2005 Championship Winners
Writing Winners
| First Place | James Carlson, University of Missouri $5,000 Scholarship |
| Second Place-tie | Rachael Jackson, University of Maryland $4,000 Scholarship |
| Second Place-tie | Kent M. Babb, University of South Carolina $4,000 Scholarship |
| Finalist | Lindsay Gebhart, Kent State University $1,500 Scholarship |
| Finalist | Alexander Lang, University of Iowa $1,500 Scholarship |
| Finalist | Michelle B. Loscher, University of Alaska, Anchorage $1,500 Scholarship |
| Finalist | Russell Nichols, Florida A&M University $1,500 Scholarship |
| Finalist | Robert Rudolph Samuels, Northwestern University $1,500 Scholarship |
Photo Winners
| First Place | Jim Winn, Western Kentucky University $5,000 Scholarship |
| Second Place | Daron Dean, University of Florida $4,000 Scholarship |
| Third Place | Haraz Ghanbari, Kent State University $3,000 Scholarship |
| Finalist | Melanie Holloway Blanding, Western Kentucky University $1500 Scholarship |
| Finalist | Erik Jacobs, Western Kentucky University $1,500 Scholarship |
| Finalist | Raymond M. Jones, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill $1,500 Scholarship |
| Semi-Finalist | Wiqan Ang, Western Kentucky University $1,000 Scholarship |
| Finalist | Chris Bergin, Ball State University $1,000 Scholarship |
| Finalist | Justin Cook, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill $1,000 Scholarship |
| Finalist | David Degner, Western Kentucky University $1,000 Scholarship |
Radio Winners
| First Place | William W. Pitts, Arizona State University $5,000 Scholarship |
| Second Place | Andrew J. Falzon, Hofstra University $4,000 Scholarship |
| Third Place | Daniel R. Siler, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill $3,000 Scholarship |
| Finalist | Michiko Howlett, Arizona State University $1,500 Scholarship |
| Finalist | Jennifer E. Hundley, University of Alabama $1,500 Scholarship |
| Semi-Finalist | Mark Allphin, Brigham Young University $1,000 Scholarship |
| Semi-Finalist | Stephy Y. Chung, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign $1,000 Scholarship |
| Semi-Finalist | Lauren Marie Rodriguez, University of Florida $1,000 Scholarship |
| Semi-Finalist | Dustin R. Shilling, University of Nebraska-Lincoln $1,000 Scholarship |
| Semi-Finalist | Jared Trexler, Pennsylvania State University $1,000 Scholarship |
Television Winners
| First Place | Lou Raguse, University of Minnesota $5,000 Scholarship |
| Second Place | Chris Welch, University of Nebraska-Lincoln $4,000 Scholarship |
| Third Place | Jason Horowitz, Syracuse University $3,000 Scholarship |
| Finalist | Robyn Kriel, Texas Christian University $1,500 Scholarship |
| Finalist | Nicole Lapin, Northwestern University $1,500 Scholarship |
| Semi-Finalist | Lance Alleman, University of Texas at Austin $1,000 Scholarship |
| Semi-Finalist | Benjamin Kwan, Northwestern University $1,000 Scholarship |
| Semi-Finalist | Joe Mott, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill $1,000 Scholarship |
| Semi-Finalist | Kailyn Reid, Drake University $1,000 Scholarship |
| Semi-Finalist | Matt Talhelm, University of Missouri $1,000 Scholarship |
2004-05 Monthly Competition Winners
Feature Writing
Russell Nichols, Florida A&M University, 1
R. Jake Stump, West Virginia University, 2
Dirk Chatelain, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 3
Lauren Smiley ,University of Iowa, 4
Stephanie Burton, Syracuse University, 5
Brandon Lowe, University of Georgia, 6
Rachel Myers, Kent State University , 7
Andrea Uhde, University of Kentucky, 8
Jennifer Girardin, Arizona State University, 9
Adam Jadhav, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 10
Editorial Writing
Michelle B. Loscher, University of Alaska, Anchorage, 1
Sarah Schaale, California State University, Chico, 2
Brittany Kuhn, California State University, Fullerton, 3
Matthew Barnwell, University of Georgia, 4
Jessica Mayle, Northwestern University, 5
Camille Lamb, Pennsylvania State University, 6
David Marck, Jr., University of Georgia, 7
Alex Mc Peak, University of Memphis, 8
Adam Maksl, Indiana University, 9
Joanna Borns, Indiana University, 10
In-Depth Writing
Rachael Jackson, University of Maryland, 1
Lauren Wilbert, Louisiana State University, 2
Emily Johns, University of Minnesota, 3
Lindsay Gebhart, Kent State University, 4
Michael Wynn, University of Kentucky, 5
Ilan Brat, Arizona State University, 6
Brian Spannagel, University of Iowa, 7
David Sterrett, Northwestern University, 8
Kristin Chandler, University of South Carolina, 9
Dave Nobles, University of Kansa, 10
Sports Writing
Kent M. Babb, University of South Carolina, 1
Robert Rudolph Samuels, Northwestern University, 2
Christine Yee, San Francisco State University, 3
