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Our Awards List

2014-2015 Media Awards

IHSPA Spring First Amendment Symposium
Indiana Statehouse, Indianapolis
March 13, 2015

Garrett Vincent, Honorable Mention Sports Writing
Bailey Rankin, Winner, First Amendment Essay Contest

Indiana High School Press Association State Convention
Franklin College
Franklin, IN
October 17, 2014

Yearbook Hoosier Star Winner

Paolite Hoosier Star Honorable Mention

Hillcrest Harvey Awards (Division 1)

1st Place Spot News Photo, Morgan Babcock
1st Place Album Spread, Caitlyn Cornwell, Victoria Kesterson & Emilee Waynick
1st Place Feature Writing, Claire Cornwell
2nd Place Advertising, Hannah Sanders
2nd Place Feature Photo, Keisha Levi
2nd Place Sports Photo, Lily Thompson
2nd Place Academics Spreads, Kate-Lynn Agan & Keisha Levi

3rd Place Photojournalism Portfolio, Morgan Babcock

Honorable Mention Sports Division

 

Paolite Harvey Awards (Division 1)

1st Place Feature Writing, Ron Compton

1st Place Column Writing, Chase Meehan

1st Place Editorial Cartoon, Felix Neale

1st Place Multimedia Story, Lindsay Begley & Heather Brown

2nd Place Advertising, Caitlyn Cornwell & Hannah Sanders

2nd Place Feature Photo, Lily Thompson

3rd Place Editorial Writing, Paolite Staff

 

Southern Indiana Student Press Association Fall Convention
Indiana University Southeast
New Albany, IN
October 31, 2014

 1st Place Newspaper of the Year, Division 2

2nd Place Yearbook of the Year, Division 2

 

Hillcrest Awards

1st Place Best Coverage of Academics

1st Place Best Coverage of Sports

1st Place Best Copy

1st Place Best Design

2nd Place Best People Section

2nd Place Best Coverage of Student Life

2nd Place Best Photography

2nd Place Best Theme and Divisions

3rd Place Best Cover

3rd Place Best Opening Section

3rd Place Best Advertising Section

3rd Place Best Coverage of Clubs and Organizations

 

Paolite Awards

1st Place Best News Story, Bailey Rankin

1st Place Best Overall Design (January 31, 2014)

