2013 Photo Excellence Awards
co-sponsored by National Press Photographers Association
General News Picture
First Place
Zixi Wu
The Daily Orange, Syracuse Univ., Syracuse, N.Y.
Second Place
Matt Hellman
The Baylor Lariat, Baylor Univ., Waco, Texas
Third Place
Joshua Bessex
The Daily, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, Wash.
Fourth Place
Bridget Bennett
Minnesota Daily, Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn.
Fifth Place
Vinay Bikkina
Daily Barometer, Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, Ore.
Honorable Mention
Sara Miller
Yale Daily News, Yale Univ., New Haven, Conn.
Honorable Mention
Ana Santos
The Eagle, American Univ., Washington, D.C.
Honorable Mention
Shunella Grace Lumas
The Harvard Crimson, Harvard Univ., Cambridge, Mass.
Honorable Mention
Justin Wan
The State News, Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, Mich.
Honorable Mention
Jordan Moore
Technician, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, N.C.
Spot News Picture
First Place
Evan Stichler
The Red & Black, Univ. of Georgia, Athens, Ga.
Second Place
David Reid
The Collegian, Tarrant County College, Hurst, Texas
Third Place
Catherine Threlkeld
The Daily Reveille, Louisiana State Univ., Baton Rouge, La.
Fourth Place
Cynthia Hua
Yale Daily News, Yale Univ., New Haven, Conn.
Fifth Place
Graham Beck
The Heights, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Mass.
Honorable Mention
Robert Huskey
The Daily Titan, California State Univ., Fullerton, Fullerton, Calif.
Honorable Mention
Blaine Ohigashi
The Daily Bruin, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Calif.
Honorable Mention
Rosalyn Murphy
TommieMedia, Univ. of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minn.
Honorable Mention
T.J. Thomson
The Eagle, Chadron State College, Chadron, Neb.
Honorable Mention
Matt Hellman
The Baylor Lariat, Baylor Univ., Waco, Texas
Feature Picture
First Place
Justin Wan
The State News, Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, Mich.
Second Place
Sam Maller
The Daily Orange, Syracuse Univ., Syracuse, N.Y.
Fourth Place
Nathan Howard
The Daily Evergreen, Washington State Univ., Pullman, Wash.
Third Place
Qing Huang
The Advocate, Contra Costa College, San Pablo, Calif.
Fifth Place
Alisha Jucevic
Flux, Univ. of Oregon, Eugene, Ore.
Honorable Mention
Henry Ascencio
The Daily Californian, Univ. of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, Calif.
Honorable Mention
Aundre Larrow
The Independent Florida Alligator, Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, Fla.
Honorable Mention
Taylor Craig Sutton
The Red & Black, Univ. of Georgia, Athens, Ga.
Honorable Mention
Matt Hellman
The Baylor Lariat, Baylor Univ., Waco, Texas
Honorable Mention
Alyson Derkson
The Times, Milwaukee Area Technical College, Milwaukee, Wis.
Sports Picture
First Place
Gregory Castillo
The Reporter, Miami Dade College, North Campus, Miami, Fla.
Second Place
Tim Riethmiller
Echo, Taylor Univ., Upland, Ind.
Third Place
Pablo Serrano-Otero
District, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, Ga.
Fourth Place
Rivan Stinson
The Michiganensian, Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich.
Fifth Place
Katie O’Brien
The Chronicle, Quinnipiac Univ., Hamden, Conn.
Honorable Mention
Julie Gursha
The Michiganensian, Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich.
Honorable Mention
Ichigo Takikawa
Minnesota Daily, Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn.
Honorable Mention
Steph Anderson
The Standard, Missouri State Univ., Springfield, Mo.
Honorable Mention
John Joyner
Technician, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, N.C.
Honorable Mention
Russell James
Northwest Trail, Northwest College, Powell, Wyo.
Environmental Portrait
First Place
Kait McKinney
Ethos, Iowa State Univ., Ames, Iowa
Second Place
Erin Fritz
Tempest, Solano CC, Fairfield, Calif.
Third Place
Graham Beck
The Heights, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Mass.
Fourth Place
Lindsay Boyle
The Red & Black, Univ. of Georgia, Athens, Ga.
Fifth Place
Holly Bensur
Distraction, Univ. of Miami, Coral Gables, Fla.
Honorable Mention
Michael Tao
The Daily Californian, Univ. of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, Calif.
Honorable Mention
Erin Ng
The Daily Bruin, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Calif.
Honorable Mention
Mason Trinca
Flux, Univ. of Oregon, Eugene, Ore.