YEARBOOK

Susie Coleman – Editors in Chief
Best Portfolio Award – McNicholas High School Staff, Cincinnati, Ohio (Maggie Dames, Azrielle Flynn, Alli Hehemann, Kaitlin Kenney, Sarah Nimmo & Elizabeth Zerhusen)
You’ve Come A Long Way Baby Award – DePue High School Staff, DuePue, Ill. (Alejandra Campos, Kevin Hernandez, Javier Lopez & Liliana Raya)

Photo by Jay Seawell

HSJI and Indiana University alum Terry English speaks to HSJI students while standing next to Director Teresa White during the HSJI Session 1 awards ceremony on Friday, July 9, at Teter.

Terry McCartin – Staff Members
Most Improved Award – Rebecca Evans, McNicholas High School – Cincinnati, Ohio
Best Designs Award – Lauren Clark, McNicholas High School – Cincinnati, Ohio

YEARBOOK DESIGN CONTEST

Third Place: Rebecca Evans, McNicholas High School – Cincinnati, Ohio
Third Place: Brianna Dunn, Boone Grove High School – Valparaiso, Ind.
Second Place: Elizabeth Zerhusen, McNicholas High School – Cincinnati, Ohio
First Place: Kaitlin Kenney, McNicholas High School – Cincinnati, Ohio

NEWSPAPER

Denise Roberts – Small School Editors
Outstanding Performance Award – Laura Rogers, Scottsburg High School – Ind.
I Want You On My Staff Award – Carmen Huff, Floyd Central High School – Floyds Knobs, Ind.

Jim Lang – Large School Editors
Outstanding Editorial Leadership Award – Arriel Vinson, Broad Ripple Magnet High School – Indianapolis, Ind.
Outstanding Editorial Leadership Award – Kaitlin Tipsword, Plainfield High School – Ind.
Outstanding Editorial Team Award – Carlie Sack & Beena Raghavendran, Mason High School – Ohio

Photo by Jay Seawell

Robert Gibler of Mason (Ohio) High School shakes the hand of HSJI and Indiana University alum Terry English while receiving the Mary Benedict Memorial Newswriting Contest award during the HSJI Session 1 awards ceremony on Friday, July 9, at Teter.

Terry Nelson – Section/Page Editors
Outstanding Section Editor Award – Darian Eswine, Floyd Central High School – Floyds Knobs, Ind.
Outstanding Section Editor Award – Claire Gallman, Greenwood Community High School – Ind.
Outstanding Section Editor Award – Michela Sosby, Chesterton High School – Ind.

Tony Willis – Basic Reporting
Outstanding Journalistic Writing Award – Robert Gibler, Mason High School – Ohio
Most Improved Journalist Award – Maddie Saviano, Whitefish Bay High School – Wisc.

Carmen Mann-Lynch – Feature Writing
Rising Star – Future Journalist Award – Emma Baty, Grand Haven High School – Mich.
Rising Star – Future Journalist Award – Claire Salzman, Kirkwood High School – Mo.
Creative Coverage Award – Danielle Bryant, Indian Creek High School – Trafalgar, Ind.

NEWSPAPER CONTESTS

Editorial Writing Contest
Third Place: Jessica Thomas, Wichita High School – Kan.
Second Place: Salvatore (Sal) Russo, Avon High School – Ind.
First Place: Kevin O’Donnell, Fairmont High School – Kettering, Ohio

Mary Benedict Memorial News Writing Contest
Second Place: Elisa Gross, Castle High School – Newburgh, Ind.
First Place: Robert C. (Bobby) Gibler, Mason High School – Ohio

Photo by Jay Seawell

Jill Bange of Lakota East High School in Liberty Township, Ohio, shakes Tony Willis’s hand while receiving an Office of Summer Sessions & Special Programs scholarship during the HSJI Session 1 awards ceremony on Friday, July 9, at Teter.

Feature Writing Contest
Second Place: Joseph (Joe) Weber, Kirkwood High School – Mo.
First Place: Claire Gallman, Greenwood Community High School – Ind.

Column Writing Contest
Honorable Mention: Brianna Raines, Princeton High School – Cincinnati, Ohio
Second Place: Hannah Amundsen, Zion Benton Twp. High School – Ill.
First Place: Olivia Ober, Avon High School – Ind.

DESKTOP DESIGN

Greg Mosley
Outstanding Lab Performance Award – Taylor Hughes, Jeffersonville High School – Ind.
Most Improved Award – Melinda Medina, Noble Street College Prep – Chicago, Ill.
Most Improved Award – Dustin Waldroup, Signature High School – Evansville, Ind.

PHOTOGRAPHY

Meredith Bledsoe/Ryan Gunterman
Student Choice Award – Taylor Duerson, Highland Park High School – Ill.
Instructor’s Choice Award – Emily St. Charles, Park Tudor High School – Indianapolis, Ind.
Randy Siddons Finalist – Jonathan Roth, New Trier High School – Winnetka, Ill.

ONLINE JOURNALISM

Photo by Jay Seawell

Tony Willis hands out an IU School of Journalism scholarship to Kaitlin Paugh of Seymour High School during the HSJI Session 1 awards ceremony on Friday, July 9, at Teter.

Mike Frazier
Excellence in Web Design Award – Lindsey Payton, Floyd Central High School – Floyds Knobs, Ind.
Excellence in Web Design Award – Joey Fening, Mariemont High School – Cincinnati, Ohio

SCHOLARSHIPS

Office of Summer Sessions & Special Programs – $400
Winner: Jonathon S. Ferguson, Floyd Central High School – Floyds Knobs, Ind.
Winner: Jill Bange, Lakota East High School – Liberty Twp., Ohio
Winner: Chelsey Carr, Floyd Central High School – Floyds Knobs, Ind.

David Adams Memorial IDS/Arbutus – $500
Winner: Beena Raghavendran, Mason High School – Ohio

School of Journalism – $500
Winner: Joey Fening, Mariemont High School – Cincinnati, Ohio
Winner: Jane Simonton, Mason High School – Ohio
Winner: Stephon Moore, Jeffersonville High School – Ind.
Winner: Olivia Ober, Avon High School – Ind.
Winner: Elisa Gross, Castle High School – Newburgh, Ind.
Winner: Kaitlin Paugh, Seymour High School – Ind.
Winner: Margaret Hallam, Kirkwood High School – Mo.
Winner: Bradley Babendir, Deerfield High School – Ill.
Winner: Rachel Giesel, Mason High School – Ohio