LONE STAR STUDENT PRODUCTION EMMY AWARDS

2022 Fall

Student Production Emmy Award - Best Newscast
Best Serious News – North Texas Real Estate Boom - Thea Massi, Chloe Kryzak, Parker Jones
Best Sports News - Homecoming FB vs. Plano - Thea Massi, Mau Sigler
Best Sports Feature – Mental Game of Basketball - Thea Massi, Mau Sigler ,Will Manchester, Cooper Leffingwell
Best Fiction – Dazed - Hally Leonard, Conner Escobar
Best Commercial - Shop Local - Sidd Sivakumar, Brian Bjorksten, Kevin Sangerhausen
Best Talent – Thea Massi

National Scholastic Press Association

NSPA Pacemaker Nomination – Considered the "Pulitzer Prize” of Scholastic Broadcasting, Fall convention, 2022
2nd Place - Best of Show, Broadcast - Large School - KCBY-TV, Show 3, airing Oct.15. 2022, Fall convention, 2022
2nd Place - Broadcast News story - Cost of being a senior - Sofia German, Natalie Garcia, Fatima Syed
1st Place - Broadcast Feature story - Burnout - Sidd Sivakumar, Bunker Harris, Swarra Mudgalkar, Tarun Chintha
7th Place - Broadcast Feature story - Student Section Energy - Bunker Harris, Tarun Chintha, Angela Chon
9th Place - Broadcast Feature story - The Perfect Pair - Issac Mercado, Sophie Daiker, Sadie Klement
10th Place - Broadcast Feature story - Taylor Young Volleyball - Sidd Sivakumar, Harrison Snodgrass, Angela Chon, Amy Heartquist
2nd Place - Best of Show, Broadcast - Large School - KCBY-TV, Show 11, airing Feb, 10, 2023, Spring convention, 2023

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2023 Spring

Outstanding Achievement in the National Broadcast Excellence Contest

Texas Interscholastic League Press Association

Austin, Spring 2023

Silver Star Award – KCBY-TV newscast, Show 11, Jan. 28, 2023
Award of Distinguished Merit - the Association's highest rating for a school publication
1st Place - Individual On-Air Talent – Lauren Beach
1st Place - (Documentary) - Northlake – Cooper Leffingwell, Sidd Sivakumar, Swarra Mudgalkar
2nd Place - General News Story - Protect Pinkerton –Mau Sigler
3rd Place - General News Story - Bus Shortage - Effie Shen, Rohith Tiruvaipati, Gail Sajjarotjana
3rd Place - Individual On-Air Talent – Anita Goodwin
3rd Place - (Intro Sequence) - KCBY show intro – Mau Sigler, Betsy Krenek, Lauren Beach, Anita Goodwin
Honorable Mention - Sports Feature Story - New FB Coaches – Archis Ukidwe, Arissa Fricano, Yuvan Aravindan

Best in Texas Contest, Texas Association of Journalism Educators

Spring 2023
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Anchor talent, Superior rating, 1Vision reel -- Anita Goodwin
Anchor talent, Excellent rating, The Buzz-- Akshita Yadavalli
News Story, Superior rating, Bus Drive Shortage -- Effie Shen, Rohith Tiruvaipati, Gail Sajjarotjana
News Story, Superior rating, Cost of being a senior – Sofia German, Fatima Syed, Natalie Garcia
News Story, Excellent rating, Protect Pinkerton – Mau Sigler
New Story, Honorable Mention, Texas Election—Anita Goodwin, Sofia German, Akshita Yadavalli, Betsy Krenek
Feature Story, Excellent rating, Deaf Awareness Week – Betsy Krenek, Anita Goodwin
Feature Story, Excellent rating, Mamma Mia – Issac Mercado, Anita Goodwin
Feature Story, Excellent rating, Gifts of Giving – Lauren Beach
Feature Story, Honorable Mention, Burnout – Sidd Sivakumar, Bunker Harris, Swarra Mudgalkar, Tarun Chintha
Feature Story, Honorable Mention, Metrocrest Food Drive – Betsy Krenek, Rachel Chang
Feature Story, Honorable Mention, Project Querencia – Sofia German, Fatima Syed, Natalie Garcia
Feature Story, Honorable Mention, Queen’s passing reaction – Issac Mercado, Chloe Kryzak
Sports Story, Superior rating, Cross Country Training -- Parker Jones, Rachel Chang, Shreya Jadhav
Sports Story, Excellent rating, Water Polo Team – Archis Ukidwe, Ruma Yi, Yuvan Aravindan
Sports Story, Excellent rating, Meet the New FB Coaches – Archis Ukidwe, Arissa Fricano, Yuvan Aravindan
Sports Story, Excellent rating, Taylor Young Feature – Sidd Sivakumar, Harrison Snodgrass, Angela Chon
Sports Story, Honorable Mention, VB Wrap Up vs. Marcus – Archis Ukidwe, Bunker Harris, Swarra Mudgalkar
Sports Story, Honorable Mention, First Female Wrestling Coach – Sidd Sivakumar, Harrison Snodgrass, Angela Chon
Sports Story, Honorable Mention, Cross Country Update, Injuries in Sports, Day in the life of a Cheerleader – Arabelle Warren, Cooper Leffingwell, Swarra Mudgalkar, Kevin Sangerhausen

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