Fort Hays State University Leader staff took home 18 awards from the annual Kansas Associated Collegiate Press convention in Hutchinson. In the overall newspaper category, the Leader was awarded a Bronze Medal.

Winners are listed by hometown with their student classifications and awards.

ABILENE: David Kohman, junior, first place: multimedia storytelling, shared; second place: multimedia storytelling, shared.
BELOIT: Luke Deneke, junior, first place: multimedia storytelling, shared.
CIMARRON: Mallory Anderson, senior, second place: cartoons.
DIGHTON: Joanna Fay, senior, second place: photo essay and multimedia storytelling, shared; third place: multimedia storytelling, shared; honorable mention: multimedia storytelling, shared.
HAYS: Josh Dreiling, senior, honorable mention: review writing, editorial writing and multimedia storytelling.
Luke Hachmeister, special student, honorable mention: multimedia storytelling, shared. Andrew Stossmeister, junior, first place: sports column writing.
LINDSBORG: Klint Spiller, senior, first place: editorial writing, sports news writing and sports feature writing; first place: multimedia storytelling, shared; second place: multimedia storytelling, shared; third place: copy editing and multimedia storytelling, shared; honorable mention: sports feature writing and sports column writing.
WICHITA: Elise Chavez, freshman, second place: illustrations.