At the University of Wisconsin, she won the Honda Cup and Babe Zaharias Awards for Top Female Collegiate Athlete in the country.

In 1990, she won the Honda Sports Award as the nation's best female collegiate track and field athlete.

In 1991, she won the Honda Sports Award in the top female cross country runner category.

[8][9][10] In 1991 and 1992, Favor was a volunteer assistant cross country coach at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California.

[1][17][18][19] Favor has said that her decision to become an escort was made under the influence of her antidepressant medication, a misdiagnosis of her bipolar disorder, and with the full involvement of her now-ex-husband.

"[20] In the immediate aftermath of her escorting becoming public, the Big Ten renamed its award for Female Athlete of the Year which had previously carried her name.