1st Place Best Photo Essay, Lily Thompson

1st Place Best Feature Story, Ron Compton

1st Place Best News Graphic, Felix Neale

2nd Place Best Column, Chase Meehan

2nd Place Best Front Page Design, Felix Neale

2nd Place Best Feature Photo, Keisha Levi

2nd Place Best Photo Essay, Lily Thompson

2nd Place Best News Graphic, Felix Neale

2nd Place Best Front Page Design, Bailey Rankin

3rd Place Best Sports Story, Garrett Vincent

3rd Place Best Editorial, Paolite Staff

3rd Place Best Feature Story, Lindsay Begley

3rd Place Best News Graphic, Victoria Kesterson & Raigan Tinkle

Awards for 2013-2014

Indiana High School Press Association State Convention October 18, 2013

2013 Newspaper Harvey Awards Division 1

Feature Writing Bailey Rankin 2nd Place

Communication Graphics Brianna Phillips 2nd Place

Column Writing Ron Compton 1st Place

Editorial Writing Paolite Staff Honorable Mention

Sports writing Ian Bostock 1st Place

Page Design Bailey Rankin 2nd Place

Feature Photo Sean Land 1st Place

Sports Photo Breanna Daugherty 2nd Place

Spot News Photo Breanna Daugherty 2nd Place

Photojournalism Portfolio Breanna Daugherty 1st Place

Cartoon Gracen Dunn 1st Place

Maestro Package Kirsten Cole, Bailey Rankin, Samantha Patton 1st Place

Overall Online Presence The Paolite Online 1st

2013 Yearbook Harvey Awards Division 1

Overall Theme Nakia McPherson & Breanna Daugherty 3rd Place

Academic Section  Hillcrest Staff Honorable Mention

Sports Section Hillcrest Staff Honorable Mention

Southeastern Indiana Student Press Association October 25, 2013

Newspaper Division 2

Newspaper of the Year

Best News/Editorial Graphic/Comic Brianna Phillips 1st Place

Best Column Lindsay Begley 1st Place

Best Sports Photo Breanna Daugherty 1st Place

Best News Story Emma Walker 1st Place

Best Sports Story Ron Compton 1st Place

Best Editorial Paolite Staff 3rd Place

Best Overall Design Paolite Staff 2nd Place

Best front page design Bailey Rankin 3rd Place

Best Feature Story Shelby Waynick 2nd Place

Best Sports Photo Breanna Daugherty 3rd Place

Best Feature Photo Breanna Daugherty 2nd Place

Yearbook Division 2

Yearbook of the Year

Best Design 1st Place

Best Cover 1st Place

Best People 1st Place

Best Sports 1st Place

Best Photography 1st Place

Best Advertising Section 2nd Place

Best Coverage of Academics 2nd Place

Best Copy 2nd Place

Best Theme and Divisional Pages 2nd Place

Best Opening Section 3rd Place

Awards for 2012-2013

SISPA Fall Press Day, Indiana University Southeast October 26, 2012 25 Awards

SISPA Fall Press Day 2012

Division II & III Paolite Staff

1st Place Paolite Staff, Newspaper of the Year

1st Place Gracen Dunn, Best News Story
1st Place Ian Bostock, Best Sports Story
1st Place Paolite Staff, Best Overall Design in One Issue
1st Place Shelby Waynick, Best Feature Story
2nd Place Caitlyn Cornwell, Best Graphics
2nd Place Emma Walker, Best Review
2nd Place Jaclyn Thomas, Best Feature Story
2nd Place Paolite Staff, Best Editorial
2nd Place Paolite Staff, Best Front Page Design
2nd Place Tasha Tedrow, Best Column
3rd Place Samantha Patton, Best Review

Division II Hillcrest Staff

2nd Place Yearbook of the Year

1st Place Best Advertising Section
1st Place Best Coverage of Academics
1st Place Best Coverage of Sports
1st Place Best Design
2nd Place Best Coverage of Clubs & Organizations
2nd Place Best Opening Section
2nd Place Best people Section
2nd Place Best Theme & Divisional Pages
3rd Place Best Copy
3rd Place Best Cover
3rd Place Best Coverage of Student Life
3rd Place Best Photography

IHSPA State Convention, Franklin College October 19, 2012 17 Awards

Paolite Staff

Advertising
Division I Harvey Winner: Caitlyn Cornwell—Paoli High School

Feature Writing
Division I Harvey Winner: Jaclyn Thomas—Paoli High School

Communications Graphics
Division I Harvey Winner: Samantha Patton and Carli Smith—Paoli High School

News Writing
Third Place: Shelby Waynick and Tasha Tedrow—Paoli High School

Editorial Writing
Third Place: Staff—Paoli High School

Sports Writing
Third Place: Bailey Rankin—Paoli High School

Page Design
Honorable Mention: Carli Smith—Paoli High School

Feature Photo
Second Place: Emilee Waynick—Paoli High School

Sports Photo
Division I Harvey Winner: Breanna Daugherty—Paoli High School

Spot News Photo
Honorable Mention: Breanna Daugherty—Paoli High School

Cartooning
Division I Harvey Winner: Gracen Dunn—Paoli High School

Photojournalism Portfolio
Division I Harvey Winner: Breanna Daugherty—Paoli High School

Maestro Package
Division I Harvey Winner: Paolite Staff—Paoli High School

Online/Multimedia
Division I Harvey Winner: Paolite Staff—Paoli High School

Hillcrest Staff
Contemporary/Chronological Theme Development
Third Place: Allison Nail—Paoli Jr.-Sr. High School

Communications Graphics
Division I Harvey Winner: Chelsea Conrad—Paoli High School

