2024 Photo of the Year winners

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Nov. 2, 2024

Associated Collegiate Press salutes the winners of its 2024 Photo of the Year competition.

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

Winners were announced during the Fall National College Media Convention, on Nov 2 in New Orleans.

2024 Fall Convention Awards

2024 Individual Awards

Story of the Year
Reporter of the Year
Multimedia Story of the Year
Design of the Year
Photo of the Year
Cartoon of the Year
Broadcast Story of the Year

First Place
A week of whirlwinds
Cameron McKinney
Talisman
Western Kentucky University

Second Place
All out for Palestine’ protest sees 2,000 at Houston City Hall
Camille Kao
The Rice Thresher
Rice University (TX)

Third Place
Pro-Palestinian protesters remove barricades around encampment
Ethan Young
The Daily Pennsylvanian
University of Pennsylvania

Fourth Place
Meeting eruption
Joel Solis
The Shorthorn
University of Texas at Arlington

Fifth Place
Syracuse mourns slain officer
Patrick King
The NewsHouse
Syracuse University (NY)

Honorable mentions

Street Preacher Chris Svochak yells the Word of God
Maximilian Lenhart
The Alestle
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

Duty calls
Patrick King
Salt
Syracuse University (NY)

Ayanna Morgan vigil
Dominic Di Palermo
College Heights Herald
Western Kentucky University

Sets and reps
Patrick King
Salt
Syracuse University (NY)

San Francisco Police Department stands off with Parkmerced resident
Adriana Hernandez
Golden Gate Xpress
San Francisco State University (CA)

First Place
Back 2 School Audience Cheering
Kaela Belingon
Agromeck
North Carolina State University

Second Place
A sorrowful celebration
Merrina O’Malley
Textura
Bethel University (MN)

Third Place
Bid Day
Alexis Starks
Northwest Missourian
Northwest Missouri State University

Fourth Place
Powwow potato
Ronaldo Bolaños
The Shorthorn
University of Texas at Arlington

Fifth Place
Francis Helps Plant a Tree
Frank Zhou
The Harvard Crimson
Harvard University (MA)

Honorable mentions

Wooden Skis and Warrior Spirits
Tess Crowley
The Michigan Daily
University of Michigan

A Snowy Welcome Back
Emilee Arnold
Talisman
Western Kentucky University

Total Eclipse at the Park
Joel Solis
The Shorthorn
University of Texas at Arlington

Campus Dance
Danilo Perez
The Corsair
Santa Monica College (CA)

Kane Brown
Briana Pace
Indiana Daily Student
Indiana University

First Place
Crossover at Kinnick
Grace Smith
The Daily Iowan
University of Iowa

Second Place
Bucking Bronco
Wittney Hammeke
Royal Purple
Kansas State University

Third Place
Safe at second
Ethan James
The Clarion
Madison Area Technical College (WI)

Fourth Place
Hairy defense
Kristy Macwe
The Sunflower
Wichita State University (KS)

Fifth Place
Little 500 collision
Michael Claycamp
Indiana Daily Student
Indiana University

Honorable mentions
Vaughn Pemberton gets tackled
Daniel Kehn
The Ball State Daily News
Ball State University (IN)

Flippin’ Football
Kayla Breen
The NewsHouse
Syracuse University (NY)

Goal Line Fumble
Jared Lennon
The Miami Hurricane
University of Miami (FL)

Lemieux Punches
Lily McCabe
Technican
North Carolina State University

NW T&F Morgan 1/20
Aaron Hare
Northwest Missourian
Northwest Missouri State University

First Place
Retiring Griner’s jersey
Kassidy Tsikitas
The Baylor Lariat
Baylor University (TX)

Second Place
Husking the 1st Round competition
Kyle Heise
The Battalion
Texas A&M University

Third Place
Clásico Tapatio smoke bombs cancel soccer match
Caylo Seals
The Corsair
Santa Monica College (CA)

Fourth Place
Harlem Globetrotter Holds Up Fan
Danilo Perez
The Corsair
Santa Monica College (CA)

Fifth Place
Why Not Us?
Hallie Walker
Nubian Mesage
North Carolina State University

Honorable mentions
Collins’ 100th win
Eli Randolph
College Heights Herald
Western Kentucky University

The Prefontaine Classic and Diamond League Final
Jonathan Suni
Daily Emerald
University of Oregon

WBB championship celebration
Taylor Kitchens
The Daily Gamecock
University of South Carolina

Volleyball face palm
Eli Randolph
Talisman
Western Kentucky University

Baseball celebration
Sean Stroud
The Et Cetera
Dallas College Eastfield Campus (TX)

First Place
The Rifleman
Andrew Skiver
Salt
Syracuse University (NY)

Second Place
Gloves up, Guard Down: How Bekah Robinson Became the Queen of Sting
Sydney Turner
KRNL Lifestyle + Fashion
University of Kentucky

Third Place
Xue Mullane Portrait
Hallie Walker
Agromeck
North Carolina State University

Fourth Place
One raptor at a time
Abbey Cutrer
Kentucky Kernel
University of Kentucky

Fifth Place
Humphries in studio
Alicia Caracciolo
The Daily Gamecock
University of South Carolina

Honorable mentions
Sammy Curcuru is breaking into the music scene and is ‘hungry’ for more
Cassandra Roshu
The Daily Orange
Syracuse University (NY)

Historical house gallery
Mary Abby Goss
The Shorthorn
University of Texas at Arlington

Self expression 2
Ian Pitchford
College Heights Herald
Western Kentucky University

Beyond The Chair: An Homage to Black Beauty Spaces
Lily Foster
KRNL Lifestyle + Fashion
University of Kentucky

Local shop a home for metalheads
Geovanni Esparza
el Don
Santa Ana College (CA)