Publications staff takes top awards at state convention

A group of publications students traveled to Austin to participate in the ILPC convention. The staffs took home multiple awards, including Gold Stars in newspaper and yearbook. Submitted photo.

Story by Ricky Cooks, In-Depth editor
April 27, 2017

The Interscholastic League Press Conference (ILPC) convention was held on April 22-23 at the University of Texas at Austin. Hundreds of student journalists from around the state attended the convention, taking classes and receiving awards. The THS Publications staffs were in attendance and received several awards in many categories.

The awards for the three staffs are all listed below:

Yearbook Awards

ILPC Gold Star

TOPS in Texas-Yearbook

Theme Selection & Development—Madison Maynard, Colleen Russell and Elizabeth Tullis
Headlines—Marley Crawford and Braden Sellers
Tribute Ad Spread—Staff
Index—Linley Murdock
Academic Spread—Kayleigh Moreland

Individual Achievement Awards

First Place, Theme Selection & Development: Madison Maynard, Colleen Russell and Elizabeth Tullis
Second Place, Theme Copy & Captions: Olivia Johnson
Second Place, Captions: Cathryn Payne
First Place, Headlines: Marley Crawford and Braden Sellers
First Place, Tribute Ad Spread: Staff
First Place, Index: Linley Murdock
Honorable Mention, Feature Spread: Cecelia Goesl
Third Place, Student Life Spread: Marley Crawford and Aubree Cramer
Honorable Mention, Student Life Spread: Hannah Hayes and Mackenzie Burt
First Place, Sports Spread: Blaire Bledsoe and Hannah Harrell
Third Place, Sports Spread: Braden Sellers and Olivia Johnson
First Place, Academic Spread: Kayleigh Moreland
Second Place, Academic Spread: Hannah Hayes
Honorable Mention, Class Spread: Ashley Wallace
Honorable Mention, Class Spread: Sara Ottinger
Second Place, Club/Organization Spread: Lois LeFors and Alba Tandazo
Third Place, Multi-Topic Spread: Sarah Stark and Sara Ottinger
Honorable Mention, Multi-Topic Spread: Mondraesha Davis and Chloe Harden
Honorable Mention, Secondary Coverage: Linley Murdock
First Place, Academic Story: Ellie Mohon
Third Place, Academic Story: Hannah Hayes
Honorable Mention, Sports Story: Gage McDonald
Honorable Mention, Club/Organization Story: Frances Schroeder and Olivia Johnson
Second Place, Sports Action Photo: Emily Meinzer
Third Place, Sports Action Photo: Madeline Parish
Third Place, Photo Portfolio: Emily Meinzer
Honorable Mention, Photo Portfolio: Kayleigh Moreland

Newspaper Awards

ILPC Gold Star

TOPS in Texas–Newspaper

Editorial Writing—Alex O’Gorman
Opinion Portfolio—Colton Johnson
Nameplate Design—Staff
Online News Feature—Raga Justin and Jessica Emerson