Feature Photo
Division I Harvey Winner: Breanna Daugherty—Paoli High School

Awards for 2011-2012

SISPA Convention Indiana University Southeast    October 28, 2011 19 Awards

Yearbook Awards
1st Place Best Coverage of Academics
2nd Place Best Advertising Section
2nd Place Best Coverage of Sports
2nd Place Best Design
2nd Place Best Photography
2nd Place Best Theme and Divisional Pages
3rd Place Best Opening Section
3rd Place Best Class Section

The Hillcrest was 3rd Place in the Yearbook of the Year Competition

Newspaper Awards
1st Place Best Feature Story Shelby Waynick
1st Place Best News/Editorial Graphics Ian Bostock & Wes Phelps
1st Place Best Sports Story Stevie Thomas
1st Place Best Feature Photo Breanna Daugherty
2nd Place Best Photo Essay Maryah Hickman
2nd Place Best Editorial Paolite Staff
3rd Place Best Graphic Dakota Hudelson, Grace Dunn & Maryah Hickman
3rd Place Best News Story Jaclyn Thomas
3rd Place Best Column Dakota Hudelson

The Paolite was 2nd Place in the Newspaper of the Year Competition

IHSPA State Convention Franklin College October 21, 2011 13 Awards

NEWSPAPER
Paolite Staff Hoosier Star – Finalist

Harvey Awards:
Caleb Grissom Third Place Newspaper Division Page Design
Stevie Thomas  First Place Newspaper Division Sports Writing
Tasha Tedrow  Third Place Newspaper Division News Writing
Shelby Waynick  Third Place Newspaper Division News Writing
Jacob Coe   Second Place Newspaper Division Column Writing
Paolite Staff   First Place Newspaper Division Communication Graphics
Shelby Waynick   Second Place Newspaper Division Feature Writing

 YEARBOOK
Yearbook Hoosier Star- Honorable Mention

Harvey Awards:
Samantha Patton  Second Place Yearbook Division Feature Writing
Allison Nail  Second Place Yearbook Division Student Life Spread
Shelby Litsey  Second Place Yearbook Division Student Life Spread
Hillcrest Staff   First Place Yearbook Division People Spread
Hillcrest Staff  Third Place Yearbook Division Organizational Spread
Hillcrest Staff  Second Place Yearbook Division Academic Spread

Awards for 2010-2011

IHSPA State Convention Franklin College October 22, 2010 13 Awards

Harvey Awards
Yearbook Division
Kassi Bowles 3rd Place – Spot News Photo
Lacey Brinegar Honorable Mention – Feature Writing
Allison Ater 2nd Place – Advertising

Newspaper Division
Allison Ater 1st Place – Advertising
Kassi Bowles 1st Place – Sports Photo
Evan Boyer 1st Place – Communications Graphics
Lacey Brinegar 2nd Place – News Writing
Lacey Brinegar 2nd Place – Feature Writing
Griffen Brown 3rd Place – Sports Writing
Staff 3rd Place – Editorial
Staff 3rd Place – Maestro Package
Caleb Grissom 3rd Place – Page Design
Lacey Brinegar Honorable Mention – Column Writing

The Hillcrest was also a Hoosier Star Finalist

SISPA State Convention Indiana University Southeast    October 29, 2010 22 Awards

Yearbook Awards
1st Place Best Copy
1st Place Best Advertising
2nd Place Best Coverage of Academics
2nd Place Best Coverage of Sports
2nd Place Best Design
2nd Place Best Photography
3rd Place Best Theme and Divisions
3rd Place Best Opening Section
2nd Place Best Cover
3rd Place Best Class Section
3rd Place Best Coverage of Student Life

The Hillcrest was 2nd Place in the Yearbook of the Year Competition

Newspaper Awards
1st Place Best Sports Writing/Jaclyn Thomas
2nd Place Best Review/Jacob Coe
2nd Place Best Advertising/Allison Ater
2nd Place Best News Story/Lacey Brinegar
2nd Place Best Editorial/Staff
2nd Place Best Overall Design
3rd Place Best News Story/Dakota Hudelson
3rd Place Best Sports Story/Cody Raymer
3rd Place Best Feature Photo/Amy Colber

