Nick Wagner
Third Place
Western Kentucky University
$1,500 Scholarship
- Christy Campbell views the solar eclipse through her husband's welding helmet at Barton Springs Pool in Austin, Texas, on Monday, August 21, 2017. Campbell, who is from Houston, said she and her family were planning on traveling to Oklahoma to view the eclipse, but settled on Austin to enjoy the astronomical event beside a natural springs pool. "Whatever works," Campbell said of the welding mask.
- Emily Zurawski cries while inspecting her home in Port Aransas, Texas, on Sunday, August 27, 2017. Zurawski was one of the few residents who hunkered down in Port Aransas when Hurricane Harvey, boasting winds of 140-MPH, ripped through the coastal city. We thought we were all going to die," Zurawski said. NICK WAGNER / AMERICAN-STATESMAN
- Lone Peak players celebrate their Utah State High School Class 5A volleyball title after defeating Pleasant Grove in Orem on Saturday, Nov. 5, 2016.
- Women dressed in costume from The Handmaid's Tale protest inside the Rotunda at the Capitol building in Austin, Texas, on Tuesday, July 18, 2017. Tuesday kicked off the start of the State Legislature's special session, and hundreds of protestors rallied outside on the south steps and inside the Rotunda to voice their opposition to several bills covering topics like transgender bathrooms, abortions and education finance reform.
- Utah Valley forward Zach Nelson lands on top of Brigham Young forward Yoeli Childs during an NCAA college basketball game in Provo on Saturday, Nov. 26, 2016.
- The parents of slain West Valley City police officer Cody Brotherson, Jeff and Jenny Brotherson, embrace each other during a vigil in honor of their son in West Valley City on Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016. Cody Brotherson was attempting to lay spike strips to stop a stolen vehicle police were pursuing, but instead the vehicle struck and killed him. The three occupants of the stolen vehicle were juveniles and have been charged with murder.