At the 85th ILPC Spring Convention, the Raider Rumbler received a Bronze Star for the newspaper, April 28-29. The paper was one of 32 who received a Gold, Silver or Bronze Star, recognizing the Rumbler in the top 10 percent of high school newspapers statewide.
In addition, the staff won 14 awards in the ILPC Newspaper Individual Achievement Awards. They include:
Editorial Writing Staff – Honorable Mention
Feature Writing Gloriana Stolle – Honorable Mention
Headlines Staff – Honorable Mention
Page One Design Rachel Sloan – Honorable Mention
Sports Design Rachel Sloan – 1st
Feature/Entertainment Page Rowan Armour – Honorable Mention
Double Truck Design Shelly Spencer – 1st, Jessica Garrison, Shelly Spencer & Rachel Sloan – Honorable Mention
Photo Story Kristina Jingling – 2nd, Nick Hage and Kyndall Ramirez – 3rd
Feature Photo Alex Kunert – Honorable Mention, Caitlin Topham – Honorable Mention
Sports Feature Photo Briggs Schraeder – 2nd
All first place winners’ entries were entered in a second contest against the other first place winners from the different UIL divisions. Rachel Sloan was the Tops in Texas winner for Sports Design. Her design of a baseball and softball page will now be featured in a Tops in Texas booklet with the other winners.
