Our Awards

National Awards and Honors

• NSPA Online Pacemaker 2017
• CSPA Silver Crown 2016 (hybrid category)
• NSPA Print Pacemaker Finalist 2015 (KEQ)
• CSPA Gold Circle 1st Place Certificate 2015 (KEQ)
• NSPA Online Pacemaker 2015
• CSPA Gold Crown 2015 (hybrid category)
• CSPA Critique: Gold Medalist with All-Columbian Honors 2014 (hybrid category)
• NSPA Critique: 1st Class 2014 (online edition)
• NSPA Critique: 1st Class 2014 (print edition)
• NSPA Online Pacemaker 2014
• CSPA Silver Crown 2014 (hybrid category)
• CSPA Critique: Gold Medalist with All-Columbian Honors 2013 (hybrid category)
• NSPA Critique: All-American 2013 (online edition)
• NSPA Critique: All-American 2013 (print edition)
• NSPA Online Pacemaker Finalist 2013
• NSPA/JEA 2013 Spring Convention Website Best of Show (Small Schools) — 3rd Place
• NSPA/JEA 2013 Spring Convention Print Best of Show (Tabloid Size) — 6th Place
• NSPA Critique: All-American 2012 (online edition)
• NSPA Critique: 1st Class 2012 (print edition)
• NSPA Online Pacemaker 2012
• NSPA/JEA 2011 Fall Convention Website Best of Show (Small Schools) — 4th Place
• NSPA Online Pacemaker 2011
• NSPA/JEA 2010 Fall Convention Website Best of Show (Small Schools) — 6th Place
• NSPA Online Pacemaker 2010
• NSPA Online Pacemaker 2009

Minnesota Awards and Honors

• All-State Gold KEQ 2017
• All-State Gold Print Edition 2017
• All-State Gold Online Edition 2017
• MHSPA Feature Magazine Best of Show 2017 – 3rd Place
• MHSPA Newspaper Best of Show 2017 – 6th Place
• MHSPA Publication Website Best of Show 2017 – 3rd Place
• MHSPA Gold Medallion Website General Excellence 2017 – 1st Place
• MHSPA Newspaper Best of Show 2016 – 3rd Place
• MHSPA Gold Medallion Website General Excellence 2016 – 6th Place
• MHSPA Feature Magazine Best of Show 2016 – 1st Place
• All-State Silver KEQ 2016
• All-State Silver Print Edition 2016
• All-State Gold Online Edition 2016
• MHSPA Website Best of Show 2015 — 3rd Place
• All-State Gold Print Edition 2015
• All-State Gold Online Edition 2015
• All-State Gold KEQ 2015
• MHSPA Website Best of Show 2013 — 1st Place
• MHSPA Print Best of Show 2013 — 5th Place
• All-State Gold Print Edition 2013
• All-State Gold Online Edition 2013
• MHSPA Website Best of Show 2012 — 1st Place
• MHSPA Print Best of Show 2012 — 1st Place
• All-State Gold Print Edition 2012
• All-State Gold Online Edition 2012
• All-State Gold Print Edition 2011
• All-State Gold Online Edition 2011
• MHSPA Website Best of Show 2011 — 1st Place
• All-State Gold Print Edition 2010
• All-State Gold Online Edition 2010
• MHSPA Website Best of Show 2010 — 2nd Place
• MHSPA Website Best of Show 2009 — 1st Place
• MHSPA Print Best of Show 2009 — 4th Place

National Individual Awards

• 2022 CSPA Gold Circle 3rd Place Certificate – Photography Portfolio of Work – Matthew Ormsby
• 2022 CSPA Gold Circle 2nd Place Certificate – News Feature  – Jackson Bisson and Andrew Lyons
• 2017 CSPA Gold Circle 1st Place Certificate –  General or Humor Commentary – Gunnar Lundberg
• 2017 CSPA Gold Circle 3rd Place Certificate – Entertainment Review – Alec Lawrenz
• 2016 CSPA Gold Circle 2nd Place Certificate – Cultural Feature – Alec Lawrenz
• 2015 CSPA Gold Circle 3rd Place Certificate — Sports Feature — Will Jarvis
• 2015 CSPA Gold Circle Certificate of Merit — Personal Opinion — Jack Youngblut
• 2015 CSPA Gold Circle Certificate of Merit — Personal Opinion — Sarah Letscher
• 2015 CSPA Gold Circle Certificate of Merit — Humor Commentary — Jackie Lawyer
• 2015 CSPA Gold Circle Certificate of Merit — Personality Profile — Jack Youngblut
• 2015 CSPA Gold Circle Certificate of Merit — Feature — Sarah Karels and Sofie Madden
• 2014 CSPA Gold Circle 1st Place Certificate — Computer Generated Art/Illustration — Keara Clacko