The Paolite was 2nd Place in the Newspaper of the Year Competition

Awards for 2009-2010

IHSPA State Convention October 23, 2009

Paolite Staff

Honorable Mention Harvey Award

2nd Feature Writing Victoria Westrich

2nd Sports Writing Cody Raymer

2nd Column Writing Laken Eastridge

3rd Page Design Paolite Staff

Hillcrest Staff

3rd Overall Theme Kassi Bowles

SISPA Fall Press Day October 30, 2009

Paolite Staff

2nd Place Newspaper of the Year

1st Feature Story Lacey Brinegar

1st Sports Story Jaclyn Thomas

1st News Story Ariel Jones

2nd Editorial Paolite Staff (Ian Bostock)

2nd Overall Design Paolite Staff (Nneka Houchin)

3rd Sports Story Cody Raymer

Hillcrest Staff

1st Place Yearbook of the Year

Best Design 1st Place (Kassi Bowles)

Best Theme 1st Place (Kassi Bowles)

Best Opening Section 1st (Chelsea Shupe & Shelby Litsey)

Best Coverage of Academics 1st Place (Lexi Brewster, Joe Kintz & Summer Nail)

Best Copy 1st Place (Tons!)

Best Coverage of Student Life 1st Place

Best Sports Coverage 2nd Place (Tate Smith & Jill Barrett)

Best Advertising Section 3rd Place (Allison Ater)

Best Cover 3rd Place (Amanda Hutson)

Best Photography 3rd Place

Awards for 2008-2009

Ball State J-Day

IUS Fall Press Day October 31, 2008

Yearbook

2nd Best Coverage of Academics

2nd Best Opening Section

Newspaper

1st Place Sports Writing Victoria Westrich

2nd Place Column Writing Griffen Brown

2nd Place Feature Writing Griffen Brown

3rd Place Feature Writing Desiree Smith

IHSPA State Convention October 18, 2008

Yearbook

1st Place Feature Writing Joe Kintz

2nd Place Feature Photo Allison Keehn

Honorable Mention Theme Design Kassi Bowles

Honorable Mention Spot News Photo Cassiddy Hobson

Newspaper

1st Place Sports Photo Allison Keehn

1st Place Sports Writing Desiree Smith

1st Place Advertising Alley Long

1st Place Feature Writing Griffen Brown

1st Place Page Design Heather Osborn

2nd Place Maestro Package Paolite Staff

2nd Place Column Writing Griffen Brown

3rd Place Digital Graphics Evan Boyer

Awards for 2007-2008

Ball State J-Day April 25, 2008

Newspaper

Sports Page (PLAN)

Dylan Long

Honorable Mention

Editorial

Paolite Staff

PDA Problem

Excellent

Teens vs. Gas Man

Honorable Mention

Feature Story

Griffen Brown (Whalin)

Excellent

Dez Smith (Scotty)

Honorable Mention

Infographics

Cody Raymer & Griffen Brown (State)

Honorable Mention

FP Design (Dress Code)

Heather Osborn

Superior

Feature Design

Heather Osborn

Depression Superior

Going Green Excellent

News Story (Pills)

Dez Smith

Honorable Mention

Columns (Sectional)

