13 Walsworth yearbooks named CSPA Crown Finalists

Kansas City, Mo. (Dec. 16, 2010) – Thirteen 2010 yearbooks printed by Walsworth Publishing Company were among the high school, middle school and college yearbooks announced as Crown Award Finalists by the Columbia Scholastic Press Association this week.

The Walsworth yearbooks named Crown Finalists include:

• Decamhian, Del Campo High School, Fair Oaks, Calif.
• Falcon, Glendale High School, Springfield, Mo.
• Gladiator, Troy High School, Troy, Mich.
• Hauberk, Shawnee Mission East High School, Prairie Village, Kan.
• Hoofbeats, Burges High School, El Paso, Texas
• Legend, William R. Boone High School, Orlando, Fla.
• Pride, Franklin High School, El Paso, Texas
• Lair, Shawnee Mission Northwest High School, Shawnee, Kan.
• The Stampede, J.W. Mitchell High School, New Port Richey, Fla.
• Tiger, Texas High School, Texarkana, Texas
• Wings, Arrowhead Christian Academy, Redlands, Calif.
• Cactus, University of Texas, Austin, Texas
• The Tower, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, Calif.

The Crown Awards, Gold and Silver, are among the nation’s highest awards for scholastic journalism. Both regular and associate members of CSPA participate in the awards, which honor overall excellence of the publication in concept, design, coverage and photography. The yearbooks are judged by a panel of journalism and journalism education professionals.

The Crown finalists are in three categories – high school, middle school/junior high and college. These yearbooks will receive either Gold Crown or Silver Crown awards; the high school and middle school yearbooks will be honored March 18 during the CSPA’s 86th annual Spring Scholastic Convention at Columbia University in New York City, while the collegiate yearbooks will receive the awards at the College Media Convention March 13 at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in Manhattan.

The entire list of finalists is below.

High School Yearbook Crown Finalists

Carillon, Bellaire High School, Bellaire, Texas
Cavalier, George Washington High School, Danville, Va.
Crimson, duPont Manual High School, Louisville, Ky.
Decamhian, Del Campo High School, Fair Oaks, Calif.
Details, Whitney High School, Rocklin, Calif.
El Paisano, Westlake High School, Austin, Texas
Eques,  Ponderosa High School, Parker, Colo.
Espirit de Corps, Eisenhower High School, Shelby Township, Mich.
Etruscan, Glenbrook South High School, Glenview, Ill.
Falcon, Glendale High School, Springfield, Mo.
Gladiator, Troy High School, Troy, Mich.
Governor,  John B. Connally High School, Austin, Texas
Hauberk, Shawnee Mission East High School, Prairie Village, Kan.
Hoofbeats, Burges High School, El Paso, Texas
Hoofprint, San Dieguito Academy, Encinitas, Calif.
Indian, Shawnee Mission North High School, Overland Park, Kan.
Laconian, Salem High School, Salem, Va.
Legend, Boone High School, Orlando, Fla.
Log, Columbus North High School, Columbus, Ind.
Marksmen, St. Mark’s School of Texas, Dallas, Texas
Odyssey, Chantilly High School, Chantilly, Va.
Palm Echo, Miami Palmetto Senior High School, Miami, Fla.
Panther Tale, Duncanville High School, Duncanville, Texas
Pride, Franklin High School El Paso, Texas
Rampages, Casa Roble High School, Orangevale, Calif.
Reflections, Mauldin High School, Mauldin, S.C.
Resume, George Walton Academy, Monroe, Ga.
Saga, Loudoun Valley High School, Purcellville, Va.
Summit, Smoky Hill High School, Aurora, Colo.
Teleios, Mount Paran Christian School, Kennesaw, Ga.
The Buzzer, Brookville High School, Lynchburg, Va.
The Clan, McLean High School, McLean, Va.
The Confederate, Lee-Davis High School, Mechanicsville, Va.
The Guardian,  Westfield High School, Chantilly, Va.
The Hawk, Pleasant Grove High School, Texarkana, Texas
The Hornet, Bryant High School, Bryant, Ark.
The Journey, Heritage High School, Leesburg, Va.
The Lair, Shawnee Mission Northwest High School, Shawnee, Kan.
The Lion, McKinney High School, McKinney, Texas
The Pilot,  Redondo Union High School, Redondo Beach, Calif.
The Stampede,  J.W. Mitchell High School, New Port Richey, Fla.
Theogony, Hidden Valley High School, Roanoke, Va.
Tiger, Texas High School, Texarkana, Texas
Titanium, Antelope High School, Antelope, Calif.
Triune, Trinity High School, Euless, Texas
Tusitala, Bishop Amat Memorial High School, La Puente, Calif.
Westwind, West Henderson High School, Hendersonville, N.C.
Wings, Arrowhead Christian Academy, Redlands, Calif.
Wingspan, James Enochs High School, Modesto, Calif.

Middle School Yearbook Crown Finalists

[Now], Mirman School, Los Angeles, Calif.
Eagle Eye View, Sierra Middle School, Parker, Colo.
Hartbeat, Thomas S. Hart Middle School, Pleasanton, Calif.
Hawk, Pleasant Grove Middle School, Texarkana, Texas
Lion’s Den, Hyde Middle School, Cupertino, Calif.
Prowler, Pioneer Middle School, Tustin, Calif.
Sentry, Robinson Middle School, Fairfax, Va.
Stampede, Maize South Middle School, Wichita, Kan.
The Patriot, Harvest Park Middle School, Pleasanton, Calif.
The Prowl, Powell Middle School, Littleton, Colo.
The Surfer, Coronado Middle School, Coronado, Calif.
TJ Yearbook, Toby Johnson Middle School, Elk Grove, Calif.
Verkana, Komachin Middle School, Lacey, Wash.

College Yearbook Crown Finalists

Agromeck, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, N.C.
Arbutus, Indiana University, Bloomington, Ind.
Cactus, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
Ibis, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Fla.
Red Cedar Log, State University, East Lansing, Mich.
Royal Purple, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kan.
Selah, Liberty University, Lynchburg, Va.
Sooner, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Okla.
Talisman, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Ky.
The Tower, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, Calif.