Oct. 7, 2020

Associated Collegiate Press announces the finalists in its 2020 Design of the Year competition.

Winners in this and all Individual Award categories, as well as the ACP Pacemaker Awards, will be announced virtually at 6 p.m. Eastern Thursday, Oct. 22, during the Fall National College Media Convention.

To view the awards presentation, register for the convention at collegemediaconvention.org.

Finalists listed below are alphabetical by state.

2020 Individual Award Finalists

Advertisement • Cartoon • Design
Multimedia • Reporter • Photo • Story
Best Use of Social Media • COVID-19 Coverage

2020 Pacemaker finalists

Broadcast • Business • Innovation
Magazine • Newspaper • Online • 2019 Yearbook

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Newspaper Front Page

Ashley Ramynke
el Don
Santa Ana College
Santa Ana, California

Devin Bradshaw, Thiha Naing, Jennifer Snook
The Express
Las Postias College
Livermore, California

Emily Wright 
The Ball State Daily News
Ball State University
Muncie, Indiana

Morgan Anderson, Kylie Cameron
The Sunflower
Wichita State University
Wichita, Kansas

Staff
The University Daily Kansan
University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas

Allison Engkvist, Jack Silberman 
The Michigan Daily
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Olivia Parks, Grace Terry
The Pendulum
Elon University
Elon, North Carolina

Maisie Williams 
The All State
Austin Peay State University
Clarksville, Tennessee

Anthony Lazon
The Et Cetera
Eastfield College
Mesquite, Texas

Dylan McKone, Milo Nguyen
The Daily
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington

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Newspaper Page/Spread

Beatrice Alcala
Collegian Times
Los Angeles City College
Los Angeles, California

Alejandro Vazquez
Daily Forty-Niner
California State University, Long Beach
Long Beach, California

Solena Aguilar 
Mustang News
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo, California

Summer Bradley, Jennifer Goeckner, Madison Lammert
The Alestle
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Edwardsville, Illinois

Elliott DeRose
The Ball State Daily News
Ball State University
Muncie, Indiana

Morgan Anderson, Daniel Caudill, Marshall Sunner
The Sunflower
Wichita State University
Wichita, Kansas

Haley Robey 
Kentucky Kernel
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky

Talia Trackim
The Daily Orange
Syracuse University
Syracuse, New York

Anton Delgado, Grace Terry
The Pendulum
Elon University
Elon, North Carolina

Anica Graney 
The Clarion
Madison Area Technical College
Madison, Wisconsin

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Magazine Cover

Sam MacDonald, Saige Rozanc-Petski, A’Neshia Turner
Alice
University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Beatrice Alcala, Stephanie Ko
Collegian
Los Angeles City College
Los Angeles, California

Reagan Lee, Korah Robinson, Joe Smallwood
Pursuit
California Baptist University
Riverside, California

Hannah Manalang, Sadie Scadden
Ke Alaka’i
Brigham Young University-Hawaii
Laie, Hawaii

Staff
Echo
Columbia College Chicago
Chicago, Illinois

Cameron Cirino, Abby Pfannenstiel, Kate Torline
Manhappenin’
Kansas State University
Manhattan, Kansas

Josh Eller,  Aastha Gill, Will Jacott, Jake Van Loh, Katie Viesselman
Textura India
Bethel University
St. Paul, Minnesota

Isabel Liang
34th Street Magazine
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Abigail Dahl, Dylan McKone, Milo Nguyen
The Daily
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington

Krista Kok, Zahn Schultz, Madeline Wilson
Pulse
Central Washington University
Ellensburg, Washington

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Magazine Page/Spread

Sage Zbinden
Pursuit
California Baptist University
Riverside, California

Kevin Caparoso
Warrior Life
El Camino College
Torrance, California

Marian Bulnes, Wolfang Rugeles
Urbana Literary & Arts
Miami Dade College, Eduardo J. Padrón Campus
Miami, Florida

