Individual Staff Awards

ALL-STATE JOURNALISTS

2024 Katherine Dale

2023 Isabel Young

2022 Kate Denning

2024-2025

NSPA

Pacemaker Finalist

Leadership Award: Julia Bychowski, Katherine Dale, Aisha Rashid

Fall Clips & Clicks: Sports Photo – Honorable Mention: Seth Johnson “History”

ILPC Individual Achievement Awards:

Entertainment Feature – Katherine Dale, 1st Place TOPS in TEXAS
Sports Feature Photo – Seth Johnson, 1st Place TOPS in TEXAS
Multimedia Package – Lourdes Hernandez, Julia Bychowski, Mary Bharami, 1st Place
Personal Opinion Column – Aisha Rashid, 1st Place
Sports Feature Photo – Mary Bahrami, 2nd Place
General News Photo – Kaitlyn Boykin, 3rd Place
Social Media Story – Staff, 3rd Place
Sports News Story – Aisha Rashid, Honorable Mention
Sports News Story – Jackson Walker, Honorable Mention
Infographic – Aisha Rashid, Honorable Mention
Cartoon – Julia Bychowski, Honorable Mention
Headlines – Mary Bahrami, Honorable Mention
Photo Slideshow – Seth Johnson, Honorable Mention

Texas Association of Journalism Educators (TAJE)
Best in Texas:

Aisha Rashid – Excellent Infographic “Eclipse“, Honorable Mention Infographic “Prom Dresses”
Lourdes Hernandez – Honorable Mention Multimedia Presentation “Trailblazing Triumphs“, Honorable Mention Photo Gallery “Chicago“, Honorable Mention Feature Story “Foreign Friends”
Seth Johnson – Excellent Photo Gallery “Varsity basketball upsets Westlake”
Mary Bahrami – Excellent Headline Writing, Excellent Photo Gallery “Varsity football wins state“, Honorable Mention News-Feature Story “Spanish V”
Kaitlyn Boykin – Excellent Photo Gallery “Varsity football wins state“, Honorable Mention Sports Feature Photo “State Football”
Indie Whitaker – Excellent Infographic “HOCO Style“, Honorable Mention Photo Gallery “Homecoming”
Julia Bychowski – Excellent Headline Writing, Excellent Sports Feature Story “Goggles Cleats“, Excellent Feature Story “NYU“, Honorable Mention News Story “Varsity girls basketball“, Honorable Mention Feature Story “Thrifting”
Katherine Dale – Excellent Entertainment Review “Tortured Poets“, Honorable Mention News-Feature Story “Eclipse”
Sky Green – Honorable Mention News-Feature Story “Pandemic Deja Vu”
Audryn Lee – Honorable Mention Feature Story “Live Aid”
Jackson Walker – Honorable Mention Sports Game Story “Upset Westlake”
Audrey Dale – Honorable Mention Original Artwork “Shadowing”

Best of SNO

Mary Bahrami – Protesting for Progress
Audryn Lee – Live Aid

2023-2024

CSPA Gold Circle Awards

Infographic – First Place: Aisha Rashid “Solar Eclipse”
Infographic – Honorable Mention: Mary Bahrami “Vandy’s Take on Boba”
Photo Slideshow – Honorable Mention: Lourdes Hernandez “ViperBots”

NSPA

Leadership Award: Julia Bychowski, Katherine Dale, Rylie Lockerman, Seiya Mutreja, Aisha Rashid

Feature Story of the Year: Aisha Rashid “Losing Home, Finding Home”
Multimedia Sports Story of the Year: Meghan Heins and Vania Rometty “Varsity Boys Soccer Travels to San Antonio”
Sports Reporting of the Year – Staff

Fall Clips & Clicks: Infographic – Fifth Place: Renee “Drilling Down“; Feature Story – Fourth Place: Lourdes Hernandez Peraza “Be-Leafing“; Sports Story – Fourth Place: Katherine Dale “Pray to Play“; Opinion – Fifth Place: Marley Page “A Modern Twist“, Honorable Mention: Aisha Rashid “Commemorating Our Cultures”

Spring Clips & Clicks: Infographic – Second Place: Aisha Rashid “Solar Eclipse”

