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The 2023 KAB Student Awards have been judged, and the results are here. Congratulations to this year’s winners and THANK YOU to everyone who entered. The future generation of Kansas broadcasters continues to set high standards for our industry. There will be a Winner’s Gallery coming soon to view this year’s winning entries!
Group | Award | Organization | Entry Title | Credits |
| :60 Second or less Commerical- PSA or non com donor announcement | ||||
| High School Audio | First Place | Scott Community High School Audio | Paying the Price PSA | Catherine Nguyen |
| High School Audio | Second Place | Scott Community High School Audio | Drug Abuse PSA | Val Catano |
| High School Audio | Honorable Mention | Scott Community High School Audio | LGBTQ+ Mental Health PSA | Malorie Warrington |
| High School Visual | First Place | Maize Career Academy Visual | Be a part of the story | Andrew Percival, Avery Liedl, Andres Velazquez, Kyler Sevart |
| High School Visual | Second Place | Dexter High School Visual | Seatbelt PSA | Staton Harrod, Landon Bragg, Kadyn Smith, Julian Moore |
| High School Visual | Honorable Mention | Hays High School Visual | Hays High vs. Garden City Football | Eric Lucio |
| Best Episodic Entertainment Program | ||||
| High School Visual | First Place | Maize Career Academy Visual | The OneMaize Show-Episode 4 | Lakin Zamorano, Sarah Conner, Jaden Hutton, Chance Koopmann, Stahley Sears, Melanie Coombs |
| High School Visual | Second Place | Hays High School Visual | Lord of the Fries: Episodes 1, 2, and 3 | Jude Tippy |
| High School Visual | Honorable Mention | Wichita Southeast High School Visual | Have You Herd? | Ethan Rathsaphakdy, Myles Banks, Edan Williams Parker |
| Best Feature | ||||
| High School Audio | First Place | Dighton High School Audio | Kansas News | Kimberly Shore, Elizabeth Leighty |
| High School Visual | First Place | Lawrence High School | Lawrence’s Top Barista is an LHS Student | Hayden Houts |
| High School Visual | Second Place | Maize Career Academy Visual | Bettering our corner of the world | Melanie Coombs, Sarah Conner |
| High School Visual | Honorable Mention | Maize Career Academy Visual | Sphar faces everyday battles through cerebral palsy | Ella Stillings, Emma Stillings, Noah Byer |
| Best General News Story | ||||
| High School Visual | First Place | Wichita Southeast High School Visual | Lack of Paras | Kristy Duong, Brody Shaw, Miguel Camacho-Hernandez |
| High School Visual | Second Place | Wichita Southeast High School Visual | Dirty Classrooms | Ryan Newby |
| High School Visual | Honorable Mention | Lawrence High School | Looming Budget Cuts Threaten to Increase Class Sizes | Hayden Houts, Jean-Luc Esparance |
| Best Newscast | ||||
| High School Visual | First Place | Wichita Southeast High School Visual | BTV Episode 7 2022-2023 | Kristy Duong, Noah Bierig |
| High School Visual | Second Place | Wichita Southeast High School Visual | BTV Episode 10 2021-2022 | Donovan Powell, Ethan Rathsaphakdy, Neo Johnson |
| High School Visual | Honorable Mention | Maize Career Academy Visual | The OneMaize Show-Episode 3 | Lakin Zamorano, Sarah Conner, Jaden Hutton, Chance Koopmann, Stahley Sears, Melanie Coombs |
| Best Podcast | ||||
| High School Audio | First Place | Hays High School Audio | Popped Off! Podcast Ep. 7 – The VelociPastor | Colin Showalter, Caleb Johnson, Kaden McBride |
| High School Audio | Second Place | Dexter High School Audio | Glorious Monstrosity | Braedon Minnie |
| High School Visual | First Place | Maize Career Academy Visual | Video: ‘Spotlight’ Season 3 Episode 4 with Wichita State track athlete Nate Vann | Lakin Zamorano, Ruven Funchelle, Andrew Percival |
| High School Visual | Second Place | Olathe North High School Visual | SQUAWK With Officer Reed | Nathan Gunderson, Bree Webb, Erich Siegl, Madeline Arnold, Biar Ring, Jeshlimar Mendez Ortiz |
| High School Visual | Honorable Mention | Maize Career Academy Visual | Tea Time Episode 3 | Nathan Wituk, Damian Cabrales |
| Best Social Media | ||||
