Students from Nebraska's College of Journalism and Mass Communications were awarded seven national audio awards in the Broadcast Education Association and College Broadcasters Inc. On-Location Creative Competition.
Winners were recognized on Oct. 25, 2025, during the CBI National Student Electronic Media Convention and BEA On-Location Conference in Denver, Colorado.
Each award category had four finalists from student media outlets nationwide. The college received two first-place awards, one second-place award, two third-place awards and two fourth-place awards.
Harmon Johnsen of Sutherland, Nebraska, and Jacob Schrantz of Orchard Park, New York, won first place in the Best Sports Play-By-Play category with "UNL Men's Basketball 11-17-24 UNL vs. St. Mary's, November 17, 2024." Johnsen is a junior broadcasting and sports media double major and Schrantz is a May 2025 graduate.
In Best Regularly Scheduled Entertainment Program, students of the Nebraska Broadcasting Society were awarded first-place for their project "Paranormal Inactivity-Log 3: The Case of the Entrapped Alien."
The following Nebraska Broadcasting Society members also won second place in Best Podcast for "Paranormal Inactivity-Log 2: The Phantom of the Bell Tower."
Jakob Fisher: senior broadcasting major from North Platte, Nebraska
Hayden Hauge: senior broadcasting, journalism, English and film studies quadruple major from Shelton, Nebraska
Grace Koch: junior broadcasting, advertising and public relations double major from Norfolk, Nebraska
Katie Mulloy: sophomore emerging media arts major from Olathe, Kansas
In Best Sports Reporting, junior sports media major Arden Louchheim of Park City, Utah, was awarded third place for "Japan's Takahashi finds golf home at Nebraska" and Teddy Ball, a junior journalism and sports media double major from Alvo, Nebraska, won third place in Best Feature News Reporting for "Nebraska's Prison Overcrowding: The State's Unsolved Problem.
May 2025 graduate Macy Byars of Omaha placed fourth in Best Public Service Announcement for "Play LCM, Lincoln Children's Museum" and May 2025 graduate Angelina Pattavina of Sidney, Nebraska, won fourth place in Best Regularly Scheduled Entertainment Program for "Through The Eras – Midnights."