Gabriela Azeem-Angel, Claudia Pardo Perez
Miambiance
Miami Dade College-Kendall Campus
Miami, Florida

Cat Cao 
F Newsmagazine
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois

Nick Ellis
Drake Magazine
Drake University
Des Moines, Iowa

Fatima Calderon 
Drake Magazine
Drake University
Des Moines, Iowa

Hailee Lunte
Talisman
Western Kentucky University
Bowling Green, Kentucky

Will Jacott, Hersh Singh, Zach Walker
Textura India
Bethel University
St. Paul, Minnesota

Zarah Myers 
SALT: Military Photojournalism 2020
Syracuse University
Syracuse, New York

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Yearbook Cover

Carson Earls
The Glomerata
Auburn University
Auburn, Alabama

Staff
The Tower
Loyola Marymount University
Los Angeles, California

Casey Lue
Ibis
University of Miami
Coral Gables, Florida

Matt Rasnic
Arbutus
Indiana University
Bloomington, Indiana

Ashley Read
Royal Purple
Kansas State University
Manhattan, Kansas

Kendall Boran
Kentucky Kernel Year in Photos
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky

Alicia Otto
The Griffon
Missouri Western State University
St. Joseph, Missouri

Staff
Rotunda
Southern Methodist University
Dallas, Texas

Rachel Cole
Roundup
Baylor University
Waco, Texas

Kyle Gage, Liz Liu
Aggieland
Texas A&M University
College Station, Texas

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Yearbook Page/Spread

Jacob Sparks
Auburn University
The Glomerata
Auburn, Alabama

Brianna Jordan
Angelos
California Baptist University
Riverside, California

Casey Lue
Ibis
University of Miami
Coral Gables, Florida

Katie Harbert
Royal Purple
Kansas State University
Manhattan, Kansas

Kendall Boran
Kentucky Kernel Year in Photos
University of Kansas
Lexington, Kentucky

Ben Moran
Tower
Northwest Missouri State University
Maryville, Missouri

Don Bui
Agromeck
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, North Carolina

Rachel Gan, Simone Melvin, Olivia Ramirez, Ash Thye
Rotunda
Southern Methodist University
Dallas, Texas

Rachel Gan, Simone Melvin, Ash Thye
Rotunda
Southern Methodist University
Dallas, Texas

Liz Liu
Aggieland
Texas A&M University
College Station, Texas

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Informational Graphic

Kunal Mehta, Marci Suela
Spartan Daily
San Jose State University
San Jose, California

Melissa Locke
Currents
Pepperdine University
Malibu, California

Tiffany Nguyen 
The Daily Californian
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California

Casey Lue
Ibis
University of Miami
Coral Gables, Florida

Krista Knudtsen, Roberta Nicastro
SCAN
Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta
Atlanta, Georgia

Cat Cao
F Newsmagazine
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois

Raven Mo
F Newsmagazine
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois

Annie Aguiar, Jacob deCastro, Colin Kulpa
Indiana Daily Student
Indiana University
Bloomington, Indiana

Niharika Desiraju, Marvis Gutierrez
The Johns Hopkins News-Letter
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland

Staff
Rotunda
Southern Methodist University
Dallas, Texas

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Illustration

Nachaela Flores
Spartan Daily
San Jose State University
San Jose, California

Carolyn Burt
The Corsair
Santa Monica College
Santa Monica, California

Melody Del Rio
Spartan Daily
San Jose State University
San Jose, California

Kire Torres
SCAN
Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta
Atlanta, Georgia

Wyatt Wurtenberger
The Arbiter
Boise State University
Boise, Idaho

Natalie Wade
14 East
DePaul University
Chicago, Illinois

Sarah Mai
Minnesota Daily
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Jordan Larson
The NewsHouse
Syracuse University
Syracuse, New York

Efrain Arias-Medina 
The Appalachian
Appalachian State University
Boone, North Carolina

Shay Cohen
The Shorthorn
University of Texas at Arlington
Arlington, Texas