The DePaulia took home 32 awards at the Illinois College Press Association awards on Saturday, Feb. 17. The contest recognized work published between Fall 2022 and Fall 2023. Here is everything The DePaulia won this weekend. 

Open Divison – All schools in the association

Special Supplement – First Place – The DePaulia Basketball Issue 2023-24 By The DePaulia Staff

Graphic Illustration – Second place- Yú Yú Blue & Honorable Mention- Maya Oclassen

Newsletter – Honorable mention- “Monday for the Masses” by The DePaulia Staff 

Large school division – All universities in the association with an enrollment greater than 7,000

First Place awards

Sweepstake, The DePaulia – Winning the most amount of awards in the division

Opinion page design- Jake Cox

Column- Lilly Keller 

General news photo- Patrick Sloan-Turner

Multimedia reporting-  Jacqueline Cardenas, Ariana Vargas

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion reporting- Cary Robbins

Sports photo- Donald Crocker

Second Place awards

General Excellence in Print- The DePaulia

Feature page design- Una Cleary 

Best news story- Jacqueline Cardenas 

Photo essay- Erin Henze, Quentin Blais, Amber Stoutenborough

Feature photo-Amber Stoutenborough

Third Place awards

General Excellence in Web- The DePaulia

Editorial- The DePaulia Staff

Column- Lilly Keller

Feature- Cary Robbins & Rodolfo Zagal

Sport news story- Rose O’Keeffe

Sports page design- Jake Cox

Headline writing- Dylan Hackworth & Vanessa Lopez

Podcast news – Amber Stoutenborough

Feature photo- Cary Robbins

Honorable Mentions 

Opinion page design- Jake Cox

Feature- Lilly Keller

Best news story- Nadia Carolina Hernandez and Samantha Moilanen

Sports news story- Ryan Hinske, Vanessa Lopez & Donald Crocker

Sports feature- Ryan Hinske

Sports column- Ryan Hinske

Photo essay – Quentin Blais

Multimedia reporting- Ryan Hinske, Vanessa Lopez, Nadia Carolina Hernandez and Donald Crocker