At the 154th Annual Meeting of the South Carolina Historical Society, held 7 February 2009 at the Charleston Yacht Club, Colin was presented with the 2008 Malcolm C. Clark Award for best paper published in the Society's journal during 2008. Colin was honored for his article: "Compacts and Compromises: Thomas S. Twiss and West Point Influence in the Antebellum South Carolina College," South Carolina Historical Magazine, 109, No. 1 (January 2008), 7-37.