Awards
2024
Mary Rasura
Third place, Green Eyeshade Awards, Best Sports Writer, Mary Rasura Collection
2023
Richard Pereira
First Place, Sunshine State Awards, Best Sports Story, 20 years later: The 2002 FAU men’s basketball team remembers their time in the NCAA Tournament
Nick Windfelder
Second Place, Sunshine State Awards, Best Sports Photo, FAU/UCF Head over Heels.
Savannah Peifer
Third Place, Sunshine State Awards, Best Coverage of LGBTQ Issues, Transgender FAUPD detective files discrimination lawsuit against Board of Trustees
Savannah Peifer & Jessica Abramsky
Third Place, Sunshine State Awards, General News Story, ‘Housing quite literally takes mold as a joke’: Ongoing lawsuit echoes student experiences
2022
Eston Parker III
Second Place, Sunshine State Awards, Best Sports Photo, In Stride.
2021
Alex Liscio
National Winner, Mark of Excellence Awards, Sports Photography, Large School Division, FAU defeats UMass, finishing perfect at home under Willie Taggart’s inaugural season
Regional Winner, Mark of Excellence Awards, Sports Photography, FAU defeats UMass, finishing perfect at home under Willie Taggart’s inaugural season
Regional Finalist, Mark of Excellence Awards, Arts/Graphics, Campus protest ignites desire for social justice
First Place, Sunshine State Awards, Best Sports Photo, FAU defeats UMass, finishing perfect at home under Willie Taggart’s inaugural season
Kristen Grau
Regional Finalist, Mark of Excellence Awards, Feature Writing (Large) 10,000+ Students, Serving, transitioning, living: the struggles of Rose de la Espriella
Third Place, Sunshine State Awards, Best Profile, Serving, transitioning, living: the struggles of Rose de la Espriella
Michelle Rodriguez-Gonzalez
Second Place, Green Eyeshade Awards, Best Designer, Michelle Rodriguez-Gonzalez Collection
Marcy Wilder & Enzo Figueroa
Third Place, Sunshine State Awards, Best Review, The argument for and against “Uncut Gems”
2020
Alex Liscio
Third Place, Green Eyeshade Awards, Best Photographer in the South, including Demanding Transparency Print Cover, Ari Lennox, FAU vs. Middle Tennessee
First Place, Sunshine State Awards, Best News Photo, Demanding Transparency Print Cover
Third Place, Sunshine State Awards, Best Sports Photo, FAU vs. Middle Tennessee
Ross Mellman
First Place, Sunshine State Awards, Best Opinion Column, Opinion: FAU should stop forcing student organizations to attend their ‘leadership’ conferences
2019
University Press Staff
Third Place, Sunshine State Awards, Best Student Publication, Special spring football issue, Special investigation into FAU’s teaching evaluations issue, Special election issue
Cameren Boatner & Kristen Grau
National Winner, Mark of Excellence Awards, In-Depth Reporting, Large School Division, Chris Robison special issue
Cameren Boatner
Third Place, Green Eyeshade Awards, Best News Reporter in the South
Third Place, Sunshine State Awards, Best Coverage of Race and Minorities, DACA recipients at FAU wait in limbo as March 5 deadline looms
Kristen Grau
Third Place, Green Eyeshade Awards, Best Feature Writer in the South
Ivan Benavides
First Place, Green Eyeshade Awards, Best Designer in the South
First Place, Sunshine State Awards, Best Page Design, Is this FAU’s worst professor? – A special investigation into FAU’s SPOTS – the teaching evaluations students take at the end of the semester
Alexander Rodriguez
First Place, Green Eyeshade Awards, Best Photographer in the South
First Place, Sunshine State Awards, Best Sports Photo, FAU Football vs. Old Dominion
Joe Pye
Third Place, Sunshine State Awards, Best Feature Story, Is this FAU’s worst professor?
