The Buddy League, which he co-directed with his brother Michael Maher, won the Best Feature Documentary in the Developmental Disabilities Track at the Outside the Box Bakersfield Film Festival. The announcement failed to mention T.J. as a co-director. When interviewed by the press about how it felt hearing his name called as a winner, T.J. responded, "I don't know how it felt. They didn't call my name. They only called my brother's.".