Griffen Brown

Excellent

Yearbook

Cover/Ashley Crecelius

E xcellent

Division/Ashley Crecelius

Excellent

Theme/Ashley Crecelius

Excellent

Academics/Sara Mays & Ashley Miller

Honorable Mention

Caption Writing

Excellent

Sara Mays, Kiaya Kameda & Andrew Muth

Feature Story

Ashley Miller/Morgan Kee

Honorable Mention

Sports Pix

Jolie Stone/Basketball

Excellent

Amanda Hutson/Track

Excellent

October 20, 2007 Indiana High School Press Association State Convention

Paolite Newspaper Staff

First Place Communication Graphics Katy’s Art Katy Barrett

Second Place Column Calling the Shots Ryan Burkhardt

First Place Editorial Staff Split Staff

First Place Sports Photo White Out Morgan Hunsaker

First Place Advertising JS, Scuba & Willow Alley Long

Third Place Feature Writing In memory of Sadie Corey Andry

Third Place Sports Writing Thill Cody Raymer

First Place Photo Portfolio Liana’s Baby Jolie Stone

Second Place News Writing Cashing In Laken Eastridge

First Place Page Design Could it happen here? Jacob Randolph

First Place Maestro Fighting a War Cody Raymer, Jacob Randolph, Drew Owen, Sam Bradbury Katy Barrett, Cody Stamp

Paolite Hoosier Star Merit Award

Hillcrest Yearbook Staff

Third Place Yearbook Spot News Photo Jolie Stone

Third Place Yearbook Sports Photo Jolie Stone

Awards 2006-2007

IHSPA State Convention

(Yearbook)

Hoosier Star Honorable Mention 2006

Senior Ashley Crecelius/ First Place—Spot News Photo

Senior Sara Mays/Second Place—Feature Writing

Senior Patty Payton/ Third Place—Advertising

Senior Jolie Stone/ Third Place—Photography Portfolio

(Newspaper)

Hoosier Star Winner 2006

Senior Matt Trinkle/ First Place—Communications Graphics

Senior Sarah Deringer/First Place—Civic Journalism

2006 Staff/First Place—Editorial Writing

2006 Graduate Brooke Boyer/First Place—Photojournalism Portfolio

Senior Janna Tracy/ Second Place—Advertising

2006 Graduate Stephen Waynick/ Second Place—Column Writing

Senior Cory Crecelius/Second Place—Feature Writing

2006 Graduate Josey Hill/Second Place—Sports Photo

2006 Paolite Staff/Second Place—Maestro Package

Senior Corey Andry/Third Place—Sports Writing

Senior Ashley Turner/Third Place—Page Design

IUS Awards

Yearbook Division II

1st place cover

2nd place opening section

2nd place theme/division pages

3rd place copy

2nd place design

3rd place sports

3rd place clubs/organizations

1st place academics

2nd place advertising

1st place class section

2nd place overall

Newspapers Division II

Best News Story

3rd Place: Corey Andry

Best Editorial

2nd Place: Staff, Paoli Paolite

Best Front Page Design

1st Place: Ashley Turner, Paoli Paolite

Best Overall Design

2nd Place: Staff, Paoli Paolite

Ball State J-Day

April 20, 2007

Yearbook (Div. A)

•Cover Design (Ashley Crecelius) Superior Rating

•Organizational Spread (Michele Thurman, Kiaya Kameda & Nicole Pinnick) Superior Rating

•Sports Spread (Courtney Walker & Liana Owen) Excellent Rating

•Advertising (Patty Payton) Excellent Rating

•Academic Spread (Sara Mays) Excellent Rating

•Theme Development (Ashley Crecelius) Excellent Rating

•Student Life Spread (Josey Hill & Macie Pittman) Excellent Rating

Newspaper (Div. A)

•Feature Page (Cody Raymer & Jacob Randolph) Superior Rating

•Sports Page (Dylan Long) Superior Rating

•Sports Story (Robert Allen) Superior Rating

•Feature Photo (Kelsey White) Superior Rating

•Feature Story (Leann Shadle) Excellent Rating

•Sports Story (Corey Andry) Excellent Rating

•Feature Photo (Morgan Hunsaker) Excellent Rating

•Front Page (Jacob Randolph & Laken Eastridge) Honorable Mention Rating

•Feature Story (Dez Smith) Honorable Mention Rating

•Sports Photo (Jolie Stone) Honorable Mention Rating

•Feature Photo (Brad Monroe) Honorable Mention Rating

•Column (Corey Andry) Honorable Mention Rating

•Infographic (Heather Osborn) Honorable Mention Rating

Harvey Awards:

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