Alumni 1995-96

1996 Championship Winners

Writing Winners

First Place Caroline Keough, Northwestern University
$3,000 Scholarship
Second Place Jenni Carlson, University of Kansas
$2,500 Scholarship
Third Place Jeffrey D. Zeleny, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
$2,000 Scholarship
Finalist Michelle R. Evans, Howard University
$500 Scholarship
Finalist Lori A. Lessner, Northwestern University
$500 Scholarship
Finalist Amy M. Piniak, University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill
$500 Scholarship
Finalist Dana Thompson, Florida A&M University
$500 Scholarship
Finalist Kyle R. Wood, University of Montana
$500 Scholarship

Photo Winners

First Place Michel Fortier, Western Kentucky University
$3,000 Scholarship
Second Place Chris Stanford, Western Kentucky University
$2,500 Scholarship
Third Place Laura Marie Kleinhenz, University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill
$2,000 Scholarship
Finalist Eric Campos, Ohio University
$500 Scholarship
Finalist Scott Panella, Western Kentucky University
$500 Scholarship
Finalist Alan Spearman, University of Georgia
$500 Scholarship

Radio Winners

First Place John Christopher Lee, San Jose State University
$3,000 Scholarship
Second Place Brian Tripp, University of Utah
$2,500 Scholarship
Third Place Kent Faddis, Oklahoma State University
$2,000 Scholarship

Television Winners

First Place Amy Westerby-Swenson, Brigham Young University
$3,000 Scholarship
Second Place Bryan Mims, University of South Carolina
$2,500 Scholarship
Third Place Ronald M. Madison, Arizona State University
$2,000 Scholarship

1995-96 Monthly Competition Winners

October 1995 Feature Writing
Michelle R. Evans, Howard University, 1
Robert Capps, San Francisco State University, 2
Matthew Richard Hood, University of Kansas, 3
Elizabeth Chey, Northwestern University, 4
Jodie E. Needle, University of Florida, 5
Amanda Louise Stadtmiller, Northwestern University, 6
Jason G. Best, University of Missouri, 7
Inara M. Verzemnieks, University of Washington, 8
Melinda Myers Vaughn, University of Utah, 9
Cindy Lange-Kubick, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 10

November 1995 Editorial Writing
Amy M. Piniak, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1
Lorie Hutson, University of Montana, 2
Kyle R. Wood, University of Montana, 3
Georgina Acosta, Florida A&M University, 4
David Strow, Arizona State University, 5
Rainbow Scott Rowell, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 6
Shahnaaz Davidson, Howard University, 7
Martha A. Khlopin, University of Hawaii, 8
Matthew Thomas Tungate, Western Kentucky University, 9
David Franecki, Syracuse University, 10

December 1995 In-Depth Writing
Caroline Keough, Northwestern University, 1
Jeffrey D. Zeleny, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2
Gayle Forman, University of Oregon, 3
Inara M. Verzemnieks, University of Washington, 4
Dan Mihalopoulos, University of Missouri, 5
Michael Mattis, San Francisco State University, 6
Kyle R. Wood, University of Montana, 7
Novelda Sommers, University of Kansas, 8
Colleen J. McCain Nelson, University of Kansas, 9
Aimee Sonia Green, University of Washington, 10

January 1996 Sports Writing
Jenni Carlson, University of Kansas, 1
Jennifer Floyd, University of Missouri, 2
G. Brian Bennett, University of Kentucky, 3
Christoph A. Fuhrmans, University of Kansas, 4
Jeffrey D. Zeleny, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 5
Daniel M. Twetten, Northwestern University, 6
Monty Phan, University of Arizona, 7
Kevin C. Kelly, Western Kentucky University, 8
R. Todd Graff, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 9
Michelle Thresher, University of Florida, 10

February 1996 Personality/Profile Writing
Lori A. Lessner, Northwestern University, 1
Stacy St. Clair, University of Missouri, 2
Jacob P. Batsell, Arizona State University, 3
Novelda Sommers, University of Kansas, 4
Adam Randall Ramirez, University of Arizona, 5
Paloma McGregor, Florida A&M University, 6
Virginia Margheim, University of Kansas, 7
Angelique Marie Bartlett, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 8
Heidi Williams, University of Montana, 9
James Nelson Jardine, University of Utah, 10

March 1996 Spot News Writing
Dana Thompson, Florida A&M University, 1
Christopher A. Driscoll, Arizona State University, 2
Ms. Colleen J. McCain Nelson, University of Kansas, 3
Rainbow Scott Rowell, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 4
Melissa Prentice, University of Arizona, 5
Garin Groff, Arizona State University, 6
Jennifer Gurliaccio, University of Memphis, 7
Michael A. Cetera, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 8
Wayne Y. Akiyama, University of Hawaii, 9
Douglas J. Johnson, University of New Mexico, 10

November 1995 Photo I
Jeff Haller, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1
Alan Spearman, University of Georgia, 2
Taimy Alvarez, University of Florida, 3
Robert Browman, University of Florida, 4
Stefanie Boyar, Western Kentucky University, 5
Bruce Ely, University of Montana, 6
Vincent B. LaForet, Northwestern University, 7
Travis J. Heying, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 8
Denise Beebower, University of Missouri, 9
Eric Grigorian, San Jose State University, 10

January 1996 Photo II
Chris Stanford, Western Kentucky University, 1
Erik C. Campos, Ohio University, 2
Scott Panella, Western Kentucky University, 3
Vincent B. LaForet, Northwestern University, 4
Robert Wayne Croslin, University of Florida, 5
John F. Martin, Ohio University, 6
Brian A. Lukanic, University of Florida, 7
Shawn Thew, San Francisco State University, 8
Andrew Rogers, University of Texas at Austin, 9
Jeremy Hogan, San Jose State University, 10

February 1996 Photo III
Laura Marie Kleinhenz, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1
Ezra O. Shaw, Syracuse University,2
David R. O’Connor, Western Kentucky University, 3
Michel Fortier, Western Kentucky University, 4
Michael Hamtil, University of Missouri, 5
Candice Cusic, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 6
Mark Allen Haven, Arizona State University, 7
Travis J. Heying, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 8
Sarah Prall, San Francisco State University, 9
Brian A. Lukanic, University of Florida, 10

November 1995 Radio
Krista Marie Schwarting, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1
Joseph Allen Legge, Middle Tennessee State University, 2
Josh Bornstein, Syracuse University, 3
Jonathan Kenger, Arizona State University, 4
Brian Lazaro, University of Florida, 5
John Christopher Lee, San Jose State University, 6
Shannon Farkas McLatchey, University of Florida, 7
Brett Cain, University of Alabama, 8
Brian Tripp, University of Utah, 9
Kent Faddis, Oklahoma State University, 10

November 1995 Television
Amy Westerby-Swenson, Brigham Young University, 1
Bryan Mims, University of South Carolina, 2
Ronald M. Madison, Arizona State University, 3
Mollye Barrows, University of West Florida, 4
Patrick Dix, University of Missouri, 5
Carolyn Piekarski, San Jose State University, 6
Grant W. Williams, University of West Florida, 7
Rafael Romo, Arizona State University, 8
Heather Shadbolt, University of Florida, 9
Gayle Claudine Gomer, California State University, Northridge, 10