National Scholastic Press Association Individual Recognition Ryan Kinney & Grace Conlan, First Place – Yearbook Theme Package Ryan Kinney, First Place – Portfolio – Designer of the Year TAJE Best in Yearbook Awards Best of the Best Best of the Best in Yearbook Design: Mariah Barsotti, James Bowie HS - November to Remember First runner-up, Best of the Best in Yearbook Design: Ryan Kinney, Lizzie Jensen, James Bowie HS - Saved by the Bell
Superior Ratings Y1 Theme Development: Grace Conlan, Ryan Kinney - James Bowie HS - Superior Y2 Theme Copy: Grace Conlan, Ryan Kinney - James Bowie HS - Superior Y3 Headline Writing: Staff - James Bowie HS - Superior Y14 Dividers: Ryan Kinney, Grace Conlan - James Bowie HS - Superior Y15 Student Life Spread: Mariah Barsotti - James Bowie HS - Superior - November to Remember Y16 Academics Spread: Kate Oelkers, Charli Reed - James Bowie HS - Superior - Up & Atom Y16 Academics Spread: Wes Warmink, Zoe Kanz - James Bowie HS - Superior - Patience is a Virtual Y18 Sports Spread: Abby Mandel, Kaitlyn Sherman - James Bowie HS - Superior - Six Points in Sight Y18 Sports Spread: Eva Moore - James Bowie HS - Superior - Season to Score Y18 Sports Spread: Ryan Kinney, Emily Williams - James Bowie HS - Superior - Leaps & Bounds Y18 Sports Spread: Ryan Kinney, Lizzie Jensen - James Bowie HS - Superior - Saved by the Bell Y22 Alternative Copy: Abby Mandel, KaitlynSherman - James Bowie HS - Superior - Is This Thing On? Y22 Alternative Copy: Izzy Rejino, Ava Webber - James Bowie HS - Superior - Asking for a Trend Y22 Alternative Copy: Marin Scholz - James Bowie HS - Superior - Pulling the Strings Y23 Infographics: Marin Scholz - James Bowie HS - Superior - Crystal Clear Mind Y28 Sports Action Photo: Tiffany Ard - James Bowie HS - Superior - Boys Basketball dominant Y32 Design Portfolio: Grace Conlan - James Bowie HS - Superior Y32 Design Portfolio: Ryan Kinney - James Bowie HS - Superior
Excellent Ratings Y5 Student Life Copy: Ryan Kinney - James Bowie HS - Excellent - It's Nerf or Nothing Y8 Sports Copy: Abby Mandel, Kaitlyn Sherman - James Bowie HS - Excellent - Six Points in Sight Y8 Sports Copy: Eva Moore - James Bowie HS - Excellent - Season to Score Y9 People Copy: Austin Pound, Duren Wilson - James Bowie HS - Excellent - 4 Score & 11 Bars to Go Y9 People Copy: Avery Andrade, Cami Demetri - James Bowie HS - Excellent - Difficult Diagnosis Y9 People Copy: Brynn Laughlin, Vanessa Nguyen - James Bowie HS - Excellent - Hey Hot Stuff Y10 Student-Designed Cover: Ryan Kinney, Grace Conlan - James Bowie HS - Excellent Y15 Student Life Spread: Ryan Kinney - James Bowie HS - Excellent - It's Nerf or Nothing Y17 Organizations Spread: Grace Conlan - James Bowie HS - Excellent - Growing Pains Y17 Organizations Spread: Kierra York, Kenady Kendall - James Bowie HS - Excellent - Marching Madness Y17 Organizations Spread: Marin Scholz - James Bowie HS - Excellent - Pulling the Strings Y22 Alternative Copy: Mariah Barsotti - James Bowie HS - Excellent - Snowpocalypse Y22 Alternative Copy: Kate Oelkers, Charli Reed - James Bowie HS - Excellent - Up & Atom Y26 Academics Photo: Tiffany Ard - James Bowie HS - Excellent - Phase Two dominant Y28 Sports Action Photo: Mariah Barsotti - James Bowie HS - Excellent - Phase One dominant Y29 Sports Feature Photo: Tiffany Ard - James Bowie HS - Excellent - Phase Five dominant
