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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.

Delfino Camacho
The Union, El Camino College, Torrance, California
“Most affordable gas stations near El Camino College”

Nichole Whiteley
Ke Alaka’i, Brigham Young University Hawaii, Laie, Hawaii
“Surfing Through Hawaii’s Past, Present & Future“

John Lynch, Shwetha Sundarrajan, Daniel Kehn, Jacy Bradley, Maya Wilkins
The Ball State Daily News, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana
“Sister Cindy’s controversial sermon at Ball State drew hundreds of viewers to the Quad“

Staff
The NewsHouse, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York
“Entitled to Equality“

Mackenzie Wilkes
Elon News Network, Elon University, Elon, North Carolina
“Soluble solutions“

Marcus Ren, Alexis Weisend
The Daily Emerald, The University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon
“Oregon: A Future in Flames“

Pamela Smith
The Pitt News, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
“Proud to be Ukrainian Hundreds gather Downtown in support of Ukraine“

Rachael Perrotta
The Vanderbilt Hustler, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee
“Pure joy: 24.1% of early decision I applicants admitted to Class of 2026“

Mandy Huynh, Marilyn Schoneboom, Alessandra Sara, Axel Hoge
The Shorthorn, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas
“Group protests vice president’s acquittal“

Philip Perez, Gabriella Jasso
Foghorn News, Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, Texas
“Food pantry sees demand rise“

Reyn Ou, Erik Zamora
Daily Forty-Niner, California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, California
“Why Coca-Cola is nowhere to be seen“

Natalie Brown
Daily Bruin, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
“Heart and Sole: The rise of the modern-day sneakerhead“

Phyllis Cha, Hannah Dailey, Izzy Myszak, Ethan Levy
Indiana Daily Student, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
“After the audition“

Audrey Richardson
The State News, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
“Just keep swimming: How my 12 teammates and I coped with the termination of the MSU swim and dive program“

Kate Brennan
The NewsHouse, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York
“Aloha Aina“

Abby Weiss
The Daily Orange, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York
“THE ONE: Joe Biden’s 1st wife Neilia Biden shaped his life, career while at Syracuse“

Michael Asch
Elon News Network, Elon University, Elon, North Carolina
“A community divided“

Luke Ettinger
Emerge, University of Guelph-Humber, Toronto, Ontario
“A carbon sink flooded with drought: Agriculture tackling climate change“

Chiara Profenna
The Beacon, University of Portland, Portland, Oregon
“Meet the ‘killer bass player’ of the UP community“

Taylor Coit, Ward Sakeik, Nicholas Badeaux, Julia Mendoza
The Shorthorn, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas
“Opal Lee’s Juneteenth Journey“

Emily Marsten
Calgary Journal, Mount Royal University, Calgary, Alberta
“Football concussion protocols in Alberta follow the rules but levels of care can still vary widely“

Abby Wilt
The Graphic, Pepperdine University, Malibu, California
“Going from a Wave to an Olympic Gold Medalist“

Kyle Hastings, Matthew Bornhorst, Torstein Rehn
Mustang News, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo, California
“How Cal Poly Baseball…“

Robert Read, Kelsey Harrell, Jerod Ringwald, Sarah Galla
The Daily Iowan, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
“A built-in best friend: Identical twins Keegan and Kris Murray living their Iowa basketball dream together“

Landon Reinhardt, Claiborn Schmidt
The Collegian, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas
“It’s not about me, it’s about us: New men’s basketball head coach Jerome Tang speaks to media for first time“

Vy Nguyen
The Michigan Daily, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
“Michigan Gymnastics Meet“

Jordan Dawson
The Daily Collegian, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania
“Penn State football’s defense shuts out Indiana in Stripe Out win“

Caleb Bozard, Sydney Dunlap, Will Kronsberg, Zane Heinlein, Spencer Ball
The Daily Gamecock, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina
“I’ll be able to take it with me forever: Students storm fountain after Gamecocks win national title“

Justin Hershey, Truman McDaniel
The Vanderbilt Hustler, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee
“The Three Plays that Doomed Vanderbilt Against South Carolina“

Nicklaus Utsey, Jake Wilson, Ward Sakeik, Nicholas Badeaux, Shelby Carter
The Shorthorn, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas
“Movin’ Mavs claim back-to-back championships“

Ethan Dulaney
The Occidental, Occidental College, Los Angeles, California
“Holi 2022 Celebration with South Asian Student Association“

Jerod Ringwald, Ayrton Breckenridge
The Daily Iowan, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
“No. 18 Iowa football vs. No. 17 Indiana“

Staff
Talisman, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Kentucky
“Wild Wild Western: 2 days of WKU Homecoming“

Jack Weaver
Kentucky Kernel, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky
“Picture Kentucky: Living off the Grid“

