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2023 Student Award Winners

2023 Student Award Winners

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!

High School Winners

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

College Winners

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