19 Walsworth Yearbooks Schools Honored as Best of Show at Philly JEA/NSPA Convention

It was a wildly successful trip to Philadelphia for Walsworth Yearbooks schools this past weekend as 19 of them received Best of Show recognition at the JEA/NSPA Fall National High School Journalism Convention, including two who took first place in their category.

Walsworth schools filled out seven of the 10 Best of Show award slots in the Yearbook 360+ pages category. They included:

• 1^st place: Hauberk, Shawnee Mission East High School, Prairie Village, Kansas
• 3^rd place: The Lair, Shawnee Mission Northwest High School, Shawnee, Kansas
• 4^th place: Chieftain, Jupiter Community High School, Jupiter, Florida
• 6^th place: Raider, Gulliver Preparatory School, Miami, Florida
• 8^th place: The Marquee, Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts, West Palm Beach, Florida
• 9^th place: Panther, H.B. Plant High School, Tampa, Florida
• 10^th place: Ayrie, Liberty North High School, Liberty, Missouri

In the Yearbook Junior High/Middle School category, two Walsworth schools were honored, including one who took the top prize.

• 1^st place: The Round-Up, Woodland Junior High School, Fayetteville, Arkansas
• 3^rd place: The Falcon’s Yearbook, Coral Academy of Science Middle School, Reno, Nevada

Six Walsworth schools made the top 10 Best of Show list for Yearbook 305-360 pages.

• 2^nd place: Heritage, Shawnee Mission South High School, Overland Park, Kansas
• 4^th place: Lone Star, James Bowie High School, Austin, Texas
• 5^th place: Brickhouse, Shawnee Mission North High School, Overland Park, Kansas
• 6^th place: Flashback, Rock Bridge High School, Columbia, Missouri
• 7^th place: The Arena, Legacy High School, Mansfield, Texas
• 9^th place: The Talon, Olathe South High School, Olathe, Kansas

Two more Walsworth schools were included in the top 10 list of Yearbook 257-304 page classification.

• 2^nd place: Maverick, McNeil High School, Austin, Texas
• 3^rd place: The Comet, Austin High School, Austin, Texas

In the Yearbook 144-256 pages category, Walsworth had two out of the 10 schools represented.

• 5^th place: Excalibur, T.R. Robinson High School, Tampa, Florida
• 6^th place: Teresian, St. Teresa’s Academy, Kansas City, Missouri

Four photographers from the Shawnee Mission East Hauberk also placed in the convention’s individual Photojournalism contests, including Josie Mangine, who took 1^st place in Sports Photo.

William Griffith from Shawnee Mission East placed 9^th in Sports Photo. Emmy Barrett of the Hauberk took 2^nd place in Feature Photo, while Paige Bean finished in 7^th place.

The Best of Show competition is typically held at every national JEA/NSPA convention and recognizes overall excellence among the attendees and entries.

To see the complete list of winners, visit the NSPA website.