Greene County Tech Repeats as Communication Day Champs

JONESBORO – Greene County Tech High School repeated for the third year as the top overall sweepstakes award winner at the 81st annual A-State Communication Day for Arkansas and Missouri high school students Saturday at Arkansas State University.

A total of 153 students from 17 different high schools competed in 23 different contests in areas of broadcast and print journalism, social media, narrative filmmaking, photojournalism, sports, editing and more. Ninety-three students participated in Saturday’s campus competitions.

Representatives of the Department of Media provided tours of the facilities and met with prospective future A-State students. Media Department Chair Dr. Osabuohien Amienyi said Communication Day was a success.

“As we host the best and brightest high school media students who showcased their talents today, I am encouraged to believe that journalism and media professions have a bright future,” Amienyi said. “I want to thank the media advisers from all the visiting schools for taking the time to make this annual event special. I congratulate all the participants for gracing us with their talent.”

Students competed for first, second, third and honorable mention prizes. The school accumulating the highest number of points for the day, Greene County Tech High School, won the sweepstakes plaque. The list containing names of all the winners is attached below.

Dr. Michael Bowman, associate professor of media and chair of the Communication Day committee, oversaw the event and noted the contributions of more than 50 student volunteers who ran the competitions.

“We are thrilled with today’s turnout,” he said. “Students from throughout the region have participated in a variety of contests and we are excited to have them here on campus. An event like this could not be possible without the help of our outstanding students in the Department of Media; they played a tremendous role in the success of Communication Day.”

Dr. Carl Cates, dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Communication, noted Communication Day is more than just another recruiting event.

“The college is proud to host student journalists as they compete in our 81^stCommunication Day. This activity affirms our support of scholastic journalism and these student journalists,” he said.

Winners List for 81st Communication Day:

News WritingHM – Eliza Westmoreland, Cave City High SchoolHM – Jackson McCarty and Karlee McCarty, Greene County Tech High SchoolHM – London Woods Jr., Current River High School (Mo.)3^rd– Lora Sims, Greene County Tech High School3^rd– Chloe Pierce, Buffalo Island Central High School 2^nd– Emily Davis, Armorel High School1^st– Nathan Barber, The Academies at Jonesboro High School

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HM – Shelby Bunch, Cave City High SchoolHM – Talon Kieffner, Greene County Tech High SchoolHM – Dalton Coble, Highland High SchoolHM – Mahogany Mooney, The Academies at Jonesboro High School3rd – Lexi Evans, Current River High School2^nd– Gerard Connors III, Greene County Tech High School1^st— Destanie Shubert, Buffalo Island Central High School

TV AnchoringHM – Alexis Caplener, The Academies at Jonesboro High SchoolHM – Briance McBroom and Akious Howard, Greene County Tech High School3^rd– Chase Hartsell, Lakeside High School2^nd– Tyler Marston, Cabot High School1^st– Jordan Moore, Cabot High School

Video PromoHM – Andrea Bermudez and Hannah Hopper, Armorel High SchoolHM – Landon Perdue, Casey Smith and Cody Wood, Brookland High SchoolHM – Isaiah Bolinger, Priscilla Tapia, and Gage Huckaby, Cabot High School3^rd– Grant King and Drew Sides, Cross County High School2^nd – Tierra Hoy and Angela Lovelace, The Academies at Jonesboro High School1^st– Aaron Wycoff and Jade Thomas, Greene County Tech High School

Feature WritingHM – Nick Ryan, Cabot High School3^rd– Kaitlyn Walters, Armorel High School2^nd– Emily Hovis, Armorel High School1^st– Erica Hurst, Buffalo Island Central High School

News Copyreading3^rd– Kaitlyn Widener, Armorel High School2^nd– Emily Hovis, Armorel High School1^st– Erica Hurst, Buffalo Island Central High School

Broadcast News WritingHM – Maddie Verser, Cave City High School3^rd– Trey Moore, Cave City High School3^rd– Tyler Marston, Cabot High School2^nd– Erica Chappell, Cave City High School1^st– Oz Machugh, Cave City High School

Sports WritingHM – Erica Hurst, Buffalo Island Central High SchoolHM – Jordan Moore, Cabot High SchoolHM – Chase Hartsell, Lakeside High School3^rd– Caleb Gullahorn, Cabot High School2^nd– Nick Ryan, Cabot High School1^st– Lora Sims, Greene County Tech High School

Editorial WritingHM – Aryana Chapman and Nathan Barber, The Academies at Jonesboro High SchoolHM – Lora Sims, Greene County Tech High School3^rd– London Woods Jr., Current River High School2^nd– Olivia Combs and Cameron Lee, Greene County Tech High School1^st– Jacob Fondren, Armorel High School

Radio AnnouncingHM – Alexis Caplener, The Academies at Jonesboro High SchoolHM – Erica Chappell, Cave City High SchoolHM – Claire Busby, Greene County Tech High School3^rd– Lillie Hall, Highland High School2^nd– Ashton Jernigan, Jehovah Academy1^st– Tyler Marston, Cabot High School

