Fueled by 10 awards won by senior Anna Eggers, the Ben Davis student media programs brought home 33 awards from the annual Ball State High School J-Day competition.

The staffs won three superior awards, one by sophomore Drake Johnson for his review “Revisiting the classics” and two for feature photography (one by senior Cesar Fernandez and one by junior Kathy Rodriguez).

Both the Spotlight staff and Keyhole staff received excellent ratings.

The complete list of award winners are:

Spotlight staff — excellent for newspaper overall

Anna Eggers — honorable mention news story for “Red for Ed”

Lexie Bordenkecher — honorable mention news story for “Not even a dial tone”

Brenton Wharton — honorable mention sports story for “One more time”

Anna Eggers — honorable mention sports story for “State title just out of reach”

Larissa Combs — honorable mention sports story for “End of an era”

Jennie Leeper — excellent opinion story for “Living on the borderline”

Amina Dalal — excellent opinion story for “Dating confusion”

Anna Eggers — honorable mention opinion story for “Is romantic love needed”

Anna Eggers — honorable mention opinion story for “It’s election time”

Drake Johnson — superior review for “Revisiting the classics”

Drake Johnson — excellent review for “Loot and shoot”

Briana del Rio — honorable mention review for “Is Joker really worth the hype”

Denise Gimlich — excellent editorial for “Time for a change”

Denise Gimlich — honorable mention editorial for “Stressing over testing”

Anna Eggers — honorable mention front page design for “The decade”

Anna Eggers — honorable mention front page design for “Stairway into the abyss”

Anna Eggers — honorable mention sports page design for “30 years of success”

Anna Eggers — honorable mention feature page design for “Surviving college application season”

Ellen Bain and Sarah Smallfoot — excellent multi-issue story for “Election 2020”

Keyhole staff — excellent for yearbook overall

Sami Hernandez — honorable mention news photo for “Red for Ed”

Kathy Rodriguez — excellent sports photo for “Tears”

Cesar Fernandez — honorable mention sports photo for “Looking for two”

Cesar Fernandez — honorable mention sports photo for “Making a splash”

Cesar Fernandez — superior feature photo for “Saying thanks”

Kathy Rodriguez — superior feature photo for “Pie in the sky”

Cesar Fernandez — honorable mention feature photo for “Hair flip”

Cesar Fernandez and Anna Eggers — excellent photo illustration for “30 years of success”

Cesar Fernandez and Anna Eggers — honorable mention photo illustration for “Self care”

Vanessa Tosino — excellent news package for “Distinguished student”

Tierra Williams and Khera Goss — excellent sports package for “Jerrien”

Coby Clark — honorable mention play-by-play for “Ben Davis”

Jaeden Christner — excellent opening for “Opener”