| High School Audio | First Place | Dighton High School Audio | Dighton.Hornets Instagram | Hornet Media Staff |
| High School Visual | First Place | Thomas More Prep Marian High School Visual | Monarch Hype | Riley Frank |
| High School Visual | Second Place | Maize Career Academy Visual | OneMaize Media-your source for Maize news | Nathan Wituk, Lakin Zamorano, Isabelle Blasdel, Sydney Endicott |
| High School Visual | Honorable Mention | Scott Community High School Visual | BBN Social Media | Maile Depperschmidt |
| Best Special Programming | ||||
| High School Visual | First Place | Maize Career Academy Visual | OneMaize Media live from the Kansas State Fair | Lakin Zamorano, Sarah Conner, Stahley Sears, Sydney Lampkin, Vince Stallard, Nathan Wituk |
| High School Visual | Second Place | Olathe West High School Visual | High School Basketball Game Day West | Tyler Walker, Kylie Krause, Ella Andrade, Emma Hale, Hadley Johnson, Dylan Couch |
| High School Visual | Honorable Mention | Olathe West High School Visual | High School Game Day West | Tyler Walker, Ella Andrade, Kylie Krause, Adam Geyer, Carly Hain, Meyer Coffman |
| Best Sportscast | ||||
| High School Visual | First Place | Wichita Southeast High School Visual | Episode 11 Sportscast 2021-2022 | Evan Tong |
| High School Visual | Second Place | Olathe North High School Visual | Eagle Sports News- Interview with State 6A Champaign women’s Wrestling Coach & 120lb class Wrestler. | Nathan Gunderson, Madeline Arnold, Erich siegl, Biar Ring |
| High School Visual | Honorable Mention | Wichita Southeast High School Visual | Episode 6 Sportscast 2022-2023 | William Sandlin |
| Complete Sports Feature | ||||
| High School Visual | First Place | Maize Career Academy Visual | Sophomore quarterback’s character plays into his success on the field | Noah Byer, Emma Stillings, Ella Stillings |
| High School Visual | Second Place | Maize Career Academy Visual | Future Wildcat hopes to propel Mavericks to second state baseball state championship | Noah Byer, Vince Stallard |
| High School Visual | Honorable Mention | Blue Valley NW High School Visual | Clayton Trysla Swim Story | Allison Jones |
| Documentary | ||||
| High School Visual | First Place | Maize Career Academy Visual | Maize offers student support through mental health programs and their school community | Trey Reisman, Peyton Peterman, Maurice Frazier |
| High School Visual | Second Place | Olathe South High School Visual | Understanding Why | Kate Marshall |
| High School Visual | Honorable Mention | Olathe South High School Visual | Mental Health in Cheerleading | Gabriella Grantham, Emily Clements |
| On Air Personality – Audio | ||||
| High School Audio | First Place | Dighton High School Audio | The Buzz Radio Midday Show | Awestin Bradford |
| High School Audio | Second Place | Dighton High School Audio | The All 80’s Lunch | Lyssa Beesley, Payton Schultz |
| On Air Personality – Visual | ||||
| High School Visual | First Place | Olathe South High School Visual | Teacher First Names | Joel Plummer, Rachel Sullivan, Carson Eddleman, Jacob Tireman |
| High School Visual | Second Place | Maize Career Academy Visual | Sarah Conner On-Air Personality video 2023 | Sarah Conner |
| High School Visual | Honorable Mention | Manhattan High School Visual | Football play by play | Cooper Sturm, Eli Conley |
| Public Affairs/Talk Show Program | ||||
| High School Visual | First Place | Maize Career Academy Visual | The Maize Education Foundation Donor Interview Series | Lakin Zamorano, Noah Byer, Jaden Hutton, Sarah Conner, Andrew Percival, Kenna Ellis |
| Sports Play by Play | ||||
| High School Audio | First Place | Kapaun Mt. Carmel Audio | Kapaun Mt. Carmel v. Bishop Carroll – HOLY WAR 2022 | Gabriel Breitenbach, Sophia Gimino |
| High School Audio | Second Place | Dighton High School Audio | Hornet Basketball | Beau Hammond |
| High School Audio | Honorable Mention | Dighton High School Audio | NWKL Tournament | Jessica Whipple, Allie vonLeonrod |
| Station Promotion Announcement | ||||
