Amie Just of the Lincoln Journal Star won first place in the 2023 Associated Press Sports Editors contest in the Division C Project category for reporting on the financial gains made by the University of Nebraska volleyball program. 

APSE contest winners will be honored at the 2024 APSE Summer Conference banquet at the Marriott South Park in Charlotte on June 22. Registration for the conference will open soon.

Just will receive a plaque. The second- through 10th-place finishers will receive frameable certificates.                                                                                    

Contest chair Dan Spears and APSE officers Naila-Jean Meyers, Paul Barrett and Ed Reed prepared the entries. 

Contest results: Sections, digital, video | Writing and photography

In February, judges at the APSE Winter Conference in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., and remote judges around the country selected a top 10, with each judge ranking the entries in order from 1 to 10. The final 10 were given to a second judging group, which ranked the entries 1 to 10 in the same fashion. The final rankings are determined by tallying the ballots. 

The top 10 are listed, with first-place votes in parentheses, along with links to the winning entries.

The contest is open to APSE members. Click here to join.

1. Lincoln Journal Star: Amie Just  (4) 1 | 2 | 3 

2. Wisconsin State Journal: Jake Kocorowski, Todd D. Milewski, Jim Polzin, Christopher Doyle (1)  1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7

3. The News-Press, Fort Myers, Fla.: Alex Martin, Nick Wilson, Ed Reed 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6

4. Go Long: Tyler Dunne (1) 1 | 2 | 3

5. The Scranton Times-Tribune: Donnie Collins, Conor Foley 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 

6. The Daily Memphian: Drew Hill 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |

7. JohnCanzano.com: John Canzano 1 | 2 | 3 

8. The News-Gazette, Champaign, Ill.: Matt Daniels 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10

9. The Gazette, Colorado Springs: Luke Zahlmann 1 | 2

10. The Florida Times-Union: Garry Smits  1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5