2013 – Corpus Christi, Texas
Live On-Site Contests
- The Optimist – Best of Show Broadsheet Daily Newspaper
- Chez Parker – 1st Place, Ad Copy & Design
- Joel Weckerly – 1st Place, Print Sportswriting
- Rachael Campbell – 1st Place, PR Press Releast Writing
- Rachael Campbell – 1st Place, PR Crisis Management
- Eyakem Gulilat, Brady Lane – 2nd Place, 2-Person Photo
- Brady Lane – 3rd Place, Feature Photo
- Lori Bredemeyer – 3rd Place, Copy Editing
- Jonathan Smith – 3rd Place, Headline Writing
- Rachael Campbell – 3rd Place, Radio Newscasting
- Blake Farmer – Television Anchoring
- Daniel Barcroft – Editorial Cartoon
Pre-submitted Contests (2002 Content)
Newspaper Categories (Division 1)
- Optimist – 1st Place, Overall Excellence
- Daniel Barcroft – 1st Place, Cartoon, “Sing Songâ€
- Adam Chamberlain, Melanie Knox, Raphael Aguilera – 1st Place, Feature Page Design, “Epic Visionâ€
- Jennifer McMichael – 2nd Place, News Feature Story, “Friends remember studentâ€
- Joel Weckerly – 2nd Place, Sports Feature Story, “First and 30â€
- Joshua Parrott – 2nd Place, Sports News Story, “Greedy Catsâ€
- Gary Rhodes – 3rd Place, Sports Feature Photo, “Colby and Averieâ€
- Daniel Carlson – Honorable Mention, Critical Review, “Clooney and Cathrineâ€
- Emily Chastain – Honorable Mention, Feature Photo, “Are you getting my good sideâ€
- Paul Anthony – Honorable Mention, General Column, “Trust between journalistsâ€
- Daniel Barcroft – Honorable Mention, Illustration, “Juggling Actâ€
- Daniel Barcroft – Honorable Mention, Info Graphic, “buckets of budgetâ€
- Paul Anthony – Honorable Mention, News Story, “city tells students to moveâ€
- Paul Anthony – Honorable Mention, Picture Page Design, “Sing songâ€
- Joel Weckerly – Honorable Mention, Sports Column, “Football hazingâ€
- Brian Roe – Honorable Mention, “New JVâ€
Yearbook Categories (Division 1)
- Rafael Aquilera – 1st Place, Picture Essay, “Homecomingâ€
- Christi Hilligoss – 2nd Place, Info Graphic, “transfer studentsâ€
- Rafael Aguilera – 3rd Place, Feature Photo, “European getawayâ€
- Rafael Aguilera – Honorable Mention, Feature Photo Color, “sing songâ€
- Jennifer McMichael – Honorable Mention, Opening Package, “Making of a murdererâ€
- Steve Holt – Honorable Mention, Opening Section Copy, “a super heroâ€
- Gary Rhodes, Rafael Aguilera – Honorable Mention, “Christian concertsâ€
- Steve Holt – Honorable Mention, Sports Copy, “rugena repeatsâ€
- Jennifer McMichael – Honorable Mention, Student Life Copy, “Homecomingâ€
Radio Categories
- Marla Flippin – 1st Place, Production, “Young producersâ€
- Dave Smith – 2nd Place, “Yeaton Interviewâ€
- Troy Shockley – 2nd Place, Sportscast, “Texas Sports Headlinesâ€
- Paul Gibson, Paul Anthony – 2nd Place, Spot News, “Morning Editionâ€
- Marla Flippin, Troy Shockley – 2nd Place, Overall Newscast, “News Before Noonâ€
- Paul Gibson, Paul Anthony – Honorable Mention, Feature Story, “KACU Morning Editionâ€
- Marla Flippin – Honorable Mention, “News Before Noonâ€
Television Categories
- Melanie Knox – 1st Place, Radio Newswriting
- Gary Hamilton, Chris Scott – 3rd Place, Commercial, PSA, “Abilene Inside Connectionâ€
- Marla Flippin – Honorable Mention, Production, “Student cellistâ€
- Carlos Hundley, Travis Tidmore, Chris Wilcoxson, Ryan Davis – 2nd Place, Public Affairs Program, “Inside connectionâ€
Other Awards
- Paul Anthony – 2nd Place, Print Internship, San Angelo Times