The 2024 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.
Please place your orders for duplicate plaques by April 1, 2024. Duplicate plaques will be distributed at the Student Broadcast & Sports Seminar in April. Those not in attendance will have their duplicate plaques mailed to them after the seminar (late April). No orders will be accepted outside of the duplicate ordering timeframe.
Group |
Award |
Organization |
Entry |
Credits |
:60 Second or less Commerical- PSA or non com donor announcement |
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| High School Audio | First Place | Scott Community High School Audio | Handwashing PSA | Shaylee Seeley |
| High School Audio | Second Place | Scott Community High School Audio | Substance Abuse PSA | Emiliano Sanchez |
| High School Audio | Honorable Mention | Scott Community High School Audio | Child Abuse PSA | Camren LaPlant |
| High School Visual | First Place | Atchison High School Visual | Suicide Prevention | Conrad Simecek |
| High School Visual | Second Place | Thomas More Prep Marian High School Visual | Teen Scream 2 | Riley Frank, Allison Weber, Nathan Stecklein |
| High School Visual | Honorable Mention | Hays High School Visual | Hays High Football Hype Video | Eric Lucio |
Best Special Programming |
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| High School Visual | First Place | Scott Community High School Visual | BBN-TV Special Report: Kansas State Fair | Kadence Allen, Val Catano, DeLainee Hahn, Abbie Hermosillo, Darian Roberts |
| High School Visual | Second Place | Maize Career Academy Visual | Exploring fall favorites with the OneMaize crew | Sydney Lampkin, Haley Barnard |
| High School Visual | Honorable Mention | Maize Career Academy Visual | OneMaize takes a trip down Candy Cane Lane | Melanie Coombs, Avery Liedl |
Station Promotion Announcement |
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| High School Audio | First Place | Scott Community High School Audio | Book Club Promo | Kadence Allen |
| High School Audio | Second Place | Scott Community High School Audio | Regional Girls Wrestling Promo | Jakub Harris |
| High School Visual | First Place | Hays High School Visual | Tribe Broadcasting Promotional Announcement | Ethan Dague, Callie Burns |
| High School Visual | Second Place | Thomas More Prep Marian High School Visual | TMP Boys Basketball 2024 | Riley Frank |
| High School Visual | Honorable Mention | Atchison High School Visual | Join FBLA | Brooklyn Kelley |
Public Affairs/Talk Show Program |
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| High School Visual | First Place | Maize Career Academy Visual | “Spotlight” Season 4 Episode 1 dives into the new D.A.R.E initiative | Ruven Funschelle |
| High School Visual | Second Place | Olathe South High School Visual | Between Two Trees | Olivia Kulzer |
| High School Visual | Honorable Mention | Hays High School Visual | KHP Interview | Ethan Dague |
Best Newscast |
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| High School Visual | First Place | Maize Career Academy Visual | Season 5 Episode 1 of the OneMaize Show | Stahley Sears, Haley Barnard, Melanie Coombs, Sydney Lampkin, Ian Twist, Kadence Shook |
| High School Visual | Second Place | Wichita Southeast High School Visual | BTV Episode 8, 2022-2023 | Noah Bierig, Aidan Bruyere |
| High School Visual | Honorable Mention | Blue Valley High School Stilwell Visual | Tiger TV – September 28, 2023 | Tiger TV Staff |
Best General News Story |
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| High School Audio | First Place | Scott Community High School Audio | Teens: Be on the Lookout for Signs of Dating Violence | Abbie Hermosillo |
| High School Audio | Second Place | Scott Community High School Audio | Scott City Endures the ‘Blizzard of the Century’ | Kadence Allen |
| High School Audio | Honorable Mention | Mulvane High School | Matilda Opens at MHS | Matthew Garcia |
| High School Visual | First Place | Lawrence High School | Gaggle Raises Concerns Over Student Surveillance | Connor Austin |
