Mark of Excellence Awards 2015
Category
Media Outlet
High School
City
Student
Place
Best News Writer
The Purple Gem
Bowling Green High
School
Bowling
Green
Sneha Chhachhi
First Place
Best News Writer
Trinity High School
Daviess County High
School
Louisville
Ryan Coleman
Second Place
Best News Writer
Echo
The Big Red
Machine
Owensboro
Keely Cranz
Third Place
Best Feature Writer
Echo
Louisville
Jake Smith
First Place
Best Feature Writer
The Rebellion
Second Place
Owensboro
Morgan Smith
Alexa Burke, Kaitlyn Hale and
Mackenzie Duvall
Third Place
Best Feature Writer
The Purple Gem
The Big Red
Machine
Florence
Bowling
Green
Lydia Flamme
Best Feature Writer
Trinity High School
Boone County High
School
Bowling Green High
School
Daviess County High
School
Best Editorial Writer
The Purple Gem
Bowling
Green
Jeff Ranger
First Place
Best Editorial Writer
Louisville
Avalon Gupta Verwiebe
Second Place
Best Editorial Writer
The Crimson Record
The Big Red
Machine
Bowling Green High
School
duPont Manual High
School
Daviess County High
School
Owensboro
Alexa Burke and Kaitlyn Hale
Third Place
Best Column/Review
The Rebellion
Boone County High
School
Florence
Victoria Nash
First Place
Best Column/Review
Best Column/Review
Echo
The Digital Devil
Trinity High School
Owensboro High School
Louisville
Owensboro
Tyler Harris
Delaney Stovall
Second Place
Third Place
Best Sports Writer
Echo
First Place
The Purple Gem
The Big Red
Machine
The Big Red
Machine
Louisville
Bowling
Green
Jake Smith
Best Sports Writer
Trinity High School
Bowling Green High
School
Daviess County High
School
Daviess County High
School
Brandon Lee
First Place
Owensboro
Victoria Wright
Second Place
Owensboro
Larissa Buskill
Third Place
Best Sports Writer
Best Sports Writer
Third Place
Best News/Feature
Photographer
Best News/Feature
Photographer
Best News/Feature
Photographer
The Big Red
Machine
The Purple Gem
Daviess County High
School
Bowling Green High
School
Owensboro
Bowling
Green
Michael Shelton and Victoria
Wright
First Place
Kendra McCloughan
Second Place
Echo
Trinity High School
Louisville
Forde Womack
Third Place
Best Sports Photographer
The Purple Gem
Bowling Green High
School
Bowling
Green
Jordan Basham
First Place
Best Sports Photographer
Echo
Louisville
Jake Smith
Second Place
Florence
Gabby Frerman
Third Place
The Crimson Record
Trinity High School
Boone County High
School
duPont Manual High
School
Best Sports Photographer
The Rebellion
Best Sports Photographer
Louisville
Samantha Klein
Third Place
Best Editorial Cartoonist
The Crimson Record
duPont Manual High
School
Louisville
Jasmine Browning
First Place
Best Newspaper Designer
The Crimson Record
Meg Shanks
First Place
Best Newspaper Designer
The Purple Gem
Louisville
Bowling
Green
Becca Clements
Second Place
Best Newspaper Designer
The Rebellion
Florence
Rebecca Bodenbender
Second Place
Best Newspaper Designer
The Catflash
The Big Red
Machine
Franklin
Emily Clark
Third Place
Owensboro
The Big Red Machine Staff
Third Place
Louisville
Bowling
Green
Crimson Record Design Team
First Place
Sneha Chhachhi
Second Place
Owensboro
The Big Red Machine Staff
Second Place
Florence
The Rebellion Staff
Third Place
Best Newspaper Designer
Best Front Page Layout
Design
Best Front Page Layout
Design
Best Front Page Layout
Design
Best Front Page Layout
Design
The Crimson Record
The Purple Gem
The Big Red
Machine
The Rebellion
duPont Manual High
School
Bowling Green High
School
Boone County High
School
Franklin-Simpson High
School
Daviess County High
School
duPont Manual High
School
Bowling Green High
School
Daviess County High
School
Boone County High
School
Best Newspaper
Advertising
The Crimson
Record
duPont Manual High
School
Louisville
The Crimson Record Ad
Team
First Place
Best High School
Newspaper
The Purple Gem
Bowling Green High
School
Bowling
Green
The Purple Gem Staff
First Place
Most Valuable Newspaper The Crimson
Staffer
Record
duPont Manual High
School
Louisville
Taylor Browning
First Place
Best Multimedia
Production
Best Multimedia
Production
Owensboro High
School
duPont Manual High
School
Best High School News
Website
Best High School News
Website
Best High School News
Website
The Digital Devil
RedEye
The Rune
RedEye
The Purples
Publications
Sacred Heart Academy
duPont Manual High
School
Bowling Green High
School
Best News Videography
FCTV6
Best News Videography
OTVX
Best News Videography
Purple Vision
Fern Creek Traditional
School
Oldham County High
School
Bowling Green High
School
Best Music Video
WPRP
Pleasure Ridge Park
High School
Best Narrative Film
OTVX
Oldham County High
School
Best News Story
Purple Vision
Best News Story
OTVX
Bowling Green High
School
Oldham County High
School
Owensboro
The Digital Devil Staff
Louisville
Manual RedEye Staff
Louisville
The Rune Staff
Louisville
Bowling
Green
Manual RedEye Staff
The Purples Publications Staff
First
Place
Second
Place
First
Place
Second
Place
Third
Place
Louisville
Aneissa Coulter
Buckner
Bowling
Green
Jacob Marcum
Kacy Ives
First
Place
Second
Place
Third
Place
Louisville
Andrew Duke
First
Place
Buckner
OTVX Summer Crew
First
Place
Bowling
Green
Kacy Ives
Buckner
Sarah Boiney
First
Place
Second
Place
Best News Story
FCTV6
Fern Creek Traditional
School
Best Sports Story
WBHS
Best Sports Story
BC-TV News
Best Sports Story
OTVX
Ballard High School
Butler County High
School
Oldham County High
School
Best Feature Story
FCTV6
Fern Creek Traditional
School
Best Feature Story
WBHS
Best Feature Story
Most Valuable
Broadcasting Member
Best High School
Broadcast/Newscast
Best High School
Broadcast/Newscast
Best High School
Broadcast/Newscast
Most Valuable Yearbook
Staffer
Louisville
Louisville
Kaylie Connors
CJ Crawford
Morgantown Nolan Johnson
Third
Place
First
Place
Second
Place
Third
Place
Buckner
Garrison Simpson
Louisville
Kaylie Connors
Louisville
Zach Cupery
WPRP
Ballard High School
Pleasure Ridge Park
High School
Louisville
Michelle Wyatt
First
Place
Second
Place
Third
Place
Purple Vision
Bowling Green High
School
Bowling
Green
Kacy Ives
First
Place
Louisville
FCTV6 Morning Edition Staff
OTVX
Fern Creek Traditional
School
Butler County High
School
Oldham County High
School
The Crimson
duPont Manual High
School
FCTV6
BC-TV News
OTVX Staff
First
Place
Second
Place
Third
Place
Kinsey Ball
First
Place
Morgantown BC-TV News Staff
Buckner
Louisville