2022 Design of the Year

Aug. 31, 2022

Associated Collegiate Press announces the finalists in its 2022 Design of the Year competition.

Individual Award winners will be announced at MediaFest22, the Fall National College Media Convention, at 3:30 p.m. ET Friday, Oct. 28, at the Grand Hyatt Washington.

A gallery of winners will be posted after the Oct. 28 announcement.

Finalists below are listed by state.

Register for the convention.
Enter the convention’s Best of Show contest.

Pacemaker finalists
Announced in September 2022, these Pacemaker finalists will be honored and winners announced at the Oct. 28 awards ceremony.

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2022 Yearbook Pacemakers will be presented in spring 2023.

Pacemaker 100
To celebrate our 100th birthday, we’ll honor our top Pacemaker winners and announce the Top 10 at the fall convention.


Newspaper Page/Spread

Staff
The Southwestern College Sun, Southwestern College, Chula Vista, California
Issue 1, “Students ‘Glad,’ ‘Scared’ to Return”

Edgar Galvan
el Don, Santa Ana College, Santa Ana, California
Nov. 1, 2021, “Fall Sports Back in Action”

Abbie Herrin
The Red & Black, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
Dec. 2, 2021, “SEC Championship Preview”

Maggie Getzin
The Ball State Daily News, Ball State University, Indiana, Indiana
Feb. 24, 2022, “How K.J. Got His Cape”

Rose Foley
The Daily Iowan, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
04.18.22 Front Page, “College ends mask policy”

Claudia Humphrey
The Shorthorn, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas
April 13, 2022, “Impeached, acquitted”

Nichaela Shaheen
Foghorn News, Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, Texas
May 2, 2022, “Ceremony honors former DMC professor”

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

Ava Dunwoody
The Baylor Lariat, Baylor University, Waco, Texas
Sept. 1, 2021, “Here Come the Bears”

Ivan Becerril-Gutierrez
The Clarion, Madison Area Technical College, Madison, Wisconsin
Feb. 16, 2022, “An uncertain path”

Newspaper Page/Spread

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

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 ”

Maggie Getzin
The Ball State Daily News, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana
“Brain Drain”

Maggie Getzin
The Ball State Daily News, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana
“Remnant of the Monarchy”

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

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

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”

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

Magazine Cover

Ashton Jah, Tyler Hogan, Tionna Taite
Nineteen Fifty-Six, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
April 2022, “Movin’ On Up”

Luc Stringer, Camille Grochowski, Caleb Chong
Pursuit, California Baptist University, Riverside, California
Fall 2021, “Our 9/11”

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

Staff
Etc. Magazine, City College of San Francisco, San Francisco, California
Fall 2021, “New Chancellor Old Woes”

Shannon McCloskey, Kami Geron, Alex Bracken
Ball Bearings Magazine, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana
Spring 2022, “In Love with Muncie”

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

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

Alan Nguyen, Ashton Bisner, Chaya Barratt
DAMchic, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon
Spring 2022, “Revelry”

Maria Meza
The Bleed, Lane Community College, Eugene, Oregon
Volume 13, “Emergence”

Josh McSwain
Focus Magazine, Baylor University, Waco, Texas
Spring 2022, “Tools of the Trade”

Magazine Page/Spread

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

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

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

Peyton Fike
KRNL Lifestyle + Fashion, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky
“Inspired by Slim Aarons”

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

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

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

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 …”

Kate Slobodian
BYU Daily Universe, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah
“Secret carbo-nations”

Yearbook Cover

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Yearbook Page/Spread

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

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

Carolina Camus
Ibis, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida
“Make noise”

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

Izzy Myszak
Arbutus, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
“A leap forward”

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

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

Kylie Sledge, Hattie Smith
Aggieland, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
“Headed home”

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

Informational Graphic

Justin Oo
The Poly Post Bronco Guide, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, Pomona, California
“Cal Poly Pomona History”

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

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

Maggie Getzin
The Ball State Daily News, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana
“Memorializing Black Mamba”

Kamryn Tomlinson, Rylan Capper
The Ball State Daily News, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana
“Unspoken Truths”

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”

Nyah Phengsitthy
Elon News Network, Elon University, Elon, North Carolina
“Quarantines to Mandates: Elon University COVID Timeline”

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

Illustration

Andrea Koehler
Inside Fullerton, Fullerton College, Fullerton, California
“From superfans to superstains”

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”

Nicole Facchina
Distraction Magazine, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida
“Out of Your Mind”

Maria Emilia Becerra
Distraction Magazine, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida
“Off the Charts”

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

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

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

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

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