| High School Audio | First Place | Dighton High School Audio | Kansas News on The Buzz | Lyssa Beesley, Elizabeth Leighty |
| High School Audio | Second Place | Dighton High School Audio | Station Manager Information | Makayla Mudd |
| High School Visual | First Place | Hays High School Visual | We Are Tribe Broadcasting | Jude Tippy |
| High School Visual | Second Place | Hays High School Visual | Hays High Lady Indian Volleyball | Eric Lucio |
| High School Visual | Honorable Mention | Maize Career Academy Visual | Tea Time Episode 5 promo | Nathan Wituk, Damian Cabrales |
| Station Website | ||||
| High School Audio | First Place | Dighton High School Audio | Hornet.Media Website | Chris Roberts |
| High School Visual | First Place | Maize Career Academy Visual | Fusion Online-https://maizenews.com/ | Cevin Montgomery, Isabelle Blasdel, Lakin Zamorano, Sarah Conner, Nathan Wituk, Andrew Percival |
Group | Award | Organization | Entry Title | Credits |
| :60 Second or less Commerical- PSA or non com donor announcement | ||||
| College Audio | First Place | Kansas State University Audio | Chili Crawl Promotion | Blake Crawford |
| College Audio | Second Place | Pittsburg State University Audio | Testicular Cancer PSA | Riley Beihl |
| College Audio | Honorable Mention | Pittsburg State University Audio | The Trevor Project 30 sec. PSA | Addie Hinterweger |
| College Visual | First Place | University of Kansas Visual | Studying for Exams | Anthony Reed |
| College Visual | Second Place | Pittsburg State University Visual | VSL Advertisement 1 Minute | Azaria Pishny |
| College Visual | Honorable Mention | Pittsburg State University Visual | Go Yap Ad | Jackie Chang |
| Best Episodic Entertainment Program | ||||
| College Audio | First Place | Kansas State University Audio | K-State Today Events | Dawson Wagner |
| College Audio | Second Place | Kansas State University Audio | The Nat 1 Podcat – Heads Go Rollin | Adolfo Blanco |
| College Visual | First Place | Pittsburg State University Visual | Mission Complete | Jackie Chang |
| College Visual | Second Place | University of Kansas Visual | Accent | Fernanda Silva |
| College Visual | Honorable Mention | Pittsburg State University Visual | 2 Episodes of Popeye You Have To See | Blayne Thornton |
| Best Feature | ||||
| College Audio | First Place | Kansas State University Audio | The Farm Report with Hannah Whetstone | Hannah Whetstone |
| College Audio | Second Place | Kansas State University Audio | K-State Ukrainian Student shares his hopes for the future of his home | Dawson Wagner |
| College Audio | Honorable Mention | Baker University Undergrad Audio | What are Baker students’ favorite podcasts? | Karissa Lyons |
| College Visual | First Place | Kansas State University Visual | Fighting Food Insecurity One Meal at a Time | Kate Kennedy |
| College Visual | Second Place | University of Kansas Visual | Hedrick package | Marlon Martinez |
| College Visual | Honorable Mention | Butler Comm College Visual | Walter’s Pumpkin Patch | Melanie Wolf |
| Best General News Story | ||||
| College Audio | First Place | Kansas State University Audio | Manhattan sees over $11 million in storm damage | Dawson Wagner |
| College Audio | Second Place | Baker University Undergrad Audio | Students’ perceptions of safety on campus | Maya DeMeritt |
| College Audio | Honorable Mention | Cloud Co Comm College Audio | Christine’s Courage and Connor’s Cuddles | Ryah Klima |
| College Visual | First Place | Kansas State University Visual | Aggieville Employee Parking Problem | Dawson Wagner |
| College Visual | Second Place | Kansas State University Visual | New EMS Station to Cut Response Time | Landon Reinhardt |
| College Visual | Honorable Mention | Fort Hays State University Visual | Value Them Both Amendment | Kerrigan Hutton |
| Best Newscast | ||||
| College Audio | First Place | Kansas State University Audio | Feel Good News from the farm | Hannah Whetstone |
| College Audio | Second Place | Kansas State University Audio | Voter Registration & Ukraine Newscast | Dawson Wagner |
