Image magazine captured the 2006Sweepstakes award in the General Magazines category and the TCU Daily Skiff  won second place in the Best of Show newspaper competition at the Texas Intercollegiate Press Association  convention awards banquet Saturday in San Antonio.

Fifteen student journalists individually won or shared 25 awards, based on articles and issues published in the 2006. the Daily Skiff or its staff members won 18 awards, tied for the most with The Daily Texan of UT-Austin, which won the newspaper sweepstakes in the daily newspapers division.

Individual awards for Image magazine, which also won second place for overall excellence, include:

Brian Woodell, first place,  cover design;
Stephen Spillman, first place, feature photo;
Stephen Spillman, second place, picture story;
Brian Wooddell, Stephen Spillman, and Alison Rubinson, first place, story package; Christina Ruffini, first place, news feature story;
Adrienne Lang, first place, column/essay;
Andrew Chavez, third place, general news photo.

The Daily Skiff staff awards include:
Andrew Chavez, first place, in-depth reporting;
Jeff Eskew, second place, critical review; staff, first place, editorial;
Brian Wooddell, honorable mention, page one design;
Andrew Chavez, honorable mention, news photo;
Alex Zobel, honorable mention, news photo;
Stephen Spillman, second place, sports action photo;
Michael Dodd, honorable mention, sports column;
Morgan Blunk, third place, sports news story;
Lacey Krause, third place information graphic;
Ronald Villegas, third place, ad design;
Rolf Nelson, honorable mention, editorial cartoon;
Staff, second place, special section/edition;
Travis Stewart, honorable mention, sports feature story;
Lacey Krause, honorable mention, feature page design;
Jordan Cohen, third place, general column;
Michael Dodd, honorable mention; headline.

In addition to the Best of Show award, the Daily Skiff’s Tim Bella won first place in the on-site sportswriting competition.