I hate to say it, but as its written, he doesn't quite qualify for the Gold tier award; though Contributor instead of Academic is certainly correct. Gold and Silver represent the same level of quality, the difference is consistency over time. Two years isn't really long enough to qualify for gold.
Unfortunately for everyone involved, this nomination pointed out to me an oversight on my part when we updated the awards system to have two categories of contributor awards. The silver and bronze tier were never edited from their original copy/past from the Academic awards. The bronze tier is for above average dedication to gregarious behavior, the silver tier is for exceptional quality of gregarious behavior, the gold tier is for the same quality as silver, but over many, many years. Most people who have gold have been active for around a decade.