum and Hall of Fame Inductee (2010)
- Embry-Riddle Eagle of Excellence Award, Daytona, Florida (2009)
- Action Maverick Award from STREB, New York (2009)
- Amelia Earhart Pioneering Achievement Award from Atchison, Kansas (2007)
- Arizona Aviation Hall of Fame inductee (April 2007)
- Embry-Riddle Wall of Fame inductee, Daytona, FL
- Wiley Post Commission’s 2005 Wiley Post Spirit Award recipient. This annual award recognizes an aviation innovator and pioneer who does not receive government or large corporation’s funding.
- A specially created Federation Aeronautique Internationale (FAI) Centenary Medal awarded to her for her significant personal contribution to the development of air sports and aviation (October, 2005)
- Diplome Leonardo da Vinci, the world’s highest award in aerosports, for her unique achievements in skydiving.
- Two-time Women’s Overall World Champion in style and accuracy parachuting (1978, 1994)
- A total of 30 world records in parachuting. At one time held four different world records simultaneously.
- First female member of the Army’s elite parachuting team, the Golden Knights
- Thirty-seven times U.S. Parachuting Champion
- Three-time overall women’s style and accuracy world military champion (1991, 1995, 1996)
- Guinness World Record holder for the most parachute jumps in 24 hours by a woman – 352 jumps (November 8-9, 1995). During this endurance test, Cheryl added an additional challenge by aiming for a five-centimeter target on each jump. Despite the cold and wind, Cheryl hit the target a record 188 times: 104 in daytime, 84 at night.
- Over 22,000 skydives.
- Master of Aeronautical Science from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s Pope Air Force Base campus.
- Retired American Airline Airbus 319, 320, 321 Captain. She has flown 75 different aircraft and has over 26,000 flying hours.
