Husker broadcasters win seven awards in On-Location Creative Competition

Students from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s College of Journalism and Mass Communications were awarded seven national audio awards in the Broadcast Education Association and College Broadcasters Inc.’s On-Location Creative Competition. 

Winners were recognized Oct. 25 during the CBI National Student Electronic Media Convention and BEA On-Location Conference in Denver. Each award category had four finalists from student media outlets nationwide. 

The college received two first-place awards, a second-place award, two third-place awards and two fourth-place awards. Student winners are listed under each award-winning project with their year in school or graduation date, major(s) and hometown.

Best Sports Play-By-Play, first place: “UNL Men’s Basketball vs. St. Mary’s, Nov. 17, 2024” 

• Harmon Johnsen, junior, broadcasting, and sports media and communication, Sutherland, Nebraska
• Jacob Schrantz, May 2025 graduate, Orchard Park, New York 

Best Regularly Scheduled Entertainment Program, first place: “Paranormal Inactivity-Log 3: The Case of the Entrapped Alien”

Best Podcast, second place: “Paranormal Inactivity-Log 2: The Phantom of the Bell Tower”

• Jakob Fisher, senior, broadcasting, North Platte, Nebraska 
• Hayden Hauge, senior, broadcasting, journalism, English and film studies, Shelton, Nebraska 
• Grace Koch, junior, broadcasting, and advertising and public relations, Norfolk, Nebraska 
• Katie Mulloy, sophomore, emerging media arts, Olathe, Kansas  

Best Sports Reporting, third place: “Japan's Takahashi Finds Golf Home at Nebraska” 

• Arden Louchheim, junior, sports media and communication, Park City, Utah 

Best Feature News Reporting, third place: “Nebraska’s Prison Overcrowding: The State's Unsolved Problem” 

• Teddy Ball, junior, journalism, and sports media and communication, Alvo, Nebraska 

Best Public Service Announcement: fourth place: "Play LCM, Lincoln Children's Museum" 

• Macy Byars, May 2025 graduate, Omaha, Nebraska 

Best Regularly Scheduled Entertainment Program, fourth place: “Through the Eras – Midnights” 

• Angelina Pattavina, May 2025 graduate, Sidney, Nebraska