Wajih AlBaroudi
First Place, Sunshine State Awards, Best Sports Story, FAU’s all-time leading tackler is as devoted to his Muslim faith as he is to the game
Kerri Covington
First Place, Sunshine State Awards, Best Opinion Column, Opinion: Business Services doesn’t care about sick students
Alex Liscio
Winner, Mark of Excellence Awards, Feature Photography (Large) 10,000+ Students
Finalist, Mark of Excellence Awards, Photo Illustration (Large) 10,000+ Students
Finalist, Mark of Excellence Awards, Sports Photography (Large) 10,000+ Students
2018
Ryan Lynch
First Place, Green Eyeshade Awards, Best Columnist in the South
Ivan Benavides
First Place, Green Eyeshade Awards, Best Designer in the South
Second Place, Sunshine State Awards, Best Page Design, New Student Edition cover
Society of Professional Journalists Region 3
Ross Mellman
Third Place, Sunshine State Awards, Best Opinion Column
2017
Emily Bloch
Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence Awards Winner, regional, Online News (large university) Finalist, regional, General News (large university)
Finalist, regional, General News (large university) Society of Professional Journalists Sunshine State Awards Finalist, College Journalist of the Year
Brendan Feeney
First Place, Sunshine State Awards, Best Sports Writer,
Society of Professional Journalists Region 3
First Place, Green Eyeshade Awards, Best Sports Writer in the South,
Society of Professional Journalists Region 3
Joe Pye
First Place, Green Eyeshade Awards, Best Feature Writer in the South,
Society of Professional Journalists Region 3
Finalist, Feature Writing (Large), Mark of Excellence, Society of Professional Journalists Region 3
2016
Emily Bloch
First place, Larry Peterson Investigative Journalism Award 2016
Online Collegiate; honorable mention, Print Collegiate; honorable mention, Overall Collegiate
Second place, Green Eyeshade Awards, Best Columnist
Ryan Lynch
Second place, Sunshine State Awards, baseball leads to more homeruns
First place, Green Eyeshade Awards, Sports Reporting
Gregory Cox
First place, Green Eyeshade Awards Gregory Cox, Student Government Coverage
Staff (Ryan Lynch, Josue Simplice, Max Jackson)
First place, Sunshine State Awards, Day in the life
2015
Dylan Bouscher
First place, best Student Government reporter
Green Eyeshade Awards, Society of Professional Journalists Region 3
Max Jackson
First place, best Photographer in the South
Green Eyeshade Awards, Society of Professional Journalists Region 3
Wesley Wright
First place, Best Profile (Low Frequency)
Sunshine State Awards, SPJ Florida
Wesley Wright and Michelle Friswell
Finalist, Best Student Magazine
SPJ Region 3 Mark of Excellence Awards
Michelle Friswell
First place, Best Page Design (Low Frequency)
Sunshine State Awards, SPJ Florida
University Press Staff
Best of Show, Less than weekly, Large University, Second Place CMA/ACP 2015
2013
Charles Pratt
Second Place, Breaking News Photography
Society of Professional Journalists, Mark of Excellence (Regional)
Christine Cappozziello
Second Place, General News Photography
Society of Professional Journalists, Mark of Excellence (Regional)
Ryan Murphy
Third Place, Sports Photography
Society of Professional Journalists, Mark of Excellence (Regional)
Emily Bloch
Second Place, Online Feature Reporting
Society of Professional Journalists, Mark of Excellence (Regional)
Karla Bowsher and James Shackelford
First Place, Online In-Depth Reporting
Society of Professional Journalists, Mark of Excellence (Regional)
Third Place, General News Reporting
Society of Professional Journalists, Mark of Excellence (Regional)
First Place, In-Depth Reporting
Society of Professional Journalists, Mark of Excellence (Regional)
University Press Staff
Second Place, Online News Reporting
Society of Professional Journalists, Mark of Excellence (Regional)
Ryan Cortes
First Place, Sports Column Writing
Society of Professional Journalists, Mark of Excellence (Regional)
First Place, Sports Writing
Society of Professional Journalists, Mark of Excellence (Regional)
2012
Gideon Grudo
Second Place, College Journalist of the Year
Society of Professional Journalists with Florida College Press Association, Student Division
Gideon Grudo and Tyler Krome
First Place, Front Page Design
Society of Professional Journalists with Florida College Press Association, Student Division
Ryan Cortes
Third Place, Sports Story
Society of Professional Journalists with Florida College Press Association, Student Division