Soren Frantz
The Equinox, Keene State College, Keene, New Hampshire
“Photo essay: 2022 LEC Championship Game“

Gavin Liddell
The NewsHouse, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York
“Grit & Glory“

Jesse Barber
The Appalachian, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina
“From Blue Ridge to Blue Room: Local tree selected for White House display“

Staff
Elon News Network, Elon University, Elon, North Carolina
“Elon University celebrates Holi“

Will Geschke, Maddie Stellingwerf
The Daily Emerald, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon
“Protesters march through downtown Eugene to oppose draft of supreme court decision“

Faith Worrell
The Daily Gamecock, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina
“PHOTOS: The South Carolina women’s basketball team celebrates its 2022 national championship win“

Lindsey Parungo, Priya Kanneboyina, Samantha Low, Ziqing Luo
Daily Bruin, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
“How grade distributions changed during online learning“

Annabelle Childers
Currents, Pepperdine University, Malibu, California
“Is it Worth It?: Examining the United States’ Complicated Past with War and State-Building“

Kelsey Harrell
The Daily Iowan, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
“How universities across the Big Ten Conference are continuing to combat COVID-19“

Arnav Binaykia
Washington Square News, New York University, New York, New York
“NYU COVID positivity rate more than 20x pre-omicron average“

Abby Weiss
The Daily Orange, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York
“THE ONE: Joe Biden’s 1st wife Neilia Biden shaped his life, career while at Syracuse“

Kristine Nguyen, Jordon Levy
Emerge, University of Guelph-Humber, Toronto, Ontario
“2022 VR Visual Showcase Project“

Chiara Profenna
The Beacon, University of Portland, Portland, Oregon
“Interactive Timeline: Celebrating women’s history month through UP’s history“

Betul Tuncer
The Pitt News, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
“The Black Action Society’s Computer Center Takeover Interactive Timeline“

Lana Phol
The Shorthorn, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas
“UTA Salary Database“

Nick Cook
The Baylor Lariat, Baylor University, Waco, Texas
“When time stood still“

Alan Humphreys
Daily Bruin, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
“Fiat Lux: Michael Schindlinger and Irene Chen“

Karl Winter
The Graphic, Pepperdine University, Malibu, California
“S2 Finale: Gender Identity and Transgenderism in College Sports“

Jimena Romero, Erika Hernandez, Nicole Viloria, Diego Faria, Sebastian Parra
Urbana Literary & Arts, Miami Dade College, Eduardo J. Padrón Campus, Miami, Florida
“Calle Ocho Extravaganza“

Matteo Wong
The Harvard Crimson, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
“The Annex“

Mary Steffenhagen
NYCity News Service, City University of New York, New York, New York
“Home Ed: An Investigative Podcast“

Alex Tey
Washington Square News, New York University, New York, New York
“Forgotten NYU, Episode 2: A New Type of Normal“

Ella Adams, Mia Mendez, Evan Byrd
The Appalachian, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina
“BOO-ne, Episode 1: Appalachian Witchcraft & Folklore“

Braden Dyreson, Nick Eickhoff, Nick Stonesifer
The Daily Collegian, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania
“We asked Penn State students for their THON Line Dance predictions | Wrap Around Podcast“

Nandika Chirala, Trent Griffith, Brynn Jones, Abhinav Krishnan
The Vanderbilt Hustler, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee
“Diermeier and the giant unicorn: Understanding fossil fuel divestment“

Claudia Fuss, Asime Ibraimi
The Clarion, Madison Area Technical College, Madison, Wisconsin
“Real Nonsense Episode 5: Lets talk about sex baby — sex health, virginity and everything in between“

Josh Jones
The Express, Las Positas College, Livermore, California
“Tom Brady changed my life“

Alejandra Garcia
Urbana Literary & Arts, Miami Dade College, Eduardo J. Padrón Campus, Miami, Florida
“The Story of You: Grooming Warning Signs“

Riley Hostutler
Kentucky Kernel, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky
“Riley Hostuler Blog“

Staff
The Harvard Crimson, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
“Flyby Blog“

Morgaine McIlhargey
The NewsHouse, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York
“Kira kira“

Nithin Ragunathan
The Chronicle, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
“Data dive: Zoning in on Duke men’s basketball ahead of its Elite Eight matchup against Arkansas“

Ellie Olivares
Orange Media Network, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon
“Somebody As Fly As Me — A Story of Friendship and the Duality of Man in An Evening With Silk Sonic“

Elizabeth Donnelly
The Pitt News, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
“The Pitt Prescription | Exploring vaccine hesitancy and COVID-19 booster shots“

Ayden Herold
The Daily Collegian, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania
“I learned how to jig with Penn State’s Irish Dance Team“

Samuel Hyland
The Vanderbilt Hustler, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee
“The day the vending machines turned against me“