Minnesota Individual Awards

• 2023 MHSPA Multimedia Story Package –  1st place – Megan Cornell, Andrew Stoa
• 2023 MHSPA Multimedia Sports Package – 4th place – Lily Butner, Avery Hawkinson
• 2023 MHSPA Sports Story – 3rd Place Michaela Dooley
• 2023 MHSPA News Story – 3rd Place – Brynja Lockman, Lucy Loes
• 2023 MHSPA Editorial/Opinion – 5th Place – Staff
• 2017 MHSPA Newspaper Center Spread Design – 2nd Place – Andrew Cadle
• 2017 MHSPA Broadcast Feature Story – 3rd Place – Leo Linder
• 2017 MHSPA Newspaper News Story – 3rd Place – Grace Gyolai, Leo Driessen
• 2017 MHSPA Online Multimedia Package – 3rd Place – Staff
• 2017 MHSPA Newsmagazine Feature Photo – 4th Place – Ashley Ortizcazarin
• 2017 MHSPA Broadcast News Story – 2nd Place – Connor Lawler
• 2017 MHSPA Broadcast Feature Story – 2nd Place – Brad Shibley, Lauren Chevalier
• 2017 MHSPA Newsmagazine Page One Design – 3rd Place – John Landry
• 2017 MHSPA Newspaper Sports Story – 1st Place – Will Whitmore
• 2017 MHSPA Online Multimedia Package – 1st Place – Tommy McGinn, Joey Simpson, John Landry
• 2017 MHSPA Newspaper Editorial/Opinion – 3rd Place – Nathanael Aston-Piper
• 2017 MHSPA Newspaper Review – 2nd Place – Nathanael Aston-Piper
• 2016 MHSPA Newspaper Feature Design – 1st Place – Will Krane
• 2016 MHSPA Newspaper Feature Design – 6th Place – Will Krane
• 2016 MHSPA Newspaper Feature Story – 6th Place – Abby Letscher
• 2016 MHSPA Newspaper News Story – 6th Place – Molly Keady
• 2016 MHSPA Online Multimedia Package – 1st Place – 2016 Staff
• 2016 MHSPA Newspaper Feature Photo – 5th Place – Collins Jones
• 2016 MHSPA Newspaper Review – 6th Place – Alec Lawerenz
• 2016 MHSPA Newspaper Editorial Column – 5th Place – 2016 Staff
• 2016 MHSPA Newspaper Spots Photo – 2nd Place – Collins Jones
• 2016 MHSPA Newspaper News Photo – 4th Place – Keenan Schemer
• 2016 MHSPA Newspaper Page One Design – 1st Place – Johnny Byrnes
• 2016 MHSPA Newspaper News Photo – 10th Place – Sisay Shannon-Tamrat
• 2016 MHSPA Newspaper Single-Page Design – 6th Place – Kasey Desmond, Anna von Kampen
• 2016 MHSPA Newspaper Feature Story – 1st Place – Lizzie Ambre, Rachel Lyons
• 2016 MHSPA Newspaper Page One Design – 7th Place – Keenan Schember, Rachel Lyons
• 2015 MHSPA Online Multimedia Package — 1st Place — Grace Gyolai
• 2015 MHSPA Newspaper Sports Story — 1st Place — Libby Grygar
• 2015 MHSPA Newspaper Review — 2nd Place — Adam Eldred
• 2015 MHSPA Newspaper Single-Page Design — 2nd Place — Jason Kang
• 2013 MHSPA Newspaper Sports Story — 1st Place — Anne Arnason and Michelle Sauer
• 2013 MHSPA Newspaper Sports Story — 2nd Place — Peter Best and David Nelson
• 2013 MHSPA Newspaper News Story — 1st Place — Mary Pat Ross
• 2013 MHSPA Newspaper News Story — 2nd Place — Katie Sisk and Ruby Ford
• 2013 MHSPA Newspaper Editorial — 1st Place — Staff
• 2013 MHSPA Newspaper Editorial — 2nd Place — Kate Whitney
• 2013 MHSPA Newspaper Feature Story — 2nd Place — Anne Arnason, Arthur Boyle, and Michelle Sauer
• 2013 MHSPA Newspaper Page One Design — 1st Place — Anne Arnason
• 2013 MHSPA Newspaper Single-page Design — 3rd Place — Kiley Petersen
• 2013 MHSPA Newspaper Sports Photo — 1st Place — Megan Beh
• 2013 MHSPA Website General Excellence — 1st Place — Staff
• 2013 MHSPA Website Multimedia Package — 1st Place — Anne Arnason