Monthly Archives: May 2016

Fletcher Page of the Athens (Ga.) Banner Herald has won first place in the APSE Under 30,000 Feature writing circulation category. Page won for his feature on Billy Bennett, a former Georgia Bulldogs placekicker who overcame a drug problem.

Brad Elliott Schlossman of the Grand Forks (N.D.) Herald won first place in the Associated Press Sports Editors 2015 contest in Beat Writing for the 30,000 and under circulation category. Schlossman won for his portfolio of five stories demonstrating his coverage of college hockey. Schlossman won for his portfolio of five stories demonstrating his coverage of college hockey. He will be presented a first-place plaque at the 2016 APSE banquet. The banquet and awards dinner concludes the APSE Conference June 22-25 at the Omni-Charlotte in Charlotte, N.C.

The Columbia (Mo.) Missourian duo of Jacob Bogage and Mark Selig took first place in the Associated Press Sports Editors 2015 contest in the breaking news category in the Under-30,000 circulation category for their story about UM football players boycotting in support of a student protest against UM System President Tim Wolfe.

Fletcher Page of the Athens (Ga.) Banner-Herald took first place in the Associated Press Sports Editors contest in the column writing category in the Under-30,000 circulation category for his entry of five columns published in 2015.

Ryan Holmgren of the Casper (Wyo.) Star-Tribune and the team of Kalle Oakes, Justin Pelletier, Fred Gage, Lauren Schneiderman, Carl Natale, Russ Dillingham and C. Ernie Anderson of the Sun Journal (Lewiston, Maine) tied for first place in the Associated Press Sports Editors 2015 contest in the projects category in the Under-30,000 circulation category. The Sun Journal’s project looked back at the controversial 1965 heavyweight championship fight between Muhammad Ali and Sonny Liston in Lewiston. Holmgren’s project examined the challenges of the University of Wyoming and other schools in the Mountain West.

Sam King of the Lafayette (Ind.) Journal & Courier won first place in the Associated Press Sports Editors 2015 contest in Game Story writing for the Under 30,000 circulation category. King won the division for his recap on a local high school girls basketball team winning semistate just days after the death of its coach.

Matt L. Stephens of the Fort Collins Coloradoan won first place in the Associated Press Sports Editors 2015 contest in Short Video for the Under 30,000 circulation category. Stephens won for his feature explaining NCAA cost of attendance stipend for Colorado State University athletes.

Slover won for his video on the Tough Mountain Challenge -- a race with a series of obstacle courses and rugged terrain. He will be presented a first-place plaque at the 2016 APSE banquet. The banquet and awards dinner concludes the APSE Conference June 22-25 at the Omni-Charlotte in Charlotte, N.C.

Matt L. Stephens and Eric Larsen of the Fort Collins Coloradoan took first place at the Associated Press Sports Editors 2015 contest in the Multimedia category in the Under 30,000 circulation. The pair’s 360-degree video puts viewers in the seat on the USA Pro Challenge Northern Colorado stage.