Alumni 1983-84

1984 Championship Winners

Writing Winners

First Place Kelly Patrick Kissel, Louisiana State University
$2,000 Scholarship
Second Place Thomas H. Butler, University of Florida
$1,500 Scholarship
Third Place Paige Ann St. John, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville
$1,000 Scholarship
Finalist Anne Elizabeth Hill, West Virginia University
$500 Scholarship
Finalist Roxana Kopetman, University of Florida
$500 Scholarship
Finalist Kristine Kay Mullen-McArdle, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
$500 Scholarship
Finalist Margaret Helen Reist Osaki, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
$500 Scholarship
Finalist David C. Scruggs, University of Florida
$500 Scholarship

Photo Winners

First Place Mark Harrison, University of Missouri
$2,000 Scholarship
Second Place Ben J. Van Hook, University of Kentucky
$1,500 Scholarship
Third Place Alan Thomas Warren, Western Kentucky University
$1,000 Scholarship

1983-84 Monthly Competition Winners

October 1983 General News Writing
Thomas H. Butler, University of Florida, 1
Timothy Adam Baker, Indiana University, 2
David S. Wert, California State University, Long Beach, 3
Michael W. Cover, Ohio State University, 4
David L. Lindsey, University of Texas at Austin, 5
John Racine, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, 6
Karen Janene Ball, University of Missouri, 7
Kevin Davis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 8
Don Scott Knox, University of Kansas, 9
Bruce Orwall, University of Washington, 10

November 1983 Feature Writing
Kristine Kay Mullen-McArdle, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1
Broward Liston, University of Florida, 2
Edwin K. Antle, University of Missouri, 3
Roxana Kopetman, University of Florida, 4
Kathleen S. Callahan, Louisiana State University, 5
Brenda King, University of Oklahoma, 6
Stanley Craig Dezern, Western Kentucky University, 7
Michael Collins, Western Kentucky University, 8
James H. Kenney, California State University, Fresno, 9
Leon P. Lynn, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 10

December 1983 Editorial Writing
Anne Elizabeth Hill, West Virginia University, 1
Gary Michael Gately, University of Maryland, 2
Mike Easterling, University of Oklahoma , 3
Paige Ann St. John, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, 4
John C. Schrag, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, 5
Richard M. Burleson, California State University, Fresno, 6
Roger Campbell, University of Texas at Austin, 7
Lornet Turnbull, Florida A&M University, 8
Jeff Arrington, University of Utah, 9
Marcy Lynn Mermel, Pennsylvania State University, 10

January 1984 Investigative Writing
Kelly Patrick Kissel, Louisiana State University, 1
Philip A. Kuntz, University of Florida, 2
Beth L. McCurdy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 3
Laura Williams, University of Florida, 4
Kelly Knox, Texas Tech University, 5
Donald William Yaeger, Jr., Ball State University, 6
Eric Millsaps, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 7
Mark D. Grimm, University of Missouri, 8
Andrew D. Siegel, Syracuse University, 9
Virginia A. Imhoff, Ohio State University, 10

February 1984 Personality/Profile Writing
David C. Scruggs, University of Florida, 1
K. Alycia Allen, University of Florida,2
Todd Murphy, South Dakota State University, 3
Don Scoggins, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 4
Lauralee Mencum, California State University, Long Beach, 5
Paige Ann St. John, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, 6
Mary Laura Merk, California State University, Long Beach, 7
Alex Pulaski, Jr., California State University, Fresno, 8
Tom M. Bickford, Arizona State University, 9
Joseph Markman, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 10

March 1984 Sports News Writing
Margaret Helen Reist Osaki, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1
Matt DeGalen, University of Kansas, 2
Rich Radford, Virginia Commonwealth University, 3
Jeff Cravens, University of Kansas, 4
Joseph L. Roderick, San Jose State University, 5
Mark Henry Alesia, Indiana University, 6
Steven Puckett, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, 7
Mike Blackwell, University of Texas at Austin, 8
Roxana Kopetman, University of Florida, 9
Kurt Iverson, University of Missouri, 10

May 1984 Photo
Mark Harrison, University of Missouri, 1
Ben J. Van Hook, University of Kentucky, 2
Alan Thomas Warren, Western Kentucky University, 3
John F. Sleezer, Kansas State University, 4
Warren E. Faidley, University of Arizona, 5
Greg Lanier, Syracuse University, 6
Patrick James Sandor, Bowling Green State University, 7
Travis J. Spradling, University of Texas at Austin, 8
David Coyle, University of Kentucky, 9
Jeff Taylor, Kansas State University, 10