The Scout won 15 awards at the annual Illinois College Press Association awards ceremony held Feb. 20-21.
Competing with Illinois schools having non-daily newspapers and 4,000 students or more, The Scout earned the following awards:
The Scout Staff: General Excellence, 3rd place
Samantha Pallini: Editorial, 2nd place
Kristin Kreher: Front Page Layout, 1st place
Kristin Kreher: Column (excluding sports), Honorable Mention
Maggie Cipriano: Feature Photo, Honorable Mention
Dan Smith: Sports Photo, 2nd place
Sports Staff: Sports Page Design, 3rd place
Chris Kwiecinski: Sports Feature Story, 1st place
Aaron Freeman: Sports Feature Story, 3rd place
In the open category, which includes all collegiate newspapers in the sate regardless of publication frequency or enrollment size, The Scout earned the following awards:
Kristin Kreher: Advertisement (less than a full page), Honorable Mention
Travis Kelso and Chris Walls: Classifieds Section, 3rd Place and Honorable Mention
Jaylyn Cook and Bahnt Freiberger: Critical Review (film), 1st place
Jacob Wulf: Critical Review (other than film), Honorable Mention