Four Walsworth yearbooks named 2010 NSPA Pacemaker winners

Kansas City, Mo. (April 18, 2011) – Four yearbooks published by Walsworth were chosen winners of 2010 Yearbook Pacemaker awards from the National Scholastic Press Association over the weekend at the JEA/NSPA Spring National High School Journalism Convention in Anaheim.

The 2010 Pacemaker winners published by Walsworth included Wings from Arrowhead Christian Academy, Redlands, Calif.; Hauberk from Shawnee Mission East High School, Prairie Village, Kan.; Lair from Shawnee Mission Northwest High School, Shawnee, Kan.; and The Spectator from Liberty High School in Liberty, Mo.

For Arrowhead Christian Academy and Shawnee Mission Northwest, the 2010 award was the 15th Pacemaker honor for each school.

Seven additional yearbooks published by Walsworth were previously honored as Pacemaker Finalists, including Decamhian from Del Campo High School in Fair Oaks, Calif.; Gladiator from Troy High School in Troy, Mich.; Tucsonian from Tucson High Magnet School in Tucson, Ariz.; Fusion from Hagerty High School in Oviedo, Fla.; Falcon from Glendale High School in Springfield, Mo.; Legend from William R. Boone High School in Orlando, Fla.; and Pride from Franklin High School in El Paso, Texas.

Each year, the NSPA’s Pacemaker is one of scholastic journalism’s highest national honors. The full list of 2010 Yearbook Pacemaker winners are below:

232 or fewer pages

Titanium, Antelope HS, Antelope, Calif.
Neda Talebi, Anna Cheban, editors
Pete LeBlanc, adviser

Nugget, Cupertino HS, Cupertino, Calif.
Dennis Rong, Steven La, editors
Leslie Robledo, adviser

Spud, Idaho Falls HS, Idaho Falls, Idaho
Devan Munk, editor
Ryan Hansen, adviser

Westwind, West Henderson HS, Hendersonville, N.C.
Bethany Humberg, Olivia Springer, editors
Brenda W. Gorsuch, adviser

Crag, Turner Ashby HS, Bridgewater, Va.
Alyssa Pennington, editor
Leslie Stevens, adviser

233-288 pages

Rampages, Casa Roble HS, Orangevale, Calif.
Corey Lau, Molly Burke, Marissa Leever, Ian Luttrell, editors
Dan Austin, adviser

Wings, Arrowhead Christian Academy, Redlands, Calif.
Jenna Geers, Janise Marvin, editors
Crystal Kazmierski, adviser

Details, Whitney HS, Rocklin, Calif.
Elizabeth Grover, Sara Roudebush, editors
Sarah Nichols, adviser

Log, Columbus North HS, Columbus, Ind.
Maggie Kim, editor
Kim Green, adviser

Fentonian, Fenton HS, Fenton, Mich.
Connor Stack, Jessie Crawford, editors
Pamela Bunka, adviser

Triune, Trinity HS, Euless, Texas
Joy Regalado, editor
Christine Davis, adviser

The Lion, McKinney HS, McKinney, Texas
Abby Kinsigner, Alex Somborn, Logan Webb, Megan Robinson, editors
Lori Oglesbee, adviser

289-352 pages

Volsung, Downey HS, Downey, Calif.
Tiare King, Victor Kowalski, editors
Michelle Napoli, adviser

Wingspan, James C. Enochs HS, Modesto, Calif.
Salvador Jimenez, editor
Tamra McCarthy, adviser

Pilot, Redondo Union HS, Redondo Beach, Calif.
Kristen Schryver, Kevin Maniar, Daniel Fallon, editors
Mitch Ziegler, adviser

Valhalla, Lynbrook HS, San Jose, Calif.
Vincent Yu, Annie Li, Pooja Makhijani, editors
Jim Schussler/Nancy Belmont, advisers

Indian, Shawnee Mission North HS, Overland Park, Kan.
Becky Tate, adviser

The Spectator, Liberty HS, Liberty, Mo.
Kaylie Lau, Krista Villers, Kristen Scassaletti, editors
Rhonda Dempsey, adviser

Saga, Loudoun Valley HS, Purcellville, Va.
Elena Vanderveldt, Helen Lehr, Morgan Clark, Anusha Rizvi, Chrystal Oden, editors
Martha Akers, adviser

353 or more pages

Currents, Westview HS, San Diego, Calif.
Lian Guo, editor
Jeff Wenger, adviser

Etruscan, Glenbrook South HS, Glenview, Ill.
Hannah Madans, Annie Boswell, Charlie Reighard, Kevin Dallva, Najah Bhatty, editors
Brenda Field, adviser

Hauberk, Shawnee Mission East HS, Prairie Village, Kan.
Whitaker Sherk, Jordan Dietrich, editors
Dow Tate, adviser

Lair, Shawnee Mission Northwest HS, Shawnee, Kan.
Anne Unruh, Lauren Minick, editors
Susan Massy, adviser

Odyssey, Chantilly HS, Chantilly, Va.
Elisa Yi, Sam Owens, editors
Mary Kay Downes, adviser

Jr. High/Middle School

Eagle Eye View, Sierra MS, Parker, Colo.
Brandon Abell, Morgan Brosius, editors
Jed Palmer, adviser

Stampede, Maize South MS, Wichita, Kan.
Kristi Huynh, Anna Weaver, Natalie Bach, Jacklyn Brock, editors
Mary Patrick, adviser