| College Audio | Honorable Mention | Butler Comm College Audio | Butler News Update | Aidan Harper, Holly Lamb |
| College Visual | First Place | Kansas State University Visual | Channel 8 News Spring 2023- February 23, 2023 | Eden Brockman, Dawson Wagner, Andrew Shaw, Landon Platter, Breanna Palmer, Blake Crawford |
| College Visual | Second Place | Pittsburg State University Visual | CAPS 13 News Show 7 | Broadcast Journalism SP 2022 Class |
| College Visual | Honorable Mention | Kansas State University Visual | Channel 8 News Spring 2022, March 9, 2022 | Lina Sattarin, Claiborn Schmidt, Landon Reinhardt, Kate Kennedy |
| Best Podcast | ||||
| College Audio | First Place | Kansas State University Audio | The Sands of Time – Speech Therapy | Dawson Wagner |
| College Audio | Second Place | Pittsburg State University Audio | Capes Declassified: EP.3 Ash Williams & EP.5 Prometheus | Cale Chapman |
| College Audio | Honorable Mention | Baker University Undergrad Audio | BK495: Special Topics at Baker University | Luca Janssen, John Ely |
| College Visual | First Place | Kansas State University Visual | Kobly Van Camp Wildcat Podcast | Kolby Van Camp |
| College Visual | Second Place | Fort Hays State University Visual | Silver Screen Podcasts | Devin Plummer, Jacob Caffrey, Riley Champney |
| College Visual | Honorable Mention | Cloud Co Comm College Visual | Sport Scene Ep1: 10 Questions with Zimbabwean Track Star Vimbai Maisvorewa | James Nkwanda |
| Best Social Media | ||||
| College Audio | First Place | Kansas State University Audio | Wildcat 91.9 Social Media | Wildcat 91.9 students |
| College Audio | Second Place | Kansas State University Audio | The Big 12 Championship | Wildcat 91.9 |
| College Audio | Honorable Mention | Kansas State University Audio | Hannah Whetstone on Social Media | Hannah Whetstone |
| College Visual | First Place | Kansas State University Visual | K-State’s Snowy 160th Birthday | Dawson Wagner |
| College Visual | Second Place | University of Kansas Visual | Walk Chalk | Tobore Egbedeju, Mya Peterson, Mishael Jamela, Grace Johnson, George Manos, Karmina Douglas |
| College Visual | Honorable Mention | University of Kansas Visual | Sideline Stories | Sydney Clark |
| Best Special Programming | ||||
| College Audio | Second Place | Pittsburg State University Audio | J3 Band Audio Documentary | Bo McDowell, Jade Weston |
| College Audio | Honorable Mention | Kansas State University Audio | Lanie & Hailey highlight the Grammys | Lanie Henry, Hailey Case |
| College Visual | First Place | Kansas State University Visual | MHK All-Day: 2022 Sports Special | Jacob Hall, Dawson Wagner, Blake Crawford, Landon Platter, Aaron Magill, Ryan Zielsdorf |
| College Visual | Second Place | Pittsburg State University Visual | 2022 Yell Like Hell | Student Association of Broadcasters |
| College Audio | First Place | Pittsburg State University Audio | KT Student Worker Audio Documentary | Kennedy Tomasi |
| Best Sportscast | ||||
| College Audio | First Place | Kansas State University Audio | Oklahoma State vs K-State Football Pre-Game Show | Kolby Van Camp, Anthony Gorges |
| College Audio | Second Place | Butler Comm College Audio | The Week In Sports | Adrian Holguin |
| College Visual | First Place | University of Kansas Visual | Run it Back | Blake Sevenbergen |
| College Visual | Second Place | University of Kansas Visual | Playmakers | Lily Witkowski, Caroline Soro |
| College Visual | Honorable Mention | Kansas State University Visual | Sports Update Feb. 23, 2023 | Blake Crawford |
| Complete Sports Feature | ||||
| College Audio | First Place | Kansas State University Audio | K-State Esports feature | Brody Zwiebel |
| College Audio | Second Place | Butler Comm College Audio | Bohanan Feature | Adrian Holguin |
| College Visual | First Place | Kansas State University Visual | Opera Play-by-Play at K-State | Jacob Hall |
| College Visual | Second Place | Kansas State University Visual | Rowing with the K-State Crew | Landon Reinhardt |
| College Visual | Honorable Mention | Kansas State University Visual | How does the Big-12 Championship Happen? | Dawson Wagner |