Third Place, Sports Column Writing-4 Year College/University
Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence Awards, South Florida Pro Chapter
University Press staff
Second Place, News Story
Society of Professional Journalists with Florida College Press Association, Student Division
Second Place, General News Reporting-4 Year College/University
Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence Awards, South Florida Pro Chapter
Ryan Cortes and Christopher Persaud
First Place, General News Reporting-4 Year College/University
Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence Awards, South Florida Pro Chapter
2011
Mariam Aldhahi, Adam Sheetz
First Place, Cover
2011 Best of Collegiate Design
Tyler Krome
Third Place, Headline Presentation
2011 Best of Collegiate Design
Liz Dzuro
Fifth Place, Feature Page
2011 Best of Collegiate Design
Alyssa Cutter
First Place, Ad/Editorial Supplement
Associated Collegiate Press Pacemaker Awards
Mariam Aldhahi
Honorable Mention, Newsmagazine/Special Section Cover
Associated Collegiate Press Pacemaker Awards
Sergio Candido
Fifth Place, Diversity Story of the Year
Associated Collegiate Press Pacemaker Awards
Adam Sheetz
Honorable Mention, Illustration
Associated Collegiate Press Pacemaker Awards
Michael Koretzky
College Media Hall of Fame, Class of 2011
College Media Matters
Freedom of Expression Award (national)
Society for Collegiate Journalists
Franco Panizo
Second place, category of “Sports Story”
Society of Professional Journalists, South Florida Pro Chapter, Sunshine State Awards/Florida College Press Association Awards
Monica Ruiz
First place, category of “News Story”
Society of Professional Journalists, South Florida Pro Chapter, Sunshine State Awards/Florida College Press Association Awards
Karla Bowsher
Second place, category of “College Journalist of the Year”
Society of Professional Journalists, South Florida Pro Chapter, Sunshine State Awards/Florida College Press Association Awards
First place, category of “General Column Writing” (national)
Society of Professional Journalists, Mark of Excellence Awards
Sergio N. Candido
The New York Times Student Journalism Institute selectee (national)
The New York Times
Gideon Grudo
Campus Coverage Project scholarship recipient (national)
Investigative Reporters and Editors
2010
Staff
Named Best Student Newspaper in South Florida
City Link magazine
Michele Boyet
Robert D.G. Lewis First Amendment Award (national)
Society of Professional Journalists
Karla Bowsher
CMM 10 honoree (national)
College Media Matters
Campus Coverage Project scholarship recipient (national)
Investigative Reporters and Editors
Devin Desjarlais
Campus Coverage Project scholarship recipient (national)
Investigative Reporters and Editors
2009
Michele Boyet
College Journalist of the Year
Society of Professional Journalists, South Florida Pro Chapter, Sunshine State Awards
Susan Wiesenberg
1st place, category of “Cover (special section, supplement or other publication)” (national)
College Media Advisers, Best of Collegiate Design 17
2008
Stephanie Colaianni
2nd place, category of “Newspapers: Feature Photography”
Society of Professional Journalists, Region 3 Mark of Excellence Awards
Staff
2nd place, category of “Newspapers: General News Reporting”
Society of Professional Journalists, Region 3 Mark of Excellence Awards
2007
Jason Parsley
Robert Novak Collegiate Journalism Award (national)
Fund for American Studies
1st place, category of “College Journalist of the Year”
Society of Professional Journalists, South Florida Pro Chapter, Sunshine State Awards
2nd place, category of “Reporter of the Year: Four-year Reporter” (national)
Associated Collegiate Press
Rachael Joyner
internship recipient (national)
Sun-Sentinel
2006
Jason Parsley
1st place, category of “Newspapers: In-Depth Reporting”
Society of Professional Journalists, Region 3 Mark of Excellence Awards
2nd place, category of “Newspapers: Feature Writing”
Society of Professional Journalists, Region 3 Mark of Excellence Awards
2005
Lily Ladeira, Rick Smith
1st place, category in “Story of the Year: News Story”
Associated Collegiate Press
2002
Kelly Tyko
1st place, category of “Newspapers: General News Reporting”
Society of Professional Journalists, Region 3 Mark of Excellence Awards
2nd place, category of “Magazines: Magazine Non-Fiction Article”
Society of Professional Journalists, Region 3 Mark of Excellence Awards