ILPC Individual Achievement Awards:

Personal Opinion – Lourdes Hernandez, 1st Place
Sports Action Photo – Cristina Orozco, 1st Place
Sports Feature Story – Katherine Dale, 1st Place; Mary Bahrami, Honorable Mention
Photo Portfolio – Mary Bahrami, 2nd Place
Video Story – Lourdes Hernandez & Rylie Lockerman, 3rd Place
General News Photo – Seiya Mutreja, 3rd Place
News Writing – Mary Bahrami, Honorable Mention
Feature Writing – Aisha Rashid, Honorable Mention
Computer Art – Seiya Mutreja, Honorable Mention
Student Artwork – Audrey Dale, Honorable Mention

Best of Sno

Katherine Dale – “Astronomy Club“, “Pray to Play”
Aisha Rashid – “Losing Home”

2022-2023

ILPC Individual Achievement Awards:

Entertainment Photo – Yness Martinez, 1st Place Tops in Texas
Headlines – Seiya Mutreja, 1st Place
Personal Opinion Column – Abigail Lincks, 1st Place “AAC Needs Help”
General News Photo – Valeria Amaya, 1st Place
News Feature – Abigail Lincks, 2nd Place “Islamic Misconceptions”
Personal Column – Aisha Rashid, 2nd Place “A Trip to the Holy Cities”
Photo Portfolio – Valeria Amaya, 2nd Place
Computer Art – Bailey Niles, Honorable Mention

NSPA

Leadership Award: Abigail Lincks, Yness Martinez, Seiya Mutreja, Isabel Young

Fall Clips & Clicks: Infographic – Fifth Place: Seiya Mutreja “Let’s Taco-bout it”; Feature Story – Honorable Mention: Abigail Lincks “Students break down Islamic misconceptions”, Rylie Lockerman “A new kind of freshie”, Lourdes Hernandez Peraza “Wicked Wardrobe”;

Spring Clips & Clicks: Infographic – Second Place: Seiya Mutreja and Bailey Niles: “Bloody Brilliant: Female Health Processes”; Feature Photo – First Place: Kaya Kinsey: “Sparks fly”; Feature Photo – Honorable Mention: Kaya Kinsey: “Winning Showmanship”

Texas Association of Journalism Educators (TAJE)
Best in Texas:

Aisha Rashid – Excellent Story Portfolio (Sophomore initiates mock trial, Breaking Barriers, Rockin’ on Stage, Vandy Voyages, A Trip to the Holy Cities); Honorable Mention Feature Stories – Breaking Barriers, Rockin’ at ACL, Vandy Voyages; Honorable Mention Personal Column – A Trip to the Holy Cities
Julia Bychowski – Honorable Mention Story Portfolio (Students attend UT annual CTMUN conference, Student starts first Muslim club, Hit or Miss, Course Cuts, A cheat for the future)
Yness Martinez – Honorable Mention Story Portfolio (What do students need to know about the midterms?, Who’s Toxic?, Rigs to Roots, Parking Madness, STEM-ing Abroad); Excellent News Photo – Harry’s House
Bailey Niles – Excellent Design Portfolio (Student starts first Muslim club, IB Attracts International Students, Monkeypox Fears Grow, Rockin’ on Stage, Islamic Misconceptions); Honorable Mention Original Artwork – Monkeypox Fears Grow, Thanksgiving Story; Honorable Mention Infographic Presentation – Monkeypox Fears Grow
Isabel Young – Excellent News Story – Sophomore organizes Roe v. Wade walkout
Rylie Lockerman – Honorable Mention News Story – Chamber, tenor bass choir selected for national conventions
Abigail Lincks – Honorable Mentions News Story – New mandate implemented on campus amidst Uvalde tragedy, past bomb threat; Honorable Mention Personal Opinion Column – AAC Needs Help
Sarah McKelvy – Honorable Mention News-Feature Story – Prop Parents
Valeria Amaya – Excellent News Photo – Chess Tournament
Kaya Kinsey – Honorable Mention Sports Action Photo – DII State Championship

2021-2022

ILPC Individual Achievement Awards:

Feature Photo: 1st Place – Sophie Robinson (Tops in Texas);
General News Photo: 1st Place – Yness Martinez;
Infograph/Sidebar: 1st Place – Seiya Mutreja;
Photo Slideshow: 2nd Place, Yness Martinez;
Headlines: 2nd Place – Dayna Ung
Entertainment Feature: 2nd Place – Dayna Ung;
Computer Art: 3rd Place, Bailey Niles;
News Writing: Honorable Mention – Isabel Young;
Sports News Story: Honorable Mention – Taylor Chronert;
Personal Opinion Column: Honorable Mention – Isabel Young, Yness Martinez;
Computer Art: Honorable Mention – Bailey Niles;
Student Artwork: Honorable Mention – Seiya Mutreja;
Sports Action Photo: Honorable Mention – Sofia Valladares;
Portrait: Honorable Mention – Yness Martinez

Barbara Jordan Media Award

Taylor Chronert “Forward March”

NSPA – 10th overall publication in the country

Honor Roll: Kate Denning, Daniel Farrow, Claire Janson, Abby Lincks, Yness Martinez, Nicholas Scoggins, Dayna Ung, Natalie Weber, and Isabel Young

Fall Clips & Clicks: Feature Story – Honorable Mention: Taylor Chronert “Forward March”, Kate Denning “Spiritual Energy”, Julia Bychowski “Click, Not Kick”
Sports Story – Second Place: Taylor Chronert “The New Voice of the Vipers”, Fifth Place: Yness Martinez “Student Commits to Notre Dame”

Spring Clips & Clicks: Sports Story – Fifth Place: Karissa Gonzales “Zachary Hampton wrestles in states”, Taylor Chronert “Varsity baseball makes playoffs after 4 years”

Texas Association of Journalism Educators (TAJE)
Best in Texas:

Kate Denning – Excellent Feature Story – Spiritual Energy
Isabel Young – Honorable Mention Story Portfolio (LISD to Remove Books from Curriculum, My Body, My Choice, Man’s Best Friend, School Violence Threats on the Rise, Student Wary of Returning to School); Excellent Feature Story – Man’s Best Friend; Excellent Nameplate, Folio & Standing Heads – Nameplate etc
Abby Lincks – Excellent Story Portfolio (Pop Unplugged, Three Dimensional Robotics, Putting Pen to Paper, Demand for Manga Grows in Library, Struggling to Make Time for Reading?); Honorable Mention Feature Story – Three Dimensional Robotics; Honorable Mention Entertainment Review – Patti Smith; Honorable Mention Entertainment Review – The Maidens
Taylor Chronert – Honorable Mention Feature Story –  Forward March
Dayna Ung – Honorable Mention Feature Story – On Patrol
Nicholas Scoggins – Honorable Mention Personal Opinion Column –Stop Politicizing History
Julia Bychowski – Excellent Feature Story – Click, not kick
Elise Rodriguez – Honorable Mention Sports Action Photo – Winning State
Charlotte Jordan – Honorable Mention News Photo – COVID Update
Cristina Orozco – Honorable Mention Feature Photo –  Manga
Yness Martinez – Honorable Mention Portrait – Women’s March
Bailey Niles – Superior Design Portfolio ( New Texas Abortion Law Puts Teens at Risk, Britney’s Back, Get the Jab, Teachers Take Action, Faculty Report Mice Sightings); Superior Original Artwork – The Jab, Phones Usage, Mice Sightings; Excellent Original Artwork – Senior Pranks; Honorable Mention Original Artwork – Britney, Colleges
Seiya Mutreja – Excellent Original Artwork – Texas Heartbeat

2020-2021

ILPC Individual Achievement Awards:

News Writing: 3rd Place – Brianne Chase; Honorable Mention – Katie McClellan
News Feature: Honorable Mention – Dayna Ung
Sports News Story: Honorable Mention – Kate Denning
Sports Feature Story: 3rd Place – Eilla Reid
Feature Writing: Honorable Mention – Kate Denning
Entertainment Feature: Honorable Mention – Kate Denning, Dayna Ung
Infographic/Sidebar: 3rd Place – Ashley Beccera
Headlines: Dayna Ung, Katie McClellan, Kate Denning