Our 2025 Photo Contest was a special one as we had the most entries we’ve ever received with over 7,600 photos. We encouraged students to share their favorite memories from this year, both in and out of the classroom, and the results were breathtaking.. The outstanding images captured the spirit of 2025, and we are excited to announce the winners and honorable mentions from this year’s contest.
These incredible photos created an extremely difficult contest to judge and while each entry was impressive, our judges felt these photos stood out.
The first place prize winner in each of the ten categories will receive a $250 Visa® gift card and a prize certificate. Honorable Mention winners in each category will also receive a prize certificate.
A committee of judges selected the winners based on the basic rules of photography, overall quality and creativity/originality. You can view the winning photos this week in our 2025 Photo Contest gallery.
The first place prize winners:
- Academics – Finn Bedell, Shawnee Mission Northwest High School, Shawnee, Kansas
- Clubs & Student Life – Colin Renberg, Raisbeck Aviation High School, Tukwila, Washington
- College & University – Hannah Harrison, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
- Feature or Portrait – Vincent Hsiao, Ladue Horton Watkins High School, St. Louis, Missouri
- Junior High & Middle School – Bristol Hancock, New Smyrna Beach Middle School, New Smyrna Beach, Florida
- Performing Arts – Jeffrey Varner, Del Campo High School, Fair Oaks, California
- School Spirit – Lauren Lubbe, Lewis and Clark High School, Spokane, Washington
- Sports Action – Will Griffith, Shawnee Mission East High School, Prairie Village, Kansas
- Sports Reaction – Leah Crow, Texas High School, Texarkana, Texas
- Yearbook Life – Jayden Vaughan, Western Harnett High School, Lillington, North Carolina
The honorable mention winners:
- Abbie Numrich, Blue Valley Northwest High School, Overland Park, Kansas
- Jayla Colon (x3), McKinney High School, McKinney, Texas
- Jesus Rodriguez, Aransas Pass High School, Aransas Pass, Texas
- Chloe Washington, Liberty High School, Liberty, Missouri
- Kiley Davis, McKinney High School, McKinney, Texas
- Sara El Kasmi, Angeline Academy of Innovation, Land O’ Lakes, Florida
- Eden Forsythe (x2), Manhattan Christian High School, Manhattan, Montana
- Ryan Miao, Maranatha High School, Pasadena, California
- Adelaide Jaworski, J.W. Mitchell High School, Trinity, Florida
- Noah Josephian (x2), Del Campo High School, Fair Oaks, California
- Ashwin Kishor, Alexander W. Dreyfoos Jr. School of Arts, West Palm Beach, Florida
- Daniel Flores, Bellaire High School, Bellaire, Texas
- Savannah Coltrin, Thunder Ridge High School, Idaho Falls, Idaho
- Nicolas Swygert, Creekview High School, Carrollton, Texas
- Jeffrey Varner (x3), Del Campo High School, Fair Oaks, California
- Miley Mobley, Wichita Falls Legacy High School, Wichita Falls, Texas
- Aidan Acevedo, McKinney North High School, McKinney, Texas
- Ryan Drabek, McKinney High School, McKinney, Texas
- Hannah Harrison (x3), Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
- Joseph Cabrera (x5), Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas
- Anton Zaky, Long Island University, Brookyln, New York
- Victoria Peterman, Tarleton State University, Stephenville, Texas
- Jazmin Coleman, Homewood-Flossmoor High School, Flossmoor, Illinois
- Peyton Winsor, Liberty High School, Colorado Springs, Colorado
- Shantel Palma, Chatsworth Charter High School, Chatsworth, California,
- Colin Renberg, Raisbeck Aviation High School, Tukwila Washington
- Emmy Barrett, Shawnee Mission East High School, Prairie Village, Kansas
- Riley Finnan, Colonel Crawford High School, Crestline, Ohio
- Kate Higgs, Corsicana High School, Corsicana, Texas
- Zoey McIntosh (x2), Texas High School, Texarkana, Texas
- Sidney Brooks, Inman Jr./Sr. High School, Inman, Kansas
- Aidan Ismail, Sage Creek High School, Carlsbad, California
- Parker Sisney, Woodland Junior High School, Fayetteville, Arkansas
- Giulianna DePari (x2), Timberview Middle School, Fort Worth, Texas