| High School Visual | Second Place | Maize Career Academy Visual | Maize Elementary celebrates weeks long school marathon | Kadence Shook, Colton Forrest, Hailey Blurton, Titus Dopps |
| High School Visual | Honorable Mention | Maize Career Academy Visual | Student Volunteers at the Kansas Humane Society – What does it look like? | Stahley Sears, Haley Barnard |
Best Feature |
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| High School Audio | First Place | Scott Community High School Audio | Community Hero Feature Story with Mrs. Carolyn Hunter | Rayanna Adams |
| High School Audio | Second Place | Scott Community High School Audio | Schools Struggle with Shortage of Special Education Paraprofessionals | DeLainee Hahn |
| High School Audio | Honorable Mention | Scott Community High School Audio | Community Hero Feature with Mr. Matt Fox | Caden Burkhart |
| High School Visual | First Place | Wichita Southeast High School Visual | School’s Out Powwow | Lillian Saykham |
| High School Visual | Second Place | Wichita Southeast High School Visual | Buffalo Bob | Kristy Duong, Brianna Tran, Edan Williams Parker |
| High School Visual | Honorable Mention | Maize Career Academy Visual | Seniors honor Botts in unique fashion | Kadence Shook, Trey Reisman, Billy Wagner |
Complete Sports Feature |
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| High School Audio | First Place | Scott Community High School Audio | Books and Baskets: Jackson Rumford Excels On and Off the Court | Kadence Allen |
| High School Audio | Second Place | Scott Community High School Audio | Girls vs. Boys; Student Section Picking Favorites | Val Catano |
| High School Audio | Honorable Mention | Scott Community High School Audio | Beaver Football Looks Toward a Challenging Postseason | Kalo Hineman |
| High School Visual | First Place | Lawrence High School | Brynnae Johnson’s Rise to the Top of LHS Hoops | Naomi Sui Pang and Bryndal Hoover |
| High School Visual | Second Place | Maize Career Academy Visual | Johnson impresses teammates with calming presence | Hailey Blurton, Ava Doyle, Colton Forrest |
| High School Visual | Honorable Mention | Mulvane High School | Running Blind | Will Perkins |
Best Sportscast |
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| High School Audio | First Place | Scott Community High School Audio | BBN Halftime Show – February 2, 2024 | Kadence Allen, Jakub Harris |
| High School Visual | First Place | Blue Valley High School Stilwell Visual | Tiger Ten from TSPN | TSPN Staff |
| High School Visual | Second Place | Wichita Southeast High School Visual | Episode 8 Sports, 2023-2024 | William Sandlin |
On Air Personality |
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| High School Audio | First Place | Hays High School Audio | Hank Corsair Pregame Show HHS vs TMP | Hank Corsair |
| High School Visual | First Place | Lawrence High School | Angie Attempts: Santa Visits LHS (All I Want For Christmas Is Chesty) | Angela Braden |
| High School Visual | Second Place | Maize Career Academy Visual | Melanie Coombs | Melanie Coombs |
| High School Visual | Honorable Mention | Maize Career Academy Visual | Sydney Lampkin | Sydney Lampkin |
Sports Play by Play |
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| High School Audio | First Place | Hays High School Audio | HHS vs GB Boys Basketball Highlights Play by Play | Hank Corsair |
| High School Audio | Second Place | Heritage Christan Academy | Cair Paravel @ Heritage Christian Academy Men’s Basketball – 2nd QTR | Josiah Wonnell, Aaron Winkler |
| High School Visual | First Place | Olathe Northwest High School Visual | Raven Network Play-by-Play of Boys Basketball | Adam Donner |
| High School Visual | Second Place | Manhattan High School Visual | MHS vs. JC boys basketball | Lane Lewison, Cooper Sturm |
Documentary |
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| High School Visual | First Place | Olathe Northwest High School Visual | ONE TEAM ONE HEART (State: Episode 1) | Emma Stanfield |
| High School Visual | Second Place | Maize Career Academy Visual | OneMaize Media investigates the Sallie House | Melanie Coombs |
| High School Visual | Honorable Mention | Olathe South High School Visual | Connection | Lucas MacNider |