Vince Kuppig, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 4
Teddy Kider, Northwestern University, 5
Brandon Hoops, University of Missouri, 6
Brian Triplett, University of Iowa, 7
Sean McDonnell, University of Missouri, 8
Justin A. McDaniel, Pennsylvania State University, 9
Gavin Lesnick, Indiana University, 10
Personality/Profile Writing
James Carlson, University of Missouri, 1
Lindsay Gebhart, Kent State University, 2
Adam Kilgore, Syracuse University, 3
Adam P. Aasen, Indiana University, 4
Kelly Madden, Pennsylvania State University, 5
Gavin Lesnick, Indiana University, 6
Patti Vannoy, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 7
Kate Schweitzer, University of Missouri, 8
Lynh Bui, Arizona State University, 9
Elizabeth M. Broadway, Florida A&M University, 10
Spot News Writing
Alexander Lang, University of Iowa, 1
Jessica Alaimo, Kent State University, 2
Annie Getsinger, University of Missouri, 3
Malcolm Elliott Glover, Florida A&M University, 4
Mallory Simon, Indiana University, 5
Jared A. Favole, University of Maryland, 6
Annie Shuppy, University of Iowa, 7
Kevin Sampier, Eastern Illinois University, 8
Ashlee Clark, Western Kentucky University, 9
Nick Collins, Northwestern University, 10
Photo I – Portrait/Personality & Feature
Dana Marie Rieber, Western Kentucky University, 1
Chris Bergin, Ball State University, 2
Erik Jacobs, Western Kentucky University, 3
Daron Dean, University of Florida, 4
Blair Bunting, Arizona State University 5
Elizabeth Shurik, University of Florida 6
Autumn Cruz, San Jose State University, 7
Michael Cohea, University of Montana, 8
Anthony Souffle, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, 9
Nicole Coleman, Kansas State University, 10
Photo II – Sports & News
Wiqan Ang, Western Kentucky University, 1
Haraz Ghanbari, Kent State University, 2
David Degner, Western Kentucky University, 3
Raymond McCrea Jones, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 4
Anthony Souffle, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, 5
Autumn Cruz, San Jose State University, 6
Kristopher Kolden, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 7
William Vragovic, Ball State University, 8
Jennifer Cecil, Ball State University, 9
Molly Corfman, Kent State University, 10
Photo III – Picture Story/Series
Melanie Holloway Blanding, Western Kentucky University, 1
Jim Winn, Western Kentucky University, 2
Emily G. Harris, University of Florida, 3
Justin Coo,k University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 4
Lara Shipley, University of Missouri, 5
Lee Tortorelli, University of Montana, 6
Matthew Nager, University of Colorado, 7
Elizabeth Shurik, University of Florida, 8
Jacob Pritchard, University of Colorado, 9
Lauren Carroll, University of Georgia, 10
Radio I – Features
Jennifer E. Hundley, University of Alabama, 1
Lauren Marie Rodriguez, University of Florida, 2
Andrew J. Falzon, Hofstra University, 3
Mark Allphin, Brigham Young University, 4
Stephy Y. Chung, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 5
Melissa Kimball, Brigham Young University, 6
Jamie Bittner, Pennsylvania State University, 7
Ross Weidner, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 8
Melissa Fry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 9
Robert Naughton, University of Florida, 10
Radio II – News
Michiko Howlett, Arizona State University, 1
William W. Pitts, Arizona State University, 2
Dustin R. Shilling, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 3
Daniel R. Siler, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 4
Jared Trexler, Pennsylvania State University, 5
Elizabeth Dorland, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 6
Colleen Sui Chen, University of Florida, 7
Hannah Miller, Brigham Young University, 8
Ryan Oliver Hansen, University of Utah, 9
Jennifer Burner, University of Florida, 10
Television I – Features
Nicole Lapin, Northwestern University, 1
Matt Talhelm, University of Missouri, 2
Jason Michael Horowitz, Syracuse University, 3
Lance Alleman, University of Texas At Austin, 4
Joe Mott, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 5
Carina Sonn, Arizona State University, 6
Kailyn Reid Drake University, 7
Elizabeth Churchill Green, University of Kentucky, 8
William W. Pitts, Arizona State University, 9
Scott Lembke, University of Southern California, 10
Television II – News
Robyn Kriel, Texas Christian University, 1
Lou Raguse, University of Minnesota, 2
Kailyn Reid, Drake University, 3
Benjamin Kwan, Northwestern University, 4
Chris Welch, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 5
Jocelyn Kate Lockwood, Oklahoma State University, 6
H. Zachary Ottenstein, University of Missouri, 7
Clifton Kelly, Brigham Young University, 8
Laura Lynn Rogers, Western Kentucky University, 9
Adriana Alvarado, Arizona State University, 10
