And the winners of Walsworth’s 2018 Photo Contest are…

It was another successful year for Walsworth’s annual Photo Contest, with the 2018 Contest attracting nearly 4,000 outstanding entries from across the country.

Thank you to all the talented yearbook photographers who took the time to enter. Here are the winners and Honorable Mentions in each category. The top prize winners will receive a $100 Visa gift card. All winners and honorable mentions will receive a prize certificate.

Academics – Allison McMurry, Bishop Kelley High School, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Clubs/Organizations – Elizabeth Sandstrom, Shawnee Mission East High School, Prairie Village, Kansas
Feature/Portrait – Willow Dodgson, North High School, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
Junior High/Middle School – Kaylee Braaten, Schoo Middle School, Lincoln, Nebraska
Photo Illustration – Kristi Ho, Everett High School, Everett, Massachusetts
School Spirit – Venus Gutierrez, Shawnee Mission East High School, Prairie Village, Kansas
Sports Action – Ethan Wood, Harding Academy, Searcy, Arkansas
Sports Reaction – Zane Hudson, Legacy High School, Mansfield, Texas
Student Life – Caleb Siow, Monta Vista High School, Cupertitno, California
Yearbook Life – Karina Ulloa, Orange Glen High School, Escondido, California

Winners were selected by a committee of judges based on the basic rules of photography, overall quality and creativity/originality. All the winning photos can be seen at the Walsworth Yearbooks Facebook page.

The honorable mention winners include the following:

Academics

Megan Saucedo – Stony Point High School
Venus Gutierrez – Shawnee Mission East High School
Noah Finer – Fairview High School
Hannah Ilao – El Camino Real Charter High School
Elizabeth Sandstrom – Shawnee Mission East High School

Clubs/Organizations

Cierra Stark – University High School
Emma Jones – Shawnee Mission North High School
Venus Gutierrez – Shawnee Mission East High School
Abbe Smith – Corsicana High School
Kaylee Ricchetti – Madison Central High School

Feature/Portrait

Auryeal Parker – Texas High School
Allysa Koenning – Yelm High School
Kirat Mokha (2) – Brookfield Central High School
Zian Cao – Worcester Academy

Junior High/Middle School

Kayle Hardy – West Junior High School
Annette Hrabik (3) – Heritage Academy Laveen
Audrey Barnes – Harrisonville Middle School

Photo Illustration

Jacob Franz – Western High School
Anahi Martinez – Orange Glen High School
Ari Phillips – Yelm High School
Maddie Benbenek – La Grange High School
Kristi Ho – Everett High School

School Spirit

Isabel Miller – Shawnee Mission East High School
Alyssa Vuillemin – Shawnee Mission East High School
Jacqueline Rodriguez-Lopez – South El Monte High School
Willow Dodgson – North High School
Emily Harms – Madison Central High School

Sports Action

Sami Brown – Legacy High School
Taylor Fort – Shawnee Mission East High School
Racheal Sizemore – Texas High School
Kaitlyn Gordon – Texas High School
Angela Valle – Texas High School

Sports Reaction

Ellen Brutsche – Legacy High School
Caily Moore – Harding Academy
Rudee Valenciana – Burges High School
Michael Provenghi (2) – Burges High School

Student Life

Venus Gutierrez – Shawnee Mission East High School
Alyssa Vuillemin – Shawnee Mission East High School
Elise Baker – Shawnee Mission East High School
Angela Valle – Texas High School
Ali Fowlee – Missouri Western State University

Yearbook Life

Jillian Cude – James Martin High School
Jessica Meyers – Maranatha Christian Academy
Emily Edwards – University High School
Margarita Lopez – Siloam Springs High School
Camille Taylor – University High School