Best Episodic Entertainment Program |
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| High School Visual | First Place | Maize Career Academy Visual | OneMaize Media returns to first grade | Stahley Sears, Haley Barnard, Sydney Lampkin |
| High School Visual | Second Place | Wichita Southeast High School Visual | Have You Herd? | Ethan Rathsaphakdy, Edan Williams Parker |
Station Website |
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| High School Visual | First Place | Scott Community High School Visual | BBN Website | BBN Staff |
Best Podcast |
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| High School Audio | First Place | Heritage Christan Academy | EP32: Championship Weekend in the NFL (The Power & Light Podcast) | Josiah Wonnell, Jude Meili, Preston Graber |
| High School Visual | First Place | Gardner Edgerton High School Visual | Blazer Bites talks with Football State Champs | Edward Espinoza, Grayson DeForest, Ryen Louderback, Aaron Hails |
Vertical Video |
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| High School Visual | First Place | Olathe Northwest High School Visual | Both Sides of Playoff Video for Social Media | Evan Stanfield |
| High School Visual | Second Place | Olathe South High School Visual | Olathe South vs Blue Valley | Noah McCombs, Ty Klarkowski, Luke Olin, Marin Sheehe |
Group |
Award |
Organization |
Entry |
Credits |
:60 Second or less Commerical- PSA or non com donor announcement |
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| College Audio | First Place | Pittsburg State University Audio | Digital Detox PSA | Zack Shelby |
| College Audio | Second Place | Kansas State University Audio | Cybersecurity PSA | Brody Zwiebel |
| College Audio | Honorable Mention | Pittsburg State University Audio | Feeding America PSA | Alexa Owens |
| College Visual | First Place | University of Kansas Visual | My Bus Lawrence | Alias Moser, Meredith Mueller, Claire Decatur |
| College Visual | Second Place | Butler Comm College Visual | Pizza Place | Daniel Fee |
| College Visual | Honorable Mention | Fort Hays State University Visual | Be Everything at Tiger Media Network | Kerrigan Hutton |
Best Special Programming |
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| College Audio | First Place | Pittsburg State University Audio | TJ Leland’s Audio Documentary | Jordan & Anthony Keyes & Geisler |
| College Audio | Second Place | Pittsburg State University Audio | The Mall Deli Audio Documentary | Zech Boswell |
| College Audio | Honorable Mention | Kansas State University Audio | The Morning Show Suisse Day Celebration | Dawson Wagner, Negil Mcpherson III |
| College Visual | First Place | Kansas State University Visual | Channel 8 Studio Series: Fratmouse | Dawson Wagner, Elania Henry, Mason Camera |
| College Visual | Second Place | Kansas State University Visual | Imagining the Orion Nebula | Kolby Van Camp, Dawson Wagner |
| College Visual | Honorable Mention | Kansas State University Visual | MHK All-Day Sports Special 2023 | Dawson Wagner, Javier Cordero, Aaron Magill, Cole Deutchendorf, Parker McGowan, Noah Berchman |
Station Promotion Announcement |
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| College Audio | First Place | Kansas State University Audio | Wildcat 91.9 Sports Promotion | Kolby Van Camp |
| College Audio | Second Place | Butler Comm College Audio | Outspoken | Sam White |
| College Audio | Honorable Mention | Cloud Co Comm College Audio | NFL Sports Show Promo | Lucas Kenney |
| College Visual | First Place | Kansas State University Visual | “The Space Between” podcast trailer- Wildcat 91.9 | Kolby Van Camp |
| College Visual | Second Place | Kansas State University Visual | Channel 8 News Promo | Dawson Wagner |
| College Visual | Honorable Mention | Pittsburg State University Visual | Student Government Association | Jude Wolfe |
Public Affairs/Talk Show Program |
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| College Audio | First Place | Kansas State University Audio | The Morning Mix up | Wildcat 91.9 Students |
| College Audio | Second Place | Kansas State University Audio | Valor Honey helps integrate refugees | Breanna Palmer |
