2023-24 Baylor Student Media Awards Abound

Baylor students earned 156 awards under the direction of Douglas Pils, representing all Student Media platforms, including 52 first-place honors. Notable awards garnered were Associated Collegiate Press Pacemakers in Broadcast for Lariat TV News and Yearbook for Roundup, the ACP Best of Show in Digital Newsletter, Yearbook, Broadcast News Program, and the College Media Association Pinnacle Award for Yearbook of the Year. 

Student awards included:
Texas Intercollegiate Press Association Reporter of the Year – Jenna Fitzgerald 
TIPA Editor/News Director of the Year – Rachel Royster 
Five Lariat students received Headliners Foundation of Texas scholarships. 
George A. McElroy Scholar – Sarah Gallaher 
Sam S. Wood Scholar – Abbey Ferguson 
Verne Lundquist Scholar – Foster Nicholas 
Founder’s Scholars – Rory Dulock and Olivia Turner 
The Waco Tribune-Herald hired senior Michael Haag as a full-time reporter based on his work at The Baylor Lariat. He will work as a reporter during his senior year.