| Documentary | ||||
| College Visual | First Place | Washburn University Visual | I Am… Brihanna Jayde | Kris Bailey |
| College Visual | Second Place | University of Kansas Visual | King’s Court | JMC 636 Documentary-Advanced Media |
| College Visual | Honorable Mention | Pittsburg State University Visual | South-East Monsters | Corbin Kinsch |
| On Air Personality – Audio | ||||
| College Audio | First Place | Kansas State University Audio | The Lanie & Hailey Show | Lanie Henry, Hailey Case |
| College Audio | Second Place | Kansas State University Audio | Training camp with Kolby Van Camp | Kolby Van Camp |
| College Audio | Honorable Mention | Kansas State University Audio | The Daily Wave Morning Show | Dawson Wagner, Max Lansdowne |
| On Air Personality – Visual | ||||
| College Visual | First Place | University of Kansas Visual | Marlon Martinez | Marlon Martinez |
| College Visual | Second Place | University of Kansas Visual | Isabella Line | Isabella Line |
| College Visual | Honorable Mention | Kansas State University Visual | Dawson Wagner- Channel 8 News | Dawson Wagner |
| Public Affairs/Talk Show Program | ||||
| College Audio | First Place | Kansas State University Audio | Training camp with Kolby Van Camp | Kolby Van Camp |
| College Audio | Second Place | Kansas State University Audio | Ad Astra Sports special with Will Howard & Ty Zentner | Anthony Gorges |
| College Audio | Honorable Mention | Kansas State University Audio | The Shake N Blake show | Blake Crawford, Jon Grove |
| College Visual | First Place | Kansas State University Visual | Political Polarization in Kansas: Channel 8 News special report: | Eden Brockman, Dawson Wagner |
| College Visual | Second Place | University of Kansas Visual | GMKU – Dr. Sanjay Gupta | Johan Marin |
| College Visual | Honorable Mention | Fort Hays State University Visual | Strategic Affiliation Q&A with FHSU, NCK Tech and NWK Tech | Kerrigan Hutton |
| Sports Color Commentator or Sideline Reporter | ||||
| College Audio | First Place | Fort Hays State University Audio | Caleb Todd – Sports Color Commentator | Caleb Todd |
| College Audio | Second Place | Fort Hays State University Audio | Cayden Sanders Color Commentary | Cayden Sanders |
| College Audio | Honorable Mention | Kansas State University Audio | Big 12 Championship Color Commentary | Anthony Gorges, Kolby Van Camp |
| Sports Play by Play | ||||
| College Audio | First Place | Fort Hays State University Audio | Garrett Wellbrock Sports Play-by-play | Garrett Wellbrock |
| College Audio | Second Place | Kansas State University Audio | Play by Play K-State Football vs Texas | Anthony Gorges |
| College Audio | Honorable Mention | Kansas State University Audio | Overtime of KU vs K-State Basketball Game | Kolby Van Camp |
| Station Promotion Announcement | ||||
| College Audio | First Place | Butler Comm College Audio | The Mariana’s Show | Mariana Gonzalez-Rangel |
| College Audio | Second Place | Kansas State University Audio | Can we just play some new music please | Dawson Wagner |
| College Audio | Honorable Mention | Butler Comm College Audio | Laffy Taffy Sammy | Sam White |
| College Visual | First Place | Fort Hays State University Visual | TMN Sports Broadcast Promo | Tim Schoepflin |
| College Visual | Second Place | University of Kansas Visual | Media Crossroads Live Studio | Addi Crites |
| College Visual | Honorable Mention | Butler Comm College Visual | KBTL Radio | Francisco Puente-Takajasi |
| Station Website | ||||
| College Audio | First Place | Fort Hays State University Audio | Tiger Media Network | Tiger Media Network |
| College Audio | Second Place | Kansas State University Audio | Wildcat 91.9 Website | Dawson Wagner, Kolby Van Camp, Brody Zwiebel |
| College Audio | Honorable Mention | KJHK Audio | KJHK 90.7 FM | Jack Bugee, Max Indiveri |
| College Visual | First Place | Fort Hays State University Visual | Tiger Media Network | Tiger Media Network |
| College Visual | Second Place | Kansas State University Visual | Wildcat Electronic Media: Channel 8 News | Brody Zwiebel |