ACP honors
top collegiate designs &
illustrations

Oct. 28, 2022

Associated Collegiate Press salutes the winners of its 2022 Design of the Year competition.

ACP’s Individual Awards are among the top prizes in collegiate journalism, and the awards are a showcase of journalistic excellence.

Winners were announced during MediaFest 22, the ACP/CMA Fall National College Media Convention, on Oct. 28, in Washington, D.C.

ACP awards archive

ACP awards information

First Place
Desiree Gutierrez
The Brookhaven Courier
Dallas College Brookhaven Campus
Farmers Branch, Texas
Issue 43-01, Page 1

Second Place
Rose Foley
The Daily Iowan
University of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa
College ends mask policy

Third Place
Ivan Becerril-Gutierrez
The Clarion
Madison Area Technical College
Madison, Wisconsin
An uncertain path

Fourth Place
Ava Dunwoody
The Baylor Lariat
Baylor University
Waco, Texas
Here Come the Bears

Fifth Place
Abbie Herrin
The Red & Black
University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia
SEC Championship Preview

Honorable mentions

Staff
The Southwestern College Sun, Southwestern College, Chula Vista, California
Students ‘Glad,’ ‘Scared’ to Return

Edgar Galvan
el Don, Santa Ana College, Santa Ana, California
Fall Sports Back in Action

Maggie Getzin
The Ball State Daily News, Ball State University, Indiana, Indiana
How K.J. Got His Cape

Claudia Humphrey
The Shorthorn, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas
Impeached, acquitted

Nichaela Shaheen
Foghorn News, Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, Texas
Ceremony honors former DMC professor

First Place
Maggie Getzin
The Ball State Daily News
Ball State University
Muncie, Indiana
Brain Drain

Second Place
Shannon Kirkpatrick, Maya Goosmann, Morgan Sample, Megan Thompson, Danny Kahn
The Daily Orange
Syracuse University
Syracuse, New York
From Players to Coaches

Third Place
Maggie Getzin
The Ball State Daily News
Ball State University
Muncie, Indiana
Remnant of the Monarchy

Fourth Place
Camila Gonzalez, Ji Ho Kim
The Southwestern College Sun
Southwestern College
Chula Vista, California
What’s in a Name?

Fifth Place
Mattheau Faught
The Et Cetera
Dallas College-Eastfield
Mesquite, Texas
A forgotten genre: Five essential giallo classics

Honorable mentions

Maya O’Kelly
Daily Bruin, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
UCLA’s hybrid learning model leaves many Bruins with concerns about fall classes

Megan Anderson
Mustang News, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo, California
From Cal Poly to Fashion Week 

Mansoor Ahmad
The Reporter, Minnesota State University, Mankato, Minnesota
10,022 flood the Blake

Shannon Kirkpatrick
The Daily Orange, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York
Holiday spice

Sabrina Hampton
The Daily Gamecock, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina
Carolina beekeeping looks forward to new members, new bees

First Place
Andrea Koehler
Inside Fullerton
Fullerton College
Fullerton, California
Spring 2022, KKK flyer

Second Place
Luc Stringer, Camille Grochowski, Caleb Chong
Pursuit
California Baptist University
Riverside, California
Our 9/11

Third Place
Alan Nguyen, Ashton Bisner, Chaya Barratt
DAMchic
Oregon State University
Corvallis, Oregon
Revelry

Fourth Place
Bryson Rosell
Textura
Bethel University
St. Paul, Minnesota
Stories of persistence, hope and beauty

Fifth Place
Shannon McCloskey, Kami Geron, Alex Bracken
Ball Bearings Magazine
Ball State University
Muncie, Indiana
In Love with Muncie

Honorable mentions

Ashton Jah, Tyler Hogan, Tionna Taite
Nineteen Fifty-Six, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Movin’ On Up

Staff
Etc. Magazine, City College of San Francisco, San Francisco, California
New Chancellor Old Woes

John D’Cruz
The Johns Hopkins News-Letter, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
Bite of Baltimore

Maria Meza
The Bleed, Lane Community College, Eugene, Oregon
Emergence

Josh McSwain
Focus Magazine, Baylor University, Waco, Texas
Tools of the Trade

First Place
Gabby Gobaton
Dig Mag
California State University, Long Beach
Long Beach, California
Best Snacks to Eat for Diwali

Second Place
Kate Slobodian
BYU Daily Universe
Brigham Young University
Provo, Utah
Secret carbo-nations

Third Place
Peyton Fike
KRNL Lifestyle + Fashion
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky
Inspired by Slim Aarons

Fourth Place
Audrey Nguyen
F Newsmagazine
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois
Paul Schrader and the End of the World

Fifth Place
Grace Avery, Maryrose Ceccarelli
A Magazine
Kent State University
Kent, Ohio
In Love with Morning Dew

Honorable mentions

Bree Gravatte
Talisman, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Kentucky
Molten masterpiece

Caitlin Brink
SALT, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York
A Canal Runs Through It

Alexander Sturdivant
SALT, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York
Raising the Bar

Alan Nguyen, Jessica Hume-Pantuso
Beaver’s Digest, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon
Roe v. What?

