Congratulations to the winners in CMBAM’s 2026 individual awards! The awards were presented via Zoom on Friday, April 10.
Best Designer
1st place:Nariyah Mendez, The Agency at Cardinal Media, Ball State University 2nd place:Alex Suchey, Rocky Mountain Student Media, Colorado State University 3rd place:Alex Nishida, Mustang Media Group ,Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Runner up: Sarah Thompson, Cherry Creative, Western Kentucky University
Best Sales Rep
1st place:Sereen Alsalti, NC State Student Media, North Carolina State University 2nd place:Angie Ho, Mustang Media Group, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo 3rd place:Carl Burchill, Gonzaga Student Media, Gonzaga University Runner up:Ryan Gentile, Garnet Media Group, University of South Carolina
Best Sales/Operations Manager
1st place:Hailey Do, The Shorthorn, University of Texas at Arlington 2nd place: Destanee Ulrich, The Minnesota Daily, University of Minnesota 3rd place:Parker Heller, Missourian Advertising, Northwest Missouri State University
Best PR/Marketing Manager
1st place:Emmy Libke, College Heights Herald , Western Kentucky University 2nd place:Eliana Veon, The Pitt News, University of Pittsburgh 3rd place:Harrison Rogers, WKU Student Publications Advertising, Western Kentucky University
Best Multimedia Content Creator
1st place:Lauren Howe, Cherry Creative, Western Kentucky University
For any questions about CMBAM contests and awards, contact Awards & Member Recognition Director Rob Steedley at awards@cmbam.org.
The judges have reviewed the entries in the annual CMBAM contest and selected the winners! The schools listed below have at least one entry that placed first, second or third in the 2024 competition. Entries were judged by a group of professionals volunteering their time. Winners will be announced Nov. 9 during the annual convention in Philadelphia with an awards ceremony and closing reception at Xi West.
Ball State University – The McKinley Avenue Agency
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo – Mustang Media Group
California State University, Fullerton – Daily Titan
California State University Long Beach – Beach Media
Colorado State University- Rocky Mountain Student Media Corp.
Gonzaga University – Gonzaga Student Media
Kansas State University -Collegian Media Group
Louisiana State University – LSU Student Media
North Carolina State University – Student Media, WKNC 88.1
Northwest Missouri State University – Missourian Advertising
Oregon State University – Orange Media Network
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville – The Alestle
Texas A&M University – Texas A&M Student Media
University of Cincinnati – The News Record
University of Hawaii at Manoa – Manoa Now
University of Nebraska – Daily Nebraskan Media Group
University of North Carolina Charlotte – Student Niner Media
University of Oklahoma – OU Daily
University of Oregon -Emerald Media Group
University of Pennsylvania -The Daily Pennsylvanian
We enjoyed gathering with advisers and students from CMBAM member schools for the 2023 CMBAM convention in Minneapolis! Check out photos and recaps of the conference happenings:
The judges have reviewed the entries in the annual CMBAM contest and selected the winners. The schools listed below have at least one entry that placed in the 2023 competition. Entries were judged by a group of professionals volunteering their time. Winners will be announced Oct. 14 during the annual convention in Minneapolis with an awards ceremony and closing reception at The News Room.