| College Audio | Honorable Mention | Kansas State University Audio | The Summer & Nora Show | Summer Sperke, Nora Bishop |
| College Visual | First Place | Kansas State University Visual | Eric Meyer Visits K-State- A First Amendment Challenge | Dawson Wagner |
| College Visual | Second Place | University of Kansas Visual | Good Morning Indian Country | Good Morning Indian Country Team |
| College Visual | Honorable Mention | Fort Hays State University Visual | Academic Affairs Update with Jill Arensdorf | Raegan Neufeld |
Best Newscast |
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| College Audio | First Place | Kansas State University Audio | Kansas City Chiefs Rally shooting – Live coverage on 91.9 | Dawson Wagner, Breanna Palmer, Jon Grove |
| College Visual | First Place | Kansas State University Visual | Channel 8 News April 27, 2023 | Eden Brockman, Dawson Wagner, Landon Platter, Aaron Magill, Cooper Deters, Blake Crawford |
| College Visual | Second Place | University of Kansas Visual | KUJH News – 10/19 | Lily Witkowski |
| College Visual | Honorable Mention | University of Kansas Visual | KUJH News – 10/12 | Lily Witkowski, KUJH News Crew |
Best General News Story |
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| College Audio | First Place | Fort Hays State University Audio | Raegan Neufeld Applied Learning | Raegan Neufeld |
| College Audio | Second Place | Kansas State University Audio | Back 9 Development | Adolfo Blanco |
| College Visual | First Place | Kansas State University Visual | Aggieville on Hold- Employees React | Dawson Wagner |
| College Visual | Second Place | Fort Hays State University Visual | Students complete research at Fort Leavenworth Military Reservation | Alicia Feyerherm |
| College Visual | Honorable Mention | Kansas State University Visual | Prescribed Burns Run Rampant Across Kansas | Blake Crawford |
Best Feature |
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| College Audio | First Place | Fort Hays State University Audio | Ryan Schuckman radio feature | Ryan Schuckman |
| College Audio | Second Place | Kansas State University Audio | Culvers Opens its doors to the little apple | Dawson Wagner |
| College Audio | Honorable Mention | Kansas State University Audio | Black History Month – How I Celebrate | N3GIL MCPHERSON III |
| College Visual | First Place | Fort Hays State University Visual | A Half Century of Hays Media | Ellinor Couchman |
| College Visual | Second Place | Butler Comm College Visual | Golf Course Upkeep | Sam White |
| College Visual | Honorable Mention | Pittsburg State University Visual | Pittsburg State University Promotional Video | Alexa Owens |
Complete Sports Feature |
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| College Audio | First Place | Kansas State University Audio | The Play by Play – Sports Feature | Hannah Whetstone, JP Cardenas |
| College Audio | Second Place | Kansas State University Audio | The Michael Bishop Interview | Kolby Van Camp |
| College Visual | First Place | Kansas State University Visual | Lacrosse Team Wins Championship | Dawson Wagner |
| College Visual | Second Place | University of Kansas Visual | KU Rowing | Emily Baldwin, Chad Cushing, Lindsay Ryan |
| College Visual | Honorable Mention | University of Kansas Visual | KU vs. MU Baseball Border Showdown | Sydney Clark |
Best Sportscast |
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| College Audio | First Place | Kansas State University Audio | KSU vs Houston Post-Game | Adrian Holguin, Jimmy Coffman, Nate Lowen |
| College Audio | Second Place | Kansas State University Audio | KSU vs UCF Pre-Game Show | Jon Grove |
| College Visual | First Place | Butler Comm College Visual | Monday Morning Sports Report | Kaden Warner |
| College Visual | Second Place | Kansas State University Visual | Aaron Magill 4/20/23 | Aaron Magill |
| College Visual | Honorable Mention | University of Kansas Visual | Playmakers.020924 | Emily Baldwin, Chad Cushing |
On Air Personality – Audio |
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| College Audio | First Place | Kansas State University Audio | On-Air Personality Jon Grove | Jon Grove |