Honorable Mention Ratings Y6 Academics Copy: Wes Warmink, Zoe Kanz - James Bowie HS - Honorable Mention - Patience is a Virtual Y7 Organizations Copy: Grace Conlan - James Bowie HS - Honorable Mention - Growing Pains Y11 Student-Designed Endsheets: Ryan Kinney, Grace Conlan - James Bowie HS Y19 People Spread: Austin Pound, Duren Wilson - James Bowie HS - Honorable Mention - Four Score & 11 Bars to Go Y20 Multi-Topic Spread: Isabella Grahmann, Ana Diaz - James Bowie HS - Honorable Mention - Brand New Bowie Baby Y25 Student Life Photo: Tiffany Ard - James Bowie HS - Honorable Mention - Take a Stand dominant Y28 Sports Action Photo: Tiffany Ard - James Bowie HS - Honorable Mention - Wrestling dominant Y28 Sports Action Photo: Tiffany Ard - James Bowie HS - Honorable Mention - Baseball dominant Y31 Photo Portfolio: Tiffany Ard - James Bowie HS - Honorable Mention
Quill & Scroll Yearbook Excellence Contest Design CategoriesTheme Development/Class A First Place: Grace Conlan & Ryan Kinney, James Bowie HS, Austin, Texas “tbd” Academics Spread/Class A Third Place: Ryan Kinney, James Bowie HS, Austin, Texas “The More You Read” Sports Spread/Class A First Place: Kierra York, James Bowie HS, Austin, Texas “Stick to the Point” Honorable Mentions Ryan Kinney, James Bowie HS, Austin, Texas “Saved by the Bell” Abby Mandel, James Bowie HS, Austin, Texas “Six Points in Sight” Pandemic Spread/Class A Third Place: Abby Mandel, James Bowie HS, Austin, Texas “Is This Thing On?” Honorable Mention Wes Warmink, James Bowie HS, Austin, Texas “Patience is a Virtual” Photo Categories Third Place: Tiffany Ard, James Bowie HS, Austin, Texas “Saved by the Bell” Honorable Mentions Tiffany Ard, James Bowie HS, Austin, Texas “Season to Score” Pandemic Photo/Class A Second Place: Tiffany Ard, James Bowie HS, Austin, Texas “Phase Two” Portrait Photography/Class A Third Place: Tiffany Ard, James Bowie HS, Austin, Texas “Difficult Diagnosis”
Current Year IAA Awards (2021-21 book) (9 total) - Interscholastic League Press Conference: Ryan Kinney - Feature Spread - 3rd place Izzy Rejino and Kristian Jeffus - Student Life-Focused Spread - 2nd place Abby Mandel and Kaitlyn Sherman - Sports-Focused Spread - 1st place Marin Scholz - People Section Spread - 1st place Kate Oelkers and Charli Reed - Club/Organization Spread - 1st place Kristina Jeffus - Blended Coverage Spread - 2nd place Mariah Barsotti, Izzy Rejino and Ava Webber - Story - 3rd place Skylar Linscomb - Photo Portfolios - 2nd place Tiffany Ard - Photo Portfolios - 3rd place
STAFF AWARDS for 2020 The Usual
Silver Crown – Hybrid Yearbooks, (2019-20 book), All-Columbian 3 of 3 categories, Columbia Scholastic Press Association (National) The Lone Star yearbook staff
Pacemaker winner and All-American with 4/4 Marks of Distinction (2019-20 book), National Scholastic Press Association (National) The Lone Star yearbook staff
National Scholastic Press Association, 7th place Best in Show (2019-2020 yearbook 352-608 pages) – Fall Orlando Convention 2019-20 (National Virtual) The Lone Star yearbook staff
National Scholastic Press Association, 8th place Best in Show (2019-2020 yearbook 352-608 pages) – Fall Seattle Convention 2020-21 (National Virtual) The Lone Star yearbook Staff
The Silver Star (2019-2020 book), University Interscholastic League/Interscholastic League Press Conference (state) The Lone Star yearbook staff
INDIVIDUAL AWARDS for 2020 The Usual