- Rose Sykes, Raymore-Peculiar South Middle School, Peculiar, Missouri
- Arianna Zhao, Blach Intermediate School, Los Altos, California
- Tereza Koudelkova, Sunset Middle School, Longmont, Colorado
- Maible Matranga, Sunset Middle School, Longmont, Colorado
- Camryn Duncan, McNiel Middle School, Wichita Falls, Texas
- Ariel Oliver, Alma Middle School, Alma, Arkansas
- Morgan Hu, Woodland Spring Middle School, Fayetteville, Arkansas
- Eveyln Davis, Alma Middle School, Alma, Arkansas
- Evelina Chen (x3), Bellaire High School, Bellaire, Texas
- Molly Scheibel, Blue Valley Northwest High School, Overland Park, Kansas
- Gabriela Pappas, North Broward Preparatory School, Coconut Creek, Florida
- Allie Elton (x2), Olathe South High School, Olathe, Kansas
- Mauricio Gutierrez, North Broward Preparatory School, Coconut Creek, Florida
- Nadia Lopez (x2), Texas High School, Texarkana, Texas
- Amy Ledezma Gonzalez, Orange Glen High School, Escondido, California
- Kayla Colvin, McKinney High School, McKinney, Texas
- Makayla Johnson, McKinney High School, McKinney, Texas
- Magnus Gauss, Lewis and Clark High School, Spokane, Washington
- Yu Liu, Sacramento Country Day School, Sacramento, California
- Anna Haley, Texas High School, Texarkana, Texas
- Kennedy Cseresznye (x2), Northwest High School, Justin, Texas
- Reese Mallett (x2), Legacy High School, Mansfield, Texas
- Landon Joy (x2), Presbyterian Christian Secondary School, Hattiesburg, Mississippi
- Caden Jackson, Texas High School, Texarkana, Texas
- Anna Grace Redd (x2), South Aiken High School, Aiken, South Carolina
- Hob Carleton, Lamar School, Meridian, Mississippi
- Gabe Zacharias, University High School, Normal, Illinois
- Carson Thoendel, Olathe South High School
- Annie Smith, Texas High School, Texarkana, Texas
- Grant Spicher, Texas High School, Texarkana, Texas
- Sophie Hartley, Blue Valley Northwest High School, Overland Park, Kansas
- Will Griffith, Shawnee Mission East High School, Prairie Village, Kansas
- Lauren Yonke, Blue Valley Northwest High School
- Iratze Rede, El Dorado High School, El Paso, Texas
- Hewston Lochte, Fredericksburg High School, Fredericksburg, Texas
- Michelle Iftekhar, Rancho Cucamonga High School, Rancho Cucamonga, California
- Elle Hintz, Corsicana High School, Corsicana, Texas
- Sadie Huffman, Gulfport High School, Gulfport, Mississippi
- Connor Upchurch, Wesleyan Christian Academy, High Point, North Carolina
- Addyson Dougherty, Fairhill School, Dallas, Texas
- Karli DiFranco, Kirtland High School, Kirtland, Ohio
- Leah Norman, Camp Verde High School, Camp Verde, Arizona
Meet your 2025 Photo Contest judges!
Kathy Beers is a recently retired adviser of a national award-winning yearbook and is now an Adobe and creative specialist for Walsworth.
Carlos Giron has a college minor in photography and has been professionally photographing people and food for over 10 years.
Before becoming a yearbook rep in 2015, Alyssa Moses worked as a professional sports photographer in St. Louis, Missouri, working with professional teams such as the Rams, Blues and Cardinal Nation. She continues to shoot sports photography with her yearbook staffs today.
With 20 years of yearbook experience as a Walsworth sales representative, Cheryl Franzmann works with schools in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area to improve their storytelling through photography.
As a former college yearbook editor and now a yearbook rep, Jenny Whightsil has the eye for photography in her 14 years as part of the Walsworth family.
Jim Jordan is a Special Consultant for Walsworth Yearbooks and was the 1996 JEA Yearbook Adviser of the Year. Jim shares his expertise with students and advisers at workshops and conventions across the country.
In addition, Walsworth’s team selected their most experienced photographers with backgrounds ranging from professional photographers to award-winning former yearbook advisers and editors.
Congratulations to all our winners and thank you to everyone who entered and shared the moments that told the story of your school year.
