Leander ISD’s broadcast, journalism and yearbook students spent the 2023-24 school year hard at work, providing on-site news coverage around campus, coming up with engaging feature stories and community polls, and chronicling the school year through photos, layouts and stories for the yearbook. While providing valuable work for their campus communities, they racked up dozens of awards.

ILPC Spring Convention

ILPC Broadcast Awards

Hype Video

  • Maile Boswell – Vandegrift HS – 2nd place
  • Poet Williams – Vandegrift HS – 3rd place

Graphics

  • Chris Castro-Cruz – Vandegrift HS – Honorable Mention
  • Pierce Martin & Autumn Rodgers – Rouse HS – 2nd place

Promotional/Commercial/PSA

  • Ava Vanna – Vandegrift HS – 2nd place

On Air Team

  • Cedar Park HS News Team – 1st place

Program Rating

  • Cedar Park HS News Team – Distinguished Merit

Star Award

  • Cedar Park HS News Team – Bronze Star

General Sports Writing

  • Aidan Rouse – Rouse HS – 1st place

Sports Feature Story

  • Aidan Rouse, David Moon & Natalie Erzal – Rouse HS – 3rd place

Intro Sequence

  • Natalie Erzal – Rouse HS – 1st place

Daily Announcements

  • Nishanth Pedarla, Nathaniel Jefferson & Rohit Padmakumar – Rouse HS – 1st place

ILPC Newspaper Awards

Cedar Park High School – Wolfpack

  • Headlines – Wolfpack staff – 1st place
  • Photo Slideshow – Arav Neroth, Madison Shields, Anthony Luparello & Kyra Plas – 1st place
  • Photo Slideshow – Kassidy Wilkinson, Julia Seiden & Lilly Adams – 2nd place
  • Entertainment Feature – Jane Yermakov – 2nd place
  • In-Depth News Package – Alyssa Fox, Kacey Miller & Jonathan Levinsky – 2nd place
  • Computer Art – Mia Morneault – 3rd place

Vandegrift High School – Vandegrift Voice

  • Sports Feature Story – Katherine Dale – 1st place
  • Personal Opinion Story – Lourdes Hernandez Peraza – 1st place
  • Video Story – Lourdes Hernandez Peraza – 3rd place
  • Sports Action Photo – Cristina Orozco Segovia – 1st place
  • Photo Portfolio – Mary Bahraml – 2nd place
  • Video Story – Rylie Lockerman – 3rd place
  • General News Photo – Seiya Mutreja – 3rd place
  • The Voice Staff – Star

ILPC Yearbook Awards

Vista Ridge High School – The Lonestar Yearbook

  • Sports Spread – Alexis Anderson – 2nd place
  • Story – Fayte Le – 3rd place
  • Feature Spread – Kierra Campbell – 3rd place
  • Class Spread – Amelia Wilkinson – Honorable Mention
  • Blended Coverage – Isabella Rivera – Honorable Mention
  • Academics Spread – Joscelyn Flores Silva – Honorable Menion

Cedar Park High School – The Tracks Yearbook

  • The Tracks Staff – Bronze Star
  • Index Spread & Blended Coverage Spread – Kyndall Johnson – 1st place
  • Student Life Story & Infographic – Alyssa Fox – 2nd place
  • Portrait & Infographic – Gaby Coutts – 3rd place

Vandegrift High School – The Veteran Yearbook

  • The Veteran Staff – Bronze Star
  • exas Photo Portfolio – Kaya Kinsey – 1st place
  • Academic Photo – Kaya Kinsey – 3rd place
  • Clubs Photo – Valeria Amaya-Chica – 3rd place
  • Clubs Spread – Maya Bustami & Mary Bahrami – 1st place
  • Class Spread – Hannah McRorie – 1st place

Leander High School – The Lair

  • The Lair Staff – Silver Star

Rouse High School – The Replay Yearbook

  • The Replay Staff – Bronze Star

Student Television Network Challenge

Silent Film – Division II

  • Drake Lambert, Kenneth Nace, Jude Gilstrap, Lili Romriell, Kyran Botello & Nathaniel Jefferson – Rouse HS – 3rd place

Podcast

  • Pierce Martin, Jonah Drum & Autumn Rogers – Rouse HS – 2nd place
  • Joplin Choate & Ashley Marthol – Rouse HS – 3rd place

Commercial – Division II

  • Cameron Cooke, Rager Lerway, Jonas Lerway & Rohit Padmakumar – Rouse HS – 2nd place

Short Film – Division II

  • Pierce Martin, Jonah Drum & John Simmons – Rouse HS – 2nd place

Additional Awards

2024 Walsworth Gallery of Excellence

  • The Lair Yearbook – Leander HS

CSPA Crown Awards

  • The Lair Yearbook – Leander HS – Silver Crown
  • The Vandegrift Voice – Vandegrift HS – Silver Crown

School Newspapers Online

  • The Wolfpack Newspaper – Cedar Park HS – Distinguished Site

CSPA Gold Circle Awards

  • Tracks Yearbook – Alyssa Fox – 2nd place
  • Tracks Yearbook – Tracks Staff – 3rd place
  • Vista Ridge HS’s The Lonse, Sports Reporting – Amelia Wilkinson – Honorable Menion