2016 Photo Excellence Awards
General News Picture
First Place
Hali Tauxe
The Pendulum, Elon Univ., Elon, N.C.
Second Place
Nick Wagner
WKU Herald, Western Kentucky Univ., Bowling Green, Ky.
Third Place
Junyun Tan
The Daily Texan, Univ. of Texas, Austin, Texas
Fourth Place
Gabriela Reni
Etc. Magazine, City College of San Francisco, San Francisco, Calif.
Fifth Place
Chad Phillips
The Baker Orange, Baker Univ., Baldwin City, Kan.
Sixth Place
Vincent Ta
Highlander, Univ. of California, Riverside, Riverside, Calif.
Seventh Place
Jose Lopez
Corsair, Santa Monica College, Santa Monica, Calif.
Eighth Place
Chris Lin
The Mercury, Univ. of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas
Ninth Place
Cody Casares
The Advocate, Contra Costa College, San Pablo, Calif.
Tenth Place
Brian Okosun
The Battalion, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, Texas
Spot News Picture
First Place
Santiago Mejia
Etc. Magazine, City College of San Francisco, San Francisco, Calif.
Second Place
Daniel Stein
The Breeze, James Madison Univ., Harrisonburg, Va.
Third Place
G-Jun Yam
The Columbia Chronicle, Columbia College, Chicago, Ill.
Fourth Place
Gabriella Angotti-Jones
Guardsman, City College of San Francisco, San Francisco, Calif.
Fifth Place
Cassandra Davis
F Newsmagazine, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Ill.
Sixth Place
Will Potts
Tulane Hullabaloo, Tulane Univ., New Orleans, La.
Seventh Place
Nikki Leary
Agromeck, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, N.C.
Eighth Place
Zach Baker
The Maneater, Univ. of Missouri, Columbia, Mo.
Ninth Place
Kristen Bitzer
The Metropolitan, Metropolitan State Univ. of Denver, Denver, Colo.
Tenth Place
Rachel Quinto
Guardsman, City College of San Francisco, San Francisco, Calif.
Feature Picture
First Place
Cody Casares
The Advocate, Contra Costa College, San Pablo, Calif.
Second Place
Nick Faulkner
Agromeck, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, N.C.
Third Place
Johnny Romero
Daily Forty-Niner, California State Univ., Long Beach, Long Beach, Calif.
Fourth Place
Aaron Self
The Kent Stater, Kent State Univ., Kent, Ohio
Fifth Place
Alejandra Rosas
The Et Cetera, Eastfield College, Mesquite, Texas
Sixth Place
Tony Taylor
Etc. Magazine, City College of San Francisco, San Francisco, Calif.
Seventh Place
Deepak Adhikary
Currents, Pepperdine Univ., Malibu, Calif.
Eighth Place
Trey Honeycutt
The Baylor Lariat, Baylor Univ., Waco, Texas
Ninth Place
Alexandra Taylor
News Record, Univ. of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
Tenth Place
Mason Rockfellow
Renegade Rip, Bakersfield College, Bakersfield, Calif.
Sports Picture
First Place
Sundeep Dhanjal
The State News, Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, Mich.
Second Place
Katie Williams
The Daily Tar Heel, Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, N.C.
Third Place
Meghan Rowland
The Angelos, California Baptist Univ., Riverside, Calif.
Fourth Place
Sergio Flores
The Daily Iowan, Univ. of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
Fifth Place
Maddie Malhotra
Daily Free Press, Boston Univ., Boston, Mass.
Sixth Place
Abreham Gebreegziabher
The Metropolitan, Metropolitan State Univ. of Denver, Denver, Colo.
Seventh Place
Clint Datchuk
The Kent Stater, Kent State Univ., Kent, Ohio
Eighth Place
Lauren Duquette
The Daily Northwestern, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, Ill.
Ninth Place
Tyler Baker
Arizona Daily Wildcat, Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, Ariz.
Tenth Place
Cody Casares
The Advocate, Contra Costa College, San Pablo, Calif.
Environmental Portrait
First Place
Pablo Unzueta
Substance, Mt. San Antonio College, Walnut, Calif.
Second Place
Clint Datchuk
The Kent Stater, Kent State Univ., Kent, Ohio
Third Place
Liam James Doyle
Minnesota Daily, Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn.
Fourth Place
Ben Salama
Agromeck, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, N.C.
Fifth Place
Lou Foglia
The Columbia Chronicle, Columbia College, Chicago, Ill.
Sixth Place
Kainan Guo
The Spectrum, State Univ. of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, N.Y.
Seventh Place
Julia Nagy
The State News, Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, Mich.
Eighth Place
Zeth Abney
La Ventana, Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock, Texas
Ninth Place
Lauren Koski
Pursuit, California Baptist Univ., Riverside, Calif.
Tenth Place
Daniel Caso
Currents, Pepperdine Univ., Malibu, Calif.