 and the 2009 North Carolina Banjo Champtionship at The Carolina in the Fall Festival in Wilkesboro,

Ben Cockman won the 2014 National Guitar Championship in Winfield, KS.He also won multiple championships in 2012, including the 2012 South Carolina State and West Virginia State Flat-pick Guitar championships, the 2012 Merlefest Flat-pick guitar championship, the 2012 Wayne Henderson Bluegrass Festival Guitar Flat-pick championship and the 2012 Ossipee Music Festival's New England Guitar Championship.Ben also won the 2013 4th place National Guitar Flat-Pick and 4th place National Mandolin championships.