2026 Workshop Awards

Social Media Reporting | Stephen Green, Instructor

Best Alternative Format
Hannah Park, The Hockaday School

Best Focus on People
Bradie Batson, Walnut Grove High School

Best Informational Content
Avery Snyder, Dripping Springs High School

Best Short-Form Video
Krish Bharadiya, Rock Hill High School

Best Swipeable
Johnathan Tristan, Prosper High School

Hashbrown Award for Best Use of Curiosity
Zach Dinkel, Mill Valley High School

Most Creative Format
Hannah Park, The Hockaday School

Top Influencer Award for Best Brain-Based Social Media Collection
Johnathan Tristan, Prosper High School

Video Storytelling | Michael Hatch, Instructor

Adobe Premiere Pro Superstar
Lilly Yarbrough, Denison High School

Best B-Roll
Caleb Kazeem, Kingwood Park High School

Best Cinematography
Avery Porter, Rock Hill High School

Best Editing
Kathir Dev, Carroll Senior High School

Best Interviewer
Chloe Whitson, The Colony High School

Best Package
Ashlynn Nguyen, Hebron High School

Best Sequencing
Garrett Hansen, Mill Valley High School

Best Voiceover
Chloe Kim, Hebron High School

Kindness
Max Nguyen, Kingwood Park High School

Master Storyteller
Taneesha Mohanta, Little Rock Central High School

Most B-Roll
Kylie Jo Turner, Denison High School

Most Inquisitive
Joi Byers, Ray Braswell High School

Advanced Feature Writing | Bobby Hawthorne, Instructor

Dogged Determination & Diligence
Coen Hartman, Little Rock Central High School
Murray Listopad, Little Rock Central High School

Exemplary and Sustained Excellence
Raima Awan, Coppell High School
Samara Bhatki, The Hockaday School
Scarlett Espinosa, Rock Hill High School
Annie Eubanks, Little Rock Central High School
Louella Mook, Notre Dame de Sion High School
Claire Reed, Mansfield Legacy High School
Effie Roper, Shawnee Mission East High School
Sophia Schlichting, Notre Dame de Sion High School
Harper Ward, Shawnee Mission Northwest High School

Beginning Feature Writing | Lori Oglesbee, Instructor

The G.O.A.T.
Anne Bowser, Shawnee Mission East High School
Baani Kumar, Little Rock Central High School
Teagan O’Brien, Shawnee Mission East High School

The G.O.A.T. of G.O.A.T.S
Rhea Roy, Stratford High School

Newspaper Boot Camp | Lisa Roskens, Instructor

Caption Writing
An-Duyen “Emily” Nguyen, Plano East Senior High School

Editorial Writing
Laksh Ngangom, Bellaire High School

Feature Writing
An-Duyen “Emily” Nguyen, Plano East Senior High School

News Writing
Kylee Copoeland, Bryant Junior High School

The First Amendment Challenge
An-Duyen “Emily” Nguyen, Plano East Senior High School
Sienna Stephen, Coppell High School
Sanvi Volimineni, Coppell High School

Top Interviewer
Sanvi Volimineni, Coppell High School

Top Photo
Laksh Ngangom, Bellaire High School

Newsroom Editorial Leadership

Hardest Worker
Ace Bradley, Bryant Junior High School

Discussion Diamond
Abigail Kromis, Rock Hill High School

Infectious Energy
Sylvie DeGalan, Shawnee Mission East High School

Quiet Intensity
Lucy Swope, Shanee Mission East High School

Frantastic Feedback
Abel Lusk, Lee’s Summit High School

Creativity Queen
Aashi Panchal, Coppell High School

Inspiration Award
Caroline Beal, Shawnee Mission East High School

All-Around Awesome Editor
Evelyn Bagley, Shawnee Mission East High School
Blakely Copeland, Mansfield Legacy High School
Kate Duncan, Prosper High School
Mary Elise Estess, The Hockaday School
Quentin Gross, Mansfield Legacy High School
Lydia Landes, Shawnee Heights High School
Christopher Long, Shawnee Mission East High School
Riya Matthews, Carroll Senior High School
Richard Sanchez, Dr. Wright L. Lassiter Jr. Early College High School

Specialized Writing | David Knight & Scott Winter, Instructors

Superfunkadelic Writer
Sarah Archer, Shawnee Mission Northwest High School
Varshini Avula, Coppell High School
Shawn Chaney, Kingwood Park High School
Peyton Chesney, Kingwood Park High School
Joselyn Contreras Ballesteros, Shawnee Mission North High School
Leah Cruz Ayala, Shawnee Mission North High School
Karthika Dayanand, Coppell High School
Aynslee Douglass, Shawnee Mission East High School
Bryanna Emler, Shawnee Mission Northwest High School
Tobi Falaki, Carroll Senior High School
Austin Farmer, Kingwood Park High School
Grace Gould, Shawnee Mission East High School
Gabriel Hargrave, Lewisville High School
Emily Hawrylo, Kingwood Park High School
Doris Hernandez-Sanchez, Shawnee Mission North High School
Eliot Higgins, Shawnee Mission East High School
Isabelle Hladky, Shawnee Mission Northwest High School
Rylie Hunter, Shawnee Mission North High School
Sophia Latta, Shawnee Mission Northwest High School
Evelyn Lewis, Shawnee Mission East High School
Kylah Martin, Caney Creek High School
Lindsey Mihalovich, The Colony High School
Sophie Moseby, Little Rock Central High School
Reece Murry, Coppell High School
Ananya Narala, Coppell High School
Rachel Park, Frisco Centennial High School
Eliza Powell, Shawnee Mission East High School
Amita Ramcharan, Kingwood Park High School
Willow Roberts, Shawnee Mission East High School
Claire Rogers, Shawnee Mission Northwest High School
Mary Kate Ruane, Shawnee Mission East High School
Judah Soendker Nicholson, Lee’s Summit High School
Ayesha Syed, Coppell High School
Hailee Thompson, Pleasant Grove High School
Jay Vernekar, Coppell High School
Aubree Ward, Wichita Falls Memorial High School