Individual Achievement Awards

First Place, News Writing: Celeste Anderson
Third Place, Online News Writing: Raga Justin, Alex O’Gorman, Anna Cannon, Jillian Cheney
First Place, Online News Feature: Raga Justin and Jessica Emerson
Honorable Mention, News Writing: Anna Cannon
First Place, News Feature: Lois LeFors
Honorable Mention, News Feature: Lois LeFors
First Place, Online Editorial Writing: Staff
First Place, Editorial Writing: Alex O’Gorman
Third Place, Editorial Writing: Grace Hickey
Second Place, Online Sports News Story: Raga Justin
Third Place, Online Sports News Story: Caleb Snow
Second Place, Sports News Writing: Lauren Potter
Second Place, Online Sports Feature: Ali Richter
Honorable Mention, Online Sports Feature: Madison Brown
Honorable Mention, Online Feature Writing: Langley Leverett
First Place, Feature Writing: Anna Cannon
Honorable Mention, Feature Writing: Langley Leverett
Third Place, Online Entertainment Review: Jillian Cheney
First Place, Entertainment Review: Jillian Cheney
First Place, Entertainment Feature: Paisley Allen
First Place, Entertainment Feature: Misty Lopez
Honorable Mention, Entertainment Feature: Matt Francis and John Debenport
Honorable Mention, Online Personal Column: Colton Johnson
First Place, Personal Column: Colton Johnson
Honorable Mention, Personal Column: Colton Johnson
First Place, Online Personal Opinion Column: Ricky Cooks
Honorable Mention, Personal Opinion Column: Emily McMaster
Second Place, Online Sports Column: Celeste Anderson
First Place, Sports Column: Matt Prieskorn
First Place, Opinion Portfolio: Colton Johnson
Third Place, In-Depth News/Feature Story: Raga Justin
Honorable Mention, In-Depth News/Feature Story: Jillian Cheney
First Place, Online In-Depth News/Feature Package: Lauren Potter
First Place, In-Depth News/Feature Package: Raga Justin
Second Place, In-Depth News/Feature Package: Colton Johnson and Anna Cannon
First Place, Student Art: Victoria Van
Second Place, Student Art: Colton Johnson
Third Place, Online Computer Art: Alex O’Gorman
Honorable Mention, Online Computer Art: Lauren Potter
First Place, Computer Art: Alex O’Gorman, Jillian Cheney and Lauren Potter
Honorable Mention, Computer Art: Langley Leverett
Honorable Mention, Infographic Sidebar: Alex O’Gorman and Raga Justin
First Place, Cartoon: Colton Johnson
Second Place, Cartoon: Alex O’Gorman
First Place, Online Cartoon: Alex O’Gorman
Second Place, Online Student Artwork: Colton Johnson
Third Place, Online Student Artwork: Colton Johnson
Second Place, Online Infographic/Sidebar: Alex O’Gorman
First Place, Page One Design: Anna Graves and Brianna O’Shaughnessy
Third Place, Page One Design: Kayleigh Moreland and Alex O’Gorman
First Place, Sports Page Design: Jay Williamson
Honorable Mention, Sports Page Design: Lauren Potter
First Place, Feature Page Design: Langley Leverett
Second Place, Feature Page Design: Katie Biggar
Second Place, Entertainment Page Design: Alex O’Gorman
Honorable Mention, Entertainment Page Design: Thalia Hawkins and Victoria Van
First Place, News Page Design: Joseph Rodgers
Third Place, News Page Design: Jay Williamson
First Place, Editorial Page Design: Alex O’Gorman
Second Place, Editorial Page Design: Grace Hickey
Third Place, Double Truck Design: Lauren Potter
Honorable Mention, Double Truck Design: Alex O’Gorman and Raga Justin
Honorable Mention, Sports Action Photo: Angela Valle
Third Place, Online Sports Action Photo: Madeline Parish
Third Place, Online Sports Feature Photo: Emily Meinzer
Third Place, Online General News Photo: Auyreal Parker
First Place, Online Feature Photo: Alyssa Kift
Second Place, Online Feature Photo: Kayleigh Moreland
First Place, Online Entertainment Photo: Raga Justin
First Place, Portrait: Madeline Parish
Third Place, Portrait: Ashlyn Sander
Honorable Mention, Online Portrait: Alyssa Kift
Honorable Mention, Photo Portfolio: Kayleigh Moreland
Honorable Mention, Photo Portfolio: Emily Meinzer
Third Place, Online Photo Portfolio: Lauren Maynard
Second Place, Captions: Staff
Honorable Mention, Headlines: Staff
First Place, Nameplate Design: Staff
Honorable Mention, Online Photo Slideshow: Lauren Maynard and Kayleigh Moreland
Honorable Mention, Online Photo Slideshow: Racheal Sizemore
First Place, Multimedia Video Package: Raga Justin and Ricky Cooks
Second Place, Multimedia Video Package: Madeline Parish
Third Place, Social Media: Staff