Blue Valley Northwest High School hit it out of the park in October with 12 awards. Mill Valley High School was next with six awards.

Video

• 1st Place: Katie Charest, Shreya Bhatia, Jessica Bell from Blue Valley Southwest High School 
• 2nd Place: Grace Roberts, Gabe McGee, Kelli Marshall from Blue Valley Southwest High School 
• 3rd Place: Sydney Holmes, Davin Edwards from Maize Career Academy 

Political Opinion Writing

• 1st Place: Alex Burbidge from Olathe South High School
• 2nd Place: Charlie Trent from Blue Valley High School
• 3rd Place: Olivia Kilby from Kapaun-Mount Carmel

News Page Design

1st Place: Tatum Elliott from Mill Valley High School

2nd Place: Bella Rinne from Blue Valley Northwest

3rd Place: Charlie Trent from Blue Valley High School

Academics Photography

• 1st Place: Ava Speropoulas from Blue Valley West High School

• 2nd Place: Grace Keller from Blue Valley West High School

• 3rd Place: Emma Hardesty from Lawrence Free State High School

News Writing

• 1st Place: Aiden Burke, Anna Owsley from Mill Valley High School
• 2nd Place: Zora Lotton-Barker, Tony Racy, Sarah Farhat, Nadia Sanburn & Addie London from Lawrence High School
• 3rd Place: Campbell Wood from Shawnee Mission East High School

Photo Illustration

1st Place: Alyssa Peterson from Blue Valley Northwest

2nd Place: Charlie Trent from Blue Valley High School

3rd Place: Asher Wolfe from Lawrence High School

Sports Writing

• 1st Place: Staff from Blue Valley High School: First Place in Sports Writing 
• 2nd Place: Anna Richardson from Kapaun-Mount Carmel 
• 3rd Place: Jack Nitz from Blue Valley Northwest 

Sports Photography

• 1st Place: Elana Ho from Lawrence Free State High School

• 2nd Place: Rachel Sarff from Blue Valley Northwest

• Third Place: Grace Davis from Blue Valley Northwest

Infographics

• 1st Place: Audrey Caravello from Shawnee Mission North High School

• 2nd Place: Carlos Mata from Shawnee Mission North High School

• 3rd Place: Riley Atkinson from Shawnee Mission East High School

Multimedia Storytelling

• 1st Place: Mill Valley News staff from Mill Valley High School 
• 2nd Place: Liv Olson from Shawnee Mission East High School 
• 3rd Place: Tanner Smith, Anna Owsley, Hannah Chern from Mill Valley High School 

Yearbook Layout

• 1st Place: Sophia Kaufman from Lawrence High School

• 2nd Place: Hailey Jeffery from Derby High School

• 3rd Place: Katie Forsen from Blue Valley West High School

Yearbook Copy

• 1st Place: Matthew Cunningham, Madison Elmer from Shawnee Mission North High School 
• 2nd Place: Emma Holsclaw from Lawrence Free State High School 
• 3rd Place: No award given

Portrait

1st Place: Mitri Krishna from Blue Valley Northwest

2nd Place: Amanda Carlvaho from Blue Valley Northwest

3rd Place: Mason Aunins from Kapaun-Mount Carmel

Feature Writing

• 1st Place: Emily Moser from Blue Valley Northwest
• 2nd Place: Tanner Smith, Hannah Chern, Anna Owsley from Mill Valley High School
• 3rd Place: Kathryn Case, Mauri Peterson from Blue Valley Northwest

Student Life Photography

1st Place: Alexis Kelly from Shawnee Mission North High School

2nd Place: Elana Ho from Lawrence Free State High School

3rd Place: Rachel Sarff from Blue Valley Northwest

Political Cartoon

• 1st Place: Natalie Scholz from Shawnee Mission East High School

• 2nd Place: Olivia Swanson from Kapaun-Mount Carmel

Political News Writing

• 1st Place: Emma Johnson from Blue Valley Northwest 
• 2nd Place: No award given
• 3rd Place: No award given

Political Video News Coverage

• 1st Place: Dylan Wittorff, Victor Nguyen, Shane Sears from Maize Career Academy
• 2nd Place: No award given
• 3rd Place: No award given

Opinion Writing

• 1st Place: Courtney Krebs from Blue Valley Northwest 
• 2nd Place: Elysia Self from Kapaun-Mount Carmel
• 3rd Place: Grace McLeod, Molly Smith from Mill Valley High School