Advanced Photography | Wade Kennedy & Mike McLean, Instructors

Outstanding Auction Photo
Alex Garza Castillo, Ronald Reagan High School
Jackson Harrison, Little Rock Central High School

Outstanding Photo Story
Addison Loveless, Cypress Woods High School
Molly McDermed, Shawnee Mission East High School
Charlotte Reintjes, Shawnee Mission East High School
Maddi Roof, Shawnee Mission Northwest High School
Nixie Worth, Walnut Grove High School

Outstanding Workshop Portfolio
Naila Ali, Coppell High School
Rachel Chio, Coppell High School
Abel Gonzalez, Denison High School
Sienna Uber, Walnut Grove High School
Nixie Worth, Walnut Grove High School

Beginning Photography | Andrea Negri, Instructor

Creative Growth
Nora Wang, Melissa High School

Make Every Frame Count
Sruti Saravanan, Coppell High School

Outstanding Focus on Growth
Gilberto Martinez, North Lake Early College High School
Rosalie Perales, St. George Catholic School
Jovani Saaved, Lee’s Summit High School

Outstanding Storytelling
Charlotte Thompson, Lee’s Summit High School

Picture-Perfect Captions
Photography Staff, Lee’s Summit High School

Stepping Into the Spotlight
Sophia Huffington, Lee’s Summit High School
Harper Weaver, Shawnee Mission East High School

Intermediate Photography | Deanne Brown & Alison Strelitz, Instuctors

Behind the Lens: Dedication to the Workshop
Caney Creek High School
Dr. Wright L. Lassiter Jr. Early COllege High School
Kingwood Park High School
St. George’s Academy

Best Overall Intermidate Photographer
Charlotte Walton, Shawnee Mission East High School

Feature Photo
Layla Love, Shawnee Mission East High School
Riley Rios, Hendrickson High School

Photo Story
Sophia Cicero, Shawnee Mission East High School
Katelyn Conway, Shawnee Mission East High School
Aiden Gruhn, Denison High School
Romelia Parra, Shawnee Mission East High School
Addison Wardlow, Kingwood Park High School

Workshop Photo
Kathlyn Beavers, Shawnee Mission South High School
Nicole Padilla, Kingwood Park High School

Yearbook Boot Camp: Junior High/Middle School | Justin Turner, Instuctor

All-Star Writer
Grace Lim, Marsh Middle School

Attitude MVP
Reyan Heard, Trinity Heights Middle School

Caption Queen
Nikole Leal, Marsh Middle School

Photo Rising Star
John Cerda, Jesús Moroles Expressive Arts Vanguard

Yearbook Boot Camp: High School | Cindy Todd, Instructor

Outstanding Feature Story
Josie Hampton, Marcus High School

Outstanding Feature Story and Mod Project
Izzy Bae, Notre Dame de Sion High School

Outstanding Photography
Katie Richardson, Rowlett High School

Outstanding Photography and Mod Project
Teagan William, Marcus High School

Yearbook Design & Concepts | Kristi Rathbun, Instructor

Outstanding Content Mod Design
Bri Davern, Walnut Grove High School
Kendall Feuer, Coppell High School

Outstanding Headline Package Design
Katherine Buck, Shawnee Mission East High School
Joe Hansen, Shawnee Mission South High School

Outstanding Reference Spread Design
Lauren Elsbernd, Notre Dame de Sion High School
Emmy O’Roark, Shawnee Mission East High School

Outstanding Specialty Spread Design
Kayla McBride, Liberty North High School
Lizeth Rubi, McKinney High School

Overall Excellence
Notre Dame de Sion High School
Shawnee Mission East High School

Yearbook Theme Development | Justin Daigle, Susan Massy & Becky Tate, Instructors

Best Logo Development
Emelyn Cersovsky and Namiko Reimers, Har-Ber High School

Best Theme Copy
Lilly Clay, Skoka Jannapureddy, Chloe Kwok, Raelee Wells and Dakota Woods, Centennial High School
Ellen Burgess, Grace Deschaine, Halle Klocke, Claire Rosen and Catherine Sullivan, Shawnee Mission East High School

Collaboration in Theme Development
Jeanine Cruz, Carolyn Idzi and Destiny Olivares, McKinney High School

Contemporary Theme Development
Iva Hoskins, Giselle Lopez and Itzel Olivas, Notre Dame de Sion High School

Strong Theme Development
Adalyn Cox, Palmer McLaughlin, Elise Powell, Lucy Steiner and Miley Truong, Shawnee Mission West High School

Theme Evolution
Rachel Mason and Moriah Wyllie, Liberty North High School

Typographic Theme Development
Serene Chase, Vida Filoteo, Lexi Garcia and Ella Hiserote, Henrickson High School