Gigi Rutsky
Flux Magazine, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon
Why are a bunch of high schoolers …

First Place
Dyanna Bateman, Lily Kleinknecht, Sofia Olgado
Michiganensian
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan
2022 Michiganensian

Second Place
Amanda Wollesen
Royal Purple
Kansas State University
Manhattan, Kansas
2022 Royal Purple, “Impression”

Third Place
Kylie Sledge
Aggieland
Texas A&M University
College Station, Texas
2022 Aggieland, “Our Common Bond”

Fourth Place
Anyssa Gonzalez, Kia Harlan
Angelos
California Baptist University
Riverside, California
2022 Angelos, “Restructure”

Fifth Place
Carolina Camus, Giselle Spicer, Daniel Fernandez
Ibis
University of Miami
Coral Gables, Florida
2022 Ibis

Honorable mentions

Izzy Myszak
Arbutus, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
2022 Arbutus

Josh McSwain, Matti Pennington
Baylor Roundup, Baylor University, Waco, Texas
2022 Baylor Roundup, “Going with the Flow”

First Place
Izzy Myszak
Arbutus
Indiana University
Bloomington, Indiana
A leap forward

Second Place
Carolina Camus
Ibis
University of Miami
Coral Gables, Florida
Make noise

Third Place
Kylie Sledge, Hattie Smith
Aggieland
Texas A&M University
College Station, Texas
Headed home

Fourth Place
Katie Mattocks, Ryan Byrne, Natalie Meins
The Tower
Loyola Marymount University
Los Angeles, California
The Quintessential Man

Fifth Place
Josh McSwain
Baylor Roundup
Baylor University
Waco, Texas
How were you impacted by COVID-19?

Honorable mentions

Kassidy Blount
Angelos, California Baptist University, Riverside, California
Lunar New Year

Carolina Camus
Ibis, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida
Food that hits the spot

Callie Justice
Kentucky Kernel, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky
Sports

Jermaine Hudson
Agromeck, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina
Embracing the Blackxperience

First Place
Maggie Getzin
The Ball State Daily News
Ball State University
Muncie, Indiana
Memorializing Black Mamba

Second Place
Justin Oo
The Poly Post Bronco Guide
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Pomona, California
Cal Poly Pomona History

Third Place
Kamryn Tomlinson, Rylan Capper
The Ball State Daily News
Ball State University
Muncie, Indiana
Unspoken Truths

Fourth Place
Nyah Phengsitthy
Elon News Network
Elon University
Elon, North Carolina
Quarantines to Mandates:
Elon University COVID Timeline

Fifth Place
Isa Marquez
Distraction Magazine
University of Miami
Coral Gables, Florida
Meet Me on the Metro

Honorable mentions

Lela Johnson
F Newsmagazine, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Is it Worth It?

Alex Bracken
The Ball State Daily News, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana
Visualizing Blight in Muncie

Rose Foley
The Daily Iowan, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
IC group offers aid to Afghan refugees

Thy Vo, Julia Nightengale
The Sunflower, Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas
University to inaugurate 15th president

Don Bui
Agromeck, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina
Surging Variants

First Place
Ernest Brants
SCAN
Savannah College of Art and Design-Atlanta
Atlanta, Georgia
The American Method of Madness

Second Place
Nicole Facchina
Distraction Magazine
University of Miami
Coral Gables, Florida
Out of Your Mind

Third Place
Maria Emilia Becerra
Distraction Magazine
University of Miami
Coral Gables, Florida
Off the Charts

Fourth Place
Cristina Del Coro Trio
The Shorthorn
University of Texas at Arlington
Arlington, Texas
The history, resistance and future for Black directors

Fifth Place
Andrea Koehler
Inside Fullerton
Fullerton College
Fullerton, California
From superfans to superstains

Honorable mentions

Natalie Meins
The Tower, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, California
Honoring loss

Sarah Clayson
The Guardsman, City College of San Francisco, San Francisco, California
Historic women

Marlee Palmer
Ke Alaka’i, Brigham Young University Hawaii, Laie, Hawaii
Best of Oahu

Princess Hart
Drake Mag, Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa
The American Family Update

Abbas Ghor
The Collegian, Tarrant County College, Hurst, Texas
Black. Muslim. Proud.