| College Audio | Second Place | Kansas State University Audio | On-Air Personality Adrian Holguin | Adrian Holguin |
| College Audio | Honorable Mention | Butler Comm College Audio | Everett Salmans | Everett Salmans |
| College Visual | First Place | University of Kansas Visual | Sydney Clark | Sydney Clark |
| College Visual | Second Place | Kansas State University Visual | AJ Shaw Channel 8 News | A.J. Shaw |
| College Visual | Honorable Mention | Kansas State University Visual | Landon Platter Channel 8 | Landon Platter |
Sports Play by Play |
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| College Audio | First Place | Fort Hays State University Audio | Garrett Wellbrock play-by-play | Garrett Wellbrock |
| College Audio | Second Place | Kansas State University Audio | KSU vs KU Women’s Basketball | Adrian Holguin |
| College Audio | Honorable Mention | Kansas State University Audio | KSU vs Baylor Basketball | Jon Grove |
| College Visual | First Place | Fort Hays State University Visual | Garrett Wellbrock play-by-play | Garrett Wellbrock |
| College Visual | Second Place | Pittsburg State University Visual | 2023 MIAA Men’s BB Championship Play-by-Play | Deven Baumchen |
| College Visual | Honorable Mention | University of Kansas Visual | Gabe Daniel PxP – KU Ice Hockey | Gabe Daniel |
Sports Color Commentator or Sideline Reporter |
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| College Audio | First Place | Kansas State University Audio | KSU vs Nebraska Football | Adrian Holguin |
| College Audio | Second Place | Kansas State University Audio | KSU vs Baylor Football | Kolby Van Camp |
| College Audio | Honorable Mention | Butler Comm College Audio | Butler v Hutchinson Volleyball | Kaden Warner |
Documentary |
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| College Visual | First Place | Pittsburg State University Visual | Problems in Kansas: Drought | Nathan Nathan |
| College Visual | Second Place | Pittsburg State University Visual | The Process | Bo McDowell |
| College Visual | Honorable Mention | Washburn University Visual | The Legacy of North Star | Peter Sandquist |
Best Episodic Entertainment Program |
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| College Audio | First Place | Kansas State University Audio | Dungeons & Dragons Radio Show | Adolfo Blanco |
| College Visual | First Place | Pittsburg State University Visual | Five of the Best Country Christmas Albums | Deven Baumchen |
Station Website |
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| 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 | Brody Zwiebel, Dawson Wagner, Hailey Case, Kolby Van Camp |
| College Visual | First Place | Fort Hays State University Visual | Tiger Media Network | Tiger Media Network |
| College Visual | Second Place | University of Kansas Visual | KUJH News | Emeline Hutton, Kristy Diggs, KUJH News Team |
Best Podcast |
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| College Audio | First Place | Kansas State University Audio | Dungeons and Dragons – Blasphemer of the Night | Adolfo Blanco |
| College Audio | Second Place | Butler Comm College Audio | Metal Monday Episode 4 | Kaden Warner |
| College Audio | Honorable Mention | Cloud Co Comm College Audio | SportsTalks: NFL Awards Episode | Cray Schilling, Lucas Kenney |
| College Visual | First Place | Kansas State University Visual | Lanie and Hailey: The Zion Isaiah Interview | Hailey Case, Lanie Henry |
| College Visual | Second Place | Kansas State University Visual | “The Space Between” Podcast with Kolby Van Camp | Kolby Van Camp |
| College Visual | Honorable Mention | University of Kansas Visual | Kaiti’s Top Picks | Kaiti Parks |
Vertical Video |
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| College Visual | First Place | Pittsburg State University Visual | Jock’s Nitch Sporting Goods TikTok Advertisement | Nathan Basaldua |
| College Visual | Second Place | Kansas State University Visual | Culvers opens in Manhattan | Dawson Wagner |
| College Visual | Honorable Mention | Kansas State University Visual | Sunflower Showdown Spotlight | Sarah Connor |