March 8, 2025

LONG BEACH — The nation’s top collegiate print, digital, video and audio advertisements were among the 2024 Advertising & Business Individual Awards presented at the ACP Spring National College Media Conference.

This marks the second time the Advertising & Business Individual Awards have been announced at the spring conference. The Student Media Business Pacemaker was presented at the conference as well.

“The spring conference is the perfect time and place to recognize our advertising and business staffs for their spectacular work,” Associate Director Gary Lundgren said. 

2025 Spring Convention Awards

Spring 2025 Pacemakers
Online
Student Media Business
Yearbook

Long Beach Best of Show
Individual Recognition
Staff Recognition

Advertising and Business Individual Awards

Print Advertisement

First Place Adamaris Lopez University of Texas at Arlington

Second Place
Mickie Dausey
Central Michigan University

Third Place
Sami Turner
Harvard University (MA)

Fourth Place
Stephanie Phung
Central Michigan University

Fifth Place
Ashley Ho
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

Honorable Mention
Staff
University of Oklahoma

Hamsini Mahadevan
Texas A&M University

Victor Romanko
Virginia Commonwealth University

Sarah Thompson
Western Kentucky University

Kinsey Temple
Indiana University

Digital Advertisement

First Place
Helena Baruch
Harvard University

Second Place
Ben Phillips
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

Third Place
Helena Baruch
Harvard University (MA)

Fourth Place
Julius Sjolie
Texas A&M University

Fifth Place
Staff
University of Oklahoma

Honorable Mention
Sarah Thompson
Western Kentucky University

Cindy Nguyen
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

Sarah Thompson
Western Kentucky University

Adamaris Lopez, Julie Pham
University of Texas at Arlington

Devin Khemalaap, Irene Park, Sophie-Anne Brouwers, Yaxlei Alejo-Ortiz
University of Pennsylvania

Video Advertisement

First Place
Rhiannon Johnston, Madeline Powell
Western Kentucky University

Second Place
Ben Phillips California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

Third Place
Emmi Wu, Irene Park, Raelynn Cui, Sara Usandivaras
University of Pennsylvania

Fourth Place
Rhiannon Johnston Western Kentucky University

Fifth Place
Olivia Garcia
Central Michigan University

Honorable Mention
Pranay Dhoopar
Texas A&M University

Olivia Garcia
Central Michigan University

Ben Phillips
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

Bryce Towle, Hannah Stanley
University of Kentucky

Bryce Towle, Hannah Stanley
University of Kentucky

Audio Advertisement

First Place
Frank S. Zhou, Yael S. Goldstein, Nigel Savage
Harvard University (MA)

Second Place
Olivia Garcia
Central Michigan University

Third Place
Sophie Villarreal
Texas A&M University

Fourth Place
Mickie Dausey
Central Michigan University

Fifth Place
Sam Kohn, David Aronson
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

Honorable Mention
David Aronson
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

Newspaper Advertising Special Section

First Place
Staff
Missouri State University

Second Place
Trevor Baumgardner, Adrienne Liang
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

Third Place
Staff
University of Pennsylvania

Fourth Place
Staff
Western Kentucky University

Fifth Place
Staff
University of Oklahoma

Honorable Mention
Staff
Indiana University

Anna Deardorff, Hudson Elkjer, Maddie Townsend, Hayden Arevalo, Hamsini Mahadevan
Texas A&M University

Laurel Swanz, Hannah Stanley, Sara Nelson, Ashleigh Jones
University of Kentucky

Peggy Stansbery, Katie Farthing, Killian Goodale-Porter
Virginia Commonwealth University

Staff
University of Texas at Arlington

Media Kit

First Place
Adamaris Lopez, Julie Pham
University of Texas at Arlington

Second Place
Rachel Kidder, Olivia Garcia, Mickie Dausey
Central Michigan University

Third Place
Staff
Indiana University

Fourth Place
Staff
Western Kentucky University

Fifth Place
Adrienne Liang
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

Honorable Mention
Staff
University of Oklahoma

Ruka Yaga
California State University Fullerton

Cynthia Lu, Jack Jassy, Ben Morrison, Allison Mi, Christine Zhang, Helena Baruch
Harvard University (MA)

Devin Khemalaap, Yaxlei Alejo-Ortiz
University of Pennsylvania

Kiona Brown, Sascha Harvey
Wichita State University (KS)

Audience Engagement Event

First Place
Staff
University of Texas at Arlington

Second Place
Claire Anderson, David Aronson, Sophia Ermisch
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

Third Place
Cara Hudson, Amy Steward, Nicholas Gutteridge, Cara Hudson
Texas A&M University

Fourth Place
Rachel Kidder, Olivia Garcia
Central Michigan University

Fifth Place
Bryce Towle, Hannah Stanley
University of Kentucky

Honorable Mention
Irene Park, Isa Turri, Natalia Castillo, Raelynn Cui
University of Pennsylvania

Social Media Campaign

First Place
Brittany Stevens
Central Michigan University

Second Place
Emma Keas, Irene Park, Jack Galbraith, Sophie-Anne Brouwers, Weining Ding
University of Pennsylvania

Third Place
Staff
University of Texas at Arlington

Fourth Place
Alex Cissell, Nicole Johnson
Western Kentucky University

Fifth Place
Allison Mi
Harvard University (MA)

Honorable Mention
Jessa Rosenthal, Kat Smith
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

Staff
University of Kentucky

Staff
California State University Fullerton

Julius Sjolie
Texas A&M University

Staff
University of Oklahoma

Best Advertising Graphic Designer

First Place
Brittany Stevens
Central Michigan University

Second Place
Adrienne Liang
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

Best Advertising Representative

First Place
Olivia Garcia
Central Michigan University

Second Place
Ruby Beye
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

Third Place
Hailey Do
University of Texas at Arlington

Fourth Place
Lola Tagwerker
University of Oregon

Fifth Place
Hamsini Mahadevan
Texas A&M University