Headline WritingHM – Devin Petters, Highland High School3^rd– Chloe Pierce, Buffalo Island Central High School2^nd– Brandon Sipes, Current River High School1^st– Nathan Barber, The Academies at Jonesboro High School

Editorial CartoonHM – Karlee McCarty, Greene County Tech High School3^rd– Landon Henson, Cross County High School3^rd– Aaron Wycoff, Greene County Tech High School2^nd– Karlie Thompson, Greene County Tech High School1^st– London Woods Jr., Current River High School

Documentary ShortHM – Tierra Hoy and Kayla Jones, The Academies at Jonesboro High SchoolHM – Noah Gatewood, Nettleton High School3^rd– Catie Boyce, Kori Dunlap and Shyanne Luman, Highland High School2^nd– Colby Noel, Greene County Tech High School1^st– Chase Hartsell, Lakeside High School

Short FilmHM – Breshwan Manns, Kaylah Sharp, Andrew Roberts and Beau Alexander, The Academies at Jonesboro High SchoolHM – Connor Barneds, Shelby Johnson and Marion McFadden, Nettleton High SchoolHM –Kori Dunlap, Dalton Coble, Lillie Hall, Devin Peters, Dalee Davis and Bradley O’Neal, Highland High School3^rd– Gerard Connors III, Greene County Tech High School2^nd– Jasmin Gonzales, Lakeside High School1^st– Trey Pierce, Aimsley Moran and Jacob Dunlap, Cabot High School

TV Commercial/Public Service AnnouncementHM – Isabella Baughn and Jacob Harrell, The Academies at Jonesboro High School3^rd– Matt Reed, Cabot High School3^rd– Hanna Begay, Lakeside High School3^rd– Racheal Davis, Savannah Ray and Kelli Young, Mammoth Spring High School2^nd– Conner Barnes, Nettleton High School1^{st –}Talon Kieffner, Greene County Tech High School

Social Media3^rd– Kori Dunlap, Highland High School2^nd– Gerard Connors III, Greene County Tech High School1^st– JHS-The Warning, The Academies at Jonesboro High SchoolTV News ReportingHM – Isabella Baughn, The Academies at Jonesboro High SchoolHM – Tierra Hoy, The Academies at Jonesboro High SchoolHM – Max Smith, Lakeside High School3^rd– Jade Thomas, Greene County Tech High School2^nd– Cameron Lumpkin & Joshua Land, Arkansas High School1^{st –}Jordan Moore & Tyler Marston, Cabot High School

TV Sports ReportingHM — Grant Simpson, Rees Dunlap and Landon Lemmons, Nettleton High SchoolHM — Chase Hartsell, Lakeside High SchoolHM — Kendall Townsley and Fischer Miller, Cave City High School3^rd — Jackson McCarty, Greene County Tech High School2^nd— Brayden Capps, Arkansas High School1^st— Caleb Gullahorn and Nick Ryan, Cabot High School

Sports ProgrammingHM —Gaby Hively, Grace Imoboden and Grant King, Cross County High SchoolHM — Jarron Brantley, Jack Hall and Dalton Pool, Nettleton High School3^rd— Chase Hartsell, Lakeside High School2^nd— LaShaun Starbuck and Jackson Tipton, Cave City High School1^st— Caleb Gullahorn, Jordan Moore and Nick Ryan, Cabot High School

Website/Online Paper1^st— Buffalo Island Central High School: Chloe Pierce, Erica Hurst, Daisy Flores, Destanie Shubert, Halle Navarro, Kami Cloninger, Katie Lawrence, Lacee Pickard

Music VideoHM — Dalton Coble, Lille Hall, Devin Petters, BJ Scercy and Lindsey Taylor, Highland High School HM — Brooks Bell, Will Ross and Zane Ruckstuhl, Lakeside High School3^rd— Brayden Box, Jordan Jones and Andre McCrae, Nettleton High School2^nd— Gerard Connors III, Greene County Tech High School1^st— Isaiah Bollinger, Matt Reed, Carson Reeves and Priscilla Tapia, Cabot High School

Audio Music Entertainment1^st— Haley Shatley, Cave City High School

Entertainment ContentHM — Brandon Jackson, Greene County Tech High School3^rd— Kayla Jones, Ravon Beason, Kaylah Sharp and Amaya Jones, The Academies at Jonesboro High School2^nd— Molly Stineman, Sydney Blount, Shelby Tiernan and Cambryn Carvin, Lakeside High School1^st— Conners Barnes and Landon Lemmons, Nettleton High School

SWEEPSTAKES3^rdrunner up (tie) — Buffalo Island Central High School, Lakeside High School2^ndrunner up — Cave City High School1^strunner up — Cabot High SchoolWinner — Greene County Tech High School

A-State’s department of Media and Communication offers a number of programs in multimedia journalism and creative media production to prepare students for professional and academic careers.

For further information, contact Dr. Michael Bowman at 870-972-3429 or via email at mbowman@astate.edu. See pictures from the day across social media by searching for the #AStateCommDay.