The National Scholastic Press Association Individual Recognition 2020 Orlando Fall Convention Haley Drouin, Finalist, Honorable Mention – Portrait Photo - Harp Mia Brelsford and Isabella Grahmann, Finalists, Honorable Mention – Yearbook Spread - FFA Ryan Kinney and Sadah Young, Finalists, Honorable Mention – Yearbook Information Graphic - Current Events Logan Dorsey, Finalist – Yearbook Portfolio, 5th Place – Designer of the Year
The National Scholastic Press Association Best in Show Individual Awards 2020 Orlando Fall Convention Zach Conlan & Taj James – Yearbook Design – 9th place - Tennis Noelle Moody & Charli Reed – Yearbook Design – 8th place - Color Guard Mariah Barsotti & Marin Scholz – Yearbook Design – 7th place - Luncheons Zoe McGilton & Natalie Roche – Yearbook Design – 3rd place - Boys Basketball
The National Scholastic Press Association Best in Show Individual Awards 2021 Seattle Virtual Spring Convention Abby Mandel and Kaitlyn Sherman: Yearbook Design - 4th place - JV/F Football Ryan Kinney: Yearbook Design - 7th place - Evanstrong
The Columbia Scholastic Press Association 2019-2020 Gold Circle awards Noelle Moody & Claire Procyk - Organization/Greek Writing - 2nd place Logan Dorsey, Ryan Kinney & Emma Wake - Title Page - 3rd place Emma Wake - Index - 3rd place Staff - Sports spread: multi-page spread - boys & girls basketball - 3rd place Logan Dorsey & Gianna Vozzella - People Spread with mug photos - Certificate of Merit Mariah Barsotti & Grace Conlan - People spreads without mug photos: multi-page spread - 1st place Staff- Organization or Greeks spread: multi-page spread - theatre spreads - 3rd place
Texas Association of Journalism Educators 2020-21 Virtual Fall Fiesta Conference, on-site and carry in contests Mia Brelsford: Marketing – Superior Taj James: Beginning Yearbook Design - Superior Mariah Barsotti: Yearbook Copy – Excellent Cristina Canepa: Advanced Yearbook Design – Excellent Tiffany Ard: Digital Photo, Gold – Honorable Mention
Texas Association of Journalism Educators 2020-2021 Best in Texas awards Logan Dorsey, Ryan Kinney, Emma Wake - Theme Development - Honorable Mention Logan Dorsey, Ryan Kinney, Emma Wake - Theme Copy - Excellent Staff Headline Writing - Staff - Excellent Staff Caption Writing - Superior Laurel Schultz - Academics Copy - Honorable Mention Mariah Barsotti and Grace Conlan - People Copy - Excellent Mariah Barsotti and Grace Conlan - People Copy - Honorable Mention Logan Dorsey - Student-Designed Endsheets - Excellent Logan Dorsey - Opening/Closing - Honorable Mention Logan Dorsey - Title Page Design - Excellent Emma Wake - Divider - Honorable Mention Mariah Barsotti - Student Life Spread - Superior Logan Dorsey - Student Life Spread - Excellent Cristina Canepa - Academics Spread - Superior Laurel Schultz - Academics Spread - Superior Emma Wake - Academics Spread - Excellent Marin Scholz and Mariah Barsotti - Academics Spread - Honorable Mention Megan Rush - Academics Spread - Honorable Mention Haley Drouin and Lexi Hertel - Organizations Spread - Superior Izzy Rejino and Ava Webber - Organizations Spread - Superior Gianna Vozzella and Logan Dorsey - People Spread - Superior Ryan Kinney - People Spread - Superior Blaike Long - People Spread - Excellent Laura Starkey - People Spread - Excellent Lilly Crosbie - People Spread - Honorable Mention Cristina Canepa - Sidebar Presentation - Superior Kobie Hernandez - Sidebar Presentation - Excellent Cassie Gutierrez - Alternative Copy - Honorable Mention Cassie Gutierrez - Alternative Copy - Honorable Mention Grace Conlan and Mariah Barsotti - Alternative Copy - Honorable Mention Mariah Barsotti and Grace Conlan - Alternative Copy - Honorable Mention Marin Scholz and Mariah Barsotti - Alternative Copy - Honorable Mention Cristina Canepa - Infographics - Superior Grace Conlan and Mariah Barsotti - Infographics - Superior Cristina Canepa - Student Life Photo - Honorable Mention Skylar Linscomb - Student Life Photo - Honorable Mention Skylar Linscomb - Student Life Photo - Honorable Mention Tiffany Ard - Student Life Photo - Honorable Mention Emma Wake - Academics Photo - Excellent Tiffany Ard - Academics Photo - Excellent Skylar Linscomb - Academics Photo - Honorable Mention Tiffany Ard - Organizations Photo - Excellent Logan Dorsey - Organizations Photo - Honorable Mention Mariah Barsotti - Organizations Photo - Honorable Mention Elizabeth Jensen - Sports Action Photo - Excellent Skylar Linscomb - Sports Action Photo - Excellent Skylar Linscomb - Sports Action Photo - Excellent Tiffany Ard - Sports Action Photo - Excellent Skylar Linscomb - Sports Action Photo - Honorable Mention Skylar Linscomb - Sports Action Photo - Honorable Mention Skylar Linscomb - Sports Action Photo - Honorable Mention Tiffany Ard - Sports Action Photo - Honorable Mention Tiffany Ard - Sports Action Photo - Honorable Mention Skylar Linscomb - Sports Feature Photo - Excellent Tiffany Ard - Photo Portfolio - Excellent Skylar Linscomb - Photo Portfolio - Honorable Mention Grace Conlan - Design Portfolio - Excellent Logan Dorsey - Design Portfolio - Excellent Ryan Kinney - Design Portfolio - Honorable Mention Mariah Barsotti - Story Portfolio - Excellent
University Interscholastic League/Interscholastic League Press Association 2020-21Individual Achievement Awards Emma Wake, Grant Clark, MacKenzie Kirk - Tops in Texas Yearbook - Blended Coverage - Interest Clubs
Yearbook Awards (2019-20 book, 18 total): Logan Dorsey, Ryan Kinney and Emma Wake - Theme Section and Development - 3rd place Staff - Headlines - 3rd place Logan Dorsey, Ryan Kinney and Emma Wake - Captions - 1st place Logan Dorsey - Ad Design - 1st place Emma Wake - Index Spread - 1st place Mariah Barsotti - Student Life Spread - Honorable Mention Claire Procyk and Katie Oelkers - Sports Spread - Honorable Mention Zach Conlan and Taj James - Sports Spread - Honorable Mention Ryan Kinney - People Section Spread - 1st place Izzy Rejino and Ava Webber - Club/Organization Spread - Honorable Mention Haley Drouin and Lexi Hartel - Club/Organization Spread - Honorable Mention Emma Wake, Grant Clark and Mackenzie Kirk - Blended Coverage Spread - 1st place (Tops in Texas) Tiffany Ard and Skylar Linscomb - Blended Coverage Spread - Honorable Mention Mariah Barsotti and Grace Conlan - Infographic - Honorable Mention Cristina Canepa - Infographic - Honorable Mention Mariah Barsotti and Cassie Gutierrez - Student Life Feature Story - Honorable Mention Tiffany Ard - Academic Photo - Honorable Mention Haley Drouin - Portrait - Honorable Mention
ILPC-TAJE 2020 Virtual Summer Workshop Yearbook Awards (11 awards) (State) Sadah Young - Excellent in Design Megan Rush – Outstanding Design Staff – Outstanding Theme Development Skylar Linscomb – Cropped Contest – 3 rd place Tiffany Ard – Stop Action or Sports Photography – Superior Tiffany Ard – People’s Choice – 2 nd place Tiffany Ard – Portrait – Superior Kobie Hernandez – Portrait – Superior Skylar Lunscomb – Portrait – Honorable Mention Kobe Hernandez – Photo Story – Superior Grace Conlan and Ryan Kinney – Outstanding Theme Presentation