2008 ACP Yearbook Pacemaker Award Winners and Finalists

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Seven 2008 yearbooks were named ACP (Associated Collegiate Press) Pacemakers at the 2009 National College Media Convention held October 28 - Nov. 1 in Austin, TX.

Since 1927, the Pacemaker has been the highest honor in scholastic journalism awarded by NSPA/ACP to its members. The contest is open to all NSPA/ACP members and is entered and judged separately from other NSPA/ACP contests or critiques.

The books receiving ACP’s top honor included the following:

Herff Jones 2008 Pacemaker Award Winners

Kansas State Univ-Paecmaker AwardRoyal Purple, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kan.
Sarah Thomas, editor
Linda Puntney, adviser

 

 

Liberty University Pacemaker AwardSelah, Liberty University, Lynchburg, Va.
Sabrena Carter, editor
Carrie Barnhouse, adviser

 

 

Other 2008 Pacemaker Award Winners

Razorback, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
Megan Garner, Shannon Sanders, editors
Steve Wilkes, adviser

Illio, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL
Deni Stritch, editor
Sarah Cain, adviser

Talisman, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY
Julie Kish, editor
Katie Clark, adviser

Agromeck, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
Mary Beth Hamrick, editor
Bradley Wilson, adviser

Aggieland, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
Catherine Tepera, editor
Robert Wegener, adviser

An additional eight 2008 college and university yearbooks were named  Pacemaker Finalists last spring.
2008 ACP Yearbook Pacemaker Finalists

Herff Jones 2008 Pacemaker Finalists

Indiana University Pacemaker FinalistArbutus, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
Meg Woods, editor
Nancy Comiskey, adviser

 

 

Wellesley COllege Pagemaker FinalistLegenda, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA
Rebecca Spitzer, editor
Meg Jordan, adviser

 

 

Northwest Missouri Univ Pacemaker FinalistTower, Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville, MO
Chris Lee, editor
Laura Widmer, adviser

 

 

Other 2008 Pacemaker Finalists

The Angelos, California Baptist University, Riverside, CA
Tawny Burgess, editor
Mary Ann Pearson, adviser

Ibis, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL
Sarah Baird, editor
Randy Stano, adviser

Kentuckian, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
Autumn Harbison, editor
Kelli Patrick, adviser

Recensio, Miami University, Oxford, OH
Maren Monitello, editor
Sacha Bellman, adviser

Sooner/Crimson Traditions, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
Breia Brissey, editor
Lori Brooks, adviser