Trailblazer Award
An award for people who have set trends and shaped Texas Journalism.
[Nomination Form]Past Winners
2024
Michael Hatch, Prosper High School
Corey Hale, Marcus High School
Megan Ortiz, Kingwood Park High School
2023
Lisa Roskens, Prosper High School
LaJuana Hale, Marcus High School (honored in the spring at ILPC)
Clint Smith, Texas High School
2022
Emily Pyeatt Arnold, Aledo High School
Andrea Negri, Bellaire High School
Margie Raper, Prosper Rock Hill High School
David Winter, Austin McCallum High School
2021
Diane Arnold, Snyder High School
David Doerr, Akins High School
Kari Riemer. Hendrickson High School
Michael Reeves, James Bowie High School
2019
Leah Waters, Frisco Heritage High School
Cindy Berry, Bridgeport High School
2018
Laura Negri, Alief Kerr High School
Melonie Menefee, Buffalo High School
Margie Comstock, Jersey Village High School
2017
Margaret Sorrows, Jostens
Christine Davis, Trinity High School
Rebecca Potter, Texas High School
2016
Laura Smith, Canyon High School
Stacy Short, Argyle High School
2015
Morgan Goldbarth, Fulmore Middle School
Sandy Hall-Chiles, Episcopal School of Dallas
2014
Mikyela Tedder, Wimberley High School
2013
Alyssa Boehringer, McKinney High School
Leland Mallett, Legacy High School, Mansfield
Wayna Polk, Abilene High School
2012
Dow Tate, Shawnee Mission East HS, Kansas
Mark Newton, Mountain Vista HS, CO
Dean Hume, Lakota East HS, Ohio
2011
Charla Harris, Pleasant Grove HS
Scott Winter, University of Nebraska
2010
Cindy Todd, Westlake HS
Ray Westbrook, St. Mark’s School of Texas
2009
Linda Puntney, KSU/JEA
Jack Kennedy, Rock Canyon HS, CO/JEA
2008
Judy Babb, Lifetouch
Chet Hunt, San Antonio College
2007
Lori Oglesbee, McKinney HS
Neva Hand, Henderson HS
2006
Pat Gathright, Saint Mary’s Hall
Dianne Smith, Travis HS
2005
Deanne Brown, Westlake HS
Jack Harkrider, Austin Anderson HS
2004
Dixie McGrath, Hill Country MS
Pam Smith, East Central HS
2003
Belinda Goodsell, Tyler Lee HS
Susan Komandosky, Round Rock HS
Bill Kopf, Lubbock HS
2002
HL Hall, JEA Past President
David Knight Lancaster, SC
Laura Schaub, Oklahoma Interscholastic Press Assn.
Sherri Taylor, Syracuse University
Bradley Wilson, North Carolina State University
2001
Mark Murray, Arlington ISD
2000
Bobby Hawthorne, UIL
John Cutsinger, Jostens
1999
Mary Pulliam, Duncanville HS
